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Little Dragon

Anthropomorphism

From feline mythos to mouse knights, animals (and other embodied entities) in their own worlds.

Watership Down: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
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: ****
Crankee Doodle, illustrations by Cece Bell: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Heart of a Tiger, illustrations by Jamichael Henterly: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****
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: ****+
Wishtree: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
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: **+
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: ****
Cat Hisstory: A Feline Tour Through the Ages (with text by Frederica Templeton): Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
The Only Harmless Great Thing: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Comet's Nine Lives: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
CatStronauts: Mission Moon; The CatStronauts series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Humor/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 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: ****
Bad Kitty; The Bad Kitty series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Fairy Tale Detectives; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Unusual Suspects; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 2: Fiction, MG 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: ****
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: ****+
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
Blacksad Volume 1: Somewhere Within the Shadows, illustrations by Juanjo Guarnido; The Blacksad series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Mystery: ****
The Best of Lewis Carroll: Fiction, CH? Essays/Fantasy/Poetry: ***+
Camp Tiger, illustrations by John Rocco: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****
Gregor the Overlander; The Underland Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
The Truth About Animals: Nonfiction, Animals/History/Nature/Science: ****
Lionboy; The Lionboy trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Jennifer Murdley's Toad; A Magic Shop book, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
The Little Prince (translated by Richard Howard): Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Tale of Despereaux: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Dragon and the George; The Dragon Knight series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Fire Within; The Last Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: **
Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men, illustrations by Benjamin Dewey and Nate Piekos; The Beasts of Burden series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Horror: ****
Holy Cow: Fiction, General Fiction/Humor: ***
Breaking Cat News; A Breaking Cat News collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Comic Strip/Humor: ****
Fifty-One Tales: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ****
Dragoncharm; The Ultimate Dragon Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Collinsfort Village: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: *+
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: Fiction, CH? Humor/Poetry: *****
The Nine Lives of Algernon: Fiction, CH? General Fiction/Humor: ***
The World is Your Litter Box: Deluxe Edition: A How-To Manual for Cats: Fiction, Comedy: ****
The Devious Book for Cats: A Parody: Fiction, Comedy: ****+
Animist: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ***+
The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma, illustrations by Christyan Fox: Fiction, Ch Humor/Picture Book: ***+
Dragon Rider; The Dragon Rider series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Odd and the Frost Giants: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
My Father's Dragon, illustrations by Ruth Christian Gannett; The My Father's Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
A Couch for Llama: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Claws (with Rachel Grinti): Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Never Let Your Cat Make Lunch For You, illustrations by Debbie Tilley: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers: Embers; The Guild of the Cowry Catchers series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: **+
CATMOPOLITAN: Fiction, Humor: ****
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Eagle Drums: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Bunnicula; The Bunnicula and Friends series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Humor: ***+
The Storyteller's Handbook: Nonfiction, CH? Creativity: *****
Warriors: Into the Wild; The Warriors series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Redwall; The Redwall series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
Fairy Quest Volume 1: Outlaws, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outlaws Issues 1 - 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #1, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Fairy Quest: Outcasts #2, illustrated by Humberto Ramos; The Fairy Quest series, Outcasts Issue 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Leopard's Daughter: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Wild Road; The Wild Road series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: **
The Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Second Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: **+
I Want My Hat Back: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ***+
This Is Not My Hat: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ***+
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: *+
Catwings, illustrations by S. D. Schindler; A Catwings Tale, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Chronicles of Narnia; The Chronicles of Narnia series, Books 1 - 7: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ****
Monstress Volume 1: Awakening, illustrations by Sana Takeda; Series, Volume 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***+
Before Adam: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Call of the Wild and White Fang: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***
Spindle's End: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Dragon's Fire, Wizard's Flame; The Valley of the Dragons series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: **
Freaks! How to Draw Fantastic Fantasy Creatures: Nonfiction, YA? Art: *****
Lord of the Forest (with Caroline Pitcher): Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****+
This Is a Moose, illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
WE3, illustrations by Frank Quitely; The We3 series, Issues 1 - 3: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Do Not Open This Book: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Dragon's Child and the Night of the Unicorn: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Animal Farm: Fiction, Literary Fiction: ***+
Here, There be Dragons; The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Search For the Red Dragon; The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Song of the Summer King; The Summer King Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
Pearls Before Swine: BLTs Taste So Darn Good; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collections/Comic Strips/Humor: *****
Pearls Before Swine: This Little Piggy Stayed Home; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 2: Fiction, Collections/Comic Strips/Humor: *****
Sgt. Piggy's Lonely Hearts Club Comic; A Pearls Before Swine treasury, Book 1: Fiction, Collections/Comic Strips/Humor: *****
Pearls Before Swine: Nighthogs; A Pearls Before Swine collection, Book 3: Fiction, Collections/Comic Strips/Humor: *****
The Keeper and the Rune Stone; The Black Ledge series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: **
Pax, illustrations by Jon Klassen: Fiction, CH? General Fiction : ****
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; The Mouse Guard series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Felidae; The Felidae series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ****
The Builders: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents; A Discworld novel: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Humor: *****+
Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ****
Mort(e); The War With No Name series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Carnivores, illustrations by Dan Santat: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
Avalon: Circles in the Stream; The Avalon: Web of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
Secret Pizza Party, illustrated by Daniel Salmieri: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Broken: A Mystical Trip Through Oz; The Mystical Trip Through Oz series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *
Haunter of Dreams; The Chronicles of Yria series: Fiction, CH? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Norroway Volume 1: The Black Bull of Norroway, illustrations by Kit Seaton; The Norroway series: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***+
A Catland Companion (with Anne Mobbs): Nonfiction, Art: ***+
City: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Antlered Ship, illustrations by Eric Fan and Terry Fan: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Green Ember; The Green Ember series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fiction: ****
Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy; The Wings of Fire series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story: Fiction, Mystery: ***
The Poodle of Doom, illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei; The Pets Rule! series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Action/Humor: ****
The Cat Manual: Fiction, Humor: ****
Dogs of War; The Dogs of War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Sir Toby Jingle's Beastly Journey: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: *****
Comfort Me With Apples: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Fiction, General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
The Hunt for Elsewhere: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: **
Serpents of Sky: Nine stories of dragons: Fiction, YA? Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Chester; The Chester series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Chester's Back!; The Chester series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****+
You're Finally Here!: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Once and Future King: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Dream of the Thylacine, illustrations by Ron Brooks: Fiction, CH Picture Book/Poetry: ****+
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Humor/Literary Fiction: ***+
Tailchaser's Song: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Fables: Legends in Exile, Volume 1; The Fables series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Woodland Folk in Dragonland; The Woodland Folk series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ***+
How to Fracture a Fairy Tale: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Poetry: ****+
Time Travel Dinosaur; A Chooseomatic book, Book 3: Fiction, Gamebook/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse

The end of the world as we know it, the beginning of the unknown.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide; The Hitchhiker's Guide series, Books 1 - 5: ***
All the Birds in the Sky: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
The Remnants series; The Remnants series, Books 1 - 14: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
The Martian Chronicles: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
Driftwood: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
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: ****+
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
Day Zero: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Any Sign of Life: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
When the Tripods Came; The Tripods series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Sci-Fi: ****
And Another Thing...; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Book 6: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Afar: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
King: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Machine Stops: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Alone: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
Feed; The Newsflesh series, Book 1: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Deadline; The Newsflesh series, Book 2: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Blackout; The Newsflesh series, Book 3: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Rise: The Complete Newsflesh Collection; The Newsflesh series: Fiction, Collection/Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
One Trick Pony: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Girl in Red: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Terminal Alliance; The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Darwin Elevator; The Dire Earth Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
After London or, Wild England: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Fifth Season; The Broken Earth trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Emergency Skin; The Forward collection: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
Low Road West, illustrations by Miquel Muerto Flaviano; Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Dark Tower I: Gunslinger; The Dark Tower series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Mist: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 3: The Digital Mage, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 11 - 14: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
How to Survive Anything: Nonfiction, Survival: ****
Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Media Reference/Survival: ****+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
Bitterwood; The Dragon Age series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Dreamsnake: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Gem People: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers; The Red Dwarf series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
Better Than Life; The Red Dwarf series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
War Girls; The War Girls series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****+
The Realm Volume 1, illustrations by Jeremy Haun; The Realm series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***
2099: Doomsday; The 2099 series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi: ***+
2099: Betrayal; The 2099 series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi: ****
Life as We Knew It; The Life as We Knew It series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Dead and the Gone; The Life as We Knew It series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
Sharcano; The Sharkpocalypse Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Mort(e); The War With No Name series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Trail of Lightning; The Sixth World series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Deal with the Devil; The Mercenary Librarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
The Takers; The Oz Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In: *****
Nightwings: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Coda Vol. 1, illustrations by Matias Bergara; The Coda series: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Last Murder at the End of the World: Fiction, Literary/Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***
Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend: Fiction, Humor/Literary Fiction/Suspense: ****
Scarlet and the Keepers of Light; The Scarlet Hopewell series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
The 5th Wave; The 5th Wave trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Infinite Sea; The 5th Wave trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Last Star; The 5th Wave trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+

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Artificial Intelligence, Cyborgs, and Robots

Thinking computers, living machinery, constructed beings of science or magic, and bionic enhancements.

