What “inspirational reading lists” exist in the old-school TTRPG space?

(This thread was inspired by a different discussion in the other thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/osr/comments/1r60hdo/inspirational\_source\_material/)

In the other thread, OP shared an image of Moldvay’s “Inspirational Reading List” from Basic D&D. I’ve known about Gygax’ “Appendix N” for a long time, but didn’t realize that Moldvay wrote his own list. Moldvay’s list has a TON of overlap with Gygax’, but they’re not the same; the two lists are contemporaneous though: 1979 vs 1981.

So I’m here to ask **what other reading lists have been published in classic RPG products, or by luminary authors in the RPG sphere?** I’m asking in the OSR sub because I’m particularly interested in those lists included in old-school or classic products, but I’m interested in new lists of old material too. I’m also interested in RPG reading lists outside of old-school and fantasy too, just less so. (I’m fairly certain that several editions of D&D have included newer reading lists too, but I haven’t reviewed those lists just yet.)

Here are a few of the fantasy reading lists I’m aware of so far, shared here for others’ benefit:

* [“Appendix N”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendix\_N) (*AD&D Dungeon Master’s Guide*, Gary Gygax, 1979). Probably the most famous RPG reading list.

* Moldvay’s “Inspirational Reading List” (see link above; *Basic D&D*, 1981). Similar but not identical to Gygax’ list, published in a different D&D line.

* [”Ballantine Adult Fantasy” series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballantine\_Adult\_Fantasy\_series) (Lin Carter, 1969-1974). This series was edited and curated by fantasy author Lin Carter, who is recommended on both Gygax’ and Moldvay’s lists. This series highlighted a lot of classic fantasy stories and authors who were out of print or considered obscure in the early 1970s, and contains many works by the authors on both Gygax’ and Moldvay’s lists. Neither of them mention the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series directly, but it’s likely that both were familiar with it, if not directly inspired by it.

* [“Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy” series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle\_Forgotten\_Fantasy\_Library) (1973-1980). Similar to Ballantine’s line noted above, though I’m not sure this list achieved the same reach as Ballantine’s series did. The connection to RPGs is tenuous here, but some of these books are by authors recommended by one or both of Gygax and Moldvay.