WR Recommends - Must Read Crime

1. Fantasy in Death – J. D. Robb
2. Buckingham Palace Gardens – Anne Perry
3. Poirot Stories – Agatha Christie
4. Miss Marple Stories – Agatha Christie
5. Tommy and Tuppence Stories – Agatha Christie
6. Sherlock Holmes Stories – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
7. Stephenie Plum Series – Janet Evanovich

WR Recommends - Must Read Inspirational Fiction

1. The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
2. The Five People You Meet in Heaven – Mitch Albom
3. For One More Day – Mitch Albom
4. Eleven Minutes – Paulo Coelho
5. The Devil and Miss Prym – Paulo Coelho

WR Recommends - Must Read Memoires

1. 84 Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff
2. The Diary of A Young Girl – Anne Frank
3. A Writer’s Diary – Virginia Woolf
4. Nella Last’s War – Nella Last
5. Night – Elie Wiesel
6. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – Benjamin Franklin
7. The Upanishads - Eknath Easwaran

WR Recommends - Must Read Urban Fantasy

It's always tricky to place some books into certain genres - so for this, I am following a guideline that if a book is set in our world and if the characters are humans from Earth, at least partially, then it's Urban Fantasy. 

1. Dresden Files - Jim Butcher
2. Sookie Stackhouse - Charlaine Harris
3. Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman
4. On a Pale Horse - Piers Anthony
5. Kate Daniels Series - Ilona Andrews
6. Ysabel - Guy Gavriel Kay
7. The Courts of the Feyre - Mike Shevdon
8. Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
9. Kate Daniels Series - Ilona Andrews

WR Recommends - Must Read Science Fiction

Please read this post to understand why these particular books are selected.

Ten Must Read Science Fiction

1. Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card
2. The Fountains of Paradise - Arthur C. Clarke
3. Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury
4. Journey Into Space - Toby Litt
5. Hitchhiker's Guide to Galaxy - Douglas Adams
6. The Dancers at the End of Time - Michael Moorcock
7. Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke
8. The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
9. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
10. Tau Zero - Poul Anderson

WR Recommends - Must Read Fantasy

It's only appropriate that I begin this series with Fantasy, since that's what I am writing at the moment. Please read this post to understand why these particular books are selected. 

Ten Must Read Fantasy

1. Tigana - Guy Gavriel Kay
2. The Blood Jewels Trilogy - Anne Bishop
3. The Sundering Duology - Jacqueline Carey
4. The Sevenwaters Trilogy - Juliet Marillier
5. The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
6. The Black Magician Trilogy - Trudi Canavan
7. Magician - Raymond E. Feist
8. Kingkiller Chronicles - Patrick Rothfuss
9. The Farseer Trilogy - Robin Hobb
10. The Empire Series - Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts