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Sea of Stars Volume 1 (with Dennis Hallum), illustrations by Stephen Green and Rico Renzi; The Sea of Stars series, Issues 1 - 5: YA?: ***+
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragons; The Jim Henson's Storyteller series: CH?: ****
In Search of Lost Dragons (with Carine-M and Jézéquel): YA: **+
It Came!; The It Came series, Issues 1 - 4: *****
Swordquest: Realworld (with Chris Sims), illustrations by X Ghostwriter; The Swordquest series, Issues 0 - 5: YA?: ****
CatStronauts: Mission Moon; The CatStronauts series, Book 1: CH: ****
Pulp, illustrations by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips: ****
The Autumlands, Volume 1: Tooth and Claw, illustrations by Jordie Bellaire and Benjamin Dewey; The Autumnlands series, Issues 1 - 6: YA: ****+
The Wizard's Tale, illustrations by David T. Wenzel: CH: ****
Blacksad Volume 1: Somewhere Within the Shadows, illustrations by Juanjo Guarnido; The Blacksad series, Book 1: ****
Sun Dragon's Song #1, illustrations by Kim Miranda; The Sun Dragon's Song series, Issue 1: CH: ***+
The Expanse #1 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 1: ****
The Expanse #2 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 2: ***+
The Expanse #3 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 3: ****
The Expanse #4 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 4: ****
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 1 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Rubine; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 1 - 4: ****+
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 2 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Francesco Pisa; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 5 - 8: ****+
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 3 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Francesco Pisa; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 9 - 12: ****+
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: ***+
Three Little Wishes, illustrations by Steven Yeowell: ***+
William and the Lost Spirit: MG?: ***
Afar: YA: ****
Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men, illustrations by Benjamin Dewey and Nate Piekos; The Beasts of Burden series, Issues 1 - 4: MG?: ****
Ocean/Orbiter Deluxe Edition, illustrations by Chris Sprouse and Colleen Doran: *****
King: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo: ****
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes, 30th Anniversary Edition, illustrations by Sam Keith; The Sandman series, Issues 1 - 8: ***
The Sandman Volume 2: The Doll's House, 30th Anniversary Edition, illustrations by Mike Dringenberg and Malcom Jones III; The Sandman series, Issues 9 - 16: ***
Die Volume 1, illustrations by Stephanie Hans; The Die series, Issues 1 - 5: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Into the Dragon's Maw, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 1 - 5: YA?: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Treasurehearts, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 6 - 10: YA?: ***+
Self / Made, illustrations by Eudardo Ferigato and Marcelo Costa; Issues 1 - 6: YA?: ***+
One Trick Pony: CH: ***+
Monster on the Hill: CH: ****
A Tale of Sand (with Jerry Juhl), illustrations by Ramón K. Pérez and Ian Herring: ***+
Charismagic 0, illustrations by Khary Randolph; The Charismagic series, Volume 1: ***
Stranger Things: The Other Side, illustrations by Stefano Martino and Keith Champagne; A Stranger Things graphic novel, Volume 1: YA?: ***+
Fairy Quest Volume 1: Outlaws, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outlaws Issues 1 - 2: MG?: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #1, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 1: MG?: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #2, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 2: MG?: ****
Low Road West, illustrations by Miquel Muerto Flaviano; Issues 1 - 5: YA: ***+
Eclipse Volume 1, illustrated by Giovanni Timpano; The Eclipse series, Issues 1 - 4: ****
I Kill Giants, illustrations by JM Ken Niimura: YA?: ****
Descender: The Deluxe Edition Volume 1, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 1 - 16: *****
Descender Volume 4: Orbital Mechanics, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 17 - 21: ****+
Descender Volume 5: Rise of the Robots, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 22 - 26: *****
Descender Volume 6: The Machine War, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 27 - 32: ****
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: ****+
Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10: ****+
Ascender Volume 3: The Digital Mage, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 11 - 14: ****+
Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18: ****+
Sentient, illustrations by Gabriel Walta: ****
Power Up, illustrations by Matt Cummings; The Power Up series, episodes 1 - 6: YA?: ***+
Monstress Volume 1: Awakening (illustrations by Sana Takeda); Series, Volume 1: YA: ***+
Planet Paradise: ***
Alice: From Dream to Dream (with Giulia Adragna): MG: ****
Robots Vs. Princesses Volume 1, illustrations by Nicholas Chapuis; The Robots Vs. Princesses series, Issues 1 - 4: CH?: ***+
Altered Carbon: Download Blues (with Rik Hoskin), illustrations by Ferran Sellares; A Takeshi Kovacs graphic novel: ****
WE3, illustrations by Frank Quitely; The We3 series, Issues 1 - 3: ****
The Reason for Dragons: YA: ***+
The Tea Dragon Society; The Tea Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ****
The Tea Dragon Festival; The Tea Dragon series, Book 2: CH: ****
The Realm Volume 1, illustrations by Jeremy Haun; The Realm series, Issues 1 - 5: ***
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; The Mouse Guard series, Book 1: MG?: ****
Haunter of Dreams; The Chronicles of Yria series: CH?: ****
Norroway Volume 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, illustrations by Kit Seaton; The Norroway series: YA?: ***+
The Mercenary, Volume 1: The Cult of the Sacred Fire; The Mercenary series: ***+
Snow White and the Seven Robots, illustrations by Jimena Sanchez S.; The Far-Out Fairy Tales series: CH: ***+
Coda Vol. 1, illustrations by Matias Bergara; The Coda series: ***+
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation: Volume 1; The Labyrinth Coronation series, Issues 1 - 4: YA?: ***+
Nimona: YA?: ****+
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG? ****
Lumberjanes to the Max 2 (with Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen and Carolyn Nowak; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 5: Band Together, illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 6: Sink or Swim (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Carey Pietsch; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 7: A Bird's Eye View (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Maarta Laiho, Carey Pietsch, and Ayme Sotuyo; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 8: Stone Cold (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Maarta Laiho and Carey Pietsch; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
The Amulet of Samarkand (with Andrew Donkin), illustrations by Nicolas Chapuis and Lee Sullivan; A Bartimaeus graphic novel, Book 1: MG: ****
They Called Us Enemy (with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott), illustrations by Harmony Becker: *****
Rip Haywire and the Curse of Tangaroa; A Rip Haywire graphic novel: YA?: *****
The Woods Volume 1: The Arrow; The Woods series, Issues 1 - 4: ****
The Woods Volume 2: The Swarm; The Woods series, Issues 5 - 8: ****
The Woods Volume 3: New London; The Woods series, Issues 9 - 12: ****
Paper Girls Volume 1, illustrations by Cliff Chiang; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ****
Paper Girls Volume 2, illustrations by Cliff Chiang; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ****
Paper Girls Volume 3, illustrations by Cliff Chiang; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ****
Paper Girls Volume 4, illustrations by Cliff Chiang; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ****
Paper Girls Volume 5, illustrations by Cliff Chiang and Matthew Wilson; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ****
Paper Girls Volume 6, illustrations by Cliff Chiang and Matthew Wilson; The Paper Girls series: MG?: ***+
Saga Volume 1, illustrations by Fiona Staples; The Saga series, Issues 1 - 6: *****
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley: CH?: ****
Quantum Mechanics: CH?: ****
Princeless: Save Yourself, illustrations by M. Goodwin; The Princeless series, Volume 1: MG?: ****+
Princeless: Get Over Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin; The Princeless series, Volume 2: MG?: ****
Princeless: The Pirate Princess, illustrations by Rosy Higgens and Ted Brandt; The Princeless series, Volume 3: MG?: ****
Princeless: Be Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin and Brett Grunig; The Princeless series, Volume 4: MG?: ****
Princeless: Short Stories Volume 1, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Make Yourself, Part 1, illustrations by Emily Martin, Brett Grunig, and Alex Smith; The Princeless series, Volume 5: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Make Yourself, Part 2, illustrations by Brett Grunig, Emily Martin, and Alex Smith; The Princeless series, Volume 6: MG?: ****
