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Little Dragon

Book Review List A - C

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A

Sea of Stars Volume 1 (with Dennis Hallum), illustrations by Stephen Green and Rico Renzi; The Sea of Stars series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
Midnight Riot; The Rivers of London series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror/Mystery: **
Growing Gills: Nonfiction, Creativity/Self-Help: ****
The Dragon's Path; The Dagger and the Coin series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Age of Ash; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Blade of Dream; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Long Price Quartet; The Long Price quartet, Books 1 - 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Clap When You Land: Fiction, YA General Fiction/Poetry: ****
The Learned Art of Witches and Wizards: Nonfiction, Magic: ***
The Salmon of Doubt: Nonfiction, Essays/General Nonfiction: *****
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide; The Hitchhiker's Guide series, Books 1 - 5: Fiction, Comedy/Sci-Fi: ***
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God; The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Horror/Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***+
Watership Down: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Children of Blood and Bone; The Legacy of Orïsha series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
Abandoned Places: Nonfiction, History: ***
Like Never and Always: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****
Thinking 101: Nonfiction, Psychology: ****
Unexpected Gifts; The Castle Mountain Lodge series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
Eyewitness Handbook: Cats: Nonfiction, Pets: *****
The Book of Three; The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: Nonfiction, Art: ****
The Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Rebel in the Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: Fiction, YA General Fiction: ****+
Flight: Fiction, YA Fantasy/General Fiction: ***+
The Girl and the Ghost: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
City of the Beasts; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Forest of the Pygmies; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 3: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Zorro: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Skellig: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Frequently Asked Questions: An Unshelved Collection; The Unshelved series, Book 6: Fiction, Comic Strips/Humor: ****+
Draw 50 Cats: Nonfiction, CH Art: ***+
All the Birds in the Sky: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
Never Say You Can't Survive: Nonfiction, Essays/Memoir/Writing: ****
Tales of Great Dragons: Nonfiction, Ch Folklore/Picture Book: *****
Casting Shadows: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Illuminated Manuscripts: Nonfiction, Art/History: ***+
My Diary from the Edge of the World: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Granted: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Death Warmed Over The Dan Shambles, Zombie PI series, Book 1: Fiction, Comedy/Fantasy: ***
The X-Files: Ruins The X-Files series: Fiction, Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***
The Game of Sunken Places; The Norumbegan quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy/Humor/Thriller: ****
Whales on Stilts; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 2: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
Jasper Dash and Flame-Pits of Delaware; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 3: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Agent Q, or the Smell of Fear!; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 4: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (with Eugene Yelchin), illustrations by Eugene Yelchin: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Humor: ***+
Three Hearts and Three Lions; The Holger Danske series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Wolfwing The Lycanthra Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Animal-Speak: Nonfiction, Animals/Magic: *****
Crankee Doodle, illustrations by Cece Bell: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The In-Between: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller: ****+
Write, Writing, Written: Nonfiction, Writing: **+
Demons Don't Dream; The Xanth series, Book 16: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Humor: **
Killobyte: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Dream a Little Dream (with Julie Brady): Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Light From Uncommon Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Complete Animorphs series The Animorphs series, Books 1 - 54, plus Megamorphs 1 - 4 and Chronicles series: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
Alternamorphs 1 - The First Journey The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 1: Fiction, MG Gamebook/Sci-Fi: ***
Alternamorphs 2 - The Next Passage The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 2: Fiction, MG Gamebook/Sci-Fi: ****
The Everworld series; The Everworld series, Books 1 - 12: Fiction, YA Fantasy
The Remnants series; The Remnants series, Books 1 - 14: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
Crenshaw: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Endling #1: The Last; The Endling series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****
Endling #2: The First; The Endling series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****+
The One and Only Ivan: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Willodeen: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Wishtree: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Eve and Adam (with Michael Grant): Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****+
Scattered Magic; The Sidhe (Urban Fantasy) series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Small Spaces; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Dead Voices; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 2: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
Dark Waters; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 3: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
Empty Smiles; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 4: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
Predictably Irrational: Nonfiction, Psychology: ****
Sister of the Chosen One (with Colleen Oakes): Fiction, YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Hemlock Island: Fiction, Thriller: ****
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying; A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Heart of a Tiger, illustrations by Jamichael Henterly: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****
The Coward; The Quest for Heroes series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Things To Do While Avoiding Things To Do: Nonfiction, Homorous Nonfiction: **+
Fabulous Beasts (with text by Joyce Hargreaves): Fiction, Fantasy/Folklore: ****
