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Little Gryphon

Bonded Companions and Familiars

Dragon riders, telepathically linked teams, elemental helpmeets, even robotic companions and sapient weapons.

Casting Shadows: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Borderline; The Arcadia Project series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity; The Brixton Brothers series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
The Face in the Frost: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Fox & Phoenix; The Lóng City series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
To Shape a Dragon's Breath; The Nampeshiweisit series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
Jaguar Sun; The Jaguar Sun series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Green Rider; The Green Rider series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
First Rider's Call; The Green Rider series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Jhereg; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Yendi; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Teckla; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The Book of Taltos; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 4 and 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Book of Athyra; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 6 and 7: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
Penric's Demon; The World of the Five Gods universe: The Penric & Desdemona series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Furies of Calderon; The Codex Alera series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Ill Wind; The Weather Warden series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Shadow of Black Wings; The Year of the Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Dragon Companion; The Dragon Companion series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *
Sorcerer to the Crown; The Sorcerer to the Crown series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
House of Dragons; The House of Dragons series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Dancing With Dragons: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: ****
Magickal, Mystical Creatures: Nonfiction, Folklore/Magic: *****
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher; A Magic Shop book, Book 3: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Spellslinger; The Spellslinger series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Rebel Genius; The Rebel Geniuses series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Ice Planet Barbarians; The Ice Planet Barbarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Hatching Magic; The Hatching Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Dragon of Never-Was; The Hatching Magic series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Dragonsdale: Skydancer; The Dragonsdale series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Seeing Eye: Fiction, Horror: ****
Animist: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Cat Scratch Fever; The Cat Scratch series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Once and Future Witches: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Assassin's Apprentice; The Farseer World: The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Royal Assassin; The Farseer World: The The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Dragon Keeper; The Farseer World: The Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Dragon Haven; The Farseer World: The Rain Wilds Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Fanuilh; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Wizard's Heir; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Beggar's Banquet; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Scales of Justice; The Familiar Dragon series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Raybearer: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
Windward: Fiction, Fantasy: **+
Godkiller; The Fallen Gods series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Dragon Quartet; The Dragon Quartet, Books 1 and 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Dragon Quartet, Volume 2; The Dragon Quartet, Books 3 and 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Illuminations: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Swordheart: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ***
A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****
The Dragon of Trelian; The Trelian trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Steel Crow Saga: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Fire Rose; The Elemental Masters Fairy Tales: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Serpent's Shadow; The Elemental Masters series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Jolly Regina; The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Adventure/Humor: ****
Over the Moon: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: Fiction, YA 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: ***+
The Dragonriders of Pern; The Dragonriders of Pern series, Books 1 - 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Dragonsong; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Dragonsinger; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Dragondrums; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ****
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Once There Was; The Once There Was series, Book 1: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy: *****
Elric of Melniboné; The Elric Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Certain Dark Things: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Gods of Jade and Shadow: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Fireborne; The Aurelian Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Sabriel; The Old Kingdom series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
The Seventh Tower: The Fall; The Seventh Tower series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Seventh Tower: Castle; The Seventh Tower series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Seventh Tower: Aenir; The Seventh Tower series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Seventh Tower: Above the Veil; The Seventh Tower series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Seventh Tower: Into Battle; The Seventh Tower series, Book 5: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Seventh Tower: The Violet Keystone; The Seventh Tower series, Book 6: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Have Sword, Will Travel (with Sean Williams); The Have Sword, Will Travel series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Catseye: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ***+
Catfantastic I - IV (with Martin H. Greenberg, editors); The Catfantastic series: Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
His Majesty's Dragon; The Temeraire series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Throne of Jade; The Temeraire series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Black Powder War; The Temeraire series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Empire of Ivory; The Temeraire series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Victory of Eagles; The Temeraire series, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Tongues of Serpents; The Temeraire series, Book 6: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Crucible of Gold; The Temeraire series, Book 7: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Blood of Tyrants; The Temeraire series, Book 8: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
League of Dragons; The Temeraire series, Book 9: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Eragon; The Inheritance Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ****
The Golden Compass; The His Dark Materials series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
ExtraNormal; The ExtraNormal Academy series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Story Thieves; The Story Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Sword-Dancer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Sword-Singer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Way of Kings; The Stormlight Archive, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Words of Radiance; The Stormlight Archive, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Warbreaker: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Windsworn; The Gryphon Riders trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Tiger; The Five Ancestors series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy: ***
The Tiger and the Wolf; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Bear and the Serpent; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Hyena and the Hawk; The Echoes of the Fall series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Kasey and His Dragon: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *
Fourth Wing; The Empyrean series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Dragon's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Heart's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
A Sending of Dragons; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
A Plague of Sorcerers: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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Books and Libraries

Life inside stories, tales set in libraries or bookshops.