Princeless: Find Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin, Ainhoa Aramayo, Christine Hipp, and Brett Grunig; The Princeless series, Volume 7: MG?: ****
Princeless: Princesses, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series, Volume 8: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Love Yourself, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series, Volume 9: MG?: ****
Rat Queens Deluxe Volume 1, illustrations by Tess Fowler and Roc Upchurch; The Rat Queen series, Volume 1: ****+
Birthright Volume 1: Homecoming, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 2: Call to Adventure, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 3: Allies and Enemies, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 4: Family History, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 5: Belly of the Beast, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 6: Fatherhood, illustrations by Andrei Bressanand Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 7: Blood Brothers, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 8: Live by the Sword, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 9: War of the Worlds, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ***+
Fables: Legends in Exile, Volume 1; The Fables series, Issues 1 - 5: ****
I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After; The I Hate Fairyland series, Issues 1 - 5: ***

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Comic Strips

Frequently Asked Questions: An Unshelved Collection; The Unshelved series, Book 6: ****+
Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash; A Candorville Collection, Book 1: *****
Darth Vader and Son; The Darth Vader collection, Book 1: CH?: ****+
Vader's LIttle Princess; The Darth Vader collection, Book 2: CH?: ****+
How to Avoid Making Art (Or Anything Else You Enjoy), illustrations by Elizabeth Cameron: *****
Cats Cats Cats: A Collection of Great Cat Cartoons (editor): ***
Breaking Cat News; A Breaking Cat News collection, Book 1: ****
Help is On the Way; A Basic Instructions collection, Book 1: *****
Made With 90% Recycled Art; A Basic Instructions collection, Book 2: ****+
The Curse of the Masking-Tape Mummy; A Basic Instructions collection, Book 3: ****+
Pearls Before Swine: BLTs Taste So Darn Good; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 1: *****
Pearls Before Swine: This Little Piggy Stayed Home; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 2: *****
Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic; A Pearls Before Swine treasury, Book 1: *****
Pearls Before Swine: Nighthogs; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 3: *****
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind; A Brewster Rockit, Space Guy! collection, Book 1: *****
The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity: ****
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf: ****
Rip Haywire Blows UP!; A Rip Haywire collection, Book 2: YA?: ****+
Book Love: ***+

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Fantasy

Sea of Stars Volume 1 (with Dennis Hallum), illustrations by Stephen Green and Rico Renzi; The Sea of Stars series, Issues 1 - 5: YA?: ***+
Midnight Riot; The Rivers of London series, Book 1: **
The Dragon's Path; The Dagger and the Coin series, Book 1: ***+
Age of Ash; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 1: ****+
Blade of Dream; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 2: ****+
The Long Price Quartet; The Long Price quartet, Books 1 - 4: ****
Watership Down: ****
Children of Blood and Bone; The Legacy of Orïsha series, Book 1: YA: ****+
The Book of Three; The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 1: MG: ****
Rebel in the Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 2: MG: ****
Flight: YA: ***+
The Girl and the Ghost: MG: ****
City of the Beasts; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 1: YA: ****
Kingdom of the Golden Dragon; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 2: YA: ****
Forest of the Pygmies; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 3: YA: ****
Skellig: YA: ****
All the Birds in the Sky: **
Casting Shadows: YA: ****
My Diary from the Edge of the World: MG: ***+
Granted: MG: ****
Death Warmed Over The Dan Shambles, Zombie PI series, Book 1: ***
The Game of Sunken Places; The Norumbegan quartet, Book 1: MG: ****
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (with Eugene Yelchin), illustrations by Eugene Yelchin: YA?: ***+
Three Hearts and Three Lions; The Holger Danske series, Book 1: ***
The In-Between: MG: ****+
Demons Don't Dream; The Xanth series, Book 16: YA?: **
Dream a Little Dream (with Julie Brady): ***
Light From Uncommon Stars: ****+
The Everworld series; The Everworld series, Books 1 - 12: YA
Endling #1: The Last; The Endling series, Book 1: MG?: *****
Endling #2: The First; The Endling series, Book 2: MG?: ****+
Crenshaw: CH: ****+
Willodeen: MG: ****+
The One and Only Ivan: CH: ****+
Wishtree: CH: ****+
Scattered Magic (with S. Ravynheart) The Sidhe (Urban Fantasy) series, Book 1: ***
Small Spaces; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 1: MG: ****
Sister of the Chosen One (with Colleen Oakes): YA: ***
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying; A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Coward; The Quest for Heroes series, Book 1: ***+
Fabulous Beasts (with text by Joyce Hargreaves): ****
Dragons Wild; The Dragons Wild series, Book 1: *
Unicorns 101: CH: ****
Bright Shadow: CH: ****
Strange Happenings: CH: ****
The Peculiar; The Peculiar series, Book 1: MG: **
Wolfwood: YA: ****
Over the Woodward Wall; The Up-and-Under series, Book 1: MG: *****
Along the Saltwise Sea; The Up-and-Under series, Book 2: MG: *****
Into the Windwracked Wilds; The Up-and-Under series, Book 3: MG: ****+
Under the Smokestrewn Sky; The Up-and-Under series, Book 4: MG: ****
The Frog Princess; Tales of the Frog Princess, Book 1: CH: **+
Old MacDonald Had a Dragon, illustrations by Christopher Santoro: CH: ****
Senlin Ascends; The Books of Babel series, Book 1: ****
Arm of the Sphinx; The Books of Babel series, Book 2: ****
The Hod King; The Books of Babel series, Book 3: ****
The Fall of Babel; The Books of Babel series, Book 4: ***+
Borderline; The Arcadia Project series, Book 1: ****
Bookshops & Bonedust; The Legends & Lattes series, Book 2: ****+
Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1 - 3; The Spirelli Paranormal Investigations series, Books 1 - 3: ***
Catkin, illustrations by P. J. Lynch: CH: ****
Shadow and Bone; The Grishaverse: The Shadow and Bone trilogy, Book 1: YA: ***
Six of Crows; The Grishaverse: The Six of Crows duology, Book 1: YA: *****
Crooked Kingdom; The Grishaverse: The Six of Crows duology, Book 2: YA: *****
Abarat; The Abarat series, Book 1: YA: **
The Girl Who Drank the Moon: MG: ****+
Peter Pan: CH: ***+
The Ancient One; The Adventures of Kate series, Book 2: MG: ****
The Lost Years of Merlin; The Merlin Saga, Book 1: MG: *****
Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson); The Starcatchers series, Book 1: MG: ***
Fire Truck vs Dragon, illustrations by Shanda McCloskey: CH: ****
The Discovery of Dragons: New Research Revealed: CH: ****
The Wizard of Oz; The Oz series, Book 1: CH: ****
The Sea Fairies; A Trot and Cap'n Bill Adventure, Book 1: CH: ***
Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragons; The Jim Henson's Storyteller series: CH?: ****
Great Classic Science Fiction: ****
The Last Unicorn: ****+
Range of Ghosts; The Eternal Sky series, Book 1: ****
Serafina and the Black Cloak; The Serafina series, Book 1: MG: ***
Journey; The Journey trilogy, Book 1: CH: ****+
Quest; The Journey trilogy, Book 2: CH: ****+
Return; The Journey trilogy, Book 3: CH: ****+
A Hollow World: Down the Rabbit Hole; Series, Book 1: **+
The Jaguar Princess: ****
The Face in the Frost: ***+
The Kingfisher Treasury of Witch and Wizard Stories (editor): CH: **
City of Stairs; The Divine Cities series, Book 1: *****
Dragon: CH: *****
Bradamant's Quest: ***
Fox & Phoenix; The Lóng City series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Last Dragonlord; The Last Dragonlord trilogy, Book 1: ****
Me and My Dragon; The Me and My Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ****
The Inscription: ***
The Darkest Part of the Forest: YA: ***+
Doll Bones: MG: ****
To Shape a Dragon's Breath; The Nampeshiweisit series, Book 1: ****+
In Search of Lost Dragons (with Carine-M and Jézéquel): YA: **+
Whatever for Hire; The Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series, Book 5: ****
I Was a Teenage Fairy; An Ageless book: YA: ***
Fairy, illustrations by Dean Griffiths: CH: ****
Jaguar Sun; The Jaguar Sun series, Book 1: YA: **+
Plain Kate: MG: ***+
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: YA: ****
Swordquest: Realworld (with Chris Sims), illustrations by X Ghostwriter; The Swordquest series, Issues 0 - 5: YA?: ****
Keeper of Cats; The Skylar series, Book 3: YA?: ***
Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Greentown series, Book 2: MG?: ****
The Untamed; The Dan Barry series, Book 1: ***
Skyfarer; The Drifting Lands series, Book 1: **
The Diviners; The Diviners series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Faerie Wars; The Faerie Wars Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ****
Driftwood: ***
A Natural History of Dragons; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 1: ****