Mickey7; The Mickey7 series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: **
The Caves of Steel; The Robot series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Foundation; The Foundation series: The Foundation trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Dragons Wild; The Dragons Wild series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *
Love to Write? Turn $6 Into $1,000s Doing What You Love!: Nonfiction, Business/Writing: **+
How to Paint and Draw Animals: Nonfiction, Art: ***
Unicorns 101: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
Pride and Prejudice: Fiction, General Fiction/Romance: ***+
Beyond the Western Sea 1: Escape from Home; The Beyond the Western Sea series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: ****
Beyond the Western Sea 2: Lord Kirkle's Money; The Beyond the Western Sea series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: ****
Bright Shadow: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Devil's Race: Fiction, CH Chiller: ***
Midnight Magic: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction/Mystery: **
The Secret School: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: ****
Strange Happenings: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: *****
Wolf Rider: Fiction, CH Chiller: ****
Dragon Art: Nonfiction, Art: ***+

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Secrets to Writing Your First eBook and Getting It Online: Nonfiction, Writing: **+
Fortune's Pawn; The Paradox series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Peculiar; The Peculiar series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: **
Wolfwood: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
How to Be a Writer: Nonfiction, Writing: ***
Over the Woodward Wall; The Up-and-Under series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Along the Saltwise Sea; The Up-and-Under series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Into the Windwracked Wilds; The Up-and-Under series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Under the Smokestrewn Sky; The Up-and-Under series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Frog Princess; Tales of the Frog Princess, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: **+
Sky Coyote; The Company series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Old MacDonald Had a Dragon, illustrations by Christopher Santoro: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Borderline; The Arcadia Project series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Bookshops & Bonedust; The Legends & Lattes series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Carico Trails; The Beyonders series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Senlin Ascends; The Books of Babel series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Arm of the Sphinx; The Books of Babel series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Hod King; The Books of Babel series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Fall of Babel; The Books of Babel series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1 - 3; The Spirelli Paranormal Investigations series, Books 1 - 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ***
Catkin, illustrations by P. J. Lynch: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Fundamentals of Drawing Landscapes: Nonfiction, Art: ****
Shadow and Bone; The Grishaverse: The Shadow and Bone trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Six of Crows; The Grishaverse: The Six of Crows duology, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Crooked Kingdom; The Grishaverse: The Six of Crows duology, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Abarat; The Abarat series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **
The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonfiction, Prehistoric Life/Nature/Science: ***+
Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals Nonfiction, Art: ****
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity; The Brixton Brothers series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
Chloe and the Lion, illustrations by Adam Rex: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
How This Book Was Made, illustrations by Adam Rex: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
The Girl Who Drank the Moon: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Track of the Cat; The Anna Pigeon Mysteries series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller: ****
Peter Pan: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
The Ancient One; The Adventures of Kate series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Lost Years of Merlin; The Merlin Saga, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson); The Starcatchers series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Write That Book Already! (with Kathi Kamen Goldmark): Nonfiction, Writing: ****
The Time Keeper; The Timeways trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi: ****
Shark vs. Train, illustrations by Tom Licthenheld: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Fire Truck vs Dragon, illustrations by Shanda McCloskey: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
Animalia: Fiction, CH Novelty/Picture Book: ****
The Discovery of Dragons: New Research Revealed: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
No Plot? No Problem!: Nonfiction, Writing: ****
On My Honor: Fiction, MG Suspense: ***+
No Two Persons: Fiction, Collection/Literary Fiction: ***+
The Wizard of Oz; The Oz series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Sea Fairies; A Trot and Cap'n Bill Adventure, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
Art & Fear (with Ted Orlando): Nonfiction, Art: ***+
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragons; The Jim Henson's Storyteller series: Fiction, CH? Anthology/Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
The Last Unicorn: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Range of Ghosts; The Eternal Sky series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: Nonfiction, Essays/Fandom: ****
Serafina and the Black Cloak; The Serafina series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***
Journey; The Journey trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Quest; The Journey trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Return; The Journey trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
A Hollow World: Down the Rabbit Hole; Series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: **+
The Wedding Trap; The Second Service series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***+
Cat Hisstory: A Feline Tour Through the Ages (with text by Frederica Templeton): Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
The Jaguar Princess: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash; A Candorville Collection, Book 1: Fiction, Comic Strip/Humor: *****
The Art of War for Writers: Nonfiction, Writing: *****
Nick of Time; The Nick McIvers Adventures Through Time series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
