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Schools and Institutions

Academies of assassins, magical prisons, institutions for the genetically unique, and the drama of education.

Like Never and Always: Fiction, YA Mystery/Thriller: ****
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian: Fiction, YA General Fiction: ****+
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: ***
Unicorns 101: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Secret School: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: ****
To Shape a Dragon's Breath; The Nampeshiweisit series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
The Benefits of Being an Octopus: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
Invisible Prison; The Invisible Recruits Novellas, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Storybound; The Storybound series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Ink and Bone; The Great Library series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Flunked; The Fairy Tale Reform School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
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: *****
Etiquette & Espionage; The Finishing School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ***
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
The Art of Prophecy; The War Arts Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
Frindle: Fiction, CH General Fiction: ****
Gods of Risk; An Expanse Novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Monster's Ring; A Magic Shop book, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher; A Magic Shop book, Book 3: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
The Skull of Truth; A Magic Shop book, Book 4: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Dragonsdale: Skydancer; The Dragonsdale series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Killing Mr. Griffin: Fiction, YA Suspense: ****
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: ***+
Once Upon a Toad: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
American Gods; The American Gods series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Rise: The Complete Newsflesh Collection; The Newsflesh series: Fiction, Collection/Horror/Sci-Fi: *****
Trigger: Fiction, YA Thriller: ***
The Magicians; The Magicians series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Among the Imposters; The Shadow Children sequence, Book 2: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi: ****
Princess Academy; The Princess Academy series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Fourteenth Goldfish; The Fourteenth Goldfish series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Sci-Fi: ****
Let's Get Textual; The Texting series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Romance: **+
Year of the Griffin; The Derkholm series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Forbidden Mind; The Forbidden trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA 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 House in the Cerulean Sea: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Restart: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****
A Wizard of Earthsea; The Earthsea Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
Alice: From Dream to Dream (with Giulia Adragna): Fiction, MG Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
Middlegame; The Alchemical Journeys series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: *****
Every Heart a Doorway; The Wayward Children series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: *****
Down Among the Sticks and Bones; The Wayward Children series, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Horror: *****
Beneath the Sugar Sky; The Wayward Children series, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: *****
In an Absent Dream; The Wayward Children series, Book 4: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: *****
Come Tumbling Down; The Wayward Children series, Book 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Horror: *****
Where the Drowned Girls Go; The Wayward Children series, Book 7: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: ****+
The Unwanteds; The Unwanteds series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Curse of the Blue Tattoo; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 2: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Don't Even Think About It; The Don't Even Think About It series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Humor/Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
Monster: Fiction, YA Crime/Suspense: ****
Midnight for Charlie Bone; The Children of the Red King series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Akata Witch; The Akata Witch series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Binti; The Binti trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Binti: Home; The Binti trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Binti: The Night Masquerade; The Binti trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
Three Quarters Dead: Fiction, YA Horror: ***+
Rampant; The Killer Unicorn series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
13 Minutes: Fiction, YA Thriller: ****
ExtraNormal; The ExtraNormal Academy series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
Long Way Down: Fiction, YA Chiller/Poetry: *****
Ghost; The Track series, Book 1: Fiction, MG General Fiction: ****+
Mystics #1: The Seventh Sense; The Mystics series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Guardians Inc.: The Cypher; The Guardians Incorporated series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
The Name of the Wind; The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Fangirl: A Novel: Fiction, YA General Fiction: *****
Carry On; The Simon Snow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ****
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; The Harry Potter series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; The Harry Potter series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; The Harry Potter series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; The Harry Potter series, Book 4: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; The Harry Potter series, Book 5: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; The Harry Potter series, Book 6: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows; The Harry Potter series, Book 7: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Root Magic: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction: ***+
A School for Sorcery; The School for Sorcery series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Rithmatist; The Rithmatist series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Skyward: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
The Ables: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi: **+
Windsworn; The Gryphon Riders trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
A College of Magics; The College of Magics series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fiction: **
The Raven Boys; The Raven Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
An Ember in the Ashes; The Ember in the Ashes series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
They Called Us Enemy (with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott), illustrations by Harmony Becker: Nonfiction, Autobiography/Graphic Novel/History: *****
Dragon's Green; The Worldquake series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
The Murders of Molly Southborne: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: **+
Someone Else's Fairytale; The Someone Else's Fairytale series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
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 Wretched of Muirwood; The Legends of Muirwood series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Kasey and His Dragon: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *
The Nickel Boys: Fiction, Historical Fiction: ****+
Thirteenth Child; The Frontier Magic series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Fourth Wing; The Empyrean series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Wizard's Hall: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****