The Tropic of Serpents; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 2: ****
Voyage of the Basilisk; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 3: ****
In the Labyrinth of Drakes; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 4: ****
Within the Sanctuary of Wings; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 5: ****
Green Rider; The Green Rider series, Book 1: ****
First Rider's Call; The Green Rider series, Book 2: ****
A Bad Spell in Yurt; The Royal Wizard of Yurt series, Volume 1: ***
Magic Kingdom For Sale - Sold!; The Magic Kingdom of Landover series, Book 1: ****
Running With the Demon; The Word and the Void trilogy, Book 1: ****
The Sword of Shannara; The Shannara series: The Shannara trilogy, Book 1: ***+
Confessions of a Gourmand, or How to Cook a Dragon: YA?: ****
Good Guys: ***+
Jhereg; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 1: *****
Yendi; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 2: *****
Teckla; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 3: ****+
The Book of Taltos; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 4 and 5: ****
The Book of Athyra; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 6 and 7: ***
Fairy Metal Thunder; The Songs of Magic series, Book 1: YA: ***
Invisible Prison; The Invisible Recruits Novellas, Book 1: YA: ****
Fairy Tale Detectives; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Unusual Suspects; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 2: MG: ****
Between Two Fires: ****+
The Blacktongue Thief; The Blacktongue Thief series, Book 1: *****
Beguilement; The Wide Green World series, Volume 1: The Sharing Knife series, Book 1: **+
Penric's Demon; The World of the Five Gods universe: The Penric & Desdemona series, Book 1: ***+
Finder; A Novel of the Borderlands: YA: ****
The Dragon with a Chocolate Heart; The Tales from the Chocolate Heart series, Book 1: CH: ****
Cora and the Nurse Dragon: CH: ***+
The Emperor's Edge; The Emperor's Edge series, Book 1: ****
Flash Gold; The Flash Gold Chronicles, Book 1: YA: ****
Storybound; The Storybound series, Book 1: MG: ***
The Throwaway Princess: CH?: ****
The Autumlands, Volume 1: Tooth and Claw, illustrations by Jordie Bellaire and Benjamin Dewey; The Autumnlands series, Issues 1 - 6: YA: ****+
The Wizard's Tale, illustrations by David T. Wenzel: CH: ****
Furies of Calderon; The Codex Alera series, Book 1: ****
Hollow Kingdom: **+
Stormsinger; The Storms in Amethir series, Book 1: ***+
Ink and Bone; The Great Library series, Book 1: YA: ****
Ill Wind; The Weather Warden series, Book 1: ***+
Flunked; The Fairy Tale Reform School series, Book 1: MG: ***
The Shadow of Black Wings; The Year of the Dragon series, Book 1: YA: ***
The Dragonslayer's Apprentice: CH: ***
Dragon Companion; The Dragon Companion series, Book 1: *
The Nonexistent Knight (translated by Archibald Calhoun); The Our Ancestors series, Book 3: ****
Breaking Deluce: YA: **
Gargoyles' Christmas, illustrations by Bridget Starr: CH: ***
Blacksad Volume 1: Somewhere Within the Shadows, illustrations by Juanjo Guarnido; The Blacksad series, Book 1: ****
Dragon's Keep: MG: ****
Walk the Earth a Stranger; The Gold Seer series, Book 1: YA: ****
Etiquette & Espionage; The Finishing School series, Book 1: MG: ***
The Best of Lewis Carroll: CH?: ***+
Dragons in the Stars; The Star Rigger Universe: ****
Dragon Rigger; The Star Rigger Universe: *****
Graceling; The Graceling Realm series, Book 1: YA: ****+
Ruby Blue; The Ruby Blue series, Book 1: YA: **
An American Werewolf in Hoboken; The Wolf Mates series, Book 1: ****
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: MG?: ****
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi; The Amina al-Sirafi series, Book 1: ****+
Do-It-Yourself Magic: CH: ***+
Sun Dragon's Song #1, illustrations by Kim Miranda; The Sun Dragon's Song series, Issue 1: CH: ***+
Sorcerer to the Crown; The Sorcerer to the Crown series, Book 1: ***+
The Art of Prophecy; The War Arts Saga, Book 1: ****
The Book of the Dragon: ****
It Came in the Mail: CH: ****
The Black God's Drums: ****+
A Dead Djinn in Cairo; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: ****
The Haunting of Tram Car 015; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: ****+
A Master of Djinn; The Dead Djinn Universe series, Book 1: *****
Ring Shout: *****
Bad Unicorn; The Bad Unicorn trilogy, Book 1: MG: ****
House of Dragons; The House of Dragons series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: ***
The Armored Saint; The Sacred Throne series, Book 1: ****
Artemis Fowl; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 1: MG: ****
Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 2: MG: *****
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 3: MG: *****
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception; The Artemis Fowl series, Book 4: MG: ****
The Artemis Fowl Files; The Artemis Fowl series: MG: ***
The Wish List: MG: *****
Gregor the Overlander; The Underland Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ***+
Imagine!: CH: ****+
The Wiz Biz; The Wizardry series, Books 1 and 2: ***
The Wiz Biz II: Cursed and Consulted; The Wizardry series, Books 3 and 4: **
Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 1: CH: ****
The Dark is Rising; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 2: CH: ****
Ghost Hawk: MG: ****
Lionboy; The Lionboy trilogy, Book 1: CH: ***+
Three Little Wishes, illustrations by Steven Yeowell: ***+
Witches of Lychford; The Witches of Lychford series, Book 1: ***+
Doon (with Lorie Langdon); A Doon novel, Book 1: YA: ***
The Amulet of Doom; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 1: YA: *****
Spirits and Spells; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 2: YA: ****
Eyes of the Tarot; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 3: YA: *****
Waiting Spirits; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 4: YA: *****
The Dragonslayers: CH: ***
Monster's Ring; A Magic Shop book, Book 1: CH: *****
Jennifer Murdley's Toad; A Magic Shop book, Book 2: CH: *****
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher; A Magic Shop book, Book 3: CH: *****
The Skull of Truth; A Magic Shop book, Book 4: CH: *****
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love; A Magic Shop book, Book 5: CH: ****
Odds are Good: CH: *****
Oddest of All: CH: ***+
Bruce Coville's Book of... Anthologies (editor): CH: *****
Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds (editor): CH: *****
A Glory of Unicorns (editor): CH: *****
Half-Human (editor): CH: *****
How to Train Your Dragon; The How to Train Your Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ***
The Wizards of Once; The Wizards of Once series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Way of Wizards: MG?: *****
Scritch Scratch: MG: ***+
The Clockwork Fairy Kingdom; The Clockwork Fairy trilogy, Book 1: MG: ****
The Dragon Book (with Gardner Dozois, editors): **+
The Good Luck Girls; The Good Luck Girls series, Book 1: YA: **+
The Adamantine Palace; The Memory of Flames series, Book 1: *+
The Book Eaters: ***
William and the Lost Spirit: MG?: ***
The Folktale Cat (editor): ***
Traitor's Blade; The Greatcoats series, Book 1: ****+
Spellslinger; The Spellslinger series, Book 1: ***+
The Very Best of Charles de Lint: ***+
The Last Dragon (translated by Shaun Whiteside): MG: ***+
Afar: YA: ****
Mystic; The Mystic trilogy, Book 1: YA: ***+
The Knight and the Dragon: CH: ****
The Little Prince (translated by Richard Howard): CH: ****
The Tale of Despereaux: CH: ****
A Christmas Carol: ***+
The Flight of Dragons, illustrations by Wayne Anderson: ****
The Dragon and the George; The Dragon Knight series, Book 1: ***
Rebel Genius; The Rebel Geniuses series, Book 1: MG: ***
The Field Guide (with Holly Black); The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ***
Usborne Fantasy Quests; The Fantasy Adventures series: CH: ****
The Flaw in All Magic; The Magebreakers series, Book 1: ***+
Scriber: ****
Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men, illustrations by Benjamin Dewey and Nate Piekos; The Beasts of Burden series, Issues 1 - 4: MG?: ****
Hatching Magic; The Hatching Magic series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Dragon of Never-Was; The Hatching Magic series, Book 2: MG: ****
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: *****
The Dragonology Handbook (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ****
Dragonology Pocket Adventures (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ***
Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons Deluxe Book and Model Set Volume 1: European Dragon (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ****
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ***
Daughter of Mythos; The Daughter of Mythos series, Book 1: YA: **+
Dragonsdale: Skydancer; The Dragonsdale series, Book 1: MG: ****
Merlin's Book of Magick and Enchantments: **
Fifty-One Tales: ****
Fire & Heist: YA: ****
The Queen of Blood; The Queens of Renthia series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Reluctant Queen; The Queens of Renthia series, Book 2: ***+
Race the Sands: ****
The Stone Girl's Story: MG: ****+
You Don't Want a Unicorn!, illustrations by Liz Climo: CH: ****
Knight's Castle; Tales of Magic, Book 2: CH: ****
Kings of the Wyld; The Band series, Book 1: *****
Bloody Rose; The Band series, Book 2: *****
