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Little Gryphon

Country, Frontier, and Wilderness Tales

Back roads, farmlands, towns at the edge of civilization - and what lies beyond.

Watership Down: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Unexpected Gifts; The Castle Mountain Lodge series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
The Game of Sunken Places; The Norumbegan quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy/Humor/Thriller: ****
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 2: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
Jasper Dash and Flame-Pits of Delaware; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 3: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Agent Q, or the Smell of Fear!; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 4: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Small Spaces; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Dead Voices; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 2: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
Mickey7; The Mickey7 series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: **
The Secret School: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: ****
Old MacDonald Had a Dragon, , illustrations by Christopher Santoro: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Carico Trails; The Beyonders series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Track of the Cat; The Anna Pigeon Mysteries series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller: ****
The Wizard of Oz; The Oz series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Across the Desert: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****+
The Canyon's Edge: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Vengeance Road; The Vengeance Road series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Western: ****+
Retribution Rails; The Vengeance Road series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Western: ****
Frontier Earth; The Frontier Earth series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Something Wicked This Way Comes; The Greentown series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Untamed; The Dan Barry series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
Beauty Queens: Fiction, YA Humor/Thriller: *****
Wish You Were Here (with Sneaky Pie Brown); A Mrs. Murphy Mystery, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ***
Pulp, illustrations by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips: Fiction, Action/Graphic Novel/Historical Fiction/Western: ****
Those Across the River: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
Ill Wind; The Weather Warden series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Who Goes There?: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Walk the Earth a Stranger; The Gold Seer series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
How to Survive History: Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
Don Quixote (translated by Walter Starkie): Fiction, General Fiction/Humor: ***+
A Psalm for the Wild-Built; A Monk and Robot book, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Girl With No Name (with Vanessa James and Lynne Barrett-Lee): Nonfiction, Autobiography: ****
Camp Tiger, illustrations by John Rocco: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****
Killing Dirty; The Across the Barren Landscape series, Story 1: Fiction, Western: ***+
Thieving Forest: Fiction, Historical Fiction: ****
The Truth About Animals: Nonfiction, Animals/History/Nature/Science: ****
Strange Dogs; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Memory's Legion; The Expanse novellas: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
How It Unfolds; The Far Reaches series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Witches of Lychford; The Witches of Lychford series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Misadventures of Maude March; The Maude March series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Western: ***
Walk Two Moons; The Walk Two Moons series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
Pines; The Wayward Pines trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
My Lady's Choosing (with Larissa Zageris): Fiction, Gamebook/Historical Fiction/Humor/Romance: ***
The Good Luck Girls; The Good Luck Girls series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: **+
Face the Flames; A Sugarland Blue novel, Book 6: Fiction, Romance: **+
The Book Eaters: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***
0.44: Fiction, Western: ***+
The Sisters Brothers: Fiction, Humor/Western: ****
Scoundrel for Hire; The Velvet Lies series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Romance/Western: ****
The Adventurer's Son: Nonfiction, Memoir: ****
The Tiger Rising: Fiction, CH General Fiction: ***
The Marrow Thieves; The Marrow Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Ice Planet Barbarians; The Ice Planet Barbarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
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: ****
Wicked Women: Notorious, Mischievous, and Wayward Ladies from the Old West: Nonfiction, Biograpy/History: ***
The Smart Neanderthal: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaeology/Nature/Prehistory: ****
Ruthless River: Nonfiction, Memoir: ***+
The Sword and the Cross: Two Men and an Empire of Sand: Nonfiction, Biography/History: ***+
River of Teeth; The River of Teeth series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Stardust: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Third Man Factor: Nonfiction, Psychology/Survival: ****
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: ****
A Couch for Llama: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Unflappable: Fiction, General Fiction/Humor/Romance: ****
The Wager: Nonfiction, History/True Stories: ****
Incriminating Evidence; The Evidence series, Book 4: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: ****
Riders of the Purple Sage: Fiction, Western: ***
Trigger: Fiction, YA Thriller: ***
Firefly Hollow; The Firefly Hollow series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
Crimson Gold; The Spokan Falls series, Book 1: Nonfiction, Historical Fiction/Romance: **
The Girl in Red: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****+
Chomp: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Humor: ****
Scat: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Humor: ****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Heart-Shaped Box: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Spider Woman's Daughter; The Leaphorn and Chee series, Book 19: Fiction, Mystery: ****
Holmes on the Range; The Holmes on the Range series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Mystery/Western: ****
Boston Jane: An Adventure; The Boston Jane series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Historical Fiction: ***+
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Eagle Drums: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The Mighty Odds; The Odds series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Dread Nation; The Dread Nation series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Redwall; The Redwall series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
News of the World: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction/Western: ****
Low Road West, illustrations by Miquel Muerto Flaviano; Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Story of Owen; The Story of Owen series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; The Unusual Chickens series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Burned; The Dragos series, Book 1: ***
Under an Outlaw Moon: Fiction, Crime/Historical Fiction/Thriller: ****
These Broken Stars (with Meagan Spooner); The Starbound trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate; The Calpurnia Tate series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction: ****
The Body: Fiction, Thriller: ****+
Cujo: Fiction, Horror: ****
The Shining: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Hollow Places: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Second Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: **+
The Depths: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: **
Survival; The Island trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ***+
Escape; The Island trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
The Haunted Mesa: Fiction, Action/Sci-Fi/Western: **+
An Unwanted Guest: Fiction, Thriller: ***
Run; The Hunted series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Horror: ***
Carmilla: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Catwings, illustrations by S. D. Schindler; A Catwings Tale, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Breaking Wild: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: ***
Elatsoe: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
A Snake Falls to Earth: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Before Adam: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Call of the Wild and White Fang: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***
Planet Paradise: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
At the Mountains of Madness: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
How to Survive Anything: Nonfiction, Survival: ****
West with the Night: Nonfiction, Autobiography: ****+
I Am Still Alive: Fiction, YA Mystery/Suspense: ***+
The Mountain Between Us: Fiction, Suspense: ***
Bob (with Rebecca Stead): Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Saturday, the Twelfth of October: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Dragondrums; The Pern universe: The Harper Hall trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ****
Branded For You; The Riding Tall series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: **+
Dusk or Dark or Dawn or Day: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Sparrow Hill Road; The Ghost Roads series, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown; The Ghost Roads series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Angel of the Overpass; The Ghost Roads series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Dreamsnake: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Blue Sword; The Damar series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Lonesome Dove; The Lonesome Dove series, Book 1: Fiction, Western: ****
Anne of Green Gables; The Anne of Green Gables series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? General Fiction: ***+
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West; The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life series: Nonfiction, History/Reference/Writing: ***+
Never Cry Wolf: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ****
The Legend of Hobart: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor: ***+
Burn: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***
Evidence of Trust; The Colorado Trust series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: ****
The Dragon's Child and the Night of the Unicorn: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
When Lightning Strikes; The Whiskey Creek series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ****
The United States of Cryptids: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Travel: ***+
Almost Perfect; The Perfect Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ****
Six-Shooter Tales; The Six-Shooter series, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Western: ****
Hatchet; The Brian Saga, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure: *****
The River; The Brian Saga, Book 2: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****+
Brian's Winter; The Brian Saga, Book 3: Fiction, MG Adventure: *****
Brian's Return; The Brian Saga, Book 4: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Brian's Hunt; The Brian Saga, Book 5: Fiction, MG Adventure: ***+
Gone to the Woods: Nonfiction, MG? Memoir: ****+
Guts: Nonfiction, MG? Memoir/Survival/True Stories: *****
Northwind: Fiction, MG Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
This Side of Wild: Nonfiction, MG? Animals/Essays/Memoirs/True Stories: ****
The Transall Saga: Fiction, MG Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Woods Runner: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction: ****
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ****
The Keeper and the Rune Stone; The Black Ledge series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: **
Little Fuzzy; The Fuzzy Sapiens series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
True Grit: Fiction, Western: ****
Wee Free Men; A Discworld novel: The Tiffany Aching series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Humor: *****+
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: Fiction, CH? Collection/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Nation: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
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: ****+
Tyrannosaur Canyon; The Wyman Ford series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Five Total Strangers: Fiction, YA Thriller: ***+
Just In Time Cowboy; The Lost Mine series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
The Girl in the Well is Me: Fiction, MG Suspense: ****
Rough Draft: Fiction, Horror: ****
The City Beyond the Sands; The Strange Lands Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Fangirl: A Novel: Fiction, YA General Fiction: *****
Root Magic: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***+
When They Find Us; The Agent Victoria Heslin series, Book 3: Fiction, Action/Mystery/Thriller: **
Swamplandia!: Fiction, Literary Fiction: **
Lost in the Valley of Death: Nonfiction, Biography/Survival/True Stories: ****
The Forgotten Arts & Crafts: Nonfiction, History/Reference: ***
Unwanted: Dead or Alive; The Buck and Dobie series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Western: ****
Way Station: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Clash of Eagles; The Clash of Eagles trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***+
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency; The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ****
Tears of the Giraffe; The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, Book 2: Fiction, Mystery: ****
Cryptid Hunters; The Cryptid Hunters series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ***+
The Green Ember; The Green Ember series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fiction: ****
Astoria: Astor and Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: Nonfiction, History: ***+
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: ****
Letters of a Woman Homesteader: Nonfiction, Autobiography/History/Letters: ***+
The Raven Boys; The Raven Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
Island in the Sea of Time; A Novel of the Change: The Island series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
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: ****
Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story: Fiction, Mystery: ***
In the Red: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
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: ****
The Murders of Molly Southborne: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Six-Gun Snow White: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***+
The Hunt for Elsewhere: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: **
A Partner in Crime; A Weapons Casters story: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***+
Coyote's Daughter; The New Legends of the Southwest, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Horizon; The Horizon series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Wanted: A Western Story Collection: Fiction, Anthology/Western: ***
A Sky So Big (with Karl Beckstrand): Fiction, Romance/Western: ***
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Humor/Literary Fiction: ***+
Mirror World: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains: Fiction, Western: ****
The Hidden Life of Trees: Nonfiction, Nature/Science: ****+
Thirteenth Child; The Frontier Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World: Nonfiction, Biography/Nature/Science: ****+
Chasing Helicity; The Chasing Helicity series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure: ***+
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***
Lost in Shangri-La: Nonfiction, History/True Stories: ****