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Seafaring Tales

On the high seas or beneath the waves.

Whales on Stilts; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle: Fiction, CH Historical Fiction: *****
Along the Saltwise Sea; The Up-and-Under series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
The Sea Fairies; A Trot and Cap'n Bill Adventure, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ***
Nick of Time; The Nick McIvers Adventures Through Time series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***
Voyage of the Basilisk; A Natural History of Dragons series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Stormsinger; The Storms in Amethir series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex (with Thomas Nickerson and Ken Rossignol; edited by Huggins Point editors): Nonfiction, History/Survival: **+
Odds are Good: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: *****
Oddest of All: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ***+
Bruce Coville's Book of... Anthologies (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Chiller/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Ocean Meets Sky: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****+
Pirate's Passage: Fiction, MG Adventure/General Fiction: ****
Other Minds: Nonfiction, Animals/Philosophy/Science: ****
Into the Drowning Deep: Fiction, Horror: ****+
Adrift: Fiction, YA Thriller: ****
The Floating Island; The Symphony of Ages series: The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
The Girl from Everywhere; The Girl from Everywhere series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Stowaway: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction: **+
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers: Embers; The Guild of the Cowry Catchers series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: **+
Ship of Magic; The Farseer World: The The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Mad Ship; The Farseer World: The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Ship of Destiny; The Farseer World: The Liveship Trader Trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Lifeboat 12: Fiction, MG Action/Chiller/Historical Fiction/Poetry: ****
The Whale Rider: Fiction, Fantasy/General Fiction: ****+
The Perfect Storm: Nonfiction, History/True Stories: ***
Captains Courageous: Fiction, MG? Adventure: *
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 Jolly Regina; The Unintentional Adventures of the Bland Sisters series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Adventure/Humor: ****
Piratica; The Piratica series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: *****
Piratica II; The Piratica series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Chronicles of Narnia; The Chronicles of Narnia series, Books 1 - 7: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ****
Moby Dick: Fiction, Literary Fiction: **
Bloody Jack; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: *****
Under the Jolly Roger; The Bloody Jack Adventures, Book 3: Fiction, YA Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Polaris: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction/Horror/Sci-Fi: ***
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Driving the Deep; The Finder Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The River; The Brian Saga, Book 2: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****+
Brian's Return; The Brian Saga, Book 4: Fiction, MG Adventure: ****
Northwind: Fiction, MG Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Seafire; The Seafire trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Sci-Fi: **+
The Dragon Round: Fiction, Fantasy: **
Nation: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Sharcano; The Sharkpocalypse Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Time Treasure; The McFey Treasures series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance: ****
Bidding on Brooks; The Blueberry Lane Series: The Winslow Brothers, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
Ghost Ship: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Mystery: ***
The Waking Fire; The Draconis Memoria series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Captain Blood; The Captain Blood series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Historical Fiction: ***+
The Priory of the Orange Tree: Fiction, Fantasy: **+
The Antlered Ship, illustrations by Eric Fan and Terry Fan: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
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: ****
Treasure Island: Fiction, MG? Adventure: ***+
The Bone Shard Daughter; The Drowning Empire series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Island in the Sea of Time; A Novel of the Change: The Island series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Cay: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Historical Fiction: ****
Rogue Wave: And Other Red-Blooded Sea Stories: Fiction, MG? Adventure/Collection: ****
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Fiction, General Fiction/Mystery: ***+
Steel: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
The Snow Queen; The Snow Queen Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Quintessence; The Quintessence series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Serpent Mage (with Tracy Hickman); The Death Gate Cycle, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Emilie and the Hollow World; The Emilie series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ***+
Where's My Jetpack?: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ***
Beyond the Bright Sea: Fiction, MG Historical Fiction: ***+
Teacup: Fiction, CH Picture Book: *****

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Shapeshifters and Werebeasts

Humans taking new shapes.

