My Personal Appendix N

16 Feb, 2026

I've always been a reader...sort of. One day in grade school, my parents were tired of me handing in book reports on silly children's books, and my Dad pulled down his OG copy of The Lord of the Rings and said "Read this." I was hooked on great stories, large worlds and realms unexplored. I lived in the library for the next 4.5 decades. I got my first D&D boxed set in 1979 and am still rolling dice and creating worlds.

Here now are my picks for my personal Appendix N:

EPIC SERIES

• The Lord of the Rings (obviously)
• Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
• The Black Company by Glen Cook
• The Bloodsworn Sage by John Gywnne

WORLD BUILDING

• The Dark Tower by Steven King
• The First Law Saga by Joe Abercrombie

FOUNDATIONAL READING

• Conan by Robert E Howard
• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• Armor by John Steakley
• The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein

SCARY STUFF

• Cycle of the Werewolf by Stephen King
• Books of Blood Volume 1 by Clive Barker
• Devolution by Max Brooks
• The Only Dead Indian by Steven Graham Jones

WATCH THE MOVIE & READ THE BOOK

• The Shining
• Blade Runner / Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
• A Clockwork Orange

APPENDIX LISTEN

• The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (Genesis)
• RUSH (everything in the catalog)
• The Hobbit read by Andy Serkis

COMFORT WATCHES/READS

• The Thing (John Carpenter)
• To Reign In Hell by Steven Brust
• Evil Dead
• Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

IF YOU HAVE ONE TAKEAWAY FROM ANOTHER SILLY LIST THEN

• Read The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
• Watch The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
• Listen to Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd

Go forth, live, learn, read, watch, listen and love!