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Creative Power

Paintings remaking reality, stories springing to life, songs ensnaring minds, and other acts of magical creativity.

Light From Uncommon Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
Wolfwood: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
Journey; The Journey trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Quest; The Journey trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Return; The Journey trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Plain Kate: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Fairy Metal Thunder; The Songs of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Storybound; The Storybound series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Stormsinger; The Storms in Amethir series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Do-It-Yourself Magic: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
It Came in the Mail: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
Imagine!: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
The Very Best of Charles de Lint: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy: ***+
The Day the Crayons Quit, illustrations by Oliver Jeffers; The Crayons series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Day the Crayons Came Home, illustrations by Oliver Jeffers; The Crayons series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
Rebel Genius; The Rebel Geniuses series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Fire Within; The Last Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: **
The Stone Girl's Story: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
The Neverending Story: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ***
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: ****
Inkheart; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG : *****
Inkspell; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, MG : ****
Inkdeath; The Inkheart trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, MG : **
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Poetry/Sci-Fi: *****
Flesh and Fire; The Vineart War trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition (with David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Rhapsody: Child of Blood; The Symphony of Ages series: The Rhapsody trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Prophecy: Child of Earth; The Symphony of Ages series: The Rhapsody trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
NOS4A2: Fiction, Horror: ****
Libriomancer; The Magic Ex Libra series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Paper Magician; The Paper Magician series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
The Wolf Hour: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Ballad of Perilous Graves: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Illuminations: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Bedlam's Bard (with Ellen Guon); The Bedlam's Bard series, Books 1 and 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Ballad of Black Tom: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***+
Savvy; A Savvy novel, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Drawn Together, illustrations by Dan Santat: Fiction, CH Pictur Book: ****+
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****+
Furthermore: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Dragon and the Stars (with Eric Choi, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Dragonfold and Other Adventures: Fiction, YA? Collection/Fantasy/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: ***+
Crystal Singer; The Crystal Singer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Song for the Basilisk: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Unwanteds; The Unwanteds series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Shadowshaper; The Shadoshaper Cypher series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Inkling: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
A Darkening of Dragons; The Songs of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
A Vanishing of Griffins; The Songs of Magic series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Sandry's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Tris's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Daja's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Briar's Book; The Circle of Magic series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Magic Steps; The Circle Opens series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; The Tortall universe: The Song of the Lioness series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
The Takers; The Oz Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Story Thieves; The Story Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The Name of the Wind; The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Rithmatist; The Rithmatist series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Haunter of Dreams; The Chronicles of Yria series: Fiction, CH? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Made Things: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****+
Behind the Canvas: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Shadows; The Books of Elsewhere series, Volume 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Forbidden Library; The Forbidden Library series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Sector 7: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (with Joanne Ryder); The Dragon's Guide series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night; The Song of the Last Kingdom series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+

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Cross-Genre

Murder mysteries in fantastic realms, aliens in the Old West, and other genre crossovers and mash-ups.