Three Hearts and Three Lions; The Holger Danske series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Dragons Wild; The Dragons Wild series, Book 1: *
The Complete Animorphs series The Animorphs series, Books 1 - 54, plus Megamorphs 1 - 4 and Chronicles series: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
Alternamorphs 1 - The First Journey The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 1: Fiction, MG Gamebook/Sci-Fi: ***
Alternamorphs 2 - The Next Passage The Animorphs series, Alternamorphs 2: Fiction, MG Gamebook/Sci-Fi: ****
Strange Happenings: Fiction, CH Collection/Fantasy: ****
Over the Woodward Wall; The Up-and-Under series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Along the Saltwise Sea; The Up-and-Under series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Into the Windwracked Wilds; The Up-and-Under series, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Under the Smokestrewn Sky; The Up-and-Under series, Book 4: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Serafina and the Black Cloak; The Serafina series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Horror: ***
The Jaguar Princess: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Last Dragonlord; The Last Dragonlord trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Whatever for Hire; The Magical Romantic Comedy (with a body count) series, Book 5: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
Jaguar Sun; The Jaguar Sun series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Wake of Vultures; The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Western: ****
Invisible Prison; The Invisible Recruits Novellas, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Those Across the River: Fiction, Historical Fiction/Horror: ****+
Finder; A Novel of the Borderlands: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Wild Seed; The Patternist series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Flunked; The Fairy Tale Reform School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
Who Goes There?: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
Etiquette & Espionage; The Finishing School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ***
An American Werewolf in Hoboken; The Wolf Mates series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor/Romance: ****
The School for Good and Evil; The School for Good and Evil series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ****
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Encyclopedia of Monsters: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
The Monster's Ring; A Magic Shop book, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Half-Human (editor): Fiction, MG Anthology/Fantasy: *****
My Lady's Choosing (with Larissa Zageris): Fiction, Gamebook/Historical Fiction/Humor/Romance: ***
Bloody Rose; The Band series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: *****
Pawn of Prophecy; The Belgariad, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy: **+
An Illustrated Guide to Welsh Monsters & Mythical Beasts: Nonfiction, Art/Folklore: ****+
Empire of Exiles; The Books of the Usurper series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: Nonfiction, Art: ****
American Gods; The American Gods series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Graveyard Book: Fiction, MG/YA Fantasy/Horror: ****+
The Kingless Land; The Band of Four series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Monsters: An Investigator's Guide to Magical Beings: Nonfiction, Magic/Paranormal: *****
Claws (with Rachel Grinti): Fiction, MG Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Firefly Hollow; The Firefly Hollow series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Romance: ***
Rebel of the Sands; The Rebel of the Sands series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Brimstone Bound; The Firebrand series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Mystery: ***+
Seraphina; The Seraphina series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
Pride's Run; The Wolf's Pride series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Romance: ***+
Burned; The Dragos series, Book 1: Fiction, Fiction/Romance: ***
The Leopard's Daughter: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Talisman (with Peter Straub); The Jack Sawyer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Horror: ***+
Thornhedge: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The House in the Cerulean Sea: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
The Blue Fairy Book; The Andrew Lang's Fairy Book series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Folklore: ***
The Elvenbane (with Andre Norton); The Halfblood Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Elvenblood (with Andre Norton); The Halfblood Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Dragon Pearl; A Rick Riordan Presents novel: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
A Natural History of the Unnatural World (with the "Cryptozoological Society of London"): Fiction, MG? Cryptozoology/Fantasy/Folklore: **+
A Snake Falls to Earth: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
The Ruin of Kings; A Chorus of Dragons, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: Nonfiction, Cryptozoology/Folklore: *****
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer; The Necromancer ceries, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Humor: **+
Discount Armageddon; The InCryptid series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
Rosemary and Rue; The October Daye series, Book 1: Fiction, 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: ****
A Dignity of Dragons, illustrations by Nicoletta Ceccoli: Fiction, CH Fantasy/Picture Book: ****
The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Lagoon: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Tea Dragon Festival; The Tea Dragon series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Fantasy: ****
Enyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Robert Ingpen): Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Tales of Beedle the Bard; The Harry Potter series: Fiction, MG Collection/Fantasy: *****
A School for Sorcery; The School for Sorcery series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Mistborn: The Final Empire; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
The Well of Ascension; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Hero of Ages; The Mistborn series: The Mistborn trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Priory of the Orange Tree: Fiction, Fantasy: **+
Lord Valentine's Castle; The Majipoor Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Nimona: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****+
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: ***
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain; The Singing Hills Cycle, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Coyote's Daughter; The New Legends of the Southwest, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
Testament of the Dragon (with David Baldwin): Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Novelty Book: ***
The Cloud Roads; The Books of the Raksura series, Volume 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Secret Hour; The Midnighters trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Chiller/Fantasy: ***+
Alif the Unseen: Fiction, Fantasy: **
A Dragon's Guide to the Care and Feeding of Humans (with Joanne Ryder); The Dragon's Guide series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Sister Emily's Lightship and Other Stories: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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Small Animals

