Gygaxs AD&D Appendix N: Inspirational and Educational Reading

Explore Gygax's AD&D Appendix N: a curated list of inspirational and educational books that shaped Dungeons & Dragons. Discover the must-read classics that fueled fantasy RPGs.

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Tales of the Dying Earth

by Jack Vance

All four books in "The Dying Earth" science fiction series are now available in single volume.
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Three Hearts and Three Lions

by Poul Anderson

The gathering forces of the Dark Powers threaten the world of man. The legions of Faery, aided by trolls, demons and the Wild Hunt itself, …
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The High Crusade

by Poul Anderson

In the year of grace 1345, as Sir Roger Baron de Tourneville is gathering an army to join King Edward III in the war against …
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The Broken Sword

by Poul Anderson

Thor has broken the sword Tyrfing so that it cannot strike at the roots of Yggdrasil, the tree that binds together earth, heaven and hell. …
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The Face in the Frost

by John Bellairs

A dark power is growing in the depths of two wizard kingdoms. The powerful Prospero and his sidekick Roger Bacon must navigate the magical realm …
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A Treasury of Edgar Rice Burroughs

by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Collected here in this oversized omnibus edition are nine novels of adventure by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs was the undisputed master of pulp fiction. His …
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The Complete Compleat Enchanter

by Lyon Sprague De Camp

Due to popular demand, Harold Shea of The Compleat Enchanter has had new adventures which have been published separately as The Enchanter Completed. Now, Baen …
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Quest for Cthulhu

by August Derleth

An omnibus volume contain two chilling tales of mythic horror--based on the cycle of tales created by the late H. P. Lovecraft--features "The Whippoorwills in …
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The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

by Robert E. Howard

Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created– a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful …
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Swords and Deviltry

 

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Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre: The Best of H. P. Lovecraft

by H. P. Lovecraft

“H.P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”—Stephen King “The oldest and strongest emotion of …
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The Moon Pool

by Abraham Merritt

On the island of Ponape in the South Pacific, the cold light of a full moon washes over the crumbling ruins of an ancient, vanished …
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Witch World

 

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The Blue Star

by Fletcher Pratt

Lalette Asterhax could not escape her destiny. She was a hereditary witch in a world where witchcraft was banned by ecclesiastical and temporal powers. And …
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The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an …
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The Lord of the Rings

by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Presents the epic depicting the Great War of the Ring, a struggle between good and evil in Middle-earth, following the odyssey of Frodo the hobbit …
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Interplanetary Odysseys

by Stanley G Weinbaum

INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEYS .."...One of the novas of the SF cosmos." The New Encyclopaedia of Science Fiction Interplanetary Odysseys collects together all of Stanley G. Weinbaum's …
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The worlds of Jack Williamson

 

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Jack of Shadows

by Roger Zelazny

The Earth no longer rotates. Science rules the dayside of the globe. Magic rules the World of Night, and Jack of Shadows, Shadowjack the Thief, …
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The Great Book of Amber

by Roger Zelazny

Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber have earned their place as all-time classics of imaginative literature. Now here are all ten novels, together in one magnificent …
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From These Ashes

by Fredric Brown

Short fiction originally published between 1941 and 1965.
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The Sword of Rhiannon

by Leigh Brackett

Archaeologist-turned-looter Matthew Carse is flung back in Mars' history by the sword of a fallen god, where he allies with the Sea Kings and their …