The Best Books Of All Time -- A (Partial) List Of Books I've Read By Rating

Updated December 31, 2023

#94 of 2024 

Here's a very incomplete master list of books I've read. This is my list by rating (so you can see which books I gave a perfect four out of four stars to, for example). I've got another list organized by author. I tend to focus on good books or authors I've read a lot. I don't see the point of including a book I didn't like by someone most people haven't heard about.

I've only got year-by-year lists of my reading going back to 2006. Before that, it's very catch as catch can. Since I've also considerably winnowed down my personal library without noting the books I got rid of over the years, I don't even have a good record of the books I SAVED for decades. So please understand that this isn't remotely comprehensive. If I seem overly generous in the number of 3 1/2 and 4 star books, well those are simply the ones I remember best. The many minor books I consumed over the years (especially reams and reams of sci-fi, fantasy and mysteries) have faded from memory. Just as often, if a book is so bad it would only get 1 1/2 or fewer stars, I didn't bother finishing it. What's the point? Any weird gaps (I've read a lot more Dickens than I've listed, for example) are usually because I don't remember with enough specificity what I thought of certain books to rate them.

Art Garfunkel and Peter Bogdanovich had the right idea! Keep a list, everyone; you'll be glad you did. What I wouldn't give for index cards with my brief thoughts on the movies I watched, books I read, albums I heard from a young age onward....

THE BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME -- A (PARTIAL) LIST BY RATING



FOUR STARS

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ****
Watership Down by Richard Adams **** 

The Unwomanly Face Of War by Svetlana Alexievich (1985) ****
The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg ****
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg ****
Swan Lake by Chris Van Allsburg and Mark Helprin ****
The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond ****
Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Hero by Jon Lee Anderson ****
The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson ****
The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Volume 2: The Kingdom On The Waters by M.T. Anderson ****
Symphony For The City Of The Dead by M.T. Anderson ****
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood ****
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen ****
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ****
The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle by Avi ****
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt ****
Growing Up by Russell Baker ****  

Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie ****
Dark Lies The Island by Kevin Barry ****
Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme ****
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano ****
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury ****
The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley ****
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown; picture by Clement Hurd 1947) ****

Final Cut by Charles Burns **** 

The Stranger by Albert Camus ****
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote **** 
True History Of The Kelly Gang by Peter Carey **** 
The Path To Power: The Years Of Lyndon Johnson by Robert A. Caro ****
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré **** 

Smiley's People by John Le Carré **** 

My Ántonia by Willa Cather **** 

The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler **** 

In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin ****
The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin ****
Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze ****
Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates ****
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad ****
Evicted by Matthew Desmond ****
The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz **** 

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz ****
The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo; illus by Bagram Ibatoulline  ****

The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo (2023) ****

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ****
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens ****
Ragtime by EL Doctorow ****
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Richard Pevear ****
My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell **** 

Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (2016) **** 
The World Of The Short Story edited by Clifton Fadiman ****
The Good Soldiers by David Finkel ****
Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel ****
Autumn Term by Antonia Forest (1948) ****
Beat To Quarters by C.S Forester ****
Ship Of The Line by C.S Forester ****
Don't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller ****
Coraline by Neil Gaiman ****
Sunset Song by Lewis Gibbons ****
We Wish To Inform You... by Philip Gourevitch ****
Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves ****
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley **** 

The Vegetarian by Han Kang (2007) **** 
Act One by Moss Hart ****
Ellis Island and Other Stories by Mark Helprin ****
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin ****
Swan Lake by Mark Helprin with Chris Val Allsburg (illo) ****
The Snows Of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway ****
Krazy Kat (the strip in general) by George Herriman ****
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illustrated by Erin E. Stead (2024) ****

Rocket Boys (aka October Sky) by Homer Hickam ****
Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand ****
The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes ****
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston ****
Pogo: Through The Wild Blue Yonder -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 1 by Walt Kelly **** 

Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 2 1951-1952 by Walt Kelly ****
Pogo: Evidence To The Contrary -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 3 1953-1954 by Walt Kelly **** 
Pogo: Out Of This World At Home -- The Complete Syndicated Strips Volume 5 1957-1958 by Walt Kelly ****
Kim by Rudyard Kipling **** 

Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler ****
The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle ****
Valdez Is Coming by Elmore Leonard **** 
Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively **** 
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Visions Of Glory 1874-1932 by William Manchester ****
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester ****
Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel ****
Malcolm X: A Live Of Reinvention by Manning Marable ****
A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin ****
Castles Of Steel by Robert Massie ****
Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie ****
Truman by David McCullough ****
Here by Richard McGuire ****

Moby-Dick by Herman Melville ****
Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser ****
Martin Dressler: The Tale Of An American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser ****
Voices In The Night by Steven Millhauser ****
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell ****
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris ****
Devil In A Blue Dress by Walter Mosley ****
Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley ****
Train Whistle Guitar by Albert Murray ****
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov ****
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian ****
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien ****
The Buddha In The Attic by Julie Otsuka ****
The Unwinding by George Packer ****
Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (1948) **** 

Edisto by Padgett Powell ****
Edisto Revisited by Padgett Powell ****
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman ****
All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque **** 

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ****
American Pastoral by Philip Roth ****
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie ****
Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery ****
Bambi: A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten ****
Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders ****
Gaudy Nights (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers ****
Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers ****
The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz ****
The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles M. Schulz ****
The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 by Charles M. Schulz ****
The Rings Of Saturn by W.G. Sebald **** 

Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ****

A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan ****
A Boy And A Bear In A Boat by Dave Shelton ****
On Sunset Blvd.: The Life and Times Of Billy Wilder by Ed Sikov ****
Early Warning by Jane Smiley ****
Some Luck by Jane Smiley ****
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne ****
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ****  

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson **** 

The Old Forest and Other Stories by Peter Taylor ****
Brooklyn by Colm Toibin ****
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein ****
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein ****
The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkein ****
The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King by J.R.R. Tolkein **** 
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhnosky ****
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky ****
Doonesbury (the comic strip overall) by Garry Trudeau ****
Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ****
Mister Max: The Book Of Kings by Cynthia Voigt ****
The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton ****
A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White ****
Stoner by John Williams **** 

Time of the Child by Niall Williams (2024) **** 
The Virginian by Owen Wister ****
This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff **** 

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf **** 

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf **** 


THREE AND A HALF STARS


The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo *** 1/2
Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman *** 1/2
Dickens by Peter Ackroyd *** 1/2
Milton In America by Peter Ackroyd *** 1/2
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams *** 1/2
The Outlander by Gil Adamson *** 1/2 

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken *** 1/2
The Tevye Stories And Other Stories by Sholem Aleichem *** 1/2
The Absolutely True Adventures of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie *** 1/2
You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie *** 1/2
The Tiger In The Smoke  by Margery Allingham *** 1/2 

A City In Winter by Chris Van Allsburg and Mark Helprin *** 1/2
Swamp Sister by Robert Edmond Alter *** 1/2 

A Coffin For Dimitrios by Eric Ambler *** 1/2
King by Ho Che Anderson *** 1/2
Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson *** 1/2
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou *** 1/2 
Endling The Last by Katherine Applegate *** 1/2
The Bear And The Nightingale by Katherine Arden *** 1/2
The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden *** 1/2
Foundation by Isaac Asimov *** 1/2
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov *** 1/2
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson *** 1/2 

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood *** 1/2 

Some Hope by Edward St. Aubyn *** 1/2
Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn *** 1/2
Emma by Jane Austen *** 1/2
Persuasion by Jane Austen *** 1/2
Beyond The Western Sea Book 2 by Avi *** 1/2
The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela *** 1/2
The Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt *** 1/2
Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz  *** 1/2
Longbourn by Jo Baker *** 1/2
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin *** 1/2 
Little Man, Little Man by James Baldwin and illos by Yoran Cazac (1976) *** 1/2 
Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme *** 1/2
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby *** ½
Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum *** 1/2
The Feast Of Love by Charles Baxter *** 1/2
The Sellout by Paul Beatty *** 1/2
We Believe The Children by Richard Beck *** 1/2 

