1Q84, by Haruki Murakami (pub. 2009-10, Japan; English translation 2011)
I may want to read some of his other books, but this is the one I'm probably most interested in.
Accelerando, by Charles Stross (pub. 2005)
This is a series of interconnected stories. I read at least one of them when it was originally published a few years earlier in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. I don't really remember anything about the story, but I remember liking it, so... when this book came out, I thought I'd like to read it. Eventually.
And Another Thing..., by Eoin Colfer (pub. 2009)
Anne McCaffrey
I want to read "The Rowan," which is the first book in a series. I must have first seen in the SFBC catalog sometime in the 90s. And then, many years later, I saw it in a book store, I guess... it might have been a library that was having a sale, or something, I don't really remember where it was. I just remember that I was going to buy it, and they told me to just take it for free. Um... I say "many years later," but I also don't remember when this was, or what phase of my life it was. Was it when I was in California? Ohio? Or any of various areas of Maine in which I've lived at different times? I dunno. But I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, and I really should. I should also look into some of McCaffrey's other books, particularly the Dragonriders of Pern series.
Arthur C. Clarke
I definitely want to read "2001" and its sequels. I also want to read "Childhood's End" (which was adapted into a Syfy miniseries in 2015), "Rama II," and maybe some other stuff.
Boneshaker, by Cherie Priest (pub. 2010)
The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber (pub. 2014)
Cinder, by Marissa Meyer (pub. 2012)
Dangerous Visions (pub. 1967)
An anthology edited by Harlan Ellison, with stories by many great writers.
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch (pub. 2016)
Dark Matter (anthologies, pub. 2000, 2004)
Dune, by Frank Herbert (pub. 1965)
This is the first book in a hugely successful series. It's been adapted a couple of times for film and TV, and I've probably seen at least one of those adaptations, but I don't really remember much about it.
Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card (pub. 1985)
This is the first book in a series. I've been meaning to read it for a very long time, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. It was later adapted into a movie, which I also haven't seen, but around that time there was a great deal of controversy surrouding Card's personal beliefs about certain issues which have nothing at all to do with this book, so... I may disagree with his views, but that doesn't stop me from wanting to read the book.
Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (pub. 1966)
I don't think I've read the book before, but I may have read the 1959 short story of which it was an expansion. Or read some portion of the story. Or at least saw the movie (or part of the movie) "Charly," which was based on the book. At any rate I'm familiar with the story, but it's something I think I need to read the entirety of, sometime.
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman (pub. 1974)
Foundation's Fear, by Gregory Benford (pub. 1997)
This is the first book in a trilogy based on Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. (The other two books in the trilogy are by Greg Bear and David Brin.) And there's at least one other book by another author, set in the Foundation universe, which I may or may not want to read someday. But at least I plan to read this trilogy, and I own the first book, so... I'll get around to it.
Harlan Ellison
I mainly think of him as a television writer, and I enjoyed his segments on Sci-Fi Buzz, but I should probably check out some of his novels.
Hyperion, by Dan Simmons (pub. 1989)
The Illuminatus! Trilogy, by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson (pub. 1975)
This is something I must have first seen in a bookstore or a catalog sometime in the 90s... I think. Maybe it was the 00s. In any event, I didn't know anything about it, but the title appealed to me because I was a fan of sci-fi conspiracy stuff like The X-Files. So I wanted to get it for a long time, and then sometime in the late 00s, I think, a local bookstore was going out of business, so I bought the book for cheap. And I haven't gotten around to reading it yet, but I will. Eventually.
Impossible Things, by Connie Willis (pub. 1993)
A collection of short stories, which I own but haven't gotten around to reading yet.
Isaac Asimov
I read the Robot novels probably when I was in high school, but I need to reread them. I also need to read things I've never read, including the Galactic Empire books, and maybe the Lucky Starr books, and "The End of Eternity." And probably some other stuff.
Isaac Asimov's Caliban, by Roger MacBride Allen (pub. 1993)
This is the first book in a trilogy by Allen, based on Asimov's robot novels. I guess. Anyway, I'd probably like to read the trilogy someday, or at least the first book. (I'll decide about the second book after I read this one.)
Keeping It Real, by Justina Robson (pub. 2006)
Leviathan Wakes, by James S.A. Corey (pub. 2011)
In 2015, this was adapted into a TV series on Syfy, which I haven't seen.
Margaret Atwood
I suppose I've been vaguely aware of her name for a long time, but not so as I'd remember what she'd actually written, or anything. Then in August 2015, I read an interview with her in EW, and she seemed really cool... I mean, kind of a geeky sensibility similar to my own. So I decided I should read some of her stuff someday.
The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury (pub. 1950)
I don't think I've read any of this, but I can't say for sure. At the very least I must have seen some adaptation of it, but I don't really remember about that, either. Anyway, I definitely want to read it. And I should probably read some of his other work. (I have read "Fahrenheit 451," but I don't remember it well, so I should reread it.)
The Mummy!: Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century, by Jane Webb (pub. 1827)
Neuromancer, by William Gibson (pub. 1984)
This is the first book in a trilogy. I think I must have first heard of the book in the early to mid 90s, though I could be wrong about that. I just seem to remember it being a big deal in that period because of how much it had gotten right about things like the Internet.
The Power, by Naomi Alderman (pub. 2016)
Robert A. Heinlein
I've read Starship Troopers and Strange in a Strange Land. And there are any number of other books of Heinlein's I should read.
Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut (pub. 1969)
I might want to read some of his other stuff, but this is the one I'm most interested in.
Speed of Dark, by Elizabeth Moon (pub. 2002)
Star Trek
I read a bunch of Star Trek books in my younger days, some of which I'd like to reread someday. And there are a bunch of books I haven't read, that I'd probably like to. And there are a lot of Star Trek books in which I'd have no interest. Anyway, I'm not going to list all the ones I do want to read.
Star Wars
There are no doubt a great many of these books that I'd like to read someday. There is also no doubt that the number of Star Wars books I want to read is far, far smaller than the number of books that have been written.
Titan A.E.: Akima's Story & Cale's Story, by Kevin J. Anderson and Rebecca Moesta (pub. 2000)
These are prequels to the movie Titan A.E.. I think I must have bought them when I was in Ohio, sometime between 2003-05. Probably. And I haven't gotten around to reading them yet.
To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis (pub. 1997)
This is set in the same fictional universe as Doomsday Book, of which I am quite fond. So I'm sure I'll get this someday.
Ursula K. Le Guin
I need to check out any number of her books.
Virtual Unrealities, by Alfred Bester (pub. 1997)
This is a collection of Bester's short stories, which I have owned for a good number of years now and haven't gotten around to reading yet. But I will.
The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories, by Vandana Singh (pub. 2009)
Zenna Henderson
At some point in my youth, I read a story called "The Believing Child," which is in one of Henderson's short story collections, "Holding Wonder." I don't recall for sure where I read it, but my best guess would be maybe Read magazine. (Or... maybe somewhere else.) Anyway, someday I'd like to read it again, so I reckon I should get a copy of Holding Wonder. And I suppose if I like a lot of the stories in that collection, I might want to get some of her other works.