Books I have read in my lifetime (work in progress). 
Sorted by laziness. Vastly Incomplete.

***** I recommend it without hesitation.
****  It was pretty darn good, and compelling.
***   It was fun to read. Or: it wasn't fun to read, but you learn something.
**    I guess it was better than watching TV...

*     It's not better than watching TV, and you'll occasionally 
      wonder if it wouldn't be possible to get those hours back.

****** not only do I recommend it, but I also think everybody, pretty much, should be 
forced to read it or have it blasted through their neighborhood on van-mounted loudspeakers.

Anthologies:

Mirrorshades ******
Xanadu ******


Achebe, Chinua
  Things Fall Apart **** 1/2

Conrad, Joseph
  Heart of Darkness *

Miller, Walter M.
  Canticle for Leibowitz **** (hugo)

Niven, Larry
  Ringworld *** (hugo)
  Tales of Known Space ******
  
Effinger, George Alec
  The Zork Chronicles * 
  When Gravity Falls *****
  
Brin, David
  Sundiver *****
  Startide Rising ** (hugo)
  The Uplift War *** 1/2 (hugo)

Dickson, Gordon
  Dorsai **** 1/2
  Soldier Ask Not ***** 

Pohl, Frederik
  Gateway ****** (hugo) (canonical) (disturbing)
  The rest of the Gateway series (1/2 a star, lame, fell in love with his own characters)
  Pohlstars ** 1/2

Dick, Philip K.
  Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep ****** (canonical)

Haldeman, Joe
  The Forever War ***** (hugo)

O'Brien, Tim
  The Things They Carried *****
  Lake of the Woods ***** 1/2 (disturbing)
  Tomcat in Love *
  
Franken, Al
  Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right *****

Martin, George R. R.
  A Game of Thrones *****
  A Clash of Kings *****
  A Storm of Swords *****

Jordan, Robert
  The Eye of the World ****
  The Great Hunt ***
  The Dragon Reborn *** 1/4
  The Shadow Rising *****
  Fires of Heaven *****
  Lord of Chaos *****
  Crown of Swords *** 3/4
  Path of Daggers *** 1/2
  Winter's Heart *** 
  Crossroads of Twilight *** 1/2

Anthony, Piers
  Shhh. I was young and illiterate, I didn't know any better, I...
  The ones that didn't waste the reader's time (sorta kinda):
    On A Pale Horse ***
    Split Infinity ***
    For Love of Evil ***
    A Spell for Chameleon ***

Farmer, Philip Jose
  To Your Scattered Bodies Go ** 1/2 (hugo)
  
Ellison, Harlan
  Deathbird Stories *****
  Dangerous Visions **** 3/4
  I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream ****
  Strange Wine *****
  Slippage **** 1/2

Pierce, Meredith Ann
  Darkangel *****
  A Gathering of Gargoyles *****
  Pearl of the Soul of the World ****

  The Woman Who Loved Reindeer **** 1/2
( I swear, whoever let this title through should be strung up. It's not like that.)



Adams, Douglas
  Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ****** (canonical)
  Restaurant At The End Of The Universe ******
  Life, The Universe, And Everything ****
  So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish **
  Mostly Harmless *
  Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency ****
  Long Dark Teatime of the Soul ****

Asimov, Isaac:
  Foundation series
    Foundation *****
    Foundation and Empire ***** (hugo)
    Second Foundation *****
    Foundation's Edge ***
    Foundation and Earth ***
  Robot series
    Caves of Steel (nr)
    The Naked Sun (nr)
    Robots and Empire (nr)
    Robots of Dawn (nr)
  The Gods Themselves *****

* B *
Banks, Iain M.
  Consider Phlebas *
  Use of Weapons ***** 1/2 (disturbing)
  Excession *
  Feersum Endjinn ******
  The Player of Games ****
  Against a Dark Background *
  State of the Art (nr)

Bester, Alfred
  The Demolished Man **** 1/2
  The Stars My Destination **** 1/2

Bradbury, Ray 
  The Illustrated Man *****
  Farenheit 451 ***** (canonical)
  Martian Chronicles ****

* C *
Card, Orson Scott
  Ender's Game ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  Speaker for the Dead *** (hugo)
  Xenocide *
  Children of the Mind  *****
  Hart's Hope **** 1/2
  Wyrms ****
  Enchantment ****
  Flux *****
  Cruel Miracles **** 1/2
  The Changed Man **** 1/2
  Monkey Sonatas ****
  Songmaster *****
  A Planet Called Treason *** 1/2
  Alvin Maker Series (1-3) (nr)
  