The Face in the Frost: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Kingfisher Treasury of Witch and Wizard Stories (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Fantasy: **
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
City of Stairs; The Divine Cities series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Dragon: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: *****
Bradamant's Quest: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Fox & Phoenix; The Lóng City series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Last Dragonlord; The Last Dragonlord trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The 38 Most Common Fiction Writing Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them): Nonfiction, Writing: *****
Me and My Dragon; The Me and My Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Inscription: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
The Red Canary: Nonfiction, Animals/Biography/History/Science: ***+
Galaxy Quest: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
The Darkest Part of the Forest: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Doll Bones: Fiction, MG Chiller/Fantasy: ****
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
Written in Bone: Nonfiction, Anatomy/Anthropology/Autobiography/Science/True Crime: ****
To Shape a Dragon's Breath; The Nampeshiweisit series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
In Search of Lost Dragons (with Carine-M and Jézéquel): Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: **+
The Clockwork Cathedral; The Time Corps Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Whatever for Hire; The Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
The Seven Moments in Storytelling that Really Matter: Nonfiction, Writing: **+
I Was a Teenage Fairy; An Ageless book: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
This Book is Not Yet Rated: Fiction, YA General Fiction/Humor: ****
The Only Harmless Great Thing: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
How to Draw Your Own Story: The Dragon, The Knight, and the Princess: Nonfiction, CH Art: ****
Arkhangelsk: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Cold Between; A Central Corps novel, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Mythology: ****
My Sons Will Eat Today: Fiction, Historical Fiction: ****
The Book of Imaginary Beings: Nonfiction, Folklore/Humorous Nonfiction: ***
The Name of This Book is Secret; The Secret series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery; The Secret series, Book 6: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery/Writing: ****+
Fairy, illustrations by Dean Griffiths: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Firekeeper's Daughter: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****+
It Came!; The It Came series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Jaguar Sun; The Jaguar Sun series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Plain Kate: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Swordquest: Realworld (with Chris Sims), illustrations by X Ghostwriter; The Swordquest series, Issues 0 - 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Across the Desert: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****+
The Canyon's Edge: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Vengeance Road; The Vengeance Road series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Western: ****+
Retribution Rails; The Vengeance Road series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Western: ****
Frontier Earth; The Frontier Earth series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Keeper of Cats; The Skylar series, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ***
Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Greentown series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Halloween Tree: Fiction, CH Chiller: ****
The Martian Chronicles: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
The Benefits of Being an Octopus: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
My Sister, the Serial Killer: Fiction, Humor/Thriller: ***+
The Untamed; The Dan Barry series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
Skyfarer; The Drifting Lands series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: **
Beauty Queens: Fiction, YA Humor/Thriller: *****
The Diviners; The Diviners series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Faerie Wars; The Faerie Wars Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Driftwood: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
A Natural History of Dragons; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Tropic of Serpents; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Voyage of the Basilisk; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
In the Labyrinth of Drakes; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Within the Sanctuary of Wings; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Comet's Nine Lives: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
Constructive Anatomy: Nonfiction, Art: ****+
The Human Machine: Nonfiction, Art: ****
The Encyclopedia of World Wildlife: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ***
Kiln People; The Kiln books: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Practice Effect: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Green Rider; The Green Rider series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
First Rider's Call; The Green Rider series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
A Bad Spell in Yurt; The Royal Wizard of Yurt series, Volume 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
CatStronauts: Mission Moon; The CatStronauts series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Young Frankenstein: A Mel Brooks Book: The Story of the Making of the Film (with Rebecca Keegan): Nonfiction, Media Reference: ***+
Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!; The Magic Kingdom of Landover series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
Running With the Demon; The Word and the Void trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Sometimes the Magic Works: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Writing: *****
The Sword of Shannara; The Shannara series: The Shannara trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Star Dragon: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Art of Amy Brown: Nonfiction, Art: ****
The Boys in the Boat: Nonfiction, History/Sports: *****
Darth Vader and Son; The Darth Vader collection, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Comic Strips/Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Vader's Little Princess; The Darth Vader collection, Book 2: Fiction, CH? Comic Strips/Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Children Make Terrible Pets; The Lucy series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!; The Lucy series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Curious Garden: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