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Thorne Chronicles, Book 1: YA: ****+
How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Thorne Chronicles, Book 2: YA: ****+
Nightwatch on the Hinterlands; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Weep series, Book 1: ****+
Nightwatch Over Windscar; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Weep series, Book 2: ****+
Pawn of Prophecy; The Belgariad, Book 1: YA?: **+
Dragoncharm; The Ultimate Dragon Saga, Book 1: ***
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles: CH: ***+
Dragonhenge (with John Grant); The Dragonhenge series, Book 1: ****
The Stardragons (with John Grant); The Dragonhenge series, Book 2: ***
Collinsfort Village: CH?: *+
King's Dragon; The Crown of Stars series, Volume 1: ****
Cold Magic; The Spiritwalker Trilogy, Book 1: YA: **+
Dragons in a Bag; The Dragons in a Bag series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
The Neverending Story: CH?: ***
Empire of Exiles; The Books of the Usurper series, Book 1: ***+
Ocean Meets Sky: CH: ****+
Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon: YA: ***
Nightingale; The Nightingale series, Book 1: YA: *+
We Three Dragons (editor): ***
Magician: Apprentice; The Riftwar Saga, Book 1: **+
Dragons Composed (editor): ***
The Last Dragonslayer; The Chronicles of Kazam, Book 1: YA: **+
King: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo: ****
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Visual Companion: ****
Stoneheart; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 1: MG: ****
Ironhand; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 2: MG: ****
Silvertongue; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 3: MG: ****
Pyramid Scheme (with Dave Freer); The Pyramid series, Book 1: ***
How to Draw a Dragon: CH: ****
Goblintown Justice; A Shotguns & Sorcery story: ***
The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories: **+
Animist: ***
Once Upon a Toad: MG: ****
Dragon Rider; The Dragon Rider series, Book 1: CH: ****
Inkheart; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 1: MG: *****
Inkspell; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 2: MG: ****
Inkdeath; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 3: MG: **
The Thief Lord: MG: ***+
American Gods; The American Gods series, Book 1: ****
Coraline: MG: ****
Fortunately, the Milk: CH: ****
Fragile Things: ****
The Graveyard Book: MG/YA: ****+
Neverwhere: *****
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: ****+
Odd and the Frost Giants: CH: ****
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes, 30th Anniversary Edition, illustrations by Sam Keith; The Sandman series, Issues 1 - 8: ***
The Sandman Volume 2: The Doll's House, 30th Anniversary Edition, illustrations by Mike Dringenberg and Malcom Jones III; The Sandman series, Issues 9 - 16: ***
Stardust: ***+
InterWorld (with Michael Reaves); The Inter World series, Book 1: YA: ***
My Father's Dragon, illustrations by Ruth Christian Gannett; The My Father's Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ****+
Tuesdays at the Castle; The Castle Glower series, Book 1: CH: ****
Dragon Slippers; The Dragon Slippers series, Book 1: MG?: ****
Die Volume 1, illustrations by Stephanie Hans; The Die series, Issues 1 - 5: ****
Flesh and Fire; The Vineart War trilogy, Book 1: YA?: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Into the Dragon's Maw, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 1 - 5: YA?: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Treasurehearts, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 6 - 10: YA?: ***+
Three Parts Dead; The Craft Sequence, Book 1: ***+
The Book Jumper: YA: ***
Sparkers: MG: ****+
The Trouble with Dragons: CH: ***+
The Conductors; The Murder & Magic series, Book 1: ****
The Princess Bride: ****
Step Inside Dragons, illustrations by Nick Harris: CH: ****
Wizard's First Rule; The Sword of Truth series, Book 1: *****
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition (with David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editors): ***
God Game: ****
The Ghost Pirate's Treasure: Mystery of the Jaguar Warrior; The Paranormally Yours series, Book 1: **+
Blue Moon Rising; The Forest Kingdom series, Book 1: ****
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (editor): **
The Kingless Land; The Band of Four series, Book 1: ***+
Claws (with Rachel Grinti): MG: ***+
The Magicians; The Magicians series, Book 1: ***+
Shelly's Second Chance; The Wish Granters series, Book 1: ****
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time; The Dinotopia series, Book 1: MG?: *****
Dinotopia: The World Beneath; The Dinotopia series, Book 2: MG?: ****
Winterhouse; The Winterhouse series, Book 1: MG: ****
Firefly Hollow; The Firefly Hollow series, Book 1: ***
Princess Academy; The Princess Academy series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (with Ernie Chang); The Darkslayer series, Book 1: *+
Rebel of the Sands; The Rebel of the Sands series, Book 1: YA: ****
Fly By Night; The Fly By Night series, Book 1: MG: **
Brimstone Bound; The Firebrand series, Book 1: ***+
Monster on the Hill: CH: ****
A Spindle Splintered; The Fractured Fables series, Book 1: ****+
A Mirror Mended; The Fractured Fables series, Book 2: ****+
The Once and Future Witches: *****
Seraphina; The Seraphina series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Nobody Likes a Goblin: CH: ****
The Floating Island; The Symphony of Ages series: The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series, Book 1: MG: *****
The Thief Queen's Daughter; The Symphony of Ages series: The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series, Book 2: MG: ****
Rhapsody: Child of Blood; The Symphony of Ages series: The Rhapsody trilogy, Book 1: *****
Prophecy: Child of Earth; The Symphony of Ages series: The Rhapsody trilogy, Book 2: ***
The Imaginary Corpse: *****
Hounded; The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1: ***
For a Muse of Fire: YA: ***
The Girl from Everywhere; The Girl from Everywhere series, Book 1: YA: **+
The Anything Box: ****
A Tale of Sand (with Jerry Juhl), illustrations by Ramón K. Pérez and Ian Herring: ***+
Charismagic 0, illustrations by Khary Randolph; The Charismagic series, Volume 1: ***
Full Throttle: Stories: ****
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers: Embers; The Guild of the Cowry Catchers series, Book 1: YA?: **+
Goblin Quest; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 1: ****+
Goblin Hero; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 2: ****+
Goblin War; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 3: ****
Libriomancer; The Magic Ex Libra series, Book 1: ****+
Assassin's Apprentice; The Farseer World: The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1: ****
Royal Assassin; The Farseer World: The The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2: ***+
Ship of Magic; The Farseer World: The The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 1: *****
Mad Ship; The Farseer World: The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 2: *****
Ship of Destiny; The Farseer World: The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 3: *****
Dragon Keeper; The Farseer World: The Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 1: ****
Dragon Haven; The Farseer World: The Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 2: ***+
The Librarian: Little Boy Lost; The Librarian series, Book 1: MG: ***
Carnacki the Ghost Finder: ****
Everless; The Everless series, Book 1: YA: ***
The Paper Magician; The Paper Magician series, Book 1: YA: ***+
The Wolf Hour: MG: ****
Fanuilh; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 1: ****
Wizard's Heir; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 2: ****
Beggar's Banquet; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 3: ****
Scales of Justice; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 4: ****
Tangled Tides; The Sea Monster Memoirs, Book 1: YA ***
Eagle Drums: MG: ****
Stranger Things: The Other Side, illustrations by Stefano Martino and Keith Champagne; A Stranger Things graphic novel, Volume 1: YA?: ***+
The Phoenix on the Sword; The Conan the Barbarian series, Book 1: ***+
The Library of the Dead; The Edinburgh Nights series, Book 1: YA?: ***
Warriors: Into the Wild; The Warriors series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Secret of Platform 13: CH: **+
Which Witch?: CH: **+
Raybearer: YA: ****+
The Whale Rider: ****+
Dread Nation; The Dread Nation series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Quill Pen: YA: ***+
The Shadow of What Was Lost; The Licanius Trilogy, Book 1: **+
Cinder Edna, illustrations by Kevin O'Malley: CH: ***+
Redwall; The Redwall series, Book 1: MG?: ***
The Fifth Season; The Broken Earth trilogy, Book 1: ****
The City We Became; The Great Cities trilogy, Book 1: *****
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): ****
Fairy Quest Volume 1: Outlaws, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outlaws Issues 1 - 2: MG?: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #1, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 1: MG?: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #2, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 2: MG?: ****
The Ballad of Perilous Graves: ***
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter; The Dungeons & Dragons series: ***+
