Musing a while ago on stories from my childhood that are hard to forget, I came up with this list. What's on yours? 

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Old school YA fantasy:

• Maggie Furey’s Aurian

• David Eddings’ The Belgariad

• Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness 

• Robert Westall’s The Cats of The Seroster (possibly my favourite book ever, but surprisingly hard to find)

• Richard Adams’ Maia 

• And if you like a bit of prehistory in your fantasy then I was gripped by Moyra Caldecott’s Guardians of the Tall Stones...

 

Old school ‘hard’ scifi:

• Octavia Butler’s Dawn

• Frank Herbert’s Eye

• Vonda McIntyre’s Dreamsnake

• Poul Anderson’s The Boat of a Million Years

• Spider Robinson’s Stardancer

• Asimov Foundation series