I have fallen in love with my iPad primarily because of the Kindle and iBook apps. I love that I can keep dozens (if not hundreds) of books available for me to read whenever the mood strikes me. I love that I can make comments and notes right inside the book, and not ruin the book itself. I love that I can download samples to see if I really would want to purchase the book. And I love that when a new book comes out that I’ve pre-ordered, it shows up on my desktop right away — no trip to the store required. Because of this, I always have a bunch of books available to read on my iPad. Here are the SciFi and Fantasy books I am currently or soon going to read:

Sometimes it can be difficult to decide what to read, so here I’m posting a list of the NPR Science Fiction and Fantasy Vote for 2011. Which of these books have you read? 1632, by Eric Flint 1984, by George Orwell 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne The Acts Of Caine Series, by Matthew Woodring Stover The Algebraist, by Iain M. Banks Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan American Gods, by Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman Anathem, by Neal Stephenson Animal Farm, by George Orwell The Anubis Gates, by Tim Powers Armor, by John Steakley The Baroque Cycle, by Neal Stephenson Battlefield Earth, by L. Ron Hubbard Beggars In Spain, by Nancy Kress The Belgariad, by David Eddings The Black Company Series, by Glen Cook The Black Jewels Series, by Anne Bishop The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley Bridge Of Birds, by Barry Hughart The Callahan’s Series, by Spider Robinson A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller The Cat Who Walked Through Walls, by Robert Heinlein Cat’s Cradle , by Kurt Vonnegut The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov The Change Series, by S.M. Stirling Childhood’s End, by Arthur C. Clarke Children Of God, by Mary Doria Russell The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson The City And The City, by China Mieville City And The Stars, by Arthur C. Clarke A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher The Coldfire Trilogy, by C.S. Friedman The Commonwealth Saga, by Peter F. Hamilton The Company Wars, by C.J. Cherryh The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard Contact, by Carl Sagan Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King The Day of Triffids, by John Wyndham Deathbird Stories, by Harlan Ellison The Deed of Paksennarion Trilogy, by Elizabeth Moon The Demolished Man, by Alfred Bester The Deverry Cycle, by Katharine Kerr Dhalgren, by Samuel R. Delany The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson The Difference Engine, by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick Don’t Bite The Sun, by Tanith Lee Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey Dreamsnake, by Vonda McIntyre The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert Earth, by David Brin Earth Abides, by George R. Stewart The Eisenhorn Omnibus, by Dan Abnett The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card Eon, by Greg Bear The Eyes Of The Dragon, by Stephen King The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde The Faded Sun Trilogy, by C.J. Cherryh Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser Series, by Fritz Leiber Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb The Female Man, by Joanna Russ The Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy, by Guy Gavriel Kay A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge The First Law Trilogy, by Joe Abercrombie Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys The Foreigner Series, by C.J. Cherryh The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley The Gaea Trilogy, by John Varley The Gap Series, by Stephen R. Donaldson The Gate To Women’s Country, by Sheri S. Tepper Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett The Gone-Away World, by Nick Harkaway The Gormenghast Triology, by Mervyn Peake Grass, by Sheri S. Tepper Gravity’s Rainbow, by Thomas Pynchon The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood Hard-Boiled Wonderland And The End of The World, by Haruki Murakami The Heechee Saga, by Frederik Pohl The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams The Hollows Series, by Kim Harrison House Of Leaves, by Mark Danielewski The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury The Incarnations Of Immortality Series, by Piers Anthony The Inheritance Trilogy, by N.K. Jemisin Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne Kindred, by Octavia Butler The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss Kraken, by China Mieville The Kushiel’s Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey Last Call, by Tim Powers The Last Coin, by James P. Blaylock The Last Herald Mage Trilogy, by Mercedes Lackey The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle The Lathe Of Heaven, by Ursula K. LeGuin The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore The Lensman Series, by E.E. Smith The Liaden Universe Series, by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller The Lies Of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch Lilith’s Brood, by Octavia Butler Little, Big, by John Crowley The Liveship Traders Trilogy, by Robin Hobb Lord Of Light, by Roger Zelazny The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien Lord Valentine’s Castle, by Robert Silverberg Lucifer’s Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle Lud-in-the-Mist, by Hope Mirrlees The Magicians, by Lev Grossman The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson The Man In The High Castle, by Philip K. Dick The Manifold Trilogy, by Stephen Baxter The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury Memory And Dream, by Charles de Lint Memory, Sorrow, And Thorn Trilogy, by Tad Williams Mindkiller, by Spider Robinson The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein Mordant’s Need, by Stephen Donaldson More Than Human, by Theodore Sturgeon The Mote In God’s Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle The Naked Sun, by Isaac Asimov The Neanderthal Parallax Trilogy, by Robert J. Sawyer Neuromancer, by William Gibson Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman The Newsflesh Triology, by Mira Grant The Night’s Dawn Trilogy, by Peter F. Hamilton Norstrilia, by Cordwainer Smith Novels Of The Company, by Kage Baker The Number Of The Beast, by Robert Heinlein Old Man’s War, by John Scalzi On Basilisk Station, by David Weber The Once And Future King, by T.H. White Oryx And Crake, by Margaret Atwood The Otherland Tetralogy, by Tad Williams The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan Parable Of The Sower, by Octavia Butler The Passage, by Justin Cronin Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville The Prestige, by Christopher Priest The Pride Of Chanur, by C.J. Cherryh The Prince Of Nothing Trilogy, by R. Scott Bakker The Princess Bride, by William Goldman Rainbows End, by Vernor Vinge Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke Replay, by Ken Grimwood Revelation Space, by Alistair Reynolds Riddley Walker, by Russell Hoban The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist Ringworld, by Larry Niven The Riverworld Series, by Philip Jose Farmer The Road, by Cormac McCarthy The Saga Of Pliocene Exile, by Julian May The Saga Of Recluce, by L.E. Modesitt Jr. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman The Sarantine Mosaic Series, by Guy Gavriel Kay A Scanner Darkly, by Philip K. Dick The Scar, by China Mieville The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks The Shattered Chain Trilogy, by Marion Zimmer Bradley The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Sirens Of Titan, by Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson The Snow Queen, by Joan D. Vinge Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury Song for the Basilisk, by Patricia McKillip A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis The Sparrow, by Mary Doria Russell The Stainless Steel Rat Books, by Harry Harrison Stand On Zanzibar, by John Brunner The Stand, by Stephen King Stardust, by Neil Gaiman The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein Stations Of The Tide, by Michael Swanwick Steel Beach, by John Varley Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein Sunshine, by Robin McKinley The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind The Swordspoint Trilogy, by Ellen Kushner The Tales of Alvin Maker, by Orson Scott Card The Temeraire Series, by Naomi Novik The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn Tigana , by Guy Gavriel Kay Time Enough For Love, by Robert Heinlein The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger To Say Nothing Of The Dog, by Connie Willis The Troy Trilogy, by David Gemmell Ubik, by Philip K. Dick The Uplift Saga, by David Brin The Valdemar Series, by Mercedes Lackey VALIS, by Philip K. Dick Venus On The Half-Shell, by Kilgore Trout/Philip Jose Farmer The Vlad Taltos Series, by Steven Brust The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold The Vurt Trilogy, by Jeff Noon The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells The Watchmen, by Alan Moore Watership Down, by Richard Adams The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson Way Station, by Clifford D. Simak We, by Yevgeny Zamyatin The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan When Gravity Fails, by George Alec Effinger Wicked, by Gregory Maguire Wild Seed, by Octavia Butler The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi World War Z, by Max Brooks The Worm Ouroboros, by E.R. Edison The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, by Michael Chabon