The Story of Owen; The Story of Owen series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Lives of Christopher Chant; The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Book 2: MG?: ***
Dark Lord of Derkholm; The Derkholm series, Book 1: YA: *****
Year of the Griffin; The Derkholm series, Book 2: YA: ***
Merlin Conspiracy: YA: ***
Tough Guide to Fantasyland: *****
Blessed Lands Egypt: *
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; The Unusual Chickens series, Book 1: MG: ****
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book: **
Lovabye Dragon, illustrations by Randy Cecil; The Girl and Dragon Books: CH: ****
The Eye of the World; The Wheel of Time series, Book 1: ***+
Windward: **+
Pride's Run; The Wolf's Pride series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Burned; The Dragos series, Book 1: ***
Godkiller; The Fallen Gods series, Book 1: ***
Crown of Serpents; The Tununda Mysteries series, Book 1: **
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Geoffrey Trousselot, translator); The Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, Book 1: ***
The Divide; The Divide trilogy, Book 1: MG: ****
The Summer Tree; The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, Book 1: ***
The Dragon Quartet; The Dragon Quartet, Books 1 and 2: ****
The Dragon Quartet, Volume 2; The Dragon Quartet, Books 3 and 4: ****
I Kill Giants, illustrations by JM Ken Niimura: YA?: ****
Storm; The Elemental series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Girl In Between; The Girl In Between series, Book 1: YA: ****
Song in the Silence; The Tales of Kolmar series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Leopard's Daughter: ****
The Wild Road; The Wild Road series, Book 1: **
The Dark Tower I: Gunslinger; The Dark Tower series, Book 1: ***
The Eyes of the Dragon: ***+
The Shining: ****
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: ***+
Dragons vs. Drones; The Dragons vs. Drones series, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Hollow Places: ****
Illuminations: MG: ***+
Nettle & Bone: *****
Swordheart: ***
Thornhedge: ****
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking: YA?: ****
The Jungle Book: MG?: ****
The Second Jungle Book: MG?: **+
The Book of Story Beginnings: MG: ****
The Glasswright's Apprentice; The Glasswright's Saga, Book 1: ***
The House in the Cerulean Sea: ****+
Under the Whispering Door: ****
By Sword, Stave or Stylus: ***
Dreamhunter; The Dreamhunter Duet, Book 1: YA: **
The Dragon of Trelian; The Trelian trilogy, Book 1: MG: ****
The Dragonling Collector's Edition, Volume 1; The Dragonling series, Books 1 - 3: CH: ****
The Dragonling Collector's Edition, Volume 2; The Dragonling series, Books 4 - 6: CH: ***
Ghost Talkers: ****
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria: CH?: *+
Dragon Night: CH: ****
Steel Crow Saga: ****
The Dark World: ***+
The Fire Rose; The Elemental Masters Fairy Tales: *****
The Serpent's Shadow; The Elemental Masters series, Book 1: ****
Firebird; The Fairy Tales series, Book 1: ***+
Flights of Fantasy (editor): ***
The Black Gryphon (with Larry Dixon); The Valdemar universe: The Mage Wars trilogy, Book 1: ***
Bedlam's Bard (with Ellen Guon); The Bedlam's Bard series, Books 1 and 2: ***
The Elvenbane (with Andre Norton); The Halfblood Chronicles, Book 1: *****
Elvenblood (with Andre Norton); The Halfblood Chronicles, Book 2: ****
Skulduggery Pleasant; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 1: MG: ****+
Playing With Fire; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 2: MG: ****+
The Faceless Ones; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 3: MG: ****+
Dark Days; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 4: MG/YA: ****
Mortal Coil; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 5: YA: ****+
Apocalypse Kings; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 5.6: YA?: ****
The Blue Fairy Book; The Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series, Book 1: CH: ***
Beyond the Open Door: CH: ***
Magic or Madness; The Magic or Madness series, Book 1: YA: *+
The Ballad of Black Tom: ***+
Savvy; A Savvy novel, Book 1: MG: ***+
George Grove and the Dragon; The George Grove series, Book 1: MG: *
Jade City; The Green Bone Saga, Book 1: ****+
Piratica; The Piratica series, Book 1: YA: *****
Piratica II; The Piratica series, Book 2: YA: ***
Dragon Pearl; A Rick Riordan Presents novel: MG: ****
Carmilla: ***+
Catwings, illustrations by S. D. Schindler; A Catwings Tale, Book 1: CH: ****
A Wizard of Earthsea; The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1: MG?: ****
The Tombs of Atuan; The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2: MG?: ***
Swords and Deviltry; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 1: ****
Swords Against Death; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 2: ****
Swords in the Mist; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 3: ***+
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: ****+
Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10: ****+
Ascender Volume 3: The Digital Mage, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 11 - 14: ****+
Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18: ****+
A Wrinkle in Time; The Time Quintet, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Truth About Dragons, illustrations by Hanna Cha: CH: *****
Ella Enchanted: MG: ****
Fairest: MG: ****
A Tale of Two Castles; The Two Castles series, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Two Princesses of Bamarre: MG: ****
A Natural History of the Unnatural World (with the "Cryptozoological Society of London"): MG?: **+
The Chronicles of Narnia; The Chronicles of Narnia series, Books 1 - 7: CH?: ****
Eccentric Circles: ***
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: MG?: ****+
Elatsoe: YA: ****+
A Snake Falls to Earth: YA: ****
The Grace of Kings; The Dandelion Dyansty series, Book 1: ****+
Monstress Volume 1: Awakening (illustrations by Sana Takeda); Series, Volume 1: YA: ***+
Over the Moon: MG: ***+
My Sparkling Misfortune (with Alla Alekseyeva); The Lakeland Knight series, Book 1: YA?: ***+
Ravenwood; The Tanyth Fairport Adventures series, Book 1: ***+
First Watch; The Fifth Ward series, Book 1: ****
The Ruin of Kings; A Chorus of Dragons, Book 1: ***+
Throne of Glass; The Throne of Glass series, Book 1: YA: **+
Alice: From Dream to Dream (with Giulia Adragna): MG: ****
You Slay Me; The Aisling Grey, Guardian series, Book 1: ***+
The Princess and the Goblin: CH: ***+
The Merchant of Death; The Pendragon series, Book 1: MG: **
Furthermore: MG: ***
The Dragon and the Stars (with Eric Choi, editors): ***+
Three Mages and a Margarita; The Guild Codex: Spellbound series, Book 1: ***+
Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination: CH: ****
A Game of Thrones; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1: *****
A Clash of Kings; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2: *****
A Storm of Swords; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3: *****
Dragonfold and Other Adventures: YA?: **+
The Wandmaker's Guidebook: CH: ****
Bob (with Rebecca Stead): CH: ****+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: ***
Robots Vs. Princesses Volume 1, illustrations by Nicholas Chapuis; The Robots Vs. Princesses series, Issues 1 - 4: CH?: ***+
Bitterwood; The Dragon Age series, Book 1: ***
The Falconer; The Falconer trilogy, Book 1: YA: ***
Dragon Killer; The Reckoning of Dragons series, Book 1: ***+
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; The Necromancer ceries, Book 1: YA?: **+
A Diversity of Dragons (with Richard Woods), illustrations by John Howe: ***
Once & Future (with A. R. Capetta); The Once & Future series, Book 1: YA: ***
Promise of Blood; The Powder Mage trilogy, Book 1: ****+
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day: ****
Sparrow Hill Road; The Ghost Roads series, Book 1: ****+
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown; The Ghost Roads series, Book 2: ****+
Angel of the Overpass; The Ghost Roads series, Book 3: ****
Discount Armageddon; The InCryptid series, Book 1: ****
Middlegame; The Alchemical Journeys series, Book 1: *****
Rosemary and Rue; The October Daye series, Book 1: ****
Every Heart a Doorway; The Wayward Children series, Book 1: YA?: *****
Down Among the Sticks and Bones; The Wayward Children series, Book 2: YA?: *****
Beneath the Sugar Sky; The Wayward Children series, Book 3: YA?: *****
In an Absent Dream; The Wayward Children series, Book 4: YA?: *****
Come Tumbling Down; The Wayward Children series, Book 5: YA?: *****
Across the Green Grass Fields; The Wayward Children series, Book 6: YA?: ****+
Where the Drowned Girls Go; The Wayward Children series, Book 7: YA?: ****+
Lost in the Moment and Found; The Wayward Children series, Book 8: YA?: ****+
Mislaid in Parts Half-Unknown; The Wayward Children series, Book 9: YA?: ****
Caverns of Socrates: ****
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld: ***
Song for the Basilisk: ***+
The Blue Sword; The Damar series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Hero and the Crown; The Damar series, Book 2: YA: ****+
Spindle's End: YA: ***
Fairy Dreams: CH: *****
The Unwanteds; The Unwanteds series, Book 1: MG: ***
An Accident of Stars; The Manifold Worlds series, Book 1: **+
Dragon's Fire, Wizard's Flame; The Valley of the Dragons series, Book 1: CH: **
