In no particular order: Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan Hyperion "Cantos", Illium and Olympos by Dan Simmons Enders Game series by Orson Scott Card Ringworld by Larry Niven A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R. R. Martin Dune series by Frank Herbert (not the Brian Herbert ones) Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlen 2001: Space Odyssey, Fountains of Paradise, and others by Arthur C. Clarke Recluce series and Corean series by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Sprawl Trilogy (Neuromancer, etc.) and Difference Engine by William Gibson Elantris, Mistborn Trilogy, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh "Realm of the Elderlings" books by Robin Hobb