Journey by Aaron Becker (2013) *** 1/2 
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall *** 1/2
The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood *** 1/2 

Ball Four by Jim Bouton *** 1/2
Miracle At Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen *** ½
Black Hole by Charles Burns *** 1/2 

Tarzan Of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs *** 1/2
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (1942) *** 1/2 

The Cinder Spires: Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher *** 1/2 

The Method: How The Twentieth Century Learned To Act by Isaac Butler *** 1/2 

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 2: 1937-1938 by Milton Caniff *** 1/2
The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol. 3: 1939-1940 by Milton Caniff *** 1/2 

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol. 4: 1941-1942 by Milton Caniff *** 1/2 

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol. 5: 1943-1944 by Milton Caniff *** 1/2 

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol. 6: 1945-1946 by Milton Caniff *** 1/2 

Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote *** 1/2
Selected Writings Of Truman Capote *** 1/2
A Capote Reader by Truman Capote *** 1/2
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote *** 1/2 
Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey *** 1/2 
Junius And Albert's Adventures In The Confederacy by Peter Carlson *** 1/2
The Spy Who Came In From  The Cold by John Le Carré *** 1/2 

The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré *** 1/2

Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (trans by Edith Grossman) *** 1/2

A Passionate Prodigality by Guy Chapman *** 1/2

My Life In France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme *** 1/2
The Awakening by Kate Chopin *** 1/2
The Big Show by Pierre Closterman *** 1/2
Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb *** 1/2
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins *** 1/2
Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad *** 1/2 
Skippy: Daily Comics 1925-1927 by Percy Crosby *** 1/2 

Skippy: Daily Comics 1934-1936 by Percy Crosby *** 1/2
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt *** 1/2
Deadwood by Pete Dexter *** ½
Drown by Junot Diaz *** 1/2
The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Sophie Blackall *** 1/2 

Ferris by Kate DiCamillo *** 1/2 

The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Julia Sarda *** 1/2 

The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka *** 1/2 

Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo *** 1/2 

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo *** 1/2 

The Adventures Of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens *** 1/2
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens *** 1/2
Bleak House by Charles Dickens *** 1/2
Hard Times by Charles Dickens *** 1/2
Out Of Africa by Isak Dinesen *** 1/2 
Fup by Jim Dodge *** 1/2
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr *** 1/2
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle *** 1/2
The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle *** 1/2
The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle *** 1/2
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle *** 1/2
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas *** 1/2
Chronicles Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan *** ½
A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers *** 1/2
A Hologram For The King by Dave Eggers *** 1/2
Nest by Esther Erlich *** 1/2
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides *** 1/2
Their Finest by Lissa Evans *** 1/2 

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo *** 1/2 

James by Percival Everett *** 1/2 \ 

The House Of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer *** 1/2
The Siege Of Krishnapur by JG Farrell *** 1/2 
Small Country by Gaël Faye *** 1/2
The Princess Of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette *** 1/2
Jules Feiffer -- The Collected Works Vol. 1: Clifford *** 1/2 

My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer; illustrated by Jules Feiffer *** 1/2  

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde *** 1/2 

At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald *** 1/2 

Harriet The Spy by Louise Fitzhugh *** 1/2
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1943) *** 1/2 
Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S Forester *** 1/2
Hornblower During The Crisis by C.S Forester *** 1/2
Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S Forester *** 1/2
Flying Colours by C.S Forester *** 1/2
Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942 by Hal Foster *** 1/2
Prince Valiant Volume 4: 1943-1944 by Hal Foster *** 1/2
Bryant And May And The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler *** 1/2
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen *** 1/2
Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller *** 1/2
The Book That Changed America by Randall Fuller ***
Sea Of Poppies by Amitov Ghosh *** 1/2
River Of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh *** 1/2
Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert (1950) *** 1/2 

The Princess Bride by William Goldman *** 1/2
The Yard by Alex Grecian *** 1/2
Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory *** 1/2
The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove ***/ 

Boris by Jaap ter Haar; translated by Martha Mearns (1966) *** 1/2 

Warlock by Oakley Hall *** 1/2  

Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton *** 1/2 

M.C. Higgins, The Great by Virginia Hamilton (1974) *** 1/2 

All The Dirty Parts by Daniel Handler *** 1/2 

The Assassination Of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen *** 1/2

The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach *** 1/2
An Officer And A Spy by Robert Harris *** 1/2
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris *** ½
The Spark And The Drive by Wayne Harrison *** 1/2 
The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker *** 1/2

Masqueraders by Georgette Hayer *** 1/2

The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 1: Emperor Of The Eight Islands by Lian Hearn *** 1/2
The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 2: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian Hearn *** 1/2
Slice Harvester by Colin Atrophy Hegendorf *** 1/2

A Dove Of The East and Other Stories by Mark Helprin *** 1/2
A Soldier Of The Great War by Mark Helprin *** 1/2
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway *** 1/2
A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway *** 1/2
The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway *** 1/2 

All Creatures Great And Small by James Herriot (read by Christopher Timothy) *** 1/2 

A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon *** 1/2

The Boys' House: New and Selected Stories by Jim Heynen *** 1/2
The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam *** 1/2 
The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks *** 1/2
Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand *** 1/2
Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb *** 1/2
The Devil In The Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson *** 1/2
The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins by Antonia Hodgson *** 1/2
The Hidden Life Of Trees by Peter Hohlleben *** 1/2 

The Wolf-Girl, The Greeks and the Gods by Tom Holland; illo by Jason Cockcroft *** 1/2 
Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Holleran *** 1/2
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne *** 1/2
I Served The King Of England by Bohumil Hrabal *** ½
A London Home In The Nineties by Molly Hughes (1937) *** 1/2 

IQ by Joe Ide *** 1/2
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls (1982) *** 1/2
The World According To Garp by John Irving *** 1/2
The Cider House Rules by John Irving *** 1/2 
The Fifth Season by N.J. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy Vol. 1) *** 1/2
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy, Vol. 2) *** 1/2
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Broker Earth Trilogy Vol 3) *** 1/2
Queen Of The Air by Dean Jensen *** 1/2  
A Portrait Of the Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce *** 1/2

Children of Earth And Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay *** 1/2 

The Last Temptation by Nikos Kazantzakis *** 1/2
Berlin, 1961: Kennedy, Kruschev and The Most Dangerous Place On Earth by Frederick Kempe *** 1/2 
Beneath A Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King *** 1/2
The Murder Of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King *** 1/2
Different Seasons by Stephen King *** 1/2
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling *** 1/2
The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling *** 1/2
Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling *** 1/2
Collected Verse by Rudyard Kipling *** 1/2
Empire Of Sin by Gary Krist *** 1/2
Austerity Britain: 1945-1951 by David Kynaston *** 1/2
The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri *** 1/2
The Sea Witch by Alexander Laing *** ½
The Far Side(the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson *** 1/2
Slapboxing With Jesus by Victor LaValle *** 1/2
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee *** 1/2 
A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin (1968) *** 1/2
Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane *** 1/2
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane *** 1/2
Hombre by Elmore Leonard *** 1/2 
The Street Where I Live by Alan Jay Lerner *** 1/2 

The Magic Pudding written and illustrated by Norman Lindsay *** 1/2 

The Lies Of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch *** 1/2

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch *** 1/2
The Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee #1) *** 1/2
A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre *** 1/2
Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi *** 1/2
One Nation, Under Gods by Peter Manseau *** 1/2 

Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2 

The Mirror and The Light by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2 \ 

The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchant *** 1/2 \ 

West With The Night by Beryl Markham *** 1/2

The Fisher King by Paule Marshall *** 1/2
A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
A Storm Of Swords by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin *** 1/2
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin *** 1/2
Lost Books Of The Odyssey by Zachary Mason *** 1/2 

The Searchers by Alan Le May *** 1/2 

Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann *** 1/2

Transatlantic by Colum McCann *** 1/2
The Longest Way Home by Andrew McCarthy *** 1/2
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy *** ½ 
The Road by Cormac McCarthy *** ½ 
Wolves Of Eden by Kevin McCarthy *** 1/2 
The Man Of The House by Stephen McCauley *** 1/2
Little Nemo in Slumberland (the strip in general) by Winsor McCay *** 1/2
The Steam Pig by James McClure *** 1/2 

The Member Of The Wedding by Carson McCullers *** 1/2
John Adams by David McCullough *** 1/2
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (read by Edward Herrmann) *** 1/2 / 

Someone by Alice McDermott *** 1/2
Atonement by Ian McEwan *** 1/2
The Children Act by Ian McEwan *** 1/2
A Brief History Of Creation by Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves II *** 1/2
The Son by Philip Meyer *** 1/2 
The Covenant by James Michener *** 1/2 

God: A Biography by Jack Miles *** 1/2 
Circe by Madeline Miller *** 1/2
The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser *** 1/2
Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Steven Millhauser *** 1/2
Enchanted Night by Steven Millhauser *** 1/2
In The Penny Arcade by Steven Millhauser *** 1/2
We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser *** 1/2
Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees *** 1/2 

The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by Yukio Mishima *** 1/2
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery *** 1/2 
Anne Of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery *** 1/2
Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery *** 1/2
The Great When by Alan Moore *** 1/2 

Two Adolescents by Alberto Moravia *** 1/2
Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris *** ½
Beloved by Toni Morrison *** 1/2
A Red Death by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
White Butterfly by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
Black Betty by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
Little Green by Walter Mosley *** 1/2
Rose Gold by Walter Mosley *** 1/2 
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov *** 1/2 

I'm A Free State by V.S. Naipul *** 1/2 
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar *** 1/2
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness *** 1/2
More Than This by Patrick Ness *** 1/2
Temeraire by Naomi Novik *** 1/2
Throne Of Jade by Naomi Novik *** 1/2
Victory Of Eagles by Naomi Novik *** 1/2
Blood Of Tyrants by Naomi Novik *** 1/2
Uprooted by Naomi Novik *** 1/2  
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik *** 1/2 

Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates *** 1/2 

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama *** 1/2 
The Aubrey-Maturin Series by Patrick O'Brian *** 1/2 
Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien *** 1/2
My Father, The Pornographer by Chris Offutt *** 1/2
Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara *** 1/2
The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann *** 1/2 
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje *** 1/2 
There There by Tommy Orange *** 1/2 
The Library Book by Susan Orlean *** 1/2 
When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka *** 1/2 

The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka *** 1/2 
The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham *** 1/2 

Dear Mr. You by Mary Louise Parker *** 1/2
Resolution by Robert B. Parker *** 1/2

The Horseman by Tim Pears *** 1/2

A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck *** 1/2
A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck *** 1/2
On The Wings Of Heroes by Richard Peck *** 1/2
A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman *** 1/2
"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins (short story) *** 1/2
Out Stealing Horses by Pers Petersen *** 1/2  
Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt *** 1/2
The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell *** 1/2 

The Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman *** 1/2
The Shadow In The North by Philip Pullman *** 1/2
His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman *** 1/2
His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman *** 1/2
The Revenant by Michael Punke *** 1/2 
The Tangled Tree by David Quammen *** 1/2 
Playing To The Gods by Peter Rader *** 1/2 

The Doorman's Repose by Chris Raschka *** 1/2 
Enter Talking by Joan Rivers with Richard Meryman (1986) *** 1/2

Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2
Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson ***1/2
The Years Of Rice And Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2
2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2
Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2 

The Ministry For The Future by Kim Stanley Robinson *** 1/2 

Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson *** 1/2

The Leviathan by Joseph Roth (trans Michael Hoffmann) *** 1/2
I Married A Communist by Philip Roth *** 1/2
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth *** 1/2
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling *** 1/2
Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff *** 1/2
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks *** 1/2
Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks *** 1/2
Blindness by Jose Saramago *** 1/2
Unnatural Deaths by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) *** 1/2
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers *** 1/2
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers *** 1/2
Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers *** 1/2 
The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers *** 1/2 
Roman Blood by Steven Saylor *** 1/2 
Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm *** 1/2
Peanuts (the comic strip in general) by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2
The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2
The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2
The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2
The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Charles M. Schulz *** ½
Bicycle Days by John Burnham Schwartz *** 1/2 
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris *** 1/2 
Calypso by David Sedaris *** 1/2 
Transit by Anna Seghers (1944) *** 1/2 
The Marvels by Brian Selznick *** 1/2
Young Nicholas by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe *** 1/2
Kara Kush by Idries Shah *** 1/2
Nosferatu by Jim Shepard *** 1/2
The Book Of Aron by Jim Shepard *** 1/2
Amsterdam by Russell Shorto *** 1/2
Dark Victory: The Life Of Bette Davis by Ed Sikov *** ½
The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson *** 1/2 

Owls Of The Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght *** 

Indelible by Karin Slaughter *** 1/2

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter *** 1/2
Stitches by David Small *** 1/2
Golden Age by Jane Smiley *** 1/2
Stand-Off by Andrew Smith *** 1/2
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith *** 1/2
The Complete Bone by Jeff Smith *** 1/2

The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illos by Jon Klassen *** 1/2 

Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen *** 1/2
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man by Walter Stahr *** 1/2

A Child's Garden Of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson *** 1/2 

Storm by George R. Stewart *** 1/2 

The Secret Of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange *** 1/2

This Divided Island by Samanth Subramanian *** 1/2

Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson *** 1/2

I Can't Breathe by Matt Taibbi *** 1/2

The Secret History by Donna Tartt *** 1/2
A Woman Of Means by Peter Taylor *** 1/2
The Collected Stories Of Peter Taylor *** 1/2
A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor *** 1/2
The Oracle At Stoneleigh Court by Peter Taylor *** 1/2
Habibi by Craig Thompson *** 1/2
The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti *** 1/2 
The Master by Colm Toibin *** 1/2  

The Warden by Anthony Trollope (1855) book one of Barsetshire Chronicles *** 1/2 

Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope (1857) book two of Barsetshire Chronicles *** 1/2 

#SAD: Doonesbury In The Time of Trump by Garry Trudeau *** 1/2 

The Guns Of August by Barbara W. Tuchman *** 1/2 

The Queen Of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner *** 1/2 

The King Of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner *** 1/2 

The Gilded Age by Mark Twain *** 1/2 
Sketches New And Old by Mark Twain *** 1/2 

Mister Max: The Book Of Secrets by Cynthia Voigt *** 1/2
The Hungry Years: A Narrative History of the Great Depression in America by 
T.H. Watkins *** 1/2
The Complete Calvin And Hobbes by Bill Waterson *** 1/2
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh *** 1/2
The Graduate by Charles Webb *** 1/2
Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster *** 1/2 
The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius *** 1/2 
The House That Ruth Built by Robert Weintraub *** 1/2 
The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss *** 1/2

The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton *** 1/2

The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead *** 1/2
Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead *** 1/2
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead *** 1/2 

Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead *** 1/2 
Butcher's Crossing by John Williams *** 1/2 

This Is Happiness by Niall Williams (2019) *** 1/2 
My First Hundred Years In Show Business by Mary Louise Wilson *** 1/2
1944: FDR and The Year That Changed History by Jay Winik *** 1/2 