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Wizardology series: CH: *****
The Wizardology Handbook (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Wizardology series: CH: ****
The Water Mirror; The Dark Reflections Trilogy, Book 1: MG: ***
Un Lun Dun: MG: ***
Beowulf: ****
The Accidental Sorcerer; The Rogue Agent Trilogy, Book 1: ***+
Paradise Lost: ****
Once There Was; The Once There Was series, Book 1: MG/YA: *****
Sheepfarmer's Daughter; The Deed of Paksenarrion Trilogy, Book 1: **+
Elric of Melniboné; The Elric Saga, Book 1: ***+
A Fate Worse Than Dragons: ***+
Heroics for Beginners: ****
The Unhandsome Prince: ****
Certain Dark Things: ****
Gods of Jade and Shadow: ****
Tell Me a Dragon: ****+
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower: ***
Fablehaven; The Fablehaven series, Book 1: MG: ****
Rise of the Evening Star; The Fablehaven series, Book 2: MG: ****
Grip of the Shadow Plague; The Fablehaven series, Book 3: MG: ***+
The Legend of Hobart: CH: ***+
Fireborne; The Aurelian Cycle, Book 1: YA: ***+
The Paper Bag Princess: CH: *****
Fantasy World-Building: ****
The Book of Dragons: CH?: ****
The Enchanted Castle: CH?: **+
Burn: YA?: ***
Lord of the Changing Winds; The Griffin Mage Trilogy, Book 1: ***
Merlin's Mistake; The Merlin's Mistake series, Book 1: YA: ****
Midnight for Charlie Bone; The Children of the Red King series, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Dragon's Child and the Night of the Unicorn: CH: ****
Griffin's Castle: MG: ****+
Sabriel; The Old Kingdom series, Book 1: YA: *****
The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday; The Keys to the Kingdom series, Book 1: YA: ***
The Seventh Tower: The Fall; The Seventh Tower series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Seventh Tower: Castle; The Seventh Tower series, Book 2: MG: ****
The Seventh Tower: Aenir; The Seventh Tower series, Book 3: MG: ****
The Seventh Tower: Above the Veil; The Seventh Tower series, Book 4: MG: ****
The Seventh Tower: Into Battle; The Seventh Tower series, Book 5: MG: ****
The Seventh Tower: The Violet Keystone; The Seventh Tower series, Book 6: MG: ****
Have Sword, Will Travel (with Sean Williams); The Have Sword, Will Travel series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Mermaid's Sister: YA: **
The Reason for Dragons: YA: ***+
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: MG: ***+
Dragon Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 4: MG: ****
Catfantastic I - IV (with Martin H. Greenberg, editors); The Catfantastic series: ****
Spinning Silver: ****
His Majesty's Dragon; The Temeraire series, Book 1: ****
Throne of Jade; The Temeraire series, Book 2: *****
Black Powder War; The Temeraire series, Book 3: *****
Empire of Ivory; The Temeraire series, Book 4: ****
Victory of Eagles; The Temeraire series, Book 5: *****
Tongues of Serpents; The Temeraire series, Book 6: ****
Crucible of Gold; The Temeraire series, Book 7: ****+
Blood of Tyrants; The Temeraire series, Book 8: ***+
League of Dragons; The Temeraire series, Book 9: ***
Uprooted: YA: ****+
Dracopedia Field Guide; The Dracopedia series: ****+
The Rover; The Rover series, Book 1: YA?: ***
A Dignity of Dragons, illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli: CH: ****
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: YA: ****
Akata Witch; The Akata Witch series, Book 1: MG: ****
Shadowshaper; The Shadoshaper Cypher series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude, illustrations by Kevin O'Malley, Carol Heyer, and Scott Goto: CH: ***+
The Tea Dragon Society; The Tea Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ****
The Tea Dragon Festival; The Tea Dragon series, Book 2: CH: ****
Beasts Made of Night; The Beasts Made of Night series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Airborn; The Airborn series, Book 1: YA: *****
Skybreaker; The Airborn series, Book 2: YA: ****
Starclimber; The Airborn series, Book 3: YA: ****
Inkling: MG: ****
Blazewrath Games: YA: ***+
Dinosaurs Before Dark; The Magic Tree House series, Book 1: CH: ***
Here, There be Dragons; The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book 1: YA: ****
The Search For the Red Dragon; The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book 2: YA: ***
Song of the Summer King; The Summer King Chronicles, Book 1: MG? ****
The Merciful Crow; The Merciful Crow series, Book 1: YA: *****
The Faithless Hawk; The Merciful Crow series, Book 2: YA: *****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): *****
The Night Raven; The Crow Investigations series, Book 1: ***
Eragon; The Inheritance Cycle, Book 1: YA: ***
Seafire; The Seafire trilogy, Book 1: YA?: **+
She Who Became the Sun; The Radiant Emperor series, Book 1: YA?: ****+
Dragons Love: CH: *****
The Curious World of Shelley Vendor: MG: *+
A Darkening of Dragons; The Songs of Magic series, Book 1: MG: ****
A Vanishing of Griffins; The Songs of Magic series, Book 2: MG: ****
Witch & Wizard; The Witch & Wizard series, Book 1: YA: **
Valkyrie Rising: YA: ****
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: MG: ****
The Realm Volume 1, illustrations by Jeremy Haun; The Realm series, Issues 1 - 5: ***
Diadem: Book of Names; The Diadem series, Book 1: MG: ****
Diadem: Book of Signs; The Diadem series, Book 2: MG: ****
Diadem: Book of Magic; The Diadem series, Book 3: MG: ****
Diadem: Book of Thunder; The Diadem series, Book 4: MG: ***
Diadem: Book of Earth; The Diadem series, Book 5: MG: ***
The Keeper and the Rune Stone; The Black Ledge series, Book 1: CH?: **
The Godling Club: YA: ***
Black Leviathan (translated by Lucy Van Cleef): YA: ****
Rampant; The Killer Unicorn series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; The Mouse Guard series, Book 1: MG?: ****
Sandry's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 1: MG: *****
Tris's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 2: MG: ****
Daja's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 3: MG: *****
Briar's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 4: MG: *****
Magic Steps; The Circle Opens series, Book 1: MG: ****
Alanna: The First Adventure; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 1: MG: *****
In the Hand of the Goddess; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 2: MG: *****
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 3: MG: *****
Lioness Rampant; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 4: MG: *****
First Test; The Tortall universe: The Protector of the Small series, Book 1: MG: *****
Page; The Tortall universe: The Protector of the Small series, Book 2: MG: *****
Squire; The Tortall universe: The Protector of the Small series, Book 3: MG: *****
Lady Knight; The Tortall universe: The Protector of the Small series, Book 4: MG: *****
Crap Kingdom: YA: ****+
The Builders: ***+
Even Though I Knew the End: ****+
Witchmark; The Kingston Cycle, Book 1: ****
Dragon Rose; Tales of the Latter Kingdoms, Book 1: **+
The Dragon Round: **
The Dragon Slayer With a Heavy Heart: ***
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents; A Discworld novel: MG?: *****+
The Color of Magic; A Discworld novel: *****
Small Gods; A Discworld novel: *****
The Wee Free Men; A Discworld novel: The Tiffany Aching series, Book 1: MG?: *****+
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: CH?: ****
Nation: YA: ****
The Illustrated Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman), illustrations by Paul Kidby: ****+
Hero for Hire; The Eno the Thracian series, Book 1: ***+
Dragonworld (with Michael Reaves): **
The Dragons are Singing Tonight, illustrations by Peter Sís: CH: *****
The Gargoyle on the Roof, illustrations by Peter Sís: CH: ****
Monday's Troll, illustrations by Peter Sís: CH: ***
Switch! The Lost Kingdoms of Karibu; The Lost Kingdoms of Karibu series, Volume 1: MG? **
The Golden Compass; The His Dark Materials series, Book 1: MG?: ***
The Glass Dragon; The Dragon Nimbus series, Book 1: **
Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight: ****
Arcana Universalis: Terminus; The Arcana Universalis series, Part 1: ***+
Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre; The Arcana Universalis series, Part 2: ****
Time Treasure; The McFey Treasures series, Book 1: ****
A Cry Out of Time; The Esme Chronicles, Book 1: **+
No Such Thing as Dragons: MG: ****
Ghost Ship: MG: ***
Cold Cereal; The Cold Cereal Saga, Book 1: MG: ****+
Mystics #1: The Seventh Sense; The Mystics series, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Takers; The Oz Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ***+
Story Thieves; The Story Thieves series, Book 1: MG: ****+
The Red Pyramid; The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ****
The Lightning Thief; The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Sea of Monsters; The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 2: MG: ****
The Titan's Curse; The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 3: MG: ****
The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 4: MG: ****
The Last Olympian; The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, Book 5: MG: ****
The Tiger's Daughter; The Ascendant series, Book 1: YA?: *****
Trail of Lightning; The Sixth World series, Book 1: ***+
Sword-Dancer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 1: ****
Sword-Singer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 2: ****
