Reading List

Leaphorn & Chee Series, Tony & Anne Hillerman

If you’ve seen Dark Wind on Netflix or Hulu, these are the novels that the tale is based upon. Quick and easy mysteries taking place on the Navaho Reservation.

• The Fallen Man
• Hunting Badger
• The First Eagle
• The Wailing Wind
• The Sinister Pig
• The Shape Shifter
• Skeleton Man
• Rock With Wings
• Spider Woman’s Daughter
• Song of the Lion

Honor Harrington Series, David Weber

Hard science fiction for those who love the technical aspects of reality based space flight. If you’re not a fan, give it a try anyway. Honor Harrington is awesome with a fantastic character arc. Once you understand the tech, it’s easy enough to skim past those entries.

• Flag in Exile
• Honor Among Enemies
• In Enemy Hands
• Echoes of Honor
• Ashes of Victory
• War of Honor

Wayward Children Series, Seanan McGuire

Childrens’ tales for adults. Very fantastical and imaginative with real-world repercussions. I devoured these things!

• Every Heart A Doorway
• Down Among the Sticks and Bones
• Beneath the Sugar Sky
• In An Absent Dream
• Come Tumbling Down
• Across the Green Grass Fields
• Lost in the Moment and Found
• Where the Drowned Girls Go
• Mislaid in Parts Half-Known
• Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

Firefly Series

A series of novels from the television series, Firefly. Each seems to focus on a member of the crew during an adventure. There are nine books in all. I was unimpressed with the first novel, but the others were shiny!

• Big Damn Hero, James Lovegrove, Nancy Holder
• The Magnificent Nine, James Lovegrove
• Generations, Tim Lebbon
• The Ghost Machine, James Lovegrove
• Life Signs, James Lovegrove
• Carnival, Una McCormack

Non Fiction

• The 12 Week Year for Writers, A. Trevor Thrall
• Pastrix, Nadia Bolz-Weber
• Hunt, Gather, Parent, Michaeleen Doucleff

Role Playing Games (RPGs)

I love RPGs, what can I say? The occasional gaming system is as interesting as supporting materials. So helpful when world building!

• The Walking Dead Universe, Free League
• Coyote & Crow, Kenna Alexander - where indigenous Indians develop their culture in modern technological times.

Fiction

Parts and pieces of series and stand-alones. Read Dennis E. Taylor! The Bobiverse and Quantum Earth series are entertaining.

• Broken Trails, D Jordan Redhawk (Yeah, I know…)
• Darkstone, D Jordan Redhawk (shrug)
• Alaskan Bride, D Jordan Redhawk (I write what I want to read)
• Outland, Quantum Earth #1, Dennis E. Taylor
• Earthside, Quantum Earth #2, Dennis E. Taylor
• Otherland, Volume One, Tad Williams
• Providence, Max Barry
• Not Till We Are Lost, Bobiverse #5, Dennis E. Taylor
• Welcome to Forever, Nathan Tavares
• The Ends of the World, anthology
• Wastelands, John Joseph Adams
• Assistant to the Villain, Hannah Nicole Maehrer
• Snowbound, Blake Crouch