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: ****
Rebel in the Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Frequently Asked Questions: An Unshelved Collection; The Unshelved series, Book 6: Fiction, Comic Strips/Humor: ****+
Illuminated Manuscripts: Nonfiction, Art/History: ***+
Small Spaces; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Bookshops & Bonedust; The Legends & Lattes series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Arm of the Sphinx; The Books of Babel series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Chloe and the Lion, illustrations by Adam Rex: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
How This Book Was Made, illustrations by Adam Rex: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
No Two Persons: Fiction, Collection/Literary Fiction: ***+
The Face in the Frost: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Storybound; The Storybound series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Wizard's Tale, illustrations by David T. Wenzel: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Ink and Bone; The Great Library series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
Bad Unicorn; The Bad Unicorn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Book Eaters: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***
The Last Dragon (translated by Shaun Whiteside): Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
The Knight and the Dragon: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Neverending Story: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ***
Inkheart; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG : *****
Inkspell; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, MG : ****
Inkdeath; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, MG : **
The Book Jumper: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Winterhouse; The Winterhouse series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Fly By Night; The Fly By Night series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: **
Libriomancer; The Magic Ex Libra series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Librarian: Little Boy Lost; The Librarian series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Library of the Dead; The Edinburgh Nights series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ***
Secret Window, Secret Garden; The Four Past Midnight series, Story 2: Fiction, Horror: ***+
The Book of Story Beginnings: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: *+
Dragon Night: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
E-mergency: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****+
Middlegame; The Alchemical Journeys series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: *****
Do Not Open This Book: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Rover; The Rover series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ***
Dinosaurs Before Dark; The Magic Tree House series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
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: ***
The Curious World of Shelley Vendor: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *+
Guardians Inc.: The Cypher; The Guardians Incorporated series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Fangirl: A Novel: Fiction, YA General Fiction: *****
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians; The Alcatraz series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Endymion Spring: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy: ***
The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity: Nonfiction, Collection/Comics/Creativity: ****
I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf: Nonfiction, Collection/Comics/Creativity: ****
The Book That Did Not Want to Be Read: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Dragon's Green; The Worldquake series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Book Love: Nonfiction, Collection/Comics/Humor: ***+
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
The Wild Book (translated by Lawrence Schimel): Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Forbidden Library; The Forbidden Library series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Nightbooks: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Thickety: A Path Begins; The Thickety series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Adventurer's Guide to Successful Escapes; The Adventurer's Guide series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Alif the Unseen: Fiction, Fantasy: **
I Am A Story: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****+

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Buildings and Locations with Character

Castles that reshape themselves, houses like old friends or enemies, forests that stalk tresspassers, and other locales that are more than brick or stone.