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: ***+
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide; The Hitchhiker's Guide series, Books 1 - 5: Fiction, Comedy/Sci-Fi: ***
The Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
All the Birds in the Sky: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
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 Remnants series; The Remnants series, Books 1 - 14: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
The Caves of Steel; The Robot series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Sky Coyote; The Company series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
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: ***+
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
It Came!; The It Came series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
CatStronauts: Mission Moon; The CatStronauts series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Star Dragon: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
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: ****+
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: ****
The Nonexistent Knight (translated by Archibald Calhoun); The Our Ancestors series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Humor: ****
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: ***
Day Zero: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Retrograde; The Retrograde series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
A Psalm for the Wild-Built; A Monk and Robot book, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
When the Tripods Came; The Tripods series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Sci-Fi: ****
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Bad Unicorn; The Bad Unicorn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Crownchasers; The Crownchasers series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Thronebreakers; The Crownchasers series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
And Another Thing...; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, Book 6: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Leviathan Wakes; The Expanse series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Caliban's War; The Expanse series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Abaddon's Gate; The Expanse series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Cibola Burn; The Expanse series, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: *****
Jupiter Winds; The Jupiter Winds series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **+
Rebel Genius; The Rebel Geniuses series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Thorne Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fanatasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Thorne Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fanatasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
Nightwatch on the Hinterlands; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Weep series, Book 1: Fiction, Fanatasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
Nightwatch Over Windscar; The Arithmancy and Anarchy series: The Weep series, Book 2: Fiction, Fanatasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Stardragons (with John Grant); The Dragonhenge series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Picture Book: ***
Ocean/Orbiter Deluxe Edition, illustrations by Chris Sprouse and Colleen Doran: Fiction, Collection/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Cats in Space and Other Places (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Sci-Fi: **
King: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
InterWorld (with Michael Reaves); The Inter World series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Die Volume 1, illustrations by Stephanie Hans; The Die series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Empress of Forever: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Deathstalker; The Deathstalker series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Self / Made, illustrations by Eudardo Ferigato and Marcelo Costa; Issues 1 - 6: Fiction, YA? Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
One Trick Pony: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
Metropolis: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Terminal Alliance; The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
A Rip Through Time: The Dame, the Doctor, and the Device (with Chad Eagleton, Garnett Elliot, and Charles A. Gramlich, authors; David Cranmer, editor); A Rip Through Time series, Volume 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
The Iron Giant: Fiction, CH Sci-Fi: **
Emergency Skin; The Forward collection: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
The Last Human: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Dragons vs. Drones; The Dragons vs. Drones series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Best of Damon Knight: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
Starflight; The Starflight series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***
Ancillary Justice; The Imperial Radch trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Silver Metal Lover; The S.I.L.V.E.R. series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Descender: The Deluxe Edition Volume 1, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 1 - 16: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Descender Volume 4: Orbital Mechanics, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 17 - 21: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Descender Volume 5: Rise of the Robots, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 22 - 26: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Descender Volume 6: The Machine War, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 27 - 32: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 3: The Digital Mage, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 11 - 14: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Sentient, illustrations by Gabriel Walta: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella and the Battle of Venus; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella the Traitor of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Acheron Rising; The Federation Chronicles series: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Dragon and the Stars (with Eric Choi, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Media Reference/Survival: ****+
A Memory Called Empire; The Teixcalaan series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Robots Vs. Princesses Volume 1, illustrations by Nicholas Chapuis; The Robots Vs. Princesses series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, CH? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Ship Who Sang; The Brain and Brawn Ship series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
