Appendix N/E Checklist
In stolen moments, I read fantasy and science fiction. Some of it overlaps with AD&D’s Appendix N. Here’s my progress. I’ve also included 5e’s Appendix E in a vain effort to appear relevant.
B/X has a good page devoted to inspirational literature, but I’ve not included it here since I’m mainly interested in Gary Gygax’s influences. (Actually this list lurks in a comment block in this post’s markdown so I may include it later if the mood strikes.)
If/when I read further items, I’ll update this page. Please refer to the changelog.
I confess this checklist is a fairly dry read and fails to convey how amazing some of these books are.
Appendix N
| DMG text | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS | ☑ |
| … THE HIGH CRUSADE | ☐ |
| … THE BROKEN SWORD | ☑ |
| Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST | ☐ |
| Brackett, Leigh. | ☐ |
| Brown, Fredric. | ☐ |
| Burroughs, Edgar Rice. “Pellucidar” Series; Mars Series; Venus Series | ☑ (first few/several Mars books… I forget!) |
| Carter, Lin. “World’s End” Series | ☐ |
| de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL | ☐ |
| … FALLIBLE FIEND | ☑ |
| … et al. | ☐ |
| de Camp & Pratt. “Harold Shea” Series | ☑ (complete) |
| … CARNELIAN CUBE | ☐ |
| Derleth, August. | ☐ |
| Dunsany, Lord. | ☑ (Just The Book of Wonder and the King of Elfland’s Daughter) |
| Farmer, P. J. “The World of the Tiers” Series; et al. | ☐ |
| Fox, Gardner. “Kothar” Series; “Kyrik” Series; et al. | ☐ |
| Howard, R. E. “Conan” Series | ☑ (most of them…) |
| Lanier, Sterling. HIERO’S JOURNEY | ☑ |
| Leiber, Fritz. “Fafhrd & Gray Mouser” Series | ☑ (complete) |
| … et al. | ☐ |
| Lovecraft, H. P. | ☑ (complete-enough works except Dream Cycle) |
| Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP | ☐ |
| … MOON POOL | ☐ |
| … DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE | ☐ |
| … et al. | ☑ (just The Face in the Abyss) |
| Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; “Hawkmoon” Series (esp. the first three books) | ☑ (Most of all Eternal Champion books? Unsure, worth a blog post of its own) |
| Norton, Andre. | ☑ (First three Witch World novels and Quag Keep) |
| Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III. | ☐ |
| Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al. | ☐ |
| Saberhagen, Fred. CHANGELING EARTH; et al. | ☑ (Empire of the East, which includes Changeling Earth, plus the first three Swords books) |
| St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS | ☐ |
| Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; “Ring Trilogy” | ☑ (The Hobbit and LOTR, but not The Silmarillion or other books) |
| Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al. | ☑ (All Dying Earth books, all Lyonesse books, all Planet of Adventure books) |
| Weinbaum, Stanley. | ☐ |
| Wellman, Manly Wade. | ☑ (John the Balladeer) |
| Williamson, Jack. | ☐ |
| Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; “Amber” Series; et al. | ☑ (all ten Amber novels i.e. Corwin cycle and Merlin cycle, Jack of Shadows, Damnation Alley) |
Appendix E
| PHB text | Coverage |
|---|---|
| Ahmed, Saladin. Throne of Crescent Moon. | ☐ |
| Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three and the rest of the Chronicles of Prydain series. | ☑ (Only the first two books.) |
| Anderson, Poul. The Broken Sword | ☑ |
| … The High Crusade | ☐ |
| … and Three Hearts and Three Lions. | ☑ |
| Anthony, Piers. Split Infinity and the rest of the Apprentice Adept series. | ☑ (complete) |
| Augusta, Lady Gregory. Gods and Fighting Men. | ☐ |
| Bear, Elizabeth. Range of Ghosts and the rest of the Eternal Sky trilogy. | ☐ |
| Bellairs, John. The Face in the Frost. | ☐ |
| Brackett, Leigh. The Best of Leigh Brackett, The Long Tomorrow, and The Sword of Rhiannon. | ☐ |
| Brooks, Terry. The Sword of Shannara and the rest of the Shannara novels. | ☐ |
| Brown, Fredric. Hall of Mirrors and What Mad Universe. | ☐ |
| Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology. | ☐ |
| Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth’s Core and the rest of the Pellucidar series | ☐ |
| … Pirates of Venus and the rest of the Venus series | ☐ |
| … and A Princess of Mars and the rest of the Mars series. | ☑ (have read first few/several, I forget!) |
| Carter, Lin. Warrior of World’s End and the rest of the World’s End series. | ☐ |
| Cook, Glen. The Black Company | ☑ |
| … and the rest of the Black Company series. | ☐ |
| de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt. The Compleat Enchanter and the rest of the Harold Shea series | ☑ |
| … and Carnelian Cube. | ☐ |
| Derleth, August and H.P. Lovecraft. Watchers out of Time. | ☐ |