Sea of Stars Volume 1 (with Dennis Hallum), illustrations by Stephen Green and Rico Renzi; The Sea of Stars series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
Midnight Riot; The Rivers of London series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror/Mystery: **
Growing Gills: Nonfiction, Creativity/Self-Help: ****
Clap When You Land: Fiction, YA General Fiction/Poetry: ****
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God; The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Horror/Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***+
Like Never and Always: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****
Flight: Fiction, YA Fantasy/General Fiction: ***+
All the Birds in the Sky: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
Never Say You Can't Survive: Nonfiction, Essays/Memoir/Writing: ****
Granted: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Game of Sunken Places; The Norumbegan quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy/Humor/Thriller: ****
Whales on Stilts; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 2: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
Jasper Dash and Flame-Pits of Delaware; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 3: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Agent Q, or the Smell of Fear!; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 4: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge (with Eugene Yelchin), illustrations by Eugene Yelchin: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Humor: ***+
The In-Between: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller: ****+
Light From Uncommon Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****+
Small Spaces; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Sister of the Chosen One (with Colleen Oakes): Fiction, YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Mickey7; The Mickey7 series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: **
Midnight Magic: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction/Mystery: **
Wolfwood: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
Bookshops & Bonedust; The Legends & Lattes series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Carico Trails; The Beyonders series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Spirelli Paranormal Investigations: Episodes 1 - 3; The Spirelli Paranormal Investigations series, Books 1 - 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ***
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity; The Brixton Brothers series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
Track of the Cat; The Anna Pigeon Mysteries series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller: ****
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Serafina and the Black Cloak; The Serafina series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***
The Inscription: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
The Red Canary: Nonfiction, Animals/Biography/History/Science: ***+
Doll Bones: Fiction, MG Chiller/Fantasy: ****
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
Written in Bone: Nonfiction, Anatomy/Anthropology/Autobiography/Science/True Crime: ****
Whatever for Hire; The Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
This Book is Not Yet Rated: Fiction, YA General Fiction/Humor: ****
The Name of This Book is Secret; The Secret series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery: ****
Write This Book: A Do-It-Yourself Mystery; The Secret series, Book 6: Fiction, MG Humor/Mystery/Writing: ****+
Firekeeper's Daughter: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****+
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Frontier Earth; The Frontier Earth series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
The Untamed; The Dan Barry series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
My Sister, the Serial Killer: Fiction, Humor/Thriller: ***+
Beauty Queens: Fiction, YA Humor/Thriller: *****
The Diviners; The Diviners series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
CatStronauts: Mission Moon; The CatStronauts series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Pulp, illustrations by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips: Fiction, Action/Graphic Novel/Historical Fiction/Western: ****
Good Guys: Fiction, Action/Crime/Fantasy: ***+
Jhereg; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Yendi; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Teckla; The Vlad Taltos series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The Book of Taltos; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 4 and 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
The Book of Athyra; The Vlad Taltos series, Books 6 and 7: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
Between Two Fires: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
The Blacktongue Thief; The Blacktongue Thief series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Those Across the River: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
Beguilement; The Wide Green World series, Volume 1: The Sharing Knife series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: **+
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: ****
Hollow Kingdom: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/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: ****
Blacksad Volume 1: Somewhere Within the Shadows, illustrations by Juanjo Guarnido; The Blacksad series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Mystery: ****
Meddling Kids: Fiction, Horror/Humor/Mystery: ***+
The Terminal List; The Terminal List series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Thriller: ***
Any Sign of Life: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Walk the Earth a Stranger; The Gold Seer series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The X-Files: Earth Children are Weird, illustrations by Kim Smith; Based on The X-Files series: Fiction, CH Media Tie-In/Picture Book/Sci-Fi: ***
This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: Nonfiction, Fandom/Memoir: ****
Dragons in the Stars; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon Rigger; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Grammar Snobs Are Great Big Meanies: Nonfiction, Grammar/Humorous Nonfiction: ****+
How to Survive History: Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
An American Werewolf in Hoboken; The Wolf Mates series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
Retrograde; The Retrograde series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi; The Amina al-Sirafi series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy: ****+
Flux: Fiction, Literary Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Art of Prophecy; The War Arts Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
It Came in the Mail: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
What We Found in the Sofa and How It Saved the World: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Black God's Drums: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****+
A Dead Djinn in Cairo; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The Haunting of Tram Car 015; A Dead Djinn Universe novella: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****+
A Master of Djinn; The Dead Djinn Universe series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: *****
Ring Shout: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: *****
She Persisted, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: Nonfiction, CH Biography/History/Picture Book: ****+
She Persisted Around the World, illustrations by Alexandra Boiger: Nonfiction, CH Biography/History/Picture Book: ****+
Z. Rex; The Hunting series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Winds of Marque; The Blackwood & Virtue series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Truth About Animals: Nonfiction, Animals/History/Nature/Science: ****
15 Minutes; The Rewind Agency series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Suspense: ***
Ghost Hawk: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Three Little Wishes, illustrations by Steven Yeowell: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ***+
Doon (with Lorie Langdon); A Doon novel, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***
The Amulet of Doom; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
Spirits and Spells; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****
Eyes of the Tarot; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
Waiting Spirits; The Chamber of Horrors series, Book 4: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: *****
The Ghost in the Third Row; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Ghost Wore Gray; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 2: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 3: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
How to Train Your Dragon; The How to Train Your Dragon series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Wizards of Once; The Wizards of Once series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Dark Matter: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Recursion: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Pines; The Wayward Pines trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
My Lady's Choosing (with Larissa Zageris): Fiction, Gamebook/Historical Fiction/Humor/Romance: ***
Scritch Scratch: Fiction, MG Chiller/Mystery: ***+