Rabbits, rodents, and other underfoot critters.

Watership Down: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Rebel in the Library of Ever; The Library of Ever series, Book 2: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
Animal-Speak: Nonfiction, Animals/Magic: *****
Willodeen: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****+
Wishtree: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying; A Royal Guide to Monster Slaying series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ****
The Frog Princess; Tales of the Frog Princess, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: **+
Arm of the Sphinx; The Books of Babel series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Wild Robot; The Wild Robot series, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Sci-Fi: ****
The Wild Robot Escapes; The Wild Robot series, Book 2: Fiction, CH? Sci-Fi: ****
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo (with Jill Twiss), illustrations by EG (Gerald Kelley) Keller: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book/Politics: ****
The Armored Saint; The Sacred Throne series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Animal Magick: Nonfiction, Animals/Folklore/Magic: ****
Jennifer Murdley's Toad; A Magic Shop book, Book 2: Fiction, CH Fantasy: *****
Juliet Dove, Queen of Love; A Magic Shop book, Book 5: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Spellslinger; The Spellslinger series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
The Tale of Despereaux: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
Dragons in a Bag; The Dragons in a Bag series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****+
Animist: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
Being a Beast: Adventures Across the Species Divide: Nonfiction, Animals/Nature: ***+
Unflappable: Fiction, General Fiction/Humor/Romance: ****
Bunnicula; The Bunnicula and Friends series, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Humor: ***+
Redwall; The Redwall series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy: ***
Steel Crow Saga: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Chronicles of Narnia; The Chronicles of Narnia series, Books 1 - 7: Fiction, CH? Fantasy: ****
The Lost Words: Fiction, CH Poetry: ***+
Flying Snakes & Griffin Claws: Nonfiction, Folklore/History: ****
Discount Armageddon; The InCryptid series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ****
WE3, illustrations by Frank Quitely; The We3 series, Issues 1 - 3: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Catseye: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ***+
Fur Magic; The Magic Sequence, Book 3: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***+
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: ****
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152; The Mouse Guard series, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ****
The Builders: Fiction, Fantasy/Humor: ***+
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents; A Discworld novel: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Humor: *****+
The Green Ember; The Green Ember series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fiction: ****
The Poodle of Doom, illustrations by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei; The Pets Rule! series, Book 2: Fiction, CH Action/Humor: ****
Osmo Unknown and the Eightpenny Woods: Fiction, MG Fantasy: *****
Never Trust a Dead Man: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor/Mystery: ***+
You're Finally Here!: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Once and Future King: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
A Plague of Sorcerers: Fiction, MG Fantasy: ***
A Night in the Lonesome October: Fiction, Horror/Humor: ***

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Space Stories

Second star to the right, onward to infinity...