The Wild Robot; The Wild Robot series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Sci-Fi: ****
The Wild Robot Escapes; The Wild Robot series, Book 2: Fiction, CH? Sci-Fi: ****
Red Rising; The Red Rising Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Golden Son; The Red Rising Saga, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Morning Star; The Red Rising Saga, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Wish You Were Here (with Sneaky Pie Brown); A Mrs. Murphy Mystery, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ***
Dragon World: Fiction, CH? Picture Book/Poetry: ***+
Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: Nonfiction, Writing: ****+
Pulp, illustrations by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips: Fiction, Action/Graphic Novel/Historical Fiction/Western: ****
The Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols: Nonfiction, Magic: ****
Bad Kitty; The Bad Kitty series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Confessions of a Gourmand, or How to Cook a Dragon: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****
Good Guys: Fiction, Action/Crime/Fantasy: ***+
Jhereg; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Yendi; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Teckla; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The Book of Taltos; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 4 and 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Book of Athyra; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 6 and 7: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
Fairy Metal Thunder; The Songs of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Newport Tower: Unsettled History: Nonfiction, History: ***+
Some Like It Perfect; A Temporary Engagement series, Book 3: Fiction, Romance: **+
Invisible Prison; The Invisible Recruits Novellas, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Fairy Tale Detectives; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Unusual Suspects; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Between Two Fires: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
The Blacktongue Thief; The Blacktongue Thief series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
The Lesser Dead: Fiction, Horror: ****
The Suicide Motor Club: Fiction, Horror: ****
Those Across the River: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
Beguilement; The Wide Green World series, Volume 1: The Sharing Knife series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: **+
Penric's Demon; The World of the Five Gods universe: The Penric & Desdemona series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Finder; A Novel of the Borderlands: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo (with Jill Twiss), illustrations by EG (Gerald Kelley) Keller: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book/Politics: ****
Night of the Gargoyles, illustrations by David Wiesner: Fiction, CH Chiller/Picture Book: ****
Let's Write a Short Story!: Nonfiction, Writing: **+
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart; The Tales from the Chocolate Heart series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Cora and the Nurse Dragon: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
The Emperor's Edge; The Emperor's Edge series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Fantasy: ****
Flash Gold; The Flash Gold Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
A Princess of Mars; The Barsoom/John Carter of Mars series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Tarzan of the Apes; The Tarzan, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure: ***
Storybound; The Storybound series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Throwaway Princess: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ****
Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics (with Burton Silver): Fiction, Humor: ***+
The Autumlands, Volume 1: Tooth and Claw, illustrations by Jordie Bellaire and Benjamin Dewey; The Autumnlands series, Issues 1 - 6: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****+
The Wizard's Tale, illustrations by David T. Wenzel: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Furies of Calderon; The Codex Alera series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Wild Seed; The Patternist series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words: Nonfiction, Reference/Writing: *****

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Mental FOCUS Training Secrets: Nonfiction, Self-Help: ***+
Saber Tooth; The Dawn of Mammals series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Stormsinger; The Storms in Amethir series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Learn to Draw Like the Masters: Dragons; The Learn to Draw Like the Masters series: Nonfiction, MG? Art: ****
Ink and Bone; The Great Library series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Ill Wind; The Weather Warden series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Anatomy of Movement: Nonfiction, Anatomy: ****+
The Shadow of Black Wings; The Year of the Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
The Dragonslayer's Apprentice: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
Dragon Companion; The Dragon Companion series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *
Flunked; The Fairy Tale Reform School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Nonexistent Knight (translated by Archibald Calhoun); The Our Ancestors series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Humor: ****
The Artist's Way Starter Kit: Nonfiction, Creativity/Self-Help: ****
How to Avoid Making Art (Or Anything Else You Enjoy), illustrations by Elizabeth Cameron: Nonfiction, Comic Strips/Creativity/Humorous Nonfiction: *****
Supplies: A Troubleshooting Guide for Creative Difficulties: Nonfiction, Creativity/Self-Help: ****
Breaking Deluce: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **
Last of the Giants: The Rise and Fall of Earth's Most Dominant Species: Nonfiction, YA? Animals/History: ***
Who Goes There?: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Hero With a Thousand Faces: Nonfiction, Mythology/Psychology: ****
Gargoyles' Christmas, illustrations by Bridget Starr: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ***
Blacksad Volume 1: Somewhere Within the Shadows, illustrations by Juanjo Guarnido; The Blacksad series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Mystery: ****
Meddling Kids: Fiction, Horror/Humor/Mystery: ***+
Ender's Game; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Speaker for the Dead; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Xenocide; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Children of the Mind; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Ender's Shadow; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Shadow of the Hegemon; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Shadow Puppets; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy; The Genre Writing series: Nonfiction, Writing: *****