PartnerShip (with Margaret Ball); The Brain and Brawn Ship series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Ship Who Searched (with Mercedes Lackey); The Brain and Brawn Ship series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Middlegame; The Alchemical Journeys series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: *****
The Warrior Within: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Caverns of Socrates: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Cinder; The Lunar Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Run Program: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
The Body Scout: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Altered Carbon; The Takeshi Kovacs series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Altered Carbon: Download Blues (with Rik Hoskin), illustrations by Ferran Sellares; A Takeshi Kovacs graphic novel: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers; The Red Dwarf series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
Better Than Life; The Red Dwarf series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
The Blighted Stars; The Devoured Worlds series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Velocity Weapon; The Protectorate series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Chaos Vector; The Protectorate series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Catalyst Gate; The Protectorate series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates (with Patrick O'Brien), illustrations by Patrick O'Brien; The Captain Raptor series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Adventure/Picture Book/Sci-Fi: ****
War Girls; The War Girls series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****+
Too Like the Lightning; The Terra Ignota series, Book 1: Fiction, Literary Fiction/Sci-Fi: **
Finder; The Finder Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Driving the Deep; The Finder Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Scavenger Door; The Finder Chronicles, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Embers of War; The Embers of War trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Bromeliad Trilogy; The Bromeliad Trilogy, Books 1 - 3: Fiction, MG? Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Revenger; The Revenger series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: **+
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind; A Brewster Rockit, Space Guy! collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Comic Strips/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Story Thieves; The Story Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Deal with the Devil; The Mercenary Librarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
Skyward: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
Saturn Run (with Ctien): Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Frankenstein: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
City: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
Snow White and the Seven Robots, illustrations by Jimena Sanchez S.; The Far-Out Fairy Tales series: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
A Wizard in Mind; The Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
The Bone Shard Daughter; The Drowning Empire series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
We Are Legion (We Are Bob); The Bobiverse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
For We Are Many; The Bobiverse series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
All These Worlds; The Bobiverse series, Book 3: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Children of Time; The Children of Time series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Dogs of War; The Dogs of War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Doors of Eden: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Shards of Earth; The Final Architecture series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Made Things: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****+
The Last Murder at the End of the World: Fiction, Literary/Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
California Bones; The Daniel Blackland series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Saga Volume 1, illustrations by Fiona Staples; The Saga series, Issues 1 - 6: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
The Snow Queen; The Snow Queen Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Soonish (with Zach Weinersmith): Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****+
All Systems Red; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Artifical Condition; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Rogue Protocol; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Exit Strategy; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Network Effect; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 5: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Horizon; The Horizon series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Ashes of the Sun; The Burningblade & Silvereye series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Hard Reboot: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; The Salvagers series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Stars Now Unclaimed; The Universe After series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Otherland: City of Golden Shadow; The Otherland series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Otherland: River of Blue Fire; The Otherland series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Otherland: Mountain of Black Glass; The Otherland series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Otherland: Sea of Silver Light; The Otherland series, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Where's My Jetpack?: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ***
Heavenbreaker; The Heavenbreaker series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: **+
Eridahn: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Time Travel Dinosaur; A Chooseomatic book, Book 3: Fiction, Gamebook/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Dragon and Thief; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 1: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon and Soldier; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 2: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon and Slave; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 3: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon and Herdsman; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 4: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Dragon and Judge; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 5: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon and Liberator; The Dragonback Adventures, Book 6: Fiction, YA Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Mechanical Failure; The Epic Failure series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****