Sea of Stars Volume 1 (with Dennis Hallum), illustrations by Stephen Green and Rico Renzi; The Sea of Stars series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, YA? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide; The Hitchhiker's Guide series, Books 1 - 5: Fiction, Comedy/Sci-Fi: ***
Wolfwing The Lycanthra Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Remnants series; The Remnants series, Books 1 - 14: Fiction, MG Sci-Fi
Mickey7; The Mickey7 series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: **
Foundation; The Foundation series: The Foundation trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Fortune's Pawn; The Paradox series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Carico Trails; The Beyonders series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Western: ***
Great Classic Science Fiction: Fiction, Collection/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Galaxy Quest: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Arkhangelsk: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Cold Between; A Central Corps novel, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
The Martian Chronicles: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
Star Dragon: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Darth Vader and Son; The Darth Vader collection, Book 1: Fiction, CH? Comic Strips/Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Vader's Little Princess; The Darth Vader collection, Book 2: Fiction, CH? Comic Strips/Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Red Rising; The Red Rising Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Golden Son; The Red Rising Saga, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Morning Star; The Red Rising Saga, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Ender's Game; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Speaker for the Dead; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
Xenocide; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Children of the Mind; The Enderverse Universe: The Ender Quintet, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Ender's Shadow; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: *****
Shadow of the Hegemon; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Shadow Puppets; The Enderverse Universe: The Shadow series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Dragons in the Stars; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon Rigger; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Star Rigger's Way; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Seas of Ernathe; The Star Rigger Universe: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Retrograde; The Retrograde series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ****
Midnight at the Well of Souls; The Well of Souls series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
To Be Taught, If Fortunate: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Three-Body Problem (translated by Ken Liu); The Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Childhood's End: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Crownchasers; The Crownchasers series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Thronebreakers; The Crownchasers series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****
Winds of Marque; The Blackwood & Virtue series, Book 1: Fiction, Adventure/Sci-Fi: ***+
Leviathan Wakes; The Expanse series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Caliban's War; The Expanse series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Abaddon's Gate; The Expanse series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Vital Abyss; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Cibola Burn; The Expanse series, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Nemesis Games; The Expanse series, Book 5: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Babylon's Ashes; The Expanse series, Book 6: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Strange Dogs; An Expanse novella: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Persepolis Rising; The Expanse series, Book 7: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Tiamat's Wrath; The Expanse series, Book 8: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Leviathan Falls; The Expanse series, Book 9: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Memory's Legion; The Expanse novellas: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ****
How It Unfolds; The Far Reaches series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Expanse #1 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 1: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse #2 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 2: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Expanse #3 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 3: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse #4 (with Corinna Sara Bechko), illustrations by Alejandro Aragon; The Expanse series, Issue 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
The Expanse: Dragon Tooth, Volume 1 (with Andy Diggle), illustrations by Rubine; The Expanse: Dragon Tooth series, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Expanse Volume 1: Origins (with Hallie Lambert and Georgia Lee), illustrations by Huang Danlan, Triona Farrell, Juan Useche, and Rahzzah; The Expanse Origins, Issues 1 - 4: Fiction, Collection/Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ***+
Space Station Ice-3: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***
Bruce Coville's Book of... Anthologies (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Chiller/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: *****
Bruce Coville's Strange Worlds (editor): Fiction, CH Anthology/Sci-Fi: *****
Jupiter Winds; The Jupiter Winds series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **+
The Tea Master and the Detective: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi: ***
The Little Prince (translated by Richard Howard): Fiction, CH Fantasy: ****
The Last Watch; The Divide series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Exiled Fleet; The Divide series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****+
The Stardragons (with John Grant); The Dragonhenge series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy/Picture Book: ***
Ocean/Orbiter Deluxe Edition, illustrations by Chris Sprouse and Colleen Doran: Fiction, Collection/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Starfire: A Red Peace; The Starfire trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Disasters: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
Cats in Space and Other Places (editor): Fiction, Anthology/Sci-Fi: **
Quozl: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Star Sailor 1: The Wolves of Sahlam; The Star Sailor series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: *+
Empress of Forever: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Deathstalker; The Deathstalker series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Forever War; The Forever War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Dune; The Dune Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Terminal Alliance; The Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Darwin Elevator; The Dire Earth Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Beyond: Our Future in Space: Nonfiction, Science: ****
The Loneliest Girl in the Universe: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi/Thriller: *+
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories 2018 (editor, with John Joseph Adams): Fiction, Anthology/FantasySci-Fi: ****
The Last Human: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
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: ***
Vacation Guide to the Solar System (with Jana Grcevich): Nonfiction, Science: ***+
The Calculating Stars; A Lady Astronaut novel, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Fated Sky; A Lady Astronaut novel, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Spare Man: Fiction, Mystery/Sci-Fi: **
Starflight; The Starflight series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***