Age of Ash; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Blade of Dream; The Kithamar trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Abandoned Places: Nonfiction, History: ***
Drawing & Painting Fantasy Landscapes & Cityscapes: Nonfiction, Art: ****
Hemlock Island: Fiction, Thriller: ****
Wolfwood: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
Senlin Ascends; The Books of Babel series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Arm of the Sphinx; The Books of Babel series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Hod King; The Books of Babel series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Fall of Babel; The Books of Babel series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Serafina and the Black Cloak; The Serafina series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***
The Face in the Frost: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
City of Stairs; The Divine Cities series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
To Be Taught, If Fortunate: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (with Lauren Oliver); The Curiosity House series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Ghost Wore Gray; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 2: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 3: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Field Guide (with Holly Black); The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Kings of the Wyld; The Band series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Bloody Rose; The Band series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Stoneheart; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Ironhand; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Silvertongue; The Stoneheart trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Thief Lord: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Poetry/Sci-Fi: ****
The Graveyard Book: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Neverwhere: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Ocean at the End of the Lane: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Tuesdays at the Castle; The Castle Glower series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Into the Dragon's Maw, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Scales & Scoundrels: Treasurehearts, illustrations by Galaad; The Scales & Scoundrels series, Issues 6 - 10: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ***+
Winterhouse; The Winterhouse series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ****
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Encyclopedia of Mysterious Places (with Phillip Wilkinson): Nonfiction, History: ***
The City We Became; The Great Cities trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
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: ****
It: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Pet Sematary: Fiction, Horror: ****+
The Shining: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
The Hollow Places: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Swords and Deviltry; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
Swords Against Death; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 2: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
Swords in the Mist; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 3: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ***+
Castle: Fiction, CH? Historical Fiction/Picture Book: ****
Furthermore: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Dragon and the Stars (with Eric Choi, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
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: ****
Un Lun Dun: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Fantasy World-Building: Nonfiction, Art/Fantasy: ****
The Enchanted Castle: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: **+
Griffin's Castle: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Uprooted: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Crap Kingdom: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The Lost City of the Monkey God: Nonfiction, Cultures/History/True Stories: ****
The Lost Tomb: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaology/Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life/History/Sociology/True Crime/True Stories: ****+
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: *****
Gallant: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Lord Valentine's Castle; The Majipoor Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Cities: Nonfiction, Cultures/Geography/History: ****
Jim Henson's Labyrinth Coronation: Volume 1; The Labyrinth Coronation series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In: ***+
Lumberjanes Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 2: Friendship to the Max (with Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Lumberjanes to the Max 2 (with Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters), illustrations by Brooke A. Allen and Carolyn Nowak; The Lumberjanes series: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 5: Band Together, illustrations by Brooke A. Allen; The Lumberjanes series: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Lumberjanes Vol. 6: Sink or Swim (with Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, Grace Ellis, and Brooke Allen), illustrations by Carey Pietsch; The Lumberjanes series: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
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 High House; The Evenmere Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *
Gulliver's Travels: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Silver in the Wood; The Greenhollow duology, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Last Chance Hotel; The Seth Seppi series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ***
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow; The Nevermoor series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
The Woods Volume 1: The Arrow; The Woods series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Woods Volume 2: The Swarm; The Woods series, Issues 5 - 8: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Woods Volume 3: New London; The Woods series, Issues 9 - 12: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Atlas of Mysterious Places (editor): Nonfiction, History: ****
The Thickety: A Path Begins; The Thickety series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Fables: Legends in Exile, Volume 1; The Fables series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Flying Dragon Room, illustrations by Mark Teague: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ***+
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles; The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Books 1 - 4: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****

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Canids

From loyal pets to hunting packs, from protector wolves to trickster foxes.