The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1923) *** 1/2 

Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse *** 1/2 (despite the blackface) 

The Code Of The Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse (1938) *** 1/2 

The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff *** 1/2
Today A Woman Went Mad in The Supermarket: Stories by Hilma Wolitzer *** 1/2 

Ride With The Devil aka Woe To Live On by Daniel Woodrell *** 1/2 

Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson *** 1/2 

Paper Darts: The Illustrated Letters Of Virginia Woolf *** 1/2 

What's Left Of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles Vol. 1 by Kat Zhang *** 1/2

Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures by Stefan Zweig *** 1/2

THREE STARS

Three Brothers by Peter Ackroyd ***
So Long, And Thanks for All The Fish by Douglas Adams ***
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ***
The Teeth Of The Gale by Joan Aiken ***
Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life edited by Jim Al-khalili ***
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg ***
The Wreck Of The Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg ***
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg ***
Skellig by David Almond
The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas by David Almond ***
Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid ***
Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler ***
Feed by M.T. Anderson (2002) ***/
Landscape With Invisible Hand by M.T. Anderson ***
Nicked by M.T. Anderson *** 

Mom And Me And Mom by Maya Angelou ***
The Underneath by Kathi Appelt *** 

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate ***
Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer ***
Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles Vol 1) by Jeffrey Archer ***
A Massacre in Memphis by Steven V. Ash ***
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov ***
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov ***
The Caves Of Steel by Isaac Asimov ***
Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov ***
Life After Life by Kate Atkinson ***
Never Mind by Edward St. Aubyn ***
Bad News by Edward St. Aubyn ***
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen ***
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen ***
Beyond The Western Sea Book 1 by Avi ***
The Most Important Thing by Avi *** 

Lost in the Empire City by Avi *** 
Murder At Midnight by Avi **The Search For Delicious by Natalie Babbitt ***
Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt *** 
Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi *** 

If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin ***/ 
Jane And The Waterloo Map by Stephanie Barron ***
Beatlebone by Kevin Barry ***
Saul and Patty by Charles Baxter *** 
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel ***
Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel ***
Death Walks In Eastrepp by Francis Beeding ***
Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn ***
Blood Alone by James R. Benn *** 

The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame, radio play by Alan Bennett *** 

Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike by David Beresford ***
38 Nooses by Scott W. Berg ***
The Bill Of Rights by Carol Berkin ***
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry ***
Orphans Of The Carnival by Carol Birch *** 

Hello, Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall (2018) *** (she does great waves!) 
Lizzie and the Lost Baby by Cheryl Blackford ***
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom ***
In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume ***
By Night In Chile by Roberto Bolaño *** 
The Mandela Plot by Kenneth Bonert ***
The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin ***
The First Congress by Fergus M. Bordewich ***
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept To Classic by Laurent Bouzereau ***
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury ***
Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury ***
The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley ***
As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust by Alan Bradley ***
Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager *** 

A Million Heavens by John Brandon ***
Court-Martial by Chris Bray ***
The Tropic Of Serpents by Marie Brennan ***
Voyage Of The Basilisk by Marie Brennan ***
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronté ***
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronté
Hinterland by Caroline Brothers *** 

150 Glimpes Of The Beatles aka One Two Three Four: The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown *** 

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown ***
Hickory by Palmer Brown *** 
The Panic Of 1907 by Robert F. Bruner and Sean Carr ***
The Story of Babar The Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (1931) *** 

Atlantic High by William F. Buckley Jr. ***
Marco Polo If You Can by William F. Buckley Jr. ***
The Story Of Henri Tod by William F. Buckley Jr. ***
Right Reason by William F. Buckley Jr. ***
Racing Through Paradise by William F. Buckley Jr. ***
Why Time Flies by Alan Burdick ***
The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs ***
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (1939) *** 

Music For Chameleons by Truman Capote ***
Leviathan Awakes by James S.A. Carey *** 
A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey ***  

Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights... by Larry Carlton ***

The Alienist by Caleb Carr *** 

An Hour Before Daylight by Jimmy Carter (2001) *** 

The Case Against The Supreme Court by Erwin Chemerinsky ***
Sorcerer To The Crown by Zen Cho ***
Global Discontents by Noam Chomsky; interviews w David Barsamian ***  
The Unknown Universe by Stuart Clark ***
Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke *** 
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke ***  
Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke *** 

The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke *** 

Monica by Daniel Clowes *** 

The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate ***
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins ***
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins ***
The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad ***
Achilles by Elizabeth Cook ***
Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell (2017) *** 

London Falling by Paul Cornell ***
Soulless by Gail Corriger ***
The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill ***
The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais *** 

Memory Theater by Simon Critchley *** 
Skippy: Daily Comics 1928-1930 by Percy Crosby ***
Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933 by Percy Crosby *** 

King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illustrated by Chris Riddell *** 
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis *** 

Rodzina by Karen Cushman ***
Showdown At Shepherd's Bush by David Davis ***
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton ***
Funeral In Berlin by Len Deighton *** 
The War Before The War by Andrew Delbanco *** 
Knight Owl by Christophe Denise (2022) *** 

No Tomorrow by Vivant Denon ***

Because Of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo *** 

The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo ***

Our Man In Charleston by Christopher Dickey ***

The Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos; illustrated by Doug Salati *** 

The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos; illustrated by Doug Salati *** 

The Spider and the Fly illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi; poem by Mary Howitt (2002) *** 

Hans Brinker, Or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge ***\
I Am Spartacus: Making A Film, Breaking The Blacklist by Kirk Douglas ***
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Himself ***
A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle *** 
The Sign Of The Four by Arthur Conan Doyle ***
The Valley Of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle ***
His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle ***
Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar ***
Half Magic by Edward Eager ***
Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives by David Eagleman ***
South Toward Home by Margaret Eby ***
Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan ***
Sorceror's Son by Phyllis Eisenstein (1979) *** 

Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis ***
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From Making Of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes ***
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides ***
Of Bone And Thunder by Chris Evans ***
Toms River by Dan Fagin ***
Luminous Airplanes by Paul La Farge ***
A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks *** 

The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer *** 

Backing Into Forward by Jules Feiffer *** 

Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer *** 

The Collected Works Vol. 2: Clifford by Jules Feiffer *** 

The Collected Works Vol. 3: Clifford by Jules Feiffer *** 

I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein *** 

The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald ***
Jock Of The Bushveld by J. Percy Fitzpatrick *** 

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ***
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S Forester ***
Lord Hornblower by C.S Forester ***
Prince Valiant Volume 1: 1937-1938 by Hal Foster ***
Prince Valiant Volume 2: 1939-1940 by Hal Foster ***
The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault ***
Bryant And May: Strange Tides by Christopher Fowler *** 
Conan Doyle For The Defense by Margalit Fox ***
The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox *** 

The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum by Margalit Fox *** 

Four Futures: Visions Of The World After Capitalism by Peter Frase ***
The Age Of Acquiescence by Steve Fraser ***/ 

Fly High Fly Low by Don Freeman (1957) *** 
Quiet Until The Thaw by Alexandra Fuller ***/
George F. Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis ***
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman ***
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman ***
The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman ***A Gathering Of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines ***
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell ***
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1) by Elizabeth George *** 

The Epiphany Machine by David Burr Gerrard ***/ 

Surviving Autocracy by Masha Gessen *** 

Words Without Music by Philip Glass ***

July's People by Nadine Gordimer (1981) *** 

Nicholas Again by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe ***
Otis Redding by Jonathan Gould ***/
Jumper by Steven Gould ***
Jumper: Griffin's Story by Steven Gould ***
Refugee by Alan Gratz ***
The Black Country by Alex Grecian ***
Looking For Alaska by John Green ***
Paper Towns by John Green ***\
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green ***
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene *** 