The Dragon Book (with Gardner Dozois, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **+
The Good Luck Girls; The Good Luck Girls series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: **+
The Tea Master and the Detective: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***
The Marrow Thieves; The Marrow Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Ice Planet Barbarians; The Ice Planet Barbarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Flaw in All Magic; The Magebreakers series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ***+
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: ****
Kings of the Wyld; The Band series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Bloody Rose; The Band series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
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: ****+
Race for the Escape: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi/Suspense: ***
The Border Bride; The Borderlands trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Romance: **+
King: The Graphic Novel, illustrated by Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Smart Neanderthal: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaeology/Nature/Prehistory: ****
The Darkest Time of Night: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***
Pyramid Scheme (with Dave Freer); The Pyramid series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Goblintown Justice; A Shotguns & Sorcery story: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind; The Frost Files series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Alone: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
Outlander; The Outlander series, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Romance/Sci-Fi: **
The Echo Wife: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
Coraline: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Fortunately, the Milk: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Poetry/Sci-Fi: ****
The Graveyard Book: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy/Horror: ****+
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: ***
The View from the Cheap Seats: Nonfiction, Essays/Media Reference/Memoir: ****
The Third Man Factor: Nonfiction, Psychology/Survival: ****
Unflappable: Fiction, General Fiction/Humor/Romance: ****
The Conductors; The Murder & Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery: ****
Other Minds: Nonfiction, Animals/Philosophy/Science: ****
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition (with David G. Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
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: *****
Concrete Evidence; The Evidence series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: ****
Incriminating Evidence; The Evidence series, Book 4: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: ****
The Ghost Pirate's Treasure: Mystery of the Jaguar Warrior; The Paranormally Yours series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: **+
Blue Moon Rising; The Forest Kingdom series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **
Claws (with Rachel Grinti): Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Shelly's Second Chance; The Wish Granters series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time; The Dinotopia series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Picture Book: *****
Dinotopia: The World Beneath; The Dinotopia series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Winterhouse; The Winterhouse series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ****
Firefly Hollow; The Firefly Hollow series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
Crimson Gold; The Spokan Falls series, Book 1: Nonfiction, Historical Fiction/Romance: **
Titanium Noir: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
Brimstone Bound; The Firebrand series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ***+
The Warehouse: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
The Imaginary Corpse: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: *****
The Anything Box: Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
The Girl in Red: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Ryan Higa's How to Write Good: Nonfiction, YA? Humor/Media Reference/Memoir/Writing: ****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Terminal Alliance; The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Goblin Quest; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Goblin Hero; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Goblin War; The Jig the Goblin series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
Libriomancer; The Magic Ex Libra series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Holmes on the Range; The Holmes on the Range series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Mystery/Western: ****
Carnacki the Ghost Finder: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Mystery: ****
The Fourteenth Goldfish; The Fourteenth Goldfish series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
Lifeboat 12: Fiction, MG Action/Chiller/Historical Fiction/Poetry: ****
Eagle Drums: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The House of Silk; A Sherlock Holmes novel: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: *****
Moriarty; A Sherlock Holmes novel: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Same as Ever: Nonfiction, Business/History/Human Psychology: ****
Stranger Things: The Other Side, illustrations by Stefano Martino and Keith Champagne; A Stranger Things graphic novel, Volume 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Horror/Media Tie-In: ***+
Let's Get Textual; The Texting series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Romance: **+
The Mighty Odds; The Odds series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Whale Rider: Fiction, Fantasy/General Fiction: ****+
Dread Nation; The Dread Nation series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The Quill Pen: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***+
Star Cats: A Feline Zodiac: Nonfiction, New Age/Pets: ****
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: *+
The Fifth Season; The Broken Earth trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
News of the World: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Literary Fiction/Western: ****
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter; The Dungeons & Dragons series: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy/Media Tie-In: ***+
Blessed Lands Egypt: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: *
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer; The Unusual Chickens series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Lovabye Dragon, illustrations by Randy Cecil; The Girl and Dragon Books: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book/Poetry: ****
The Last Human: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Pride's Run; The Wolf's Pride series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
Burned; The Dragos series, Book 1: ***
Under an Outlaw Moon: Fiction, Crime/Historical Fiction/Thriller: ****
These Broken Stars (with Meagan Spooner); The Starbound trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
This Shattered World (with Meagan Spooner); The Starbound trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
Their Fractured Light (with Meagan Spooner); The Starbound trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
Crown of Serpents; The Tununda Mysteries series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery/Thriller: **
Change the Past; The Time Shifters series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
I Kill Giants, illustrations by JM Ken Niimura: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/General Fiction/Graphic Novel: ****
Storm; The Elemental series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ****
The Girl In Between; The Girl In Between series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ****
How to Be an Antiracist: Nonfiction, Autobiography/History/Politics/Sociology: *****
Tarot for Writers: Nonfiction, Creativity/New Age/Writing: ***+
The Zoologist's Guide to the Galaxy: Nonfiction, Animals/Science: ****
Billy Summers: Fiction, Crime/Thriller: ****
The Shining: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Dragons vs. Drones; The Dragons vs. Drones series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Hollow Places: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Swordheart: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ***
The Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: ****
The Second Jungle Book: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection/Fantasy: **+
The Depths: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: **
Surface Tension; The Seychelle Sullivan Suspense series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Suspense: ****
Shipwreck; The Island trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
Survival; The Island trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ***+
Escape; The Island trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, MG Action/Thriller: ****
The Spare Man: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi: **
Whalefall: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***
Broken Wings; A Time Travel Romance: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
The Haunted Mesa: Fiction, Action/Sci-Fi/Western: **+