Ancillary Justice; The Imperial Radch trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Dragon Pearl; A Rick Riordan Presents novel: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Descender: The Deluxe Edition Volume 1, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 1 - 16: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Descender Volume 4: Orbital Mechanics, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 17 - 21: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Descender Volume 5: Rise of the Robots, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 22 - 26: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
Descender Volume 6: The Machine War, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Descender series, Issues 27 - 32: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Ascender Volume 1: The Haunted Galaxy, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 1 - 5: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 6 - 10: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 3: The Digital Mage, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 11 - 14: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Ascender Volume 4: Star Seed, illustrations by Dustin Nguyen; The Ascender series, Issues 15 - 18: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****+
Sentient, illustrations by Gabriel Walta: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella and the Battle of Venus; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella the Traitor of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Planet Paradise: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***
Acheron Rising; The Federation Chronicles series: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Dragon and the Stars (with Eric Choi, editors): Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Nightflyers: Fiction, Horror/Sci-Fi: ****
A Memory Called Empire; The Teixcalaan series, Book 1: Fiction, 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: **
Once & Future (with A. R. Capetta); The Once & Future series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***
The Warrior Within: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Hunt the Stars; The Starlight's Shadow series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ****
It's Not Rocket Science: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****
Trading in Danger; The Vatta's War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Altered Carbon: Download Blues (with Rik Hoskin), illustrations by Ferran Sellares; A Takeshi Kovacs graphic novel: Fiction, Graphic Novel/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers; The Red Dwarf series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****
Better Than Life; The Red Dwarf series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Media Tie-In/Sci-Fi: ****+
Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: Nonfiction, Science/Sociology: ****
Vessel: Fiction, Sci-Fi/Thriller: ***+
Ringworld; The Ringworld series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Catseye: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: ***+
Catfantastic I - IV (with Martin H. Greenberg, editors); The Catfantastic series: Fiction, Anthology/Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ****
Velocity Weapon; The Protectorate series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Chaos Vector; The Protectorate series, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Catalyst Gate; The Protectorate series, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Binti; The Binti trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Binti: Home; The Binti trilogy, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Binti: The Night Masquerade; The Binti trilogy, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
War Girls; The War Girls series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ****+
Starclimber; The Airborn series, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Finder; The Finder Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Driving the Deep; The Finder Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
The Scavenger Door; The Finder Chronicles, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
Starswarm; A Jupiter novel: Fiction, MG? Sci-Fi: **
Embers of War; The Embers of War trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Only You Can Save Mankind; The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, MG? Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
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: ****
Larklight; The Larklight series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
Year Zero: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Revenger; The Revenger series, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Sci-Fi: **+
Close Encounters of the Worst Kind; A Brewster Rockit, Space Guy! collection, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Comic Strips/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Red Mars; The Mars Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Skyward: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: ***+
Saturn Run (with Ctien): Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Android's Dream: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
The Collapsing Empire; The Interdependency series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Old Man's War; The Old Man's War series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
City: Fiction, Collection/Sci-Fi: ***+
Way Station: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Snow White and the Seven Robots, illustrations by Jimena Sanchez S.; The Far-Out Fairy Tales series: Fiction, CH Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ***+
A Wizard in Mind; The Chronicles of the Rogue Wizard, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
In the Red: Fiction, MG Action/Sci-Fi: ***+
We Are Legion (We Are Bob); The Bobiverse series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
For We Are Many; The Bobiverse series, Book 2: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
All These Worlds; The Bobiverse series, Book 3: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****
Children of Time; The Children of Time series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Shards of Earth; The Final Architecture series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Walking to Aldebaran: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Art and Making of The Expanse: Nonfiction, Art/Media Reference: ****+
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: Nonfiction, Science: ****+
Chilling Effect; The Chilling Effect series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Saga Volume 1, illustrations by Fiona Staples; The Saga series, Issues 1 - 6: Fiction, Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: *****
The Snow Queen; The Snow Queen Cycle, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
A Fire Upon the Deep; The Zones of Thought series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
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: **
Quantum Mechanics: Fiction, CH? Graphic Novel/Sci-Fi: ****
Soonish (with Zach Weinersmith): Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ****+
Artemis: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
The Martian: Fiction, Sci-Fi: *****
All Systems Red; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Artifical Condition; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 2: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Rogue Protocol; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 3: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Exit Strategy; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 4: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Network Effect; The Murderbot Diaries, Book 5: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe; The Salvagers series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Sci-Fi: ***+
Killing Gravity; The Voidwitch Saga, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
The Stars Now Unclaimed; The Universe After series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****
Where's My Jetpack?: Nonfiction, Humorous Nonfiction/Science: ***
Heart's Blood; The Pit Dragon Chronicles, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
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: ***+
Night Train to Rigel; The Quadrail series, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
Mechanical Failure; The Epic Failure series, Book 1: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ****