Dragon's Keep: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Day Zero: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Fairies, Gnomes, & Trolls: Create a Fantasy World in Polymer Clay: Nonfiction, Art: *****
The Terminal List; The Terminal List series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Thriller: ***
Etiquette & Espionage; The Finishing School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Best of Lewis Carroll: Fiction, CH? Essays/Fantasy/Poetry: ***+
Any Sign of Life: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Walk the Earth a Stranger; The Gold Seer series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The X-Files: Earth Children are Weird, illustrations by Kim Smith; Based on The X-Files series: Fiction, CH Media Tie-In/Picture Book/Sci-Fi: ***
The X-Files: Fight the Future (adapted by Elizabeth Hand); The X-Files series, Book 7: Fiction, Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: Nonfiction, Fandom/Memoir: ****
Dragons in the Stars; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon Rigger; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Star Rigger's Way; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Seas of Ernathe; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: Nonfiction, Grammar/Humorous Nonfiction: ****+
Graceling; The Graceling Realm series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
Ruby Blue; The Ruby Blue series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **
How to Survive History: Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
An American Werewolf in Hoboken; The Wolf Mates series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
You've Got Dragons, illustrations by Nick Maland: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
Retrograde; The Retrograde series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Don Quixote (translated by Walter Starkie): Fiction, General Fiction/Humor: ***+
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi; The Amina al-Sirafi series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy: ****+
Midnight at the Well of Souls; The Well of Souls series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
A Psalm for the Wild-Built; A Monk and Robot book, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
To Be Taught, If Fortunate: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Girl With No Name (with Vanessa James and Lynne Barrett-Lee): Nonfiction, Autobiography: ****
In Search of the Fun-Forever Job: Nonfiction, Business: ***+
Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex (with Thomas Nickerson and Ken Rossignol; edited by Huggins Point editors): Nonfiction, History/Survival: **+
This Is Our Song; The Shaughnessy Brothers series, Book 4: Fiction, Romance: ****
Here and Now and Then: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (with Lauren Oliver); The Curiosity House series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***
Donkey Heart, Monkey Mind (with Rachel Jackson): Nonfiction?, Autobiography: ***+
Do-It-Yourself Magic: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Sun Dragon's Song #1, illustrations by Kim Miranda; The Sun Dragon's Song series, Issue 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***+
Ocean's Godori; The Alliance series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Sorcerer to the Crown; The Sorcerer to the Crown series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
Camp Tiger, illustrations by John Rocco: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****
Flux: Fiction, Literary Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***+
And Then There Were None: Fiction, Suspense: *****
When the Tripods Came; The Tripods series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Sci-Fi: ****
The Lives of Tao; The Lives of Tao series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Art of Prophecy; The War Arts Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Book of the Dragon: Fiction, Att/Fantasy: ****
It Came in the Mail: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
Wicked Games (with Jill Myles); A Games novel, Volume 1: Fiction, Romance: ***+
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Black God's Drums: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****+
A Dead Djinn in Cairo; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The Haunting of Tram Car 015; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****+
A Master of Djinn; The Dead Djinn Universe series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: *****
Ring Shout: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: *****
Killing Dirty; The Across the Barren Landscape series, Story 1: Fiction, Western: ***+
Writing Tools: Nonfiction, Writing: ****+
Childhood's End: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Lost and the Found: Fiction, YA Thriller: ****
Extreme Science: Nonfiction, MG? History/Media Reference/Science: ***+
Bad Unicorn; The Bad Unicorn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Frindle: Fiction, CH General Fiction: ****
The Janitor's Boy: Fiction, CH General Fiction: ****+
Things Not Seen; The Things Not Seen series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: *****
She Persisted, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: Nonfiction, CH Biography/History/Picture Book: ****+
She Persisted Around the World, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: Nonfiction, CH Biography/History/Picture Book: ****+
House of Dragons; The House of Dragons series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Eyewitness Books: Cat: Nonfiction, CH Animals: *****
Crownchasers; The Crownchasers series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Thronebreakers; The Crownchasers series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Encyclopedia of Monsters: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
The Magical Worlds of The Lord of the Rings: Nonfiction, Media Reference: ****
The Armored Saint; The Sacred Throne series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Z. Rex; The Hunting series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Fantasy Creatures in Clay: Nonfiction, Art: ****
Cryptozoology A - Z (with Jerome Clarke): Nonfiction, Cryptozoology: ****
Winds of Marque; The Blackwood & Virtue series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
Artemis Fowl; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: *****
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: *****
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Artemis Fowl Files; The Artemis Fowl series: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor/Media Tie-In: ***
And Another Thing...; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Book 6: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Supernaturalist: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Wish List: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: *****
The Hunger Games; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Catching Fire; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Mockingjay; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; A Hunger Games novel: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Gregor the Overlander; The Underland Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Imagine!: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