Below is a Science Fiction Book Club list of the most significant SF novels between 1953–2006. The meme part of this works like so: Bold the ones you have read, strike through the ones you read and hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put a star next to the ones you love.

1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien *
2. Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov *
3. Dune, Frank Herbert *
4. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein *
5. A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Neuromancer, William Gibson *
7. Childhood’s End, Arthur C. Clarke
8. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick
9. The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
11. The Book of the New Sun, Gene WolfeShadow & Claw and Sword & Citadel
12. A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
13. The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov
14. Children of the Atom, Wilmar Shiras
15. Cities in Flight, James Blish
16. The Colour of Magic, Terry Pratchett
17. Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison
18. Deathbird Stories, Harlan Ellison
19. The Demolished Man, Alfred Bester
20. Dhalgren, Samuel R. Delany
21. Dragonflight, Anne McCaffrey
22. Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card *
23. The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Stephen R. Donaldson
24. The Forever War, Joe Haldeman
25. Gateway, Frederik Pohl
26. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
27. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams *
28. I Am Legend, Richard Matheson
29. Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice
30. The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin
31. Little, Big, John Crowley
32. Lord of Light, Roger Zelazny
33. The Man in the High Castle, Philip K. Dick
34. Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement
35. More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
36. The Rediscovery of Man, Cordwainer Smith
37. On the Beach, Nevil Shute
38. Rendezvous with Rama, Arthur C. Clarke
39. Ringworld, Larry Niven
40. Rogue Moon, Algis Budrys
41. The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien
42. Slaughterhouse 5, Kurt Vonnegut
43. Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson *
44. Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner
45. The Stars My Destination, Alfred Bester
46. Starship Troopers, Robert A. Heinlein
47. Stormbringer, Michael Moorcock
48. The Sword of Shannara, Terry Brooks
49. Timescape, Gregory Benford
50. To Your Scattered Bodies Go, Philip Jose Farmer