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Stage, Screen, and Stardom

Grease paint and footlights, cameras and commercials, and the double-edged blade of fame.

The Dragon's Path; The Dagger and the Coin series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Whales on Stilts; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Coward; The Quest for Heroes series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
Borderline; The Arcadia Project series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Galaxy Quest: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
I Was a Teenage Fairy; An Ageless book: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
This Book is Not Yet Rated: Fiction, YA General Fiction/Humor: ****
Beauty Queens: Fiction, YA Humor/Thriller: *****
The Diviners; The Diviners series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Historical Fiction/Mystery: ***+
This Is Our Song; The Shaughnessy Brothers series, Book 4: Fiction, Romance: ****
Wicked Games (with Jill Myles); A Games novel, Volume 1: Fiction, Romance: ***+
The Lost and the Found: Fiction, YA Thriller: ****
The Ghost in the Third Row; The Nina Tanleven Mysteries, Book 1: Fiction, CH Chiller/Mystery: *****
Everyone Loves Bacon, illustrations by Eric Wight: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
The Cuckoo's Calling; A Cormoran Strike novel, Book 1: Fiction, Mystery: ***+
The Love Con: Fiction, Romance: ****
Fat Kid Rules the World: Fiction, YA General Fiction: ****+
Into the Drowning Deep: Fiction, Horror: ****+
For a Muse of Fire: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Chomp: Fiction, MG General Fiction/Humor: ****
Heart-Shaped Box: Fiction, Horror: ****+
The Story of Owen; The Story of Owen series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Piratica; The Piratica series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: *****
Piratica II; The Piratica series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Humor: ***
The Silver Metal Lover; The S.I.L.V.E.R. series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance/Sci-Fi: ***+
The Body Scout: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ****+
This Is a Moose, illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld: Fiction, CH Humor/Picture Book: ****
When Lightning Strikes; The Whiskey Creek series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ****
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Nonfiction, Biography/History/Media Reference: ****+
Blazewrath Games: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***+
Six-Shooter Tales; The Six-Shooter series, Book 1: Fiction, Collection/Western: ****
Year Zero: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: ***+
Bidding on Brooks; The Blueberry Lane Series: The Winslow Brothers, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
Romancing Miss Right; The Reality Romance series, Book 2: Fiction, Romance: ****+
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Fiction, Humor/Thriller: ****
Someone Else's Fairytale; The Someone Else's Fairytale series, Book 1: Fiction, Romance: ***
Space Opera: Fiction, Humor/Sci-Fi: *****
Hench: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***
Shadowplay; The Shadowmarch series, Book 2: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Shadowrise; The Shadowmarch series, Book 3: Fiction, Fantasy: *****
Shadowheart; The Shadowmarch series, Book 4: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+

