It was really hard to figure out what, exactly, this category of books was. In fact, I didn’t figure it out, preferring instead to name them all in one ridiculous and exhaustive title. On your blog, you can be much tidier…
The Rifters trilogy: Starfish, Maelstrom, Behemoth / Peter Watts
The Hyperion Cantos: Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, The Rise of Endymion / Dan Simmons
Watership Down / Richard Adams
The Farseer trilogy, The Tawny Man trilogy, & the Liveship Traders trilogy / Robin Hobb
The Arbai trilogy: Grass, Raising the Stones, Sideshow / Sherri S. Tepper
Pattern Recognition, Neuromancer / William Gibson
The Stand / Steven King
Swan Song / Robert R. McCammon
On the Beach / Nevil Shute
“The Martian” from The Martian Chronicles / Ray Bradbury
The Lord of the Rings trilogy / R.S.S. Tolkien
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever / Stephen R. Donaldson
Foundation trilogy, Isaac Asimov
A Canticle for Leibowitz / Walter Miller, Jr.
Honorable Mentions from my childhood:
The Belgariad series / David Eddings
Harper Hall and Crystal Singer books / Anne McCaffrey
The Chronicles of Amber / Roger Zelazny
Apprentice Adept series / Piers Anthony
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