Avalon: Circles in the Stream; The Avalon: Web of Magic series, Book 1: MG?: ***
The Egg; The Egg series, Book 1: CH: ****
Deltora Quest: The Forests of Silence; The Deltora Quest series, Book 1: CH: ***
The Cinder-Eyed Cats: CH: ****
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow; The Jake Ransom series, Book 1: YA: ***
Guardians Inc.: The Cypher; The Guardians Incorporated series, Book 1: YA: ***
The Name of the Wind; The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1: ****+
The Legend of Charlie Fish: ****
Carry On; The Simon Snow series, Book 1: YA: ****
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; The Harry Potter series, Book 1: MG: *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; The Harry Potter series, Book 2: MG: *****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; The Harry Potter series, Book 3: MG: *****
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; The Harry Potter series, Book 4: YA: *****
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; The Harry Potter series, Book 5: YA: *****
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; The Harry Potter series, Book 6: YA: *****
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; The Harry Potter series, Book 7: YA: *****
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
Quidditch Through the Ages; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
The Tales of Beedle the Bard; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
Root Magic: MG: ***+
Dragons Love Tacos, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri; The Dragons Love Tacos series, Book 1: CH: ****
Dragons Love Tacos 2: The Sequel, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri; The Dragons Love Tacos series, Book 2: CH: ****
The Dragon of Lonely Island; The Dragon of Lonely Island series, Book 1: CH: ***+
The Return of the Dragon; The Dragon of Lonely Island series, Book 2: CH: ***+
The Waking Fire; The Draconis Memoria series, Book 1: ****
A School for Sorcery; The School for Sorcery series, Book 1: YA: ****
Magyk; The Septimus Heap series, Book 1: MG: *****
Flyte; The Septimus Heap series, Book 2: MG: ***+
The Demon Awakens; The DemonWars Saga, Book 1: **
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians; The Alcatraz series, Book 1: MG: ****+
Mistborn: The Final Empire; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 1: *****
The Well of Ascension; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 2: ****
The Hero of Ages; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 3: ***+
The Alloy of Law; The Mistborn series: The Wax and Wayne series, Book 1: ***
The Rithmatist; The Rithmatist series, Book 1: YA: *****
The Way of Kings; The Stormlight Archive, Book 1: *****
Words of Radiance; The Stormlight Archive, Book 2: ****+
Warbreaker: ****
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend: CH: ****+
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher; The Witcher series, Collection 1: ***
The Circus of Stolen Dreams: MG: ****
Broken: A Mystical Trip Through Oz; The Mystical Trip Through Oz series, Book 1: MG?: *
Haunter of Dreams; The Chronicles of Yria series: CH?: ****
The Alchemyst; The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series, Book 1: YA: **+
Gallant: YA: ****+
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: ***+
A Darker Shade of Magic; The Shades of Magic series, Book 1: ****
City of Ghosts; The City of Ghosts series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrations by Lane Smith: CH: ****+
The Dragon That Ate Summer; The Dragon series, Book 1: CH: ****
Norroway Volume 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, illustrations by Kit Seaton; The Norroway series: YA?: ***+
The Mercenary, Volume 1: The Cult of the Sacred Fire; The Mercenary series: ***+
The Priory of the Orange Tree: **+
Strange Practice; A Dr. Greta Helsing novel, Book 1: ****
Windsworn; The Gryphon Riders trilogy, Book 1: YA: ****
Gilgamesh the King: ***+
Lord Valentine's Castle; The Majipoor Cycle, Book 1: ***+
Endymion Spring: MG: ***
The Wendy (with Steven Brown); The Tales of the Wendy series, Book 1: YA: **+
The Antlered Ship, illustrations by Eric Fan and Terry Fan: CH: ****
Others See Us: YA: ****
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: ***
Cryptid Hunters; The Cryptid Hunters series, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Green Ember; The Green Ember series, Book 1: MG: ****
Dinotopia: Hatchling; The Dinotopia series: CH: ****
Coda Vol. 1, illustrations by Matias Bergara; The Coda series: ***+
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation: Volume 1; The Labyrinth Coronation series, Issues 1 - 4: YA?: ***+
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland); The D.O.D.O. series, Book 1: ***+
Nimona: YA?: ****+
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG? ****
Lumberjanes to the Max 2 (with Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen and Carolyn Nowak; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 5: Band Together, illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 6: Sink or Swim (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Carey Pietsch; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 7: A Bird's Eye View (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Maarta Laiho, Carey Pietsch, and Ayme Sotuyo; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 8: Stone Cold (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Maarta Laiho and Carey Pietsch; The Lumberjanes series: MG?: ****
A College of Magics; The College of Magics series, Book 1: YA: **
The Bone Shard Daughter; The Drowning Empire series, Book 1: ***
The Dragon Box: CH: **+
The Raven Boys; The Raven Cycle, Book 1: YA: ***+
The Princess and the Firedrake: MG?: ***
High House; The Evenmere Chronicles, Book 1: *
The Jewel of Seven Stars: ***
Tiger; The Five Ancestors series, Book 1: MG: ***
The Amulet of Samarkand; The Bartimaeus trilogy, Book 1: MG: *****
The Golem's Eye; The Bartimaeus trilogy, Book 2: MG: *****
Ptolemy's Gate; The Bartimaeus trilogy, Book 3: MG: *****
The Ring of Solomon; A Bartimaeus novel: MG: ****+
Heroes of the Valley: MG: ****+
The Screaming Staircase; The Lockwood & Co. series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Whispering Skull; The Lockwood & Co. series, Book 2: MG: ****
The Amulet of Samarkand (with Andrew Donkin), illustrations by Nicolas Chapuis and Lee Sullivan; A Bartimaeus graphic novel, Book 1: MG: ****
Age of Myth; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 1: ****
Age of Swords; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 2: ****
Age of War; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 3: ****
Age of Legend; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 4: ****
Age of Death; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 5: ***+
Devil's Tower: ****
Devil's Engine: ****
Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy; The Wings of Fire series, Book 1: MG: ****+
Fairy Foals: CH: ****
The Iron Dragon's Daughter: *
Gulliver's Travels: ****
Blood for Wolves; A Figments Fable: ****
An Ember in the Ashes; The Ember in the Ashes series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Tiger and the Wolf; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 1: ****
The Bear and the Serpent; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 2: ****
The Hyena and the Hawk; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 3: ****
Guns of the Dawn: ****
Made Things: YA?: ****+
Silver in the Wood; The Greenhollow duology, Book 1: ****
Forever His; The Stolen Brides series, Book 1: ****
Dragon's Green; The Worldquake series, Book 1: MG: ***
This Book is Not About Dragons: CH: ****
The Last Chance Hotel; The Seth Seppi series, Book 1: MG: ***
Sweep: Book of Shadows; The Sweep series, Book 1: YA: ****
The Hobbit: MG?: ****
The Fellowship of the Ring; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 1: ****+
The Two Towers; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 2: ****
The Return of the King; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 3: *****
How to Raise and Keep a Dragon (Joseph Nigg, "editor"): CH?: ****
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow; The Nevermoor series, Book 1: MG: ****+
Bitter Seeds; The Milkweed Triptych, Book 1: ***
The Accidental Highwayman; The Kit Bristol series, Book 1: MG: **+
Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey: CH: *****
The Thief; The Queen's Thief series, Book 1: YA: ****
Comfort Me With Apples: ****
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her Own Making; The Fairyland series, Book 1: MG: *****
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There; The Fairyland series, Book 2: MG: *****
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two; The Fairyland series, Book 3: MG/YA: ****+
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland; The Fairyland series, Book 4: MG?: ****+
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home; The Fairyland series, Book 5: MG/YA: *****
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods: MG: *****
The Glass Town Game: MG: ****
Six-Gun Snow White: ***+
Behind the Canvas: MG: ****
California Bones; The Daniel Blackland series, Book 1: ***
Saga Volume 1, illustrations by Fiona Staples; The Saga series, Issues 1 - 6: *****
Steel: YA: ****
Voices of Dragons; The Voices of Dragons series, Book 1: YA: ****
Dragon's Bait: YA: ****
Never Trust a Dead Man: YA: ***+