Skulduggery Pleasant; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy/Humor/Mystery: ****+
Playing With Fire; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Mystery: ****+
The Faceless Ones; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Mystery: ****+
Dark Days; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 4: Fiction, MG/YA Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Mystery: ****
Mortal Coil; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 5: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Mystery: ****+
Apocalypse Kings; The Skulduggery Pleasant series, Book 5.6: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Humor/Mystery: ****
The Jolly Regina; The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Adventure/Humor: ****
The Ballad of Black Tom: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***+
7 Ate 9: The Untold Story, illustrations by Ross McDonald; The Private I series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Humor/Mystery/Picture Book: ****
The Silver Metal Lover; The S.I.L.V.E.R. series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Dragon Pearl; A Rick Riordan Presents novel: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Carmilla: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Fantasy/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: ****+
Breaking Wild: Fiction, Adventure/Thriller: ***
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: ****
Before Adam: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Call of the Wild and White Fang: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***
Trials of Artemis; The Haberdashers series, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Romance: ***+
At the Mountains of Madness: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
First Watch; The Fifth Ward series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****
You Slay Me; The Aisling Grey, Guardian series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ***+
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: ****+
Three Mages and a Margarita; The Guild Codex: Spellbound series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ***+
I Am Still Alive: Fiction, YA Mystery/Suspense: ***+
Nightflyers: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragonfold and Other Adventures: Fiction, YA? Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **+
I Am Legend and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/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: ***+
Bitterwood; The Dragon Age series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Flying Snakes & Griffin Claws: Nonfiction, Folklore/History: ****
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; The Necromancer ceries, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Humor: **+
Once & Future (with A. R. Capetta); The Once & Future series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
Sparrow Hill Road; The Ghost Roads series, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Girl in the Green Silk Gown; The Ghost Roads series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Angel of the Overpass; The Ghost Roads series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Middlegame; The Alchemical Journeys series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: *****
Down Among the Sticks and Bones; The Wayward Children series, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Horror: *****
Come Tumbling Down; The Wayward Children series, Book 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Horror: *****
Caverns of Socrates: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Fairy Dreams: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Gamebook/Picture Book/Poetry: *****
One of Us Is Lying; The One of Us Is Lying series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****
The Book of Alchemy: Nonfiction, History/Magic: ***
Bloody Jack; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: *****
The Curse of the Blue Tattoo; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 2: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Under the Jolly Roger; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 3: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Beowulf: Fiction, Fantasy/Poetry: ****
Paradise Lost: Fiction, Fantasy/Poetry: ****
Don't Even Think About It; The Don't Even Think About It series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Humor/Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
Oona Out of Order: Fiction, General Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***+
Certain Dark Things: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Gods of Jade and Shadow: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in the Wild West; The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life series: Nonfiction, History/Reference/Writing: ***+
Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Legend of Hobart: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor: ***+
Monster: Fiction, YA Crime/Suspense: ****
Fantasy World-Building: Nonfiction, Art/Fantasy: ****
Burn: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***
Evidence of Trust; The Colorado Trust series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Suspense: ****
A History of What Comes Next; The Take Them to the Stars series, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi-Thriller: ****+
The Ghosts of Belfast; The Belfast novels, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller: ****
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
Vessel: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
Griffin's Castle: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Polaris: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
Catfantastic I - IV (with Martin H. Greenberg, editors); The Catfantastic series: Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Everything All At Once: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Science: ****+
The United States of Cryptids: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Travel: ***+
The Mimicking of Known Successes; The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery/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: ****
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Nonfiction, Biography/History/Media Reference: ****+
Inkling: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****
Fool Me Twice: Fighting the Assault on Science in America: Nonfiction, History/Politics/Science: ****+
Too Like the Lightning; The Terra Ignota series, Book 1: Fiction, Literary Fiction/Sci-Fi: **
Seafire; The Seafire trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **+
Guts: Nonfiction, MG? Memoirs/Survival/True Stories: *****
Northwind: Fiction, MG Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
This Side of Wild: Nonfiction, MG? Animals/Essays/Memoirs/True Stories: ****
The Transall Saga: Fiction, MG Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Black Leviathan (translated by Lucy Van Cleef): Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Crocodile on the Sandbank; The Amelia Peabody series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction/Mystery/Thriller: ***+
Code of Honor; The Intrepid Heroines series, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Romance: **+
The Builders: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
Even Though I Knew the End: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ****+
Witchmark; The Kingston Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Dragon Rose; Tales of the Latter Kingdoms, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: **+
The Dragon Slayer With a Heavy Heart: Fiction, Fantasy/Spirituality: ***
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: Fiction, CH? Collection/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Hero for Hire; The Eno the Thracian series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Fantasy/Humor: ***+
The Dragons are Singing Tonight, illustrations by Peter Sís: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book/Poetry: *****
The Gargoyle on the Roof, illustrations by Peter Sís: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book/Poetry: ****
Monday's Troll, illustrations by Peter Sís: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book/Poetry: ***
Sharcano; The Sharkpocalypse Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
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: ****+
Tyrannosaur Canyon; The Wyman Ford series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Arcana Universalis: Terminus; The Arcana Universalis series, Part 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Arcana Universalis: Danse Macabre; The Arcana Universalis series, Part 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
What Unites Us (with Elias Kirschner): Nonfiction, Autobiography/Essays/Politics: ****+
Time Treasure; The McFey Treasures series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
ExtraNormal; The ExtraNormal Academy series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Ghost Ship: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ***
Year Zero: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Cold Cereal; The Cold Cereal Saga, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****+
The True Meaning of Smekday; The Smek Smeries series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
Long Way Down: Fiction, YA Chiller/Poetry: *****
