1) Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
2) The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
3) Death by Black Hole by Neil DeGrasse Tyson
4) Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
5) The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambley
6) Willow by Joan D Vinge
7) The Snow Queen by Joan D Vinge
8) Thieves' World by various authors (Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Andrew J. Offutt, C. J. Cherryh, Janet Morris, Chris Morris...)

...is 8 enough?
8 should be enough.