make a list of the 43 books I most love, and post it here, so that those who say they want to "read more books" can have 1 readers thoughtful ideas on where to start

Neal Stephenson, Lois McMaster Bujold, Connie Willis, Susan Cooper (The Dark is Rising Sequence), Tanya Huff, Terry Pratchett, George R. R. “That Bastard” Martin, Stephen Gould

I can’t do a list of books, that would be way too hard. Instead, I will do a list of authors! So. . . . 43.) Elizibeth Peters . . . My favorites are her romances set in Egypt. Corny, I know, but verra good and educational as well as entertaining.