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Ender Series - Ender's Game is a stand alone story and possibly my favorite sci-fi of all time. I love the games and how Ender rises through the ranks of battle school. The other three books in the 'first' Ender chronology are more like a continuing trilogy, but I loved them too. I love the philosophical/psychological themes explored by the series particularly when it comes to intelligent life in the last three books. I also read Ender's Shadow and it was interesting but not in the same league as his original work.
Weirdly enough I never especially liked this series. I mean it was okay, and the second one (Speaker for the Dead) was probably the best of the lot. But I never got the extreme love a lot of people have for it. Orson Scott Card has a couple of decent short stories that I liked better than the entire Ender series.

Anyways I just realized I'm forgetting out on some MICHAEL CRICHTON! Jurassic Park is obviously a classic but I think Timeline is my favorite of all his books. Even if the movie sucked.