Disenchanted & Co.; The Disenchanted & Co. series, Book 1: **
The Wild Book (translated by Lawrence Schimel): MG: ***
The Hunt for Elsewhere: **
The Wolf's Curse: MG: ***+
Serpents of Sky: Nine stories of dragons: YA?: ***+
The Empress of Salt and Fortune; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1: ****+
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 2: ****
Into the Riverlands; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 3: ****+
Mammoths at the Gates; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 4: ****+
The Brides of High Hill; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 5: ****
Envy of Angels; A Sin du Jour Affair, Book 1: **+
Quintessence; The Quintessence series, Book 1: ***
The Dragon Machine, illustrations by Wayne Anderson: CH: ****+
A Partner in Crime; A Weapons Casters story: ***+
Coyote's Daughter; The New Legends of the Southwest, Book 1: MG: ***+
The Black Prism; The Lightbringer series, Book 1: ****+
Dragon Girl: The Secret Valley: CH?: ****
Testament of the Dragon (with David Baldwin): YA?: ***
Dragon Wing (with Tracy Hickman); The Death Gate Cycle, Book 1: ***
Elven Star (with Tracy Hickman); The Death Gate Cycle, Book 2: ****
Fire Sea (with Tracy Hickman); The Death Gate Cycle, Book 3: ****
Serpent Mage (with Tracy Hickman); The Death Gate Cycle, Book 4: ****
The Hand of Chaos (with Tracy Hickman); A Death Gate novel, Book 5: ***+
Into the Labyrinth (with Tracy Hickman); A Death Gate novel, Book 6: ****
The Seventh Gate (with Tracy Hickman); A Death Gate novel, Book 1: ****
The Dragons of Autumn Twilight (with Tracy Hickman); The Dragonlance Saga: Chronicles trilogy, Book 1: ***
The Cloud Roads; The Books of the Raksura series, Volume 1: ***+
Emilie and the Hollow World; The Emilie series, Book 1: YA: ***+
The Shadows; The Books of Elsewhere series, Volume 1: MG: ****
The Secret Hour; The Midnighters trilogy, Book 1: YA: ***+
Ashes of the Sun; The Burningblade & Silvereye series, Book 1: ****
The Forbidden Library; The Forbidden Library series, Book 1: MG: ****
The Thousand Names; The Shadow Campaigns series, Book 1: ****
The Wretched of Muirwood; The Legends of Muirwood series, Book 1: YA: ***+
Glimpse; The Dean Curse Chronicles, Book 1: MG: ***+
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; The Salvagers series, Book 1: ***+
Kasey and His Dragon: MG: *
Heartstone; The Heartstone series, Book 1: ****
Nightbooks: MG: ****+
The Thickety: A Path Begins; The Thickety series, Book 1: MG: ****+
The Once and Future King: ***+
The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes; The Adventurer's Guide series, Book 1: MG: ****
Animals Real and Imagined: ****+
Princeless: Save Yourself, illustrations by M. Goodwin; The Princeless series, Volume 1: MG?: ****+
Princeless: Get Over Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin; The Princeless series, Volume 2: MG?: ****
Princeless: The Pirate Princess, illustrations by Rosy Higgens and Ted Brandt; The Princeless series, Volume 3: MG?: ****
Princeless: Be Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin and Brett Grunig; The Princeless series, Volume 4: MG?: ****
Princeless: Short Stories Volume 1, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Make Yourself, Part 1, illustrations by Emily Martin, Brett Grunig, and Alex Smith; The Princeless series, Volume 5: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Make Yourself, Part 2, illustrations by Brett Grunig, Emily Martin, and Alex Smith; The Princeless series, Volume 6: MG?: ****
Princeless: Find Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin, Ainhoa Aramayo, Christine Hipp, and Brett Grunig; The Princeless series, Volume 7: MG?: ****
Princeless: Princesses, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series, Volume 8: MG?: ***+
Princeless: Love Yourself, illustrations by Various Artists; The Princeless series, Volume 9: MG?: ****
The Jewel and Her Lapidary; The Gem Universe series, Book 1: ***+
Updraft; The Bone Universe series, Book 1: YA?: ****
Rat Queens Deluxe Volume 1, illustrations by Tess Fowler and Roc Upchurch; The Rat Queen series, Volume 1: ****+
Free Fall: CH: ****+
Sector 7: CH: ****
Dragon Keeper; A Dragon Keeper novel, Book 1: MG?: ***
The Copper Promise; The Copper Cat series, Book 1: *****
Caliban's Hour: **
The Dragonbone Chair; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 1: *****
The Stone of Farewell; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 2: *****
To Green Angel Tower; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 3: *****
The Heart of What Was Lost; An Osten Ard novel: ***+
Shadowmarch; The Shadowmarch series, Book 1: ****
Shadowplay; The Shadowmarch series, Book 2: ****+
Shadowrise; The Shadowmarch series, Book 3: *****
Shadowheart; The Shadowmarch series, Book 4: ****+
Tailchaser's Song: *****
The War of the Flowers: ***
The Dragons of Ordinary Farm (with Deborah Beale); The Ordinary Farm Adventures, Book 1: MG: **
Birthright Volume 1: Homecoming, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 2: Call to Adventure, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 3: Allies and Enemies, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 4: Family History, illustrations by Andrei Bressan; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 5: Belly of the Beast, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 6: Fatherhood, illustrations by Andrei Bressanand Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 7: Blood Brothers, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 8: Live by the Sword, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ****
Birthright Volume 9: War of the Worlds, illustrations by Andrei Bressan and Adriano Lucas; The Birthright series: YA: ***+
Fables: Legends in Exile, Volume 1; The Fables series, Issues 1 - 5: ****
Alif the Unseen: **
100 Cupboards; The 100 Cupboards series, Book 1: MG: ****
Dandelion Fire; The 100 Cupboards series, Book 2: MG: ****
The Chestnut King; The 100 Cupboards series, Book 3: MG: **+
The Rage of Dragons; The Burning series, Book 1: ****
The Castle in the Attic; The Castle in the Attic series, Book 1: CH: ****
The Battle for the Castle; The Castle in the Attic series, Book 2: CH: ***
The Woodland Folk in Dragonland; The Woodland Folk series: CH: ***+
The Flying Dragon Room, illustrations by Mark Teague: CH: ***+
Serpent of Time: YA: ***+
Book of Enchantments: MG?: ****
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles; The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Books 1 - 4: MG?: *****
Thirteenth Child; The Frontier Magic series, Book 1: YA: ****
Mairelon the Magician; The Mairelon series, Book 1: YA: **
The Black Tides of Heaven; The Tensorate series, Book 1: ***+
Fourth Wing; The Empyrean series, Book 1: ****
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (with Joanne Ryder); The Dragon's Guide series, Book 1: CH: ****+
Cards of Grief: **
Here, There Be Dragons: MG?: ****
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale: ****+
Dragon's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: YA: *****
Heart's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 2: YA: *****
A Sending of Dragons; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 3: YA: ****
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories: ****
Wizard's Hall: CH: ****
The Young Merlin Trilogy; The Young Merlin trilogy, Books 1 - 3: MG: **
I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After; The I Hate Fairyland series, Issues 1 - 5: ***
A Plague of Sorcerers: MG: ***
Forever After (creator): ***
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night; The Song of the Last Kingdom series, Book 1: YA: **+

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Tales of Great Dragons: CH: *****
Alternamorphs 1 - The First Journey The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 1: MG: ***
Alternamorphs 2 - The Next Passage The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 2: MG: ****
Animalia: CH: ****
My Lady's Choosing (with Larissa Zageris): ***
Usborne Fantasy Quests; The Fantasy Adventures series: CH: ****
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: *****
The Dragonology Handbook (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ****
Dragonology Pocket Adventures (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ***
Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons Deluxe Book and Model Set Volume 1: European Dragon (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ****
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: CH: ***
Step Inside Dragons, illustrations by Nick Harris: CH: ****
The Wandmaker's Guidebook: CH: ****
The Book of Beasts: Color and Discover, illustrations by Angela Rizza: CH: ***+
Treasures of the Forgotten City (with David Kristoph); The Ultimate Endings series, Book 1: CH: ***+
Fairy Dreams: CH: *****
Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Wizardology series: CH: *****
The Wizardology Handbook (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Wizardology series: CH: ****
The Adventures of Whatley Tupper: A Choose-Your-Path Novel (with Rudolph Kerkhoven): **
There Are Cats in this Book; The Cats in this Book series, Book 1: CH: ****
There Are No Cats in this Book; The Cats in this Book series, Book 2: CH: ****
Testament of the Dragon (with David Baldwin): YA?: ***
Time Travel Dinosaur; A Chooseomatic book, Book 3: *****

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