Granted: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
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: ****+
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying; A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Mythology: ****
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Wish You Were Here (with Sneaky Pie Brown); A Mrs. Murphy Mystery, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ***
Fairy Tale Detectives; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Unusual Suspects; The Sisters Grimm series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Those Across the River: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
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: **+
Who Goes There?: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Any Sign of Life: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
An American Werewolf in Hoboken; The Wolf Mates series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Tiamat's Wrath; The Expanse series, Book 8: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Leviathan Falls; The Expanse series, Book 9: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Memory's Legion; The Expanse novellas: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
The Little Prince (translated by Richard Howard): Fiction, CH 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: ****
Hound of the Baskervilles; A Sherlock Holmes novel, Book 3: Fiction, Mystery: ****+
The Queen of Blood; The Queens of Renthia series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Reluctant Queen; The Queens of Renthia series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
An Illustrated Guide to Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Art/Folklore: ****+
Seeing Eye: Fiction, Horror: ****
Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ***+
Star Sailor 1: The Wolves of Sahlam; The Star Sailor series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: *+
The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf, and Grandma, illustrations by Christyan Fox: Fiction, Ch Humor/Picture Book: ***+
Alone: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
Odd and the Frost Giants: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Hounded; The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
When the Sky Fell on Splendor: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **
All Creatures Great and Small; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 1: Nonfiction, Animals/Autobiography: ****+
All Things Bright and Beautiful; The All Creatures Great and Small series, Book 2: Nonfiction, Animals/Autobiography: ****+
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Heart-Shaped Box: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Assassin's Apprentice; The Farseer World: The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Royal Assassin; The Farseer World: The The Farseer Trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Bunnicula; The Bunnicula and Friends series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Humor: ***+
The Library of the Dead; The Edinburgh Nights series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ***
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: ****
Pride's Run; The Wolf's Pride series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
Cujo: Fiction, Horror: ****
The Sun Dog; The Four Past Midnight series, Story 4: Fiction, Horror: ****
Nettle & Bone: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Second Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: **+
The House in the Cerulean Sea: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Under the Whispering Door: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Domesticating Dragons; The Build-A-Dragon Sequence, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Spare Man: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi: **
Steel Crow Saga: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Dragon Pearl; A Rick Riordan Presents novel: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Breaking Wild: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: ***
Elatsoe: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
A Snake Falls to Earth: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Call of the Wild and White Fang: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***
Pony Confidential: Fiction, Humor/Mystery: ****
You Slay Me; The Aisling Grey, Guardian series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ***+
The Mountain Between Us: Fiction, Suspense: ***
The Book of Beasts: Color and Discover, illustrations by Angela Rizza: Fiction, CH Mythology/Novelty Book: ***+
A Game of Thrones; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
A Clash of Kings; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
A Storm of Swords; A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
I Am Still Alive: Fiction, YA Mystery/Suspense: ***+
Once There Was; The Once There Was series, Book 1: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy: *****
Certain Dark Things: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
WE3, illustrations by Frank Quitely; The We3 series, Issues 1 - 3: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Never Cry Wolf: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ****
The Dragon's Child and the Night of the Unicorn: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Song of the Summer King; The Summer King Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
This Side of Wild: Nonfiction, MG? Animals/Essays/Memoirs/True Stories: ****
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Pax, illustrations by Jon Klassen: Fiction, CH? General Fiction : ****
The Glass Dragon; The Dragon Nimbus series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: **
Carnivores, illustrations by Dan Santat: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: *****
Trail of Lightning; The Sixth World series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Avalon: Circles in the Stream; The Avalon: Web of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrations by Lane Smith: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
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: ****
The Most Magnificent Thing: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****+
Age of Myth; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Age of Swords; The Legends of the First Empire series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Blood for Wolves; A Figments Fable: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
The Poodle of Doom, illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei; The Pets Rule! series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Action/Humor: ****
Dogs of War; The Dogs of War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Rip Haywire and the Curse of Tangaroa; A Rip Haywire graphic novel: Fiction, Action/Graphic Novel/Humor: *****
Rip Haywire Blows UP!; A Rip Haywire collection, Book 2: Fiction, Action/Comics/Humor: ****+
The Hunt for Elsewhere: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: **
A Fire Upon the Deep; The Zones of Thought series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Wolf's Curse: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Envy of Angels; A Sin du Jour Affair, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: **+
Coyote's Daughter; The New Legends of the Southwest, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Scarlet and the Keepers of Light; The Scarlet Hopewell series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
The Dragonbone Chair; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Stone of Farewell; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
To Green Angel Tower; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Fables: Legends in Exile, Volume 1; The Fables series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Art of The Dragon Prince (with Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond, creators): Nonfiction, Art/Media Reference: *****
John Dies at the End; The John Dies at the End series, Book 1: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***+
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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Circuses, Museums, and Sideshows

Jugglers and contortionists, ancient artifacts and new antiques, the strange and wondrous and sometimes grotesque on display.

The One and Only Ivan: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Empty Smiles; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 4: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
The Name of This Book is Secret; The Secret series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Greentown series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Diviners; The Diviners series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Curiosity House: The Shrunken Head (with Lauren Oliver); The Curiosity House series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***
Lionboy; The Lionboy trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Poetry/Sci-Fi: *****
Water for Elephants: Fiction, Historical Fiction: *****
The Magic Misfits; The Magic Misfits series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/General Fiction: ****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
The Hollow Places: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: Fiction, CH General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
The Mermaid's Sister: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **
Meet the Dullards, illustrations by Daniel Salmieri: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****+
Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ****
Swamplandia!: Fiction, Literary Fiction: **
The Circus of Stolen Dreams: Fiction, MG Chiller/Fantasy: ****
Full Tilt: Fiction, YA Horror: ****
Lord Valentine's Castle; The Majipoor Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy: ***
The Accidental Highwayman; The Kit Bristol series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: **+
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Fiction, General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Behind the Canvas: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Envy of Angels; A Sin du Jour Affair, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: **+

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Classics

Icons of their genres, books that have withstood tests of time.