The Magician by Lev Grossman ***
The Magician King by Lev Grossman ***
The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman *** 

The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman ***/ 
The Evolution Of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald *** 

The Road To Jonestown by Jeff Guinn ***
The Case Of The Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall ***
The Case Of The Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall ***
The Case Of The Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall ***
The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu by Josh Hammer *** 

Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (1938) *** 
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket ***

Living Dead Until Dallas by Charlaine Harris ***

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris ***
Day Shift by Charlaine Harris ***
Fatherland by Robert Harris ***
Enigma by Robert Harris ***
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris ***
Joan Of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison ***
Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart ***
The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker ***/
Regeneration by Paul Hawken *** 

The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 3: Lord Of Darkwood by Lian Hearn ***
The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 4: The Tengu's Game Of Go by Lian Hearn ***
Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein ***
Memoir From Antproof Case by Mark Helprin ***
The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway ***
The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway *** 

Waiting by Kevin Henkes (2015) ***/ 
Losing Our Way by Bob Herbert ***
Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest; illustrations by Renata Liwska (2024) ***/ 

Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen ***
Skink -- No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen ***
The Keeper's Son by Homer Hickam ***
Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam ***/
The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks ***
The Stone Heart: The Nameless City Volume 2 by Faith Erin Hicks ***/
Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins ***
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith ***
Seven Rivers West by Edward Hoagland ***
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb ***
Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb ***
The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth ***
Nights In Aruba by Andrew Holleran *** 
Aladdin -- a new translation by Paolo Lemos Horta *** 
Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household ***
A London Child of the 1870s by M.V. Hughes (Molly Hughes) (1934) *** 

A London Girl of the 1880s by M.V. Hughes (Molly Hughes) (1936) *** 

Neverhome by Laird Hunt *** 

Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston ***
Righteous by Joe Ide *** 

Wrecked by Joe Ide *** \ 

Setting Free The Bears by John Irving ***

The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving ***
A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving ***
Avenue Of Mysteries by John Irving ***
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood *** 

Cover Her Face by P.D. James (first Inspector Dalgliesh) (1962) *** 

Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories by Jarvis *** 

Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis *** 

How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jenkins ***
A Plague Of Bogles by Catherine Jenkins ***
The Last Bogler by Catherine Jenkins ***
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson ***
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston ***
The Siege by Ismail Kadare ***
Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan ***/ 

Pogo: Under The Bamboozle Bush -- The Complete Syndicated Strips Volume 4 1955-1956 by Walt Kelly *** 

The Few by Alex Kershaw (nonfic on Battle Of Britain) *** 

The Learners by Chip Kidd *** 

Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Vol. 1: 1921-1922 by Frank King *** 
Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Complete Daily Strips 1923-1924 by Frank King *** 

Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Complete Daily Strips 1925-1926 by Frank King *** 

Dream Of Spires by Laurie R. King ***
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King ***

Later by Stephen King *** 

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King *** 

On Writing by Stephen King *** 
Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling ***
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling ***
Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling ***
Captain's Courageous by Rudyard Kipling ***
The Complete Stalky And Co. by Rudyard Kipling ***
From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg *** 

Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser *** 

Arguing With Zombies by Paul Krugman ***
Hostile Takeover by Shane Kuhn ***
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner *** 

The Translation Of Love by Lynne Kutsukaka *** 
Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? by Robert Kuttner *** 
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri ***
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri ***
The French Admiral (Alan Lewrie series) by Dewey Lambdin ***
The King's Privateer by Dewey Lambdin, an Alan Lewrie adventure ***
Savage Season (Hap and Leonard #1) by Joe R. Lansdale ***
Putting It Together by James Lapine *** 1/2  

Big Machine by Victor LaValle ***
The Devil In Silver by Victor LaValle ***
The Changeling by Victor LaValle ***
A Drink Before The War by Dennis Lehane ***
Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane ***
Sacred by Dennis Lehane ***
Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane ***
The Child Who by Simon Lelic ***
The Gentleman by Forrest Leo ***
Death In A Strange Country by Donna Leon ***
Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem ***
Juliet's Nurse by Lois Leveen ***
The Remarkable Education Of John Quincy Adams by Phyllis Lee Levin *** 
The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis *** 
A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (1961) ***
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis ***
The Big Short by Michael Lewis ***
The Wind On The Moon by Eric Linklater ***
What Just Happened by Art Linson ***
The Siege Of Washington by John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood ***
Proxy by Alex London ***
America's Bank by Roger Lowenstein ***
I'm SorryYou Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff; illustrated by Julie Kwon *** 

Midnight Plus One by Gavin Lyall *** 

The End Of Everything by Katie Mack *** 

Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon ***

Finale by Thomas Mallon ***
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Defender Of The Realm 1940-1965 by William Manchester with Paul Reid ***
Tamburlaine Parts I and III by Christopher Marlowe ***
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane *** 

The World Of Tomorrow by Brendan Matthews ***
Willie And Joe Back Home by Bill Mauldin ***
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier *** 

All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy ***
Easy Way Out by Stephen McCauley *** 
Marilla Of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy *** 
1776 by David McCullough ***
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough ***
The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid ***
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan ***
Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan ***
The Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman *** 
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies Of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon ***

Circling The Sun by Paula McLain *** 
Beatles Vs. Stones by John McMillian *** 
The Apothecary by Maile Meloy *** 
Billy Budd by Herman Melville *** 

Tales of The South Pacific by James A Michener *** 

God in the Qu'ran by Jack Miles *** 
Quakeland by Kathryn Miles ***
Hero Of The Empire by Candice Millar ***

The King In The Tree by Steven Millhauser ***
The Knife Thrower by Steven Millhauser ***
Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser ***
Slade House by David Mitchell ***
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell *** for story/* for ugliness
Young Once by Patrick Modiano ***
Suspended Sentences by Patrick Modiano ***
Anne Of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery ***
Rilla Of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery ***
Hero by Perry Moore ***
Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo ***
The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R. Morris ***
Starting Out In The Evening by Brian Morton ***
Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley  ***
Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley ***
Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley *** 

Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley ***
Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley ***
And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley ***
Keats by Andrew Motion ***
The Spyglass Tree by Albert Murray ***
Revolutionary by Alex Myers ***
Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Nasar ***
Five Children And It by E. Nesbit ***
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit ***
The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit ***
The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness *** 
Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee (bio of John W Campbell and sci-fi) *** 
John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk ***
Between You And Me by Mary Norris ***
Bed Knob And Broomstick by Mary Norton ***
The Borrowers by Mary Norton ***
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik ***
Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik ***
League Of Dragons by Naomi Novik ***
Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik *** 

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik ***

Them by Joyce Carol Oates ***

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates *** 

Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates *** 

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats Of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien ***

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara ***
Green Grass Of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara ***
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill ***
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel ***
Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel *** 

Fence Vol. 1-6 by C.S. Pacat; illustrated by Johanna The Mad *** each 

Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker ***
Brimstone by Robert B. Parker ***
Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker ***
A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl ***
Fair Weather by Richard Peck ***

Huge Harold by Bill Peet (1961) *** 

Kermit The Hermit by Bill Peet (1965) *** 

Eli by Bill Peet (1978) (grumpy old lion) *** 

East Of The West by Miroslav Penkov ***
The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman ***
Cruel As The Grave by Sharon Kay Penman ***
Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman ***
Prince Of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman ***
Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman ***
Hissing Cousins by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer ***
Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick ***
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult *** 

Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey ***
The Monopolists by Mary Pilon ***
God's Bankers by Gerald Posner ***
Typical by Padgett Powell ***
Aliens Of Affection by Padgett Powell ***
Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men by Padgett Powell ***
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers ***
The Book Of Dust Volume One: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman ***
The Tiger In The Well by Philip Pullman ***
The White Mercedes by Philip Pullman ***
Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Bway Revolution by Scott S. Purdum ***
To Ruhleban and Back by Geoffrey Pyke ***
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon ***
The Great Surge by Steve Radelet *** 

Low-Hanging Fruit by Randy Rainbow *** 
Genius For Deception by Nicholas Rankin ***
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome ***
The Evenings by Gerard Reve (1956) (trans by Sam Garrett) ***/
Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts ***
Island Of Bones by Imogen Robertson ***
Circle Of Shadows by Imogen Robertson ***
Switched On by John Elder Robinson ***
The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson ***
New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson ***
Bright Island by Mabel L. Robinson ***
The Violet Hour by Katie Roiphe ***
The Raging 2020s by Alec Ross *** 

Moonday by Alex Ross ***
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling ***
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling ***
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling ***
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling ***

It's All Your Fault by Paul Rudnick ***

Playing The Palace by Paul Rudnick *** 

Social Disease by Paul Rudnick ***
The Destroyer Of Worlds: Return To Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff *** 

Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (2024) *** 

Awakenings by Oliver Sacks ***
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery ***
Dominion by C.J. Samson ***
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi ***
Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi ***
Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) ***
The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers ***
Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers ***  
Arms Of Nemesis by Steven Saylor ***
Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets by Elaine Scarry *** 

Shane by Jack Schaefer *** 

Tow-Truck Pluck by Annie M.G. Schmidt *** 

The Story Of An African Farm by Olive Schreiner (1883) *** (very radical for its time)  

The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz ***
The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 by Charles M. Schulz ***
The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956 by Charles M. Schulz ***
The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 by Charles M. Schulz ***
The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 by Charles M. Schulz ***
Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz ***
The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz *** 
Barrel Fever by David Sedaris ***
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris *** 
Naked by David Sedaris ***  
Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris ***  
Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris *** 

The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden *** 
The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick *** 

The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak ***
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More To Life by Maurice Sendak ***
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell ***
New Thoughts by Wallace Shawn ***
Battling Against Castro by Jim Shepard ***
Demon Vol. 2 by Jason Shiga *** 

Rigged by David Shimer (history of covert election interference) *** 

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve ***

Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides ***
Blood And Thunder by Hampton Sides ***
In The Kingdom Of Ice by Hampton Sides ***
Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers by Ed Sikov *** 
The Carter Of La Providence by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #2) ***/
The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #3) ***
Kisscut by Karin Slaughter ***/ 
A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter ***/ 

Faithless by Karin Slaughter ***
Cop Town by Karin Slaughter *** 

This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter *** 
No. 1 Ladies Detctive Agency by Alexander McCall Smith ***
Winger by Andrew Smith ***
Mussolini by Denis Mack Smith ***

A Series Of Unfortunate Events books *** 

The Lump Of Coal by Lemony Snicket, illos by Brett Helquist ***  

Poison For Breakfast by Lemony Snicket *** 

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket ***

American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon ***
Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy by Bishop John Shelby Spong ***
The Last Cowboys Of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel *** 
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson *** (but *** 1/2 in terms of influence)
Love, Nina by Nine Stibbe ***
The Living Constitution by David A. Strauss ***
The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout ***
The Curious World Of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Tate *** 
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada ***
In The Miro District and Other Stories by Peter Taylor ***
In The Tennessee Country by Peter Taylor ***
Duke: A Life Of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout ***
The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis ***
The Land Of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson ***
The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin ***
Mothers and Sons by Colm Toibin ***
Play It Loud by Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna ***
The Tolkein Reader by J.R.R. Tolkein ***
The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkein ***
The Silmarilion by J.R.R. Tolkein ***
Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin ***
Cue For Treason by Geoffrey Trease *** 

The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner *** 

Thick As Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner *** 

The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County And Other Sketches by Mark Twain ***
The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain ***
The Prince And The Pauper by Mark Twain ***
Countdown To Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey ***
Bobby Kennedy by Larry Tye ***
The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers ***
Mister Max: The Book Of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt *** 
Toaff's Way by Cynthia Voigt ***
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut ***
The Late Scholar (A Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery) by Jill Paton Walsh ***
Farthing by Jo Walton *** 
Camelot's End by Jon Ward *** 
Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson (1958) ***
Bump In The Night: A Flaxborough Mystery by Colin Watson ***
Patient: The True Story Of A Rare Illness by Ben Watt ***
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh ***
Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh ***
Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh ***
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh ***
New Cardiff by Charles Webb ***
The Marriage Game by Alison Weir ***
The Young World by Chris Weitz ***
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton ***
Cosby: His Life And Times by Mark Whitaker ***
Smoketown by Mark Whitaker ***
States of Desire by Edmund White ***
The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White ***
The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White *** 
Hotel de Dream by Edmund White *** 
Jack Holmes and His Friends by Edmund White *** 

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead *** 
John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead *** 
The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky and Death by Colson Whitehead *** 
Falling Ill by CK Williams *** 
Writing To Save A Life: The Louis Till File by John Edgar Wideman *** 

A Series Of Catastrophes And Miracles by Mary Elizabeth Williams ***
The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow ***
Savages by Don Winslow ***
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters *** 

The Duke Of Deception by Geoffrey Wolff ***
In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs by Tobiass Wolff ***
Back In The World by Tobias Wolff ***
In Pharoah's Army by Tobias Wolff ***
Old School by Tobias Wolff ***Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf *** 

A Room Of One's Own by Virginia Woolf ***
Death Of A Red Heroine (Inspector Chen mystery) by Qiu Xialong ***
The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon *** 

The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan ***
Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures by Stefan Zweig ***


TWO AND A HALF STARS

Ackroyd's Brief Lives: Newton by Peter Ackroyd ** 1/2
The Restaurant at the End of The Universe by Douglas Adams ** 1/2
Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams ** 1/2
Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams ** 1/2
The Outlander by Gil Adamson *** 1/2

The Great Night by Chris Adrian ** 1/2
Go Saddle The Sea by Joan Aiken ** 1/2
Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas ** 1/2
Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering Of The All-American Town by Brian Alexander ** 1/2 

The Francis Miracle by John L. Allen ** 1/2
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
The Chronicles Of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg ** 1/2
The Assassination Of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin ** 1/2
Best Kept Secret (Clifton Chronicles Vol 3) by Jeffrey Archer ** 1/2
The Sins Of The Father (Clifton Chronicles Vol 2) by Jeffrey Archer ** 1/2
Irrationally Yours by Dan Ariely ** 1/2
David Starr, Space Ranger by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
Lucky Starr and the Pirates Of the Asteroids by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov ** 1/2
The Man Who Was Poe by Avi ** 1/2
Don't You Know There's A War On? by Avi ** 1/2
Midnight Magic by Avi ** 1/2
Traitor's Gate by Avi ** 1/2 
The Button War by Avi ** 1/2 

Gold Rush Girl by Avi ** 1/2
Knee-Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt ** 1/2
The Devil's Other Storybook by Natalie Babbitt ** 1/2
All The Truth Is Out by Matt Bai ** 1/2
Nightwood by Djuna Barnes ** 1/2
Jane And The Twelve Days Of Christmas by Stephanie Barron ** 1/2
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum ** ½
The First Wave (Billy Boyle WW II mystery) by James R. Benn ** 1/2
A Blind Goddess (Billy Boyle WW II mystery) by James R. Benn ** 1/2
Dead Cat Bounce by Nic Bennett ** 1/2
The Face-faker's Game by Chandler J. Birch ** 1/2
The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury ** 1/2
The October Country by Ray Bradbury ** 1/2
From The Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury ** 1/2
A Natural History Of Dragons by Marie Brennan ** 1/2
Lincoln's Gamble by Todd Brewster ** 1/2
Mrs. Jeffries and the Ghost by Emily Brightwell ** 1/2
Mrs. Jeffries Dusts For Clues by Emily Brightwell ** 1/2
Stained Glass by William F. Buckley Jr. ** 1/2
Who's On First by William F. Buckley Jr. ** 1/2
See You Later, Alligator by William F. Buckley Jr. ** 1/2
The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs ** 1/2
The Warlord Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ** 1/2 
The Complete Terry and the Pirates 1934-1936 by Milt Caniff ** 1/2
Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote ** 1/2 
We The People by Erwin Chemerinsky ** 1/2 
The Goblin's Puzzle by Andrew S. Chilton ** 1/2
Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934) ** 1/2 
Endless Night by Agatha Christie ** 1/2 