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Steampunk, Etc.

Clockwork automatons, steam-powered societies, biopunk hybrid beasts, and other variants.

Whales on Stilts; A Pals in Peril Tale, Book 1: Fiction, MG Action/Humor/Sci-Fi: ****+
The Peculiar; The Peculiar series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy: **
To Shape a Dragon's Breath; The Nampeshiweisit series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****+
In Search of Lost Dragons (with Carine-M and Jézéquel): Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: **+
The Clockwork Cathedral; The Time Corps Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **+
The Emperor's Edge; The Emperor's Edge series, Book 1: Fiction, Action/Fantasy: ****
Flash Gold; The Flash Gold Chronicles, Book 1: Fiction, YA Adventure/Fantasy: ****
Etiquette & Espionage; The Finishing School series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Fantasy/Humor: ***
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: *****
The Invisible Library; The Invisible Library series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***
The Armored Saint; The Sacred Throne series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
Cold Magic; The Spiritwalker Trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: **+
Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Three Parts Dead; The Craft Sequence, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ***+
A Rip Through Time: The Dame, the Doctor, and the Device (with Chad Eagleton, Garnett Elliot, and Charles A. Gramlich, authors; David Cranmer, editor); A Rip Through Time series, Volume 1: Fiction, Sci-Fi: **
With the Night Mail: Fiction, Sci-Fi: ***+
Arabella of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 1: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella and the Battle of Venus; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 2: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
Arabella the Traitor of Mars; The Aventures of Arabella Ashby, Book 3: Fiction, YA? Adventure/Sci-Fi: ****
The Grace of Kings; The Dandelion Dyansty series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****+
Monstress Volume 1: Awakening, illustrations by Sana Takeda; Series, Volume 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy/Graphic Novel: ***+
The Falconer; The Falconer trilogy, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ***
Airborn; The Airborn series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
Skybreaker; The Airborn series, Book 2: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Starclimber; The Airborn series, Book 3: Fiction, YA Fantasy: ****
Boneshaker; The Clockwork Century series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Sci-Fi: **
Larklight; The Larklight series, Book 1: Fiction, MG Adventure/Humor/Sci-Fi: **+
The Waking Fire; The Draconis Memoria series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy: ****
The Alloy of Law; The Mistborn series: The Wax and Wayne series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Western: ***
The Rithmatist; The Rithmatist series, Book 1: Fiction, YA Fantasy: *****
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: ****
Disenchanted & Co.; The Disenchanted & Co. series, Book 1: Fiction, Fantasy/Romance/Sci-Fi: **
Princeless: Find Yourself, illustrations by Emily Martin, Ainhoa Aramayo, Christine Hipp, and Brett Grunig; The Princeless series, Volume 7: Fiction, MG? Fantasy/Graphic Novel/Humor: ****
Time Travel Dinosaur; A Chooseomatic book, Book 3: Fiction, Gamebook/Humor/Sci-Fi: *****

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