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind; A Brewster Rockit, Space Guy! collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Comic Strips/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
The Takers; The Oz Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Story Thieves; The Story Thieves series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ****+
Just In Time Cowboy; The Lost Mine series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
Deal with the Devil; The Mercenary Librarians series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Romance/Sci-Fi: ***
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow; The Jake Ransom series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ***
The City Beyond the Sands; The Strange Lands Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Carry On; The Simon Snow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ****
Root Magic: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***+
When They Find Us; The Agent Victoria Heslin series, Book 3: Fiction, Action/Mystery/Thriller: **
Lost in the Valley of Death: Nonfiction, Biography/Survival/True Stories: ****
Captain Blood; The Captain Blood series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***+
Hallucinations: Nonfiction, Biography/Medicine/Psychology/Science: ***+
The Alloy of Law; The Mistborn series: The Wax and Wayne series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
The Athena Protocol; The Athena Protocol series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Action/Thriller: ****
Living Wisdom: Animal Spirits: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore: ****
Every Tool's a Hammer: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Creativity: *****
The Circus of Stolen Dreams: Fiction, MG Chiller/Fantasy: ****
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, illustrations by Lane Smith: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****+
The Kaiju Preservation Society: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Media Reference/Philosophy/Sociology: ****+
Gallant: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Horror: ****+
City of Ghosts; The City of Ghosts series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Thriller: ****
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: ***+
The Down Home Zombie Blues: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: **
Others See Us: Fiction, YA Chiller/Fantasy: ****
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy: ***
Clash of Eagles; The Clash of Eagles trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Sci-Fi: ***+
Cities: Nonfiction, Cultures/Geography/History: ****
Cryptid Hunters; The Cryptid Hunters series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ***+
Dinotopia: Hatchling; The Dinotopia series: Fiction, CH Adventure/Fantasy/Media Tie-In: ****
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Fiction, Humor/Thriller: ****
Death of an Eye; The Eye of Isis series, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: ****
When You Reach Me: Fiction, MG Mystery/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Enchanted Cat: Nonfiction, Media Reference/Pets/Poetry: ***
Girl Waits With Gun; A Kopp Sisters novel, Book 1: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Mystery: ****
Letters of a Woman Homesteader: Nonfiction, Autobiography/History/Letters: ***+
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents Earth (the Book) (et al., editors): Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Politics/Science: *****
The Raven Boys; The Raven Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
The Jewel of Seven Stars: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***
Tiger; The Five Ancestors series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Fantasy: ***
The Screaming Staircase; The Lockwood & Co. series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
The Whispering Skull; The Lockwood & Co. series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Devil's Tower: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ****
Devil's Engine: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ****
The Book That Did Not Want to Be Read: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
In the Red: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Gulliver's Travels: Fiction, Adventure/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Blood for Wolves; A Figments Fable: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
They Called Us Enemy (with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott), illustrations by Harmony Becker: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Graphic Novel/History: *****
The Poodle of Doom, illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei; The Pets Rule! series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Action/Humor: ****
The Cay: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Walking to Aldebaran: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Forever His; The Stolen Brides series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
The Murders of Molly Southborne: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
Siege Therapy: Fiction, Chiller/Sci-Fi: **
The Last Chance Hotel; The Seth Seppi series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ***
Bitter Seeds; The Milkweed Triptych, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
The Accidental Highwayman; The Kit Bristol series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: **+
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (translated by Marlane Delargy); The Elderly Lady series, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Humor/Mystery: ***
The Last Murder at the End of the World: Fiction, Literary/Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***
Chilling Effect; The Chilling Effect series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Comfort Me With Apples: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Six-Gun Snow White: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***+
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Fiction, General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Saga Volume 1, illustrations by Fiona Staples; The Saga series, Issues 1 - 6: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Never Trust a Dead Man: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor/Mystery: ***+
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: ***+
Phoenix Rising: Fiction, Action/Thriller: ***+
Disenchanted & Co.; The Disenchanted & Co. series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance/Sci-Fi: **
Serpents of Sky: Nine stories of dragons: Fiction, YA? Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Envy of Angels; A Sin du Jour Affair, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: **+
Cast the First Stone (with Susan May Warren, James L. Rubart, and David C. Warren); The True Lies of Rembrandt Stone series, Book 1: Fiction, Crime/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
The Mueller Report (with Rosalind S. Helderman and Matt Zapotosky): Nonfiction, Law/Politics: ****
Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend: Fiction, Humor/Literary Fiction/Suspense: ****
A Partner in Crime; A Weapons Casters story: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***+
Emilie and the Hollow World; The Emilie series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ***+
The Shadows; The Books of Elsewhere series, Volume 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****
Horizon; The Horizon series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Leviathan; The Leviathan trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
Behemoth; The Leviathan trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****+
Goliath; The Leviathan trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
The Secret Hour; The Midnighters trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Chiller/Fantasy: ***+
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; The Salvagers series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Nightbooks: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Thickety: A Path Begins; The Thickety series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ****+
Rat Queens Deluxe Volume 1, illustrations by Tess Fowler and Roc Upchurch; The Rat Queen series, Volume 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Horror/Humor: ****+
The Dream of the Thylacine, illustrations by Ron Brooks: Fiction, CH Picture Book/Poetry: ****+
A Sky So Big (with Karl Beckstrand): Fiction, Romance/Western: ***
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Humor/Literary Fiction: ***+
Crosstalk: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: **+
Where's My Jetpack?: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ***
Heavenbreaker; The Heavenbreaker series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: **+
Insubordinate Spirit: Nonfiction, History: **
John Dies at the End; The John Dies at the End series, Book 1: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***+
Fourth Wing; The Empyrean series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Cards of Grief: Fiction, Fantasy/Science Fiction: **
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Interior Chinatown: Fiction, Humor/Literary Fiction: ****
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: ***+
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***
Mechanical Failure; The Epic Failure series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****