The Stranger in the Mirror: Fiction, Thriller: **+
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Dancing With Dragons: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: ****
Magickal, Mystical Creatures: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: *****
Thieving Forest: Fiction, Historical Fiction: ****
The Wiz Biz; The Wizardry series, Books 1 and 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Wiz Biz II: Cursed and Consulted; The Wizardry series, Books 3 and 4: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: **
The Truth About Animals: Nonfiction, Animals/History/Nature/Science: ****
15 Minutes; The Rewind Agency series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Suspense: ***
Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Dark is Rising; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Ghost Hawk: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Lionboy; The Lionboy trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
The Churn; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Leviathan Wakes; The Expanse series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Caliban's War; The Expanse series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Gods of Risk; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Abaddon's Gate; The Expanse series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Vital Abyss; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Cibola Burn; The Expanse series, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Nemesis Games; The Expanse series, Book 5: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Babylon's Ashes; The Expanse series, Book 6: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Strange Dogs; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Persepolis Rising; The Expanse series, Book 7: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Auberon; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Tiamat's Wrath; The Expanse series, Book 8: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Leviathan Falls; The Expanse series, Book 9: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Memory's Legion; The Expanse novellas: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
How It Unfolds; The Far Reaches series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Expanse #1 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 1: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse #2 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 2: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Expanse #3 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 3: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse #4 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 1 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Rubine; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 2 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Francesco Pisa; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 5 - 8: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Expanse Volume 1: Origins (with Hallie Lambert and Georgia Lee), illustrations by Huang Danlan, Triona Farrell, Juan Useche, and Rahzzah; The Expanse Origins, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Collection/Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***+
Three Little Wishes, illustrations by Steven Yeowell: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ***+
Witches of Lychford; The Witches of Lychford series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Doon (with Lorie Langdon); A Doon novel, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***
Misadventures of Maude March; The Maude March series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Western: ***
The Painted Word: Nonfiction, Reference/Writing: **+
The Amulet of Doom; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
Spirits and Spells; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
Eyes of the Tarot; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
Waiting Spirits; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 4: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
The Dragonslayers: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
The Monster's Ring; A Magic Shop book, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Jennifer Murdley's Toad; A Magic Shop book, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher; A Magic Shop book, Book 3: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
The Skull of Truth; A Magic Shop book, Book 4: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love; A Magic Shop book, Book 5: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Ghost in the Third Row; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Ghost Wore Gray; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 2: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 3: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
Space Station Ice-3: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***
Odds are Good: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: *****
Oddest of All: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ***+
Bruce Coville's Book of... Anthologies (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Chiller/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Sci-Fi: *****
A Glory of Unicorns (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Fantasy: *****
Half-Human (editor): Fiction, MG Anthology/Fantasy: *****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Figures: Nonfiction, Art: *****
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Worlds: Nonfiction, Art: ****
How to Train Your Dragon; The How to Train Your Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Wizards of Once; The Wizards of Once series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Fools Like Us: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: **
Walk Two Moons; The Walk Two Moons series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
How to Take Great Photographs With Any Camera: Nonfiction, Photography: ****
The Myth of Multitasking: Nonfiction, Business/Self-Help: ***+
Jurassic Park; The Jurassic Park series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Timeline: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Way of Wizards: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****
Dark Matter: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Recursion: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Pines; The Wayward Pines trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
My Lady's Choosing (with Larissa Zageris): Fiction, Gamebook/Historical Fiction/Humor/Romance: ***
Scritch Scratch: Fiction, MG Chiller/Mystery: ***+
Unbound: Nonfiction, Anthropology/History/Science: ***+
The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom; The Clockwork Fairy trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****

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