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide; The Hitchhiker's Guide series, Books 1 - 5: Fiction, Comedy/Sci-Fi: ***
Watership Down: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Book of Three; The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Three Hearts and Three Lions; The Holger Danske series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Caves of Steel; The Robot series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Foundation; The Foundation series: The Foundation trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Pride and Prejudice: Fiction, General Fiction/Romance: ***+
Peter Pan: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Animalia: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****
The Wizard of Oz; The Oz series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Sea Fairies; A Trot and Cap'n Bill Adventure, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
The Last Unicorn: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Greentown series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Halloween Tree: Fiction, CH Chiller: ****
The Martian Chronicles: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
The Untamed; The Dan Barry series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
A Princess of Mars; The Barsoom/John Carter of Mars series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Tarzan of the Apes; The Tarzan, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure: ***
Wild Seed; The Patternist series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Nonexistent Knight (translated by Archibald Calhoun); The Our Ancestors series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Humor: ****
Who Goes There?: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Best of Lewis Carroll: Fiction, CH? Essays/Fantasy/Poetry: ***+
Don Quixote (translated by Walter Starkie): Fiction, General Fiction/Humor: ***+
Midnight at the Well of Souls; The Well of Souls series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
And Then There Were None: Fiction, Suspense: *****
Childhood's End: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Over Sea, Under Stone; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Dark is Rising; The Dark is Rising Sequence, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Walk Two Moons; The Walk Two Moons series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
The Myth of Multitasking: Nonfiction, Business/Self-Help: ***+
On the Origin of Species, 6th Edition: Nonfiction, Nature/Science: ****
0.44: Fiction, Western: ***+
The Little Prince (translated by Richard Howard): Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
A Christmas Carol: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Great Expectations: Fiction, General Fiction: ***
The Flight of Dragons, illustrations by Wayne Anderson: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Dragon and the George; The Dragon Knight series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Nonfiction, Autobiography: ****+
The Lost World; The Professor Challenger series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****+
A Study in Scarlet; A Sherlock Holmes novel, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ****
The Sign of the Four; A Sherlock Holmes novel, Book 2: Fiction, Mystery: ****
Hound of the Baskervilles; A Sherlock Holmes novel, Book 3: Fiction, Mystery: ****+
The Valley of Fear; A Sherlock Holmes novel, Book 4: Fiction, Mystery: ***+
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; A Sherlock Holmes collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Mystery: ****
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes; A Sherlock Holmes collection, Book 2: Fiction, Collection/Mystery: ***+
The Return of Sherlock Holmes; A Sherlock Holmes collection, Book 3: Fiction, Collection/Mystery: ***+
Down a Dark Hall; A Lois Duncan Thrillers book: Fiction, YA Thriller: ***+
Killing Mr. Griffin: Fiction, YA Suspense: ****
Fifty-One Tales: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ****
Knight's Castle; Tales of Magic, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Pawn of Prophecy; The Belgariad, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: **+
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: Fiction, CH? Humor/Poetry: *****
The Neverending Story: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ***
Cats in Space and Other Places (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Sci-Fi: **
Magician: Apprentice; The Riftwar Saga, Book 1: **+
The Great Gatsby: Fiction, General Fiction: ***+
The Celestial Omnibus and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: **+
The Machine Stops: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
American Gods; The American Gods series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Neverwhere: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Sandman Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturnes, 30th Anniversary Edition, illustrations by Sam Keith; The Sandman series, Issues 1 - 8: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Horror: ***
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: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Horror: ***
My Father's Dragon, illustrations by Ruth Christian Gannett; The My Father's Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
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: ****
The Princess Bride: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
God Game: Fiction, Fantasy/General Fiction: ****
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
The Third Man: Fiction, Media Tie-In/Mystery: ****
Riders of the Purple Sage: Fiction, Western: ***
King Solomon's Mines: Fiction, Adventure: ***+
Metropolis: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Forever War; The Forever War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Dune; The Dune Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Outsiders: Fiction, YA? General Fiction: ***+
Carnacki the Ghost Finder: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Mystery: ****
The Phoenix on the Sword; The Conan the Barbarian series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Bunnicula; The Bunnicula and Friends series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Humor: ***+
Redwall; The Redwall series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
After London or, Wild England: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Eye of the World; The Wheel of Time series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Summer Tree; The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Body: Fiction, Thriller: ****+
Cujo: Fiction, Horror: ****
The Dark Tower I: Gunslinger; The Dark Tower series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
It: Fiction, Horror: ****+
The Mist: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Pet Sematary: Fiction, Horror: ****+
The Shining: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Captains Courageous: Fiction, MG? Adventure: *
The Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Second Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: **+
With the Night Mail: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Best of Damon Knight: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: Fiction, CH General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
The Dark World: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Black Gryphon (with Larry Dixon); The Valdemar universe: The Mage Wars trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Haunted Mesa: Fiction, Action/Sci-Fi/Western: **+
The Blue Fairy Book; The Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy/Folklore: ***
The Silver Metal Lover; The S.I.L.V.E.R. series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Carmilla: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