The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark ** 1/2 

Delilah Dirk and The Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff ** 1/2

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-nehisi Coates & illo by Brian Stelfreeze ** 1/2
Just William by Richmal Compton ** 1/2 

The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant ** 1/2
The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper ** 1/2
An Alchemy of Masks and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock ** 1/2
The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech ** 1/2
James And The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl ** 1/2
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl ** 1/2
The BFG by Roald Dahl ** 1/2
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond ** 1/2 

Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo; illustrations by Carmen Mok ** 1/2 

The Three Emperors by William Dietrich ** 1/2
The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle ** 1/2
Hypatia of Alexandria by Maria Dzielska ** 1/2 
The Triumph of Christianity by Bart Ehrman ** 1/2
The Spirit Archives Vol. 1 by Will Eisner ** ½
Always Magic In The Air: The Bomp and Brilliance Of Brill Building by Ken Emerson ** 1/2
How America Lost Its Secrets by Edward Jay Epstein ** 1/2
Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine ** 1/2
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides ** 1/2
Hank and Jim (Bio of Henry Fonda/Jimmy Stewart) by Scott Eyman ** 1/2
The Ground Truth by John Farmer ** 1/2
The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle ** 1/2
Amazing Grapes by Jules Feiffer ** 1/2 

Civilization: The West And The Rest by Niall Ferguson ** 1/2
Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle ** 1/2
Rule Of The Robots by Martin Ford ** 1/2  

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S Forester ** 1/2
Scribbling The Cat by Alexandra Fuller ** 1/2
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon ** 1/2
Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin ** 1/2
Demon of the Waters by Gregory Gibson ** 1/2
Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson ** 1/2
City Of Women by Davir R. Gillham ** 1/2
The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith ** 1/2
The Teacher Wars by Dana Goldstein ** 1/2
Include Me Out by Farley Granger ** 1/2
The Devil's Workshop by Alex Grecian ** 1/2
Riders Of The Purple Sage by Zane Grey ** 1/2
King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard ** 1/2
A Knife In The Fog by Bradley Harper ** 1/2
A Friend Of Mr. Lincoln by Stephen Harrigan ** 1/2
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris ** 1/2
Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris ** 1/2
Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris ** 1/2
Night Shift by Charlaine Harrius **1/2
The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke ** ½
The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein ** 1/2
Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein ** 1/2 
Citizen Of The Galaxy by Robert Heinlein (1957) ** 1/2
Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (1959) ** 1/2
The Green Hills Of Africa by Ernest Hemingway ** 1/2 
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry ** ½  

Ground Zero: Essays by Andrew Holleran ** 1/2
The Beauty Of Men by Andrew Holleran ** 1/2
In September, The Light Changes by Andrew Holleran ** 1/2
Grief by Andrew Holleran ** ½
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz ** 1/2
Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz ** 1/2
The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz ** 1/2 

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley ** 1/2 

Hi Five by Joe Ide ** 1/2 

The Water Method Man by John Irving ** 1/2

The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving ** 1/2
A Widow For One Year by John Irving ** 1/2
When The World Stopped To Listen by Stuart Isakoff ** 1/2
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ** 1/2
Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson ** 1/2
Cart And Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones ** 1/2
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling ** 1/2
Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan ** 1/2
Direct Action by LA Kaufman ** 1/2
The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler ** 1/2
The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd ** 1/2 

Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Complete Daily Strips 1927-1928 by Frank King ** 1/2 

Garment Of Shadows by Laurie R. King ** 1/2

Island Of The Mad by Laurie R. King ** 1/2
Up In The Air by Walter Kirn ** 1/2
Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse by Robert Knott ** 1/2
Robert B. Parker's Bull River by Robert Knott ** 1/2
Robert B. Parker's Revelation by Robert Knott ** 1/2
High Crimes: The Fate Of Everest In An Age Of Greed by Michael Kodas ** 1/2
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg ** 1/2
The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn ** 1/2
Economism by James Kwak ** 1/2
The House Of The Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory ** 1/2
My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier ** 1/2 

The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson ** 1/2  

The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen ** 1/2 
Waiting For Augusta by Jessica Lawson ** 1/2
Live By Night by Dennis Lehane ** 1/2
Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon ** 1/2  
Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan ** 1/2 

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis ** 1/2 
Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman
The End Of Eddy by Edouard Louis ** 1/2
All About Sam by Lois Lowry ** 1/2
Attaboy, Sam by Lois Lowry ** 1/2
The Republic Of Thieves by Scott Lynch ** 1/2 
The Light Princess by George MacDonald w illus by Maurice Sendak ** 1/2\
Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee #2) ** 1/2
His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal ** 1/2
A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh ** 1/2
Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh ** 1/2
Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin ** 1/2
Shopgirl by Steve Martin ** 1/2
The Ghost Of The Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin ** 1/2 
Bob by Wendy Mass and illo by Rebecca Stead ** 1/2
The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays ** 1/2
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy ** 1/2
Insignificant Others by Stephen McCauley ** 1/2
The Greater Journey by David McCullough ** 1/2 

The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making Of The Modern World by Edward D. Melillo ** 1/2 

Quick Curtain by Alan Melville (1934) ** 1/2

Anne Of The Island by L.M. Montgomery ** 1/2
Anne's House Of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery ** 1/2
Emily Of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery (1923) read before ** 1/2
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo ** 1/2
Blood Grove by Walter Mosley ** 1/2 

The Returned by Jason Mott ** 1/2
Invasion by Walter Dean Myers ** 1/2
Tru and Nelle by G. Neri ** 1/2
The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit ** 1/2
The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness ** 1/2  

Release by Patrick Ness ** 1/2
Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman ** 1/2 

Young Houdini: The Magician's Fire by Simon Nicholson ** 1/2
Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix ** 1/2 

Into The Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah; illustrated by Sabina Hahn (2024) ** 1/2 
The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton ** 1/2
The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton ** 1/2
Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik ** 1/2
Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel ** 1/2 
Factfulness by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund ** 1/2
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts by Richard Peck ** 1/2
The Mouse With The Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck ** 1/2
Pope Francis Among The Wolves by Marco Politi ** 1/2
A Woman Named Drown by Padgett Powell ** 1/2
The Lost City Of The Monkey Gods by Douglas Preston ** 1/2
The French Chef In America by Alex Prud'homme ** 1/2
Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
Clockwork, or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman ** 1/2
Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp and Mike Cavallaro ** 1/2
Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich ** 1/2
Curious George Goes To The Hospital by Margaret and H.A. Rey; read by John Krazinski (1967) ** 1/2
Dawn Dusk Or Night by Yasmina Reza ** 1/2
Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel ** 1/2
Katrina by Gary Rivlin ** 1/2 
Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson ** 1/2 
Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker... by John F. Ross ** 1/2
The Human Stain by Philip Roth ** 1/2
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling ** 1/2
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling ** 1/2
I'll Take It by Paul Rudnick ** 1/2
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg ** 1/2
Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo ** 1/2
The Story Of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago ** 1/2
Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) ** 1/2 
The Throne Of Caesar by Steven Saylor ** 1/2
Push by Sapphire ** 1/2
Old Man's War by John Scalzi ** 1/2
Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel ** 1/2
The War Below by James Scott ** 1/2 
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris ** 1/2 
Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris ** 1/2  
In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak ** 1/2 
The Light Princess by George MacDonald w illus by Maurice Sendak ** 1/2 
The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phillip Sendker ** 1/2 