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Atlases, Bestiaries, and Encyclopedias

Maps of imaginary lands, books of beasts real and imagined, and other references.

Animal-Speak: Nonfiction, Animals/Magic: *****
Fabulous Beasts (with text by Joyce Hargreaves): Fiction, Fantasy/Folklore: ****
The Discovery of Dragons: New Research Revealed: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Mythology: ****
The Book of Imaginary Beings: Nonfiction, Folklore/Humorous Nonfiction: ***
The Illustrated Book of Signs and Symbols: Nonfiction, Magic: ****
The Book of the Dragon: Fiction, Att/Fantasy: ****
The Encyclopedia of Monsters: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
The Magical Worlds of The Lord of the Rings: Nonfiction, Media Reference: ****
Cryptozoology A - Z (with Jerome Clarke): Nonfiction, Cryptozoology: ****
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Dancing With Dragons: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: ****
Magickal, Mystical Creatures: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: *****
The Way of Wizards: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****
Dragonlore: Nonfiction, Magic/Mythology: **+
Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Bestiary (with Christian Delacampagne): Nonfiction, Mythology: ***+
The Mini-Atlas of Cats (with James B. Johnson): Nonfiction, Pets: ****
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Fortune-Telling: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic/Reference: ****
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Spells & Magic: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic/Reference: ****
The Little Giant Encyclopedia of Superstitions: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic/Reference: ****
The Flight of Dragons, illustrations by Wayne Anderson: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: *****
The Dragonology Handbook (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ****
Dragonology Pocket Adventures (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ***
Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons Deluxe Book and Model Set Volume 1: European Dragon (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ****
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ***
The Concise Lexicon of the Occult: Nonfiction, Magic/Reference: ****
The Giant Book of Magic: Nonfiction, Magic: ***
An Illustrated Guide to Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Art/Folklore: ****+
Mythic Creatures (with Laurel Kendall, & Mark A. Norell): Nonfiction, Mythology: ****+
Mythology: A Visual Encyclopedia: Nonfiction, Mythology: ***
The Encyclopedia of the Ancient Americas (with Fiona Macdonald, Philip Steele, and Michael Stotter): Nonfiction, CH? History: ***+
Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings: Nonfiction, Magic/Paranormal: *****
Dragons (with Val Clery): Nonfiction, Mythology: ***+
Tough Guide to Fantasyland: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Divination: Nonfiction, Folkore/Magic: ****+
The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter (with Elizabeth Kronzek): Nonfiction, MG? Folklore/Media Reference: ****
A Natural History of the Unnatural World (with the "Cryptozoological Society of London"): Fiction, MG? Cryptozoology/Fantasy/Folklore: **+
The Book of Beasts: Color and Discover, illustrations by Angela Rizza: Fiction, CH Mythology/Novelty Book: ***+
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
Dinosaurs (editor): Nonfiction, Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: ****
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs: *****
The United States of Cryptids: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Travel: ***+
Dracopedia: The Bestiary; The Dracopedia series: Nonfiction, Art: ****
Dracopedia Field Guide; The Dracopedia series: Fiction, Art/Fantasy: ****+
A Dignity of Dragons, illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference: Nonfiction, Writing: *****

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Avians

Falcons, firebirds, rooks, rocs... birds from our world and beyond.

All the Birds in the Sky: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
Animal-Speak: Nonfiction, Animals/Magic: *****
Endling #1: The Last; The Endling series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****
Endling #2: The First; The Endling series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****+
Wishtree: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Strange Happenings: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
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: ****
Range of Ghosts; The Eternal Sky series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Red Canary: Nonfiction, Animals/Biography/History/Science: ***+
Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Mythology: ****
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
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: ****
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; A Hunger Games novel: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Half-Human (editor): Fiction, MG Anthology/Fantasy: *****
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Magickal, Mystical Creatures: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: *****
The Truth About Animals: Nonfiction, Animals/History/Nature/Science: ****
Rebel Genius; The Rebel Geniuses series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ***
The Stone Girl's Story: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Mythic Creatures (with Laurel Kendall, & Mark A. Norell): Nonfiction, Mythology: ****+
On Feathered Wings: Birds in Flight: Nonfiction, Animals/Photography: *****
The Smart Neanderthal: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaeology/Nature/Prehistory: ****
Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ***+
American Gods; The American Gods series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Poetry/Sci-Fi: *****
My Side of the Mountain; The My Side of the Mountain series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
On the Far Side of the Mountain; The My Side of the Mountain series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Frightful's Mountain; The My Side of the Mountain series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Unflappable: Fiction, General Fiction/Humor/Romance: ****
The Once and Future Witches: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Eagle Drums: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
How to Draw and Paint Birds: Nonfiction, Art: ****
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; The Unusual Chickens series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Illuminations: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Nettle & Bone: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The House in the Cerulean Sea: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Steel Crow Saga: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Firebird; The Fairy Tales series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Flights of Fantasy (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy: ***
Catwings, illustrations by S. D. Schindler; A Catwings Tale, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Winged Fantasy: Nonfiction, Art: ***
The Lost Words: Fiction, CH Poetry: ***+
Day Dreamers: A Journey of Imagination: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book/Poetry: ****
The Book of Beasts: Color and Discover, illustrations by Angela Rizza: Fiction, CH Mythology/Novelty Book: ***+
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
Lost in the Moment and Found; The Wayward Children series, Book 8: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****+
Mislaid in Parts Half-Unknown; The Wayward Children series, Book 9: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Encyclopedia of Bird Reference Drawings: Nonfiction, Animals/Art: ***+
The Dragon's Child and the Night of the Unicorn: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Mermaid's Sister: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
A Dignity of Dragons, illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Eyewitness Books: Eagle & Birds of Prey: Nonfiction, MG? Animals: ****+
This Side of Wild: Nonfiction, MG? Animals/Essays/Memoirs/True Stories: ****
The Builders: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
The Dragon Slayer With a Heavy Heart: Fiction, Fantasy/Spirituality: ***
Nation: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrations by Lane Smith: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
Haunter of Dreams; The Chronicles of Yria series: Fiction, CH? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
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: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
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: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
The Poodle of Doom, illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei; The Pets Rule! series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Action/Humor: ****
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There; The Fairyland series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two; The Fairyland series, Book 3: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy: ****+
The Boy Who Lost Fairyland; The Fairyland series, Book 4: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****+
The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home; The Fairyland series, Book 5: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy: *****
The Glass Town Game: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
The Hunt for Elsewhere: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: **
The Empress of Salt and Fortune; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Into the Riverlands; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Mammoths at the Gates; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Brides of High Hill; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Once and Future King: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Art of The Dragon Prince (with Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, creators): Nonfiction, Art/Media Reference: *****
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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Biohazards, Medicine, and Plagues

