Andy McNab

Heinlein: CITIZEN OF THE GALAXY, Kipling’s KIM* in an SF setting. THE PUPPET MASTERS: Top-notch SF thriller. “Magic, Inc” and”The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag” : Two excellent fantasies that RAH wrote for Campbell’s UNKNOWN. MOON IS A HARSH MISTRESS: As many others have said, probably the best-written of his novels. STARSHIP TROOPERS: How many books published in 1959 are still being argued about today? “All You Zombies” and “By his Bootstraps”:Tender is the Night

After Stalingrad - Albert Holl

appointment in samarra

by love possessed

Cadwal Chronicles - Jack Vance

Company Comander by Charles McDonald

Currarre by Donald Birkett

Dying Earth - Jack Vance

Evelyn Waugh - Scoop + White Mischief

Handful of Dust

Harold Coyle The Ten Thousand

Howl's Moving Castle

joe haldeman - mindbridge & All My Sins Remembered

Kiki's Delivery Service

Lest Darkness Fall - L. Sprague deCamp

Man on Fire AJ Quinnell

Mastering the West: Rome and Carthage at War - Dexter Hoyos

Men against Fire - SLA Marchall

Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis

Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

On Physics - Asimov

Princess Mononoke

Protectors Jerry Niven

Soldier of Arete - Gene Wolf

Soldier of Sidon - Gene Wolf

Soldier of the Mist - Gene Wolf

Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity - JE Lendon

Sword of Honor

Ted Chiang “Hell Is the Absence of God”

The just and the unjust

The Lost Fleet: Courageous (2007)

The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (2006)

The Lost Fleet: Fearless (2007)

The Lost Fleet: Relentless (2009)

The Lost Fleet: Valiant (2008)

The Lost Fleet: Victorious (2010)

The Practicing Stoic

The Sirens of Titan - Vonnegut

1 Slow Horses Novel 2010 Introduces the “slow horses” and Jackson Lamb

2 Dead Lions Novel 2013 Cold War echoes and a mysterious death

2.5 The List Novella 2015 Bridges Dead Lions and Real Tigers

3 Real Tigers Novel 2016 A kidnapping forces the team into action

4 Spook Street Novel 2017 Personal stakes rise for River Cartwright

5 London Rules Novel 2018 Terror threats and political chaos

5.5 The Drop Novella 2018 Also titled The Marylebone Drop in the US

6 Joe Country Novel 2019 Field mission turns deadly

6.25 The Last Dead Letter Novella 2020 Emotional aftermath and quiet tension

6.5 The Catch Novella 2020 Rural protection detail with hidden dangers

7 Slough House Novel 2021 Threat of closure and institutional betrayal

8 Bad Actors Novel 2022 Diana Taverner under investigation

8.25 Standing by the Wall Novella 2022 Reflective interlude with generational themes

8.5 The Secret Hours Novel 2023 Standalone-adjacent; reveals past MI5 corruption

9 Clown Town Novel 2025 River investigates a missing book tied to the Troubles