A Wizard of Earthsea; The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
The Tombs of Atuan; The Earthsea Cycle, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
Rocannon's World; The Hainish Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Swords and Deviltry; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
Swords Against Death; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 2: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
Swords in the Mist; The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories, Book 3: Fiction, Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ***+
A Wrinkle in Time; The Time Quintet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Chronicles of Narnia; The Chronicles of Narnia series, Books 1 - 7: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ****
Before Adam: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Call of the Wild and White Fang: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***
At the Mountains of Madness: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Giver; The Giver quartet, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Castle: Fiction, CH? Historical Fiction/Picture Book: ****
The Princess and the Goblin: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
The Prince: Nonfiction, Politics: ***
West with the Night: Nonfiction, Autobiography: ****+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
Saturday, the Twelfth of October: Fiction, YA 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: ***+
Crystal Singer; The Crystal Singer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
The Dragonriders of Pern; The Dragonriders of Pern series, Books 1 - 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Dragonsong; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Dragonsinger; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Dragondrums; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ****
Dreamsnake: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Lonesome Dove; The Lonesome Dove series, Book 1: Fiction, Western: ****
Moby Dick: Fiction, Literary Fiction: **
Beowulf: Fiction, Fantasy/Poetry: ****
Paradise Lost: Fiction, Fantasy/Poetry: ****
Anne of Green Gables; The Anne of Green Gables series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? General Fiction: ***+
Elric of Melniboné; The Elric Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Never Cry Wolf: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ****
The Paper Bag Princess: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: *****
The Book of Dragons: Fiction, CH? Collection/Dragons: ****
The Enchanted Castle: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: **+
Ringworld; The Ringworld series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Catseye: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ***+
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Dragon Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Catfantastic I - IV (with Martin H. Greenberg, editors); The Catfantastic series: Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Animal Farm: Fiction, Literary Fiction: ***+
The Rights of Man: Nonfiction, Politics: ***+
Crocodile on the Sandbank; The Amelia Peabody series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction/Mystery/Thriller: ***+
Alanna: The First Adventure; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
In the Hand of the Goddess; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Lioness Rampant; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Little Fuzzy; The Fuzzy Sapiens series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective: ***+
The Vampyre: A Tale: Fiction, Horror: **+
True Grit: Fiction, Western: ****
The Color of Magic; A Discworld novel: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Small Gods; A Discworld novel: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Wee Free Men; A Discworld novel: The Tiffany Aching series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Humor: *****+
The Illustrated Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman), illustrations by Paul Kidby: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Media Tie-In: ****+
Dragonworld (with Michael Reaves): Fiction, Fantasy: **
Red Mars; The Mars Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: *****
Captain Blood; The Captain Blood series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***+
The Last Wish: Introducing the Witcher; The Witcher series, Collection 1: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ***
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrations by Lane Smith: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
The Mercenary, Volume 1: The Cult of the Sacred Fire; The Mercenary series: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***+
Where the Wild Things Are: Fiction, CH Picture Book: ****+
Frankenstein: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
Gilgamesh the King: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***+
Lord Valentine's Castle; The Majipoor Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Nightwings: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
City: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
Way Station: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Evolution of the Dragon: Nonfiction, Essays/Mythology: ***+
When You Reach Me: Fiction, MG Mystery/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Fiction, Horror: ***+
Treasure Island: Fiction, MG? Adventure: ***+
Dracula: Fiction, Horror: ***
The Jewel of Seven Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***
The Elements of Style (with E. B. White): NonFiction, Writing: ****+
Gulliver's Travels: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Cay: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
The Hobbit: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
The Fellowship of the Ring; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Two Towers; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Return of the King; The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Thief; The Queen's Thief series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Art of War: Nonfiction, Warfare: ***+
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
A Journey to the Center of the Earth: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Survivors of the Chancellor: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: ***+
The Snow Queen; The Snow Queen Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
A Fire Upon the Deep; The Zones of Thought series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
On Basilisk Station; The Honor Harrington series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
The Invisible Man: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
The Time Machine: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Once and Future King: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Humor/Literary Fiction: ***+
The Dragonbone Chair; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Stone of Farewell; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
To Green Angel Tower; An Osten Ard Novel: The Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Tailchaser's Song: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains: Fiction, Western: ****
The Enchanted Forest Chronicles; The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Books 1 - 4: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: *****
Dragon's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Heart's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
A Sending of Dragons; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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