Bioweapons, pandemics, viral infections, mutated vaccines, breakthrough cures with unexpected drawbacks, and other sicknesses, natural or chemical or magical.

Light From Uncommon Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
Eve and Adam (with Michael Grant): Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****+
The Only Harmless Great Thing: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Between Two Fires: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
Finder; A Novel of the Borderlands: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
Any Sign of Life: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
How to Survive History: Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
The Stranger in the Mirror: Fiction, Thriller: **+
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: ***
The Terminal List; The Terminal List series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Thriller: ***
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Lionboy; The Lionboy trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Leviathan Wakes; The Expanse series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Caliban's War; The Expanse series, Book 2: 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: ****
The Marrow Thieves; The Marrow Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Seeing Eye: Fiction, Horror: ****
The Neverending Story: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ***
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Poetry/Sci-Fi: *****
The Wager: Nonfiction, History/True Stories: ****
Feed; The Newsflesh series, Book 1: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Deadline; The Newsflesh series, Book 2: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Blackout; The Newsflesh series, Book 3: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Rise: The Complete Newsflesh Collection; The Newsflesh series: Fiction, Collection/Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Sparkers: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Titanium Noir: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
A Spindle Splintered; The Fractured Fables series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
A Mirror Mended; The Fractured Fables series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Terminal Alliance; The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Fourteenth Goldfish; The Fourteenth Goldfish series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Sci-Fi: ****
The Darwin Elevator; The Dire Earth Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; The Unusual Chickens series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Divide; The Divide trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Girl In Between; The Girl In Between series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ****
Cujo: Fiction, Horror: ****
Domesticating Dragons; The Build-A-Dragon Sequence, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Carmilla: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
The Two Princesses of Bamarre: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
How to Survive Anything: Nonfiction, Survival: ****
Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Media Reference/Survival: ****+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
Dreamsnake: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Cinder; The Lunar Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Don't Even Think About It; The Don't Even Think About It series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Humor/Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
Once There Was; The Once There Was series, Book 1: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy: *****
Grip of the Shadow Plague; The Fablehaven series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
The Keys to the Kingdom: Mister Monday; The Keys to the Kingdom series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
The Blighted Stars; The Devoured Worlds series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Merciful Crow; The Merciful Crow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
The Faithless Hawk; The Merciful Crow series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Life as We Knew It; The Life as We Knew It series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Dead and the Gone; The Life as We Knew It series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
Briar's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Felidae; The Felidae series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ****
The Dragon Round: Fiction, Fantasy: **
The Lost City of the Monkey God: Nonfiction, Cultures/History/True Stories: ****
Boneshaker; The Clockwork Century series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **
Mort(e); The War With No Name series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Hallucinations: Nonfiction, Biography/Medicine/Psychology/Science: ***+
How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In: *****
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Fiction, Horror: ***+
Rex Rising; Elei's Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **
The Murders of Molly Southborne: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
The Snow Queen; The Snow Queen Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Soonish (with Zach Weinersmith): Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****+
The Invisible Man: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Beyond the Bright Sea: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction: ***+
A Plague of Sorcerers: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***

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