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Cryptids and Unknown Beasts

Ape-men in forests and serpents in lakes, mysterious beasts of legend and rumor.

City of the Beasts; The Memories of the Eagle and the Jaguar series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
My Diary from the Edge of the World: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
The X-Files: Ruins The X-Files series: Fiction, Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***
Dark Waters; The Small Spaces quartet, Book 3: Fiction, MG Horror: ****
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying; A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Inscription: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Meddling Kids: Fiction, Horror/Humor/Mystery: ***+
The Encyclopedia of Monsters: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
Cryptozoology A - Z (with Jerome Clarke): Nonfiction, Cryptozoology: ****
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Dugald A. Steer, "editor"); The Dragonology series: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Novelty Book: ***
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***+
Mythic Creatures (with Laurel Kendall, & Mark A. Norell): Nonfiction, Mythology: ****+
Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings: Nonfiction, Magic/Paranormal: *****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings: Nonfiction, Paranormal: ***
The Hollow Places: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ****
Big Book of Dragons, Monsters, and Other Mythical Creatures: Nonfiction, Art/Folklore: ****
A Natural History of the Unnatural World (with the "Cryptozoological Society of London"): Fiction, MG? Cryptozoology/Fantasy/Folklore: **+
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: *****
Flying Snakes & Griffin Claws: Nonfiction, Folklore/History: ****
Discount Armageddon; The InCryptid series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
The United States of Cryptids: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Travel: ***+
A Dignity of Dragons, illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: Fiction, CH? Collection/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Sharcano; The Sharkpocalypse Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Mysteries of the Unexplained: Nonfiction, Paranormal: ***
Reader's Digest Facts and Fallacies: Nonfiction, Paranormal: ***
Mystics #1: The Seventh Sense; The Mystics series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them; The Harry Potter series: MG: *****
The Kaiju Preservation Society: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In: *****
The World's Most Incredible Stories: The Best of the Fortean Times (editor): Nonfiction, Unexplained Phenomena: ***
The Doors of Eden: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
California Bones; The Daniel Blackland series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Dream of the Thylacine, illustrations by Ron Brooks: Fiction, CH Picture Book/Poetry: ****+
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unexplained (with Damon Wilson): Nonfiction, Unexplained Phenomena: ****
Unsolved Mysteries Past and Present (with Damon Wilson): Nonfiction, Unexplained Phenomena: *****
Thirteenth Child; The Frontier Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****

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Cutthroat Competitions and War Games

Simulated battles, real casualties.

Red Rising; The Red Rising Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Ender's Game; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Ender's Shadow; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
House of Dragons; The House of Dragons series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Hunger Games; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Catching Fire; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Mockingjay; The Hunger Games trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes; A Hunger Games novel: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Mystic; The Mystic trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Race the Sands: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Trigger: Fiction, YA Thriller: ***
Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Throne of Glass; The Throne of Glass series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Gods of Jade and Shadow: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ****
Fireborne; The Aurelian Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Blazewrath Games: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: Fiction, CH? Collection/Fantasy/Humor: ****
Only You Can Save Mankind; The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Sword-Dancer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Sword-Singer; The Tiger and Del series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Rithmatist; The Rithmatist series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Full Tilt: Fiction, YA Horror: ****
An Ember in the Ashes; The Ember in the Ashes series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow; The Nevermoor series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
A Pale Light in the Black; The NeoG series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
On Basilisk Station; The Honor Harrington series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
Hard Reboot: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Heavenbreaker; The Heavenbreaker series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: **+
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: ***+
Dragon's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Heart's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****

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Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals

Tales of ancient animals lost to time.

The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonfiction, Prehistoric Life/Nature/Science: ***+
Dinosaurs Rediscovered: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****+
Saber Tooth; The Dawn of Mammals series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
How to Survive History: Nonfiction, History/Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
Z. Rex; The Hunting series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
Jurassic Park; The Jurassic Park series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Bone Wars: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
A SURVIVAL GUIDE: Living with Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Period; The Survival in the Age of Dinosaurs series, Book 1: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Survival: ***+
The Lost World; The Professor Challenger series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****+
Dragons in a Bag; The Dragons in a Bag series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Mythic Creatures (with Laurel Kendall, & Mark A. Norell): Nonfiction, Mythology: ****+
The Smart Neanderthal: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaeology/Nature/Prehistory: ****
Fortunately, the Milk: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Fragile Things: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Poetry/Sci-Fi: *****
Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time; The Dinotopia series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Picture Book: *****
Dinotopia: The World Beneath; The Dinotopia series, Book 2: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Imaginary Corpse: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: *****
Full Throttle: Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
How to Build a Dinosaur (with James Gorman): Nonfiction, Dinosaurs/Science: ****
At the Mountains of Madness: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Flying Snakes & Griffin Claws: Nonfiction, Folklore/History: ****
Saturday, the Twelfth of October: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Mislaid in Parts Half-Unknown; The Wayward Children series, Book 9: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****
Dinosaurs (editor): Nonfiction, Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life: ****
Thunder Lizards! How to Draw Fantastic Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, YA? Art: ****
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Nonfiction, Dinosaurs: *****
The United States of Cryptids: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Travel: ***+
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: ****
Dinosaurs Before Dark; The Magic Tree House series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
The Neanderthals Rediscovered (with Michael A. Morse): Nonfiction, Anthropology/Archaeology: ***+
Wolf Brother; The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ****
The Dragons at Crumbling Castle: Fiction, CH? Collection/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: ****+
Tyrannosaur Canyon; The Wyman Ford series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow; The Jake Ransom series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ***
The City Beyond the Sands; The Strange Lands Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians; The Alcatraz series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
How to Survive a Sharknado and Other Unnatural Disasters: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In: *****
Your Inner Fish: Nonfiction, Nature/Science: ****+
Cryptid Hunters; The Cryptid Hunters series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Fantasy: ***+
Dinotopia: Hatchling; The Dinotopia series: Fiction, CH Adventure/Fantasy/Media Tie-In: ****
Just One Damned Thing After Another; The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
The Doors of Eden: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
California Bones; The Daniel Blackland series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
A Journey to the Center of the Earth: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Empress of Salt and Fortune; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Mammoths at the Gates; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Last Ape Standing: Nonfiction, Anthropology/Prehistory/Science: ****
Pterosaurs: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Flying Reptiles: Nonfiction, Prehistoric Animals: ****
Edwina, The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****+
Thirteenth Child; The Frontier Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Eridahn: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Time Travel Dinosaur; A Chooseomatic book, Book 3: Fiction, Gamebook/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****

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