Clarke, Arthur C.
  Rama (nr)
  The Sentinel *****

Cooper, Susan
  Over Sea, Under Stone **
  The Dark is Rising *****
  Greenwitch ***
  The Grey King *****
  Silver On The Tree ****

* D *
Delany, Samuel R.
  Babel-17

Donaldson, Stephen R.
  Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
    Lord Foul's Bane ***
    Illearth War ****** (disturbing, canonical)
    The Power That Preserves *** 1/2
  Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
    Wounded Land **
    One Tree ****
    White Gold Wielder **
  Gap Cycle (disturbing)
    The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story *****
    Chaos and Order: The Gap into Madness *****
    The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge *****
    A Dark and Hungry God Arises: The Gap into Power *****
    This Day All Gods Die: The Gap into Ruin *****
  Mirror of Her Dreams *

* F *
Friedman, Celia S.
  Black Sun Rising *****
  When True Night Falls **** 1/2
  Crown of Shadows *****

* G *
Gaiman, Neal
  Good Omens ****
  American Gods ***** (hugo)
  Neverwhere *****
  Preludes and Nocturnes (Sandman, Book 1) **** 1/2
  The Doll's House (Sandman, Book 2) ******

Gibson, William
  Neuromancer ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  Count Zero *****
  Mona Lisa Overdrive *****
  Virtual Light ** 
  Burning Chrome ****** (canonical)

* H *
Heinlein, Robert
  Stranger in a Strange Land ***** (hugo) (canonical)
  Starship Troopers ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  The Moon is a Harsh Mistress ***** (hugo)

Herbert, Frank
  Dune ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  Dune Messiah ***
  Children of Dune ****
  God Emperor of Dune ***
  Heretics of Dune (nr)
  Chapterhouse: Dune *

Herbert, Brian
  Dune: House Atriedes ***


Hickman, Tracy
  Darksword "Trilogy" ***** (incl. 4th book) *** 1/2

Holt, Tom
  Expecting Someone Taller *****

* J *

* K *

Kress, Nancy
  An Alien Light ******

* L *
Le Guin, Ursula K.
  The Left Hand of Darkness **** (hugo) (canonical)

L'Engle, Madeleine 
  A Wrinkle in Time (nr)
  A Wind in the Door (nr)

Lethem, Jonathan
  Amnesia Moon ***
  Girl in Landscape ******

Lewis, Carroll S.
  Narnia Chronicles (1-7) ***

Lindsay, David
  Voyage to Arcturus ***** (badly written)

* M *

McKillip, Patricia A.
  Riddle of Stars ******

* N *

Nylund, Eric
  Dry Water ******

* P *
Pullman, Philip
  The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1) *****
  The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2) **
  The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3) ***

* Q *
Quinn, Daniel
  Ishmael (nr)

* R *
Reed, Robert
  Hormone Jungle *****

Rowling, J.K.
  Harry Potter series
    Sorcerer's Stone ******
    Chamber of Secrets *****
    Prisoner of Azkaban *****
    Goblet of Fire ****** (hugo)
    Order of the Phoenix *****

* S *
Simmons, Dan
  Hyperion ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  Fall of Hyperion *****
  Endymion ****
  Rise of Endymion ***
  The Hollow Man *
  Carrion Comfort **

Sterling, Bruce
  Islands in the Net (0 stars - abominable)

* T *
Tolkien, J.R.R.
  The Hobbit ****
  Lord of the Rings trilogy ****

* V *
Vinge, Vernor
  True Names and Other Dangers ****
  Fire Upon the Deep ****** (hugo) (canonical)
  Marooned in Realtime

Vonnegut, Kurt
  Breakfast of Champions ******
  Timequake *****
  Welcome To The Monkey House ****
  Slaughterhouse Five *****

* W *
Weiss, D.B.
  Lucky Wander Boy ***** 1/2 (disturbing)

Williams, Tad
  Otherland Series
    City of Golden Shadows (nr)
    River of Blue Fire (nr)
  
* Z *
Zelazny, Roger
  Amber Chronicles (all) (nr)
  Lord of Light ******
  The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth *****
  The Last Defender of Camelot *****
  Creatures of Light and Darkness *****
  Bridge of Ashes **** 1/2
  Jack of Shadows ******
  Eye of Cat ****
  This Immortal ****
  To Die In Italbar *** 1/2
  Doorways in the Sand **** 1/2
  Changeling ***** (fluffy yet crisp)
  Madwand **** 1/2
  The Mask of Loki **** 1/2
  A Night in the Lonesome October ***** (fluffy yet dark)
  The Changing Land ****
  Four for Tomorrow (nr)
  My Name Is Legion *****