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This list shows me I really should be reading more normal literature (instead of fanfics).
Nominating:
Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

And just because it should be required reading for everyone on this forum:
Horror Humor and Heroes vol. 2 by Jim Bernheimer, The Authorlord and others.

Throwing in my support for:
Fantasy
The Belgariad and The Mallorean
The Wheel of Time
Discworld
Harry Potter
Lord of the Rings
Shannara

Sci-Fi
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy


Further nominations from this humble one:
Fantasy
Magic Kingdom of Landover by Terry Brooks (series)
Circle of Magic by Tamora Pierce (series)
Darksword by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (series)
Dragonlance by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (series)

Sci-fi
2001: Space Odyssey and 2010: Space Odyssey II by Arthur C. Clark

Seconding Circle of Magic.

Seconding '2001: Space Odyssey, 2010: Space Odyssey II, Dragonlance series, Circle of Magic series, and HHH: V2.'

Nominating a short story by Isaac Asimov - The Last Question.

New Fantasy-Accepted:
The Belgariad and The Mallorean - David Eddings (series) +2
Circle of Magic - Tamora Pierce (series) +2

Most definitely seconding The Last Question.

Thirding The last Question. You have to give Asimov credit where it is due. A nice philisophical piece.

Seconding Brave New World and 1984 with the power of one thousand exploding suns! I know I'm biased because they're some of my favourites ever, but come on guys, those are classics.

Also adding an unecessary vote to Narnia, The Hobbit, and The Belgariad/Mallorean.

I wish I had some other stuff to contribute, but I wouldn't class my recent reads under sci-fi or fantasy. :/

I wish I had some other stuff to contribute, but I wouldn't class my recent reads under sci-fi or fantasy. :/

There are other genres? That's weird.

New Fantasy HoG
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein

Seconding Artemis Fowl--I've grown up on that series and loved all of it

Nominating "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel" series. It's great fantasy with a LOT of mythology and history mixed in. For a "kids' series" it has more than once sent me to history books and Wikipedia.

Throwing my support in for:
Magic Kingdom of Landover (series) by Terry Brooks
Darksword series by Weis and Hickman

Recommending:
The Sword of Shannara series by Terry Brooks

List updated and seconding sword of shannara.

I can't believe I had forgotten about it for this long. Considering just how many books long it is and how he tied it in with another series of his.

Here are my nominations for the list

For Science Fiction
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Frankenstein or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley

For Fantasy
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

For science fiction, I'm adding my vote to Ender's Game, Fahrenheit 451, and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. For fantasy, I'm seconding A Song of Ice and Fire and Chronicles of Prydain.

Thirding Artemis Fowl. The beginning of the series is better than the last few books, though. And I'm nominating Perdido Street Station by China Miéville and The Princess Bride by William Goldman.

Also adding my votes to:
Chronicles of Narnia
Harry Potter
LOTR
The Hobbit
Earthsea

Thirding A Song of Ice and Fire.

I'm embarrased I forgot to vote this for so long:

Jim Butcher - The Codex Alera

I enthusiastically second The Codex Alera and would like to add a nomination for Trudi Canavan's The Black Magician Trilogy.

I'll third Codex Alera

I'll nominate the Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy.

Seconding Frankenstein.

dataubman, woudn't Gulliver's Travels fall more under satire? Admittedly, many would classify it as fantasy.

In the science fiction category, I recommend The Warlock In Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff, as well as the other books in the series.