| Dunsany, Lord. The Book of Wonder | ☑ |
| … The Essential Lord Dunsany Collection | ☐ |
| … The Gods of Pegana | ☐ |
| … The King of Elfland’s Daughter | ☑ |
| … Lord Dunsany Compendium | ☐ |
| … The Sword of Welleran and Other Tales. | ☐ |
| Farmer, Philip Jose. Maker of Universes and the rest of the World of Tiers series. | ☐ |
| Fox, Gardner. Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse and the rest of the Kothar series, and Kyrik and the Lost Queen and the rest of the Kyrik series. | ☐ |
| Froud, Brian and Alan Lee. Faeries. | ☐ |
| Hickman, Tracy and Margaret Weis. Dragons of Autumn Twilight and the rest of the Chronicles Trilogy. | ☑ (Everything Dragonlance published before the mid-90s) |
| Hodgson, William Hope. The Night Land. | ☑ (Have read The House on the Borderland too) |
| Howard, Robert E. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian and the rest of the Conan series. | ☑ (Have read most of REH’s Conan stories ) |
| Jemisin, N.K. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and the rest of the Inheritance series, The Killing Moon, and The Shadowed Sun. | ☐ |
| Jordan, Robert. The Eye of the World and the rest of the Wheel of Time series. | ☐ |
| Kay, Guy Gavriel. Tigana. | ☐ |
| King, Steven. The Eyes of the Dragon. | ☐ |
| Lanier, Sterling. Hiero’s Journey | ☑ |
| … and The Unforsaken Hiero. | ☐ |
| LeGuin, Ursula. A Wizard of Earthsea and the rest of the Earthsea series. | ☑ (complete) |
| Leiber, Fritz. Swords and Deviltry and the rest of the Fafhrd & Gray Mouser series. | ☑ (complete) |
| Lovecraft, H.P. The Complete Works. | ☑ (Mostly everything except Dreamlands) |
| Lynch, Scott. The Lies of Locke Lamora and the rest of the Gentlemen Bastard series. | ☐ |
| Martin, George R.R. A Game of Thrones and the rest of the Song of Ice and Fire series. | ☐ |
| McKillip, Patricia. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld. | ☐ |
| Merrit, A. … | ☑ (just The Face in the Abyss) |
| … Creep, Shadow, Creep | ☐ |
| … Dwellers in the Mirage | ☐ |
| … and The Moon Pool | ☐ |
| Miéville, China. Perdido Street Station and the other Bas-Lag novels. | ☐ |
| Moorcock, Michael. Elric of Melniboné and the rest of the Elric series, and The Jewel in the Skull and the rest of the Hawkmoon series. | ☑ (Most of all Eternal Champion books? Unsure, worth a blog post of its own) |
| Norton, Andre. Quag Keep and Witch World. | ☑ (First three Witch World novels and Quag Keep) |
| Offutt, Andrew J., ed. Swords against Darkness III. | ☐ |
| Peake, Mervyn. Titus Groan and the rest of the Gormenghast series. | Titus Groan ☑ Gormenghast 🕑 Titus Alone ☐ |
| Pratchett, Terry. The Colour of Magic | ☑ |
| … and the rest of the Discworld series. | ☐ |
| Pratt, Fletcher. Blue Star. | ☐ |
| Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name of the Wind and the rest of the Kingkiller series. | ☐ |
| Saberhagen, Fred. The Broken Lands and Changeling Earth. | ☑ (Empire of the East, which includes Changeling Earth, plus the first three Swords books) |
| Salvatore, R.A. The Crystal Shard and the rest of The Legend of Drizzt. | ☑ (Have read The Icewind Dale Trilogy, The Dark Elf Trilogy and I suppose The Cleric Quintet counts. Continuing with the rest…) |
| Sanderson, Brandon. Mistborn and the rest of the Mistborn trilogy. | ☐ |
| Smith, Clark Ashton. The Return of the Sorcerer. | ☑ Have read Fantasy Masterworks’ The Empreror of Dreams comprising stories from the Averoigne, Hyperborea, Poseidonis, and Zothique cycles |
| St. Clair, Margaret. Change the Sky and Other Stories, The Shadow People, and Sign of the Labrys. | ☐ |
| Tolkien, J.R.R., The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings | ☑ |
| … and The Silmarillion. | ☐ |
| Tolstoy, Nikolai. The Coming of the King. | ☐ |
| Vance, Jack. The Dying Earth and The Eyes of the Overworld. | ☑ (All Dying Earth books, all Lyonesse books, all Planet of Adventure books) |
| Weinbaum, Stanley. Valley of Dreams and The Worlds of If. | ☐ |
| Wellman, Manly Wade. The Golgotha Dancers. | ☑ (just John the Balladeer which totally counts) |
| Williamson, Jack. The Cosmic Express and The Pygmy Planet. | ☐ |
| Wolfe, Gene. The Shadow of the Torturer and the rest of The Book of the New Sun. | ☑ (complete) |
| Zelazny, Roger. Jack of Shadows and Nine Princes in Amber and the rest of the Amber series. | ☑ (complete) |
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Changelog
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 06 Apr 2023 | First version, Appendix N and E checklists |
| 06 Dec 2023 | Updated some RA Salvatore and William Hope Hodgson reads |
| 18 Jul 2024 | Reading “The Night Land” |