The Stowaway by Laurie Gwen Shapiro ** 1/2
The Secret Horses Of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd ** 1/2
The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer ** 1/2
Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve ** 1/2
Stella Bain by Anita Shreve ** 1/2
Pietr The Latvian by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #1) ** 1/2
Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter ** 1/2
Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight For Bataan and Corregidor by Bill Sloan ** 1/2
The Constable's Tale by Donald Smith ** 1/2

The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, illos by Matthew Forsythe ** 1/2  

The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket; illos Carson Ellis, music Nathaniel Stookey ** 1/2

Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket, illos by Lisa Brown ** 1/2 

Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens ** 1/2
Overtime by Will Stronge and Kyle Lewis ** 1/2

Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale ** 1/2 

Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor (2013) ** 1/2 

Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier ** 1/2
Taking Woodstock by Eliot Tiber with Tom Monte ** 1/2
High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe And The Untold Story Of Tennis's Fiercest Rivalry by Stephen Tignor ** 1/2
The Sign Of The Cross: Travels In Catholic Europe by Colm Toibin ** 1/2
Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkein ** 1/2
The Children Of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien ** 1/2
The Torre Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci ** 1/2 

Conspiracy Of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner ** 1/2 
Cast Of Characters by Thomas Vinciguerra ** 1/2
Teddy and Co. by Cynthia Voigt ** 1/2
The Fantastic Family Whipple by Matthew Ward ** 1/2
War Of The World Records (The Family Whipple) by Matthew Ward **1/2
Murder At The Brightwell by Ashley Weaver ** 1/2
Home School by Charles Webb ** 1/2
I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil ** 1/2
The Creepy Case Files Of Margo Maloo by Drew Weing ** 1/2 
The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams ** 1/2 
Why Priests? by Garry Wills ** 1/2
The Future Of The Catholic Church With Pope Francis by Garry Wills ** 1/2
Alif The Unseen by G. Willow Wilson ** 1/2
The Night In Question by Tobias Wolff ** 1/2
Reckless Daughter (Joni Mitchell bio) by David Yaffe ** 1/2
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon ** 1/2 

Lincoln's Boys by Joshua Zeitz ** 1/2
Hope by Richard Zoglin ** 1/2


TWO STARS

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams **
The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul by Douglas Adams **
Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie **
Bridle The Wind by Joan Aiken ** 

Apropos of Nothing by Woody Allen **
City Of The Beasts by Isabel Allende **
Kingdom Of The Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende ** 
Bad Day At Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg **
Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg **
Be Careful What You Wish For (Clifton Chronicles Vol. 4) by Jeffrey Archer **
Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury by Isaac Asimov **
Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter by Isaac Asimov **
Lucky Starr and the Rings Of Saturn by Isaac Asimov **
Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov **
On Being: A Scientist's Exploration Of The Great Questions Of Existence by Peter Atkins **
Crispin: The Cross Of Lead by Avi **
Murder At Midnight by Avi **
The Book Without Words by Avi **
The School For Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin **
The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter **
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle **
High Jinx by William F. Buckley Jr. **
The Vast Fields Of Ordinary by Nick Burd **
Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs **
The Gods Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs **

Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton (1943) ** 

Maybelle The Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton (1952) **

Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher ** 
Last Summer In The City by Gianfranco Calligarich (1973) ** 

The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey ** 
The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky **
The Riddle Of The Sands by Erskine Childers ** 

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke **/ 

Unterzakhn by Leela Corman **

The Watsons Go To Birmingham -- 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis **
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl ** 
Matilda by Roald Dahl **
Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich **
Shadows On The Grass by Isak Dinesen **
Unforgivable by Phillipe Djian **
Jack Of Spies by David Downing **
Blockbusters by Anita Elberse **
The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis **
Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner **
Jacob's Eye Patch by Beth Kobliner Shaw and Jacob Shaw; illustrated by Jules Feiffer ** 

The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg **
Toby And The Secrets Of The Tree by Timothee de Fombelle **
Cousins: A Memoir by Athol Fugard **
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner **
Angler by Barton Gellman (Dick Cheney book) **
A Matter For Men: War of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold **
Grief Cottage by Gail Goodwin **
Supreme Conflict by Jan Crawford Greenburg **
Animas: Legacy of The Claw by C.R. Grey ** 

The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader (1948) **
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman **
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid **
We Are Pirates by Daniel Handler ** 

Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris ** 

The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris ** 
Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison **
Red Planet by Robert Heinlein **
The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin **
In Sunshine And In Shadow by Mark Helprin **
Paris In The Present Tense by Mark Helprin **
Nightbird by Alice Hoffman **
The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm **
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg **
A Bandit's Tale by Deborah Hopkinson **
The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz **
Public Enemy Number Two by Anthony Horowitz **
Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz ** 

Subversive Orthodoxy by Robert Inchausti ** 

In One Person by John Irving **

We'll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg **
Sound Man by Glyn Johns **
Middle Passage by Charles Johnson **
Mygale by Thierry Jonquet **
The Trumpeter Of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly **
The Man Who Made Lists (Roget's Thesaurus) by Joshua Kendall ** 

Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays 1920-1922 Volume One by Frank King **  
Firestarter by Stephen King **
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (2003 expanded edition) by Stephen King ** 

Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein ** 

Tightrope by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn ** 1/2
Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Journey by Kathryn Lasky **
Flight Of Dreams by Ariel Lawhon ** 
Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S.  Lewis **
Perelandra by C.S.  Lewis ** 
That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis **  
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis **   
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis **
The New New Thing by Michael Lewis **
Draw The Line by Laurent Linn **
A Pound Of Flesh by Art Linson **
The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting **
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum **
Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal **
Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal **
Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen In The 1980s by Dave Marsh **

No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series  by Alexander McCall Smith ** or so 

Alternatives To Sex by Stephen McCauley **

The Mark Of Zorro by Johnston McCulley **
I Love You, Philip Morris by Steve McVicker ** (but story ***)
Valerian and Laureline: The Empire Of A Thousand Planets by JC Mezieres/P. Christin **
Greenglass House by Kate Milford **
Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller **
Mask Of Shadows by Linsey Miller **
Anne Of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery ** 
Girl by Blake Nelson **
Sabriel by Garth Nix ** 

The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton ** 
The Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older ** 
The Quick by Lauren Owen **
Grace After Midnight by Felicia Snoop Pearson **
The Double by George Pelecanos **
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre **
Letters To his Neighbor by Marcel Proust, trans Lydia Davis **

Round by Joyce Sidman and Taeeun Yoo **

Spring-Heeled Jack by Philip Pullman **
Thunderbolt's Waxwork by Philip Pullman **
The Gasfitter's Ball by Philip Pullman **
The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman **
I Was A Rat! or, The Scarlet Slippers by Philip Pullman **
The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman illos Fred Fordham **
The 500 by Matthew Quirk **
Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls ** 
The Common Good by Robert Reich **
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs **
The Remarkable Courtship Of General Tom Thumb by Nicholas Rinaldi **
A-Rod: The Many Lives Of Alex Rodriguez by Selena Roberts **
Divergent by Veronica Roth **
Sidney Chambers And The Shadow Of Death by James Runcie **
Drive by James Sallis ** 
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson ** 
Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott Saul ** 1/2
We Are All In The Dumps With Jack And Guy by Maurice Sendak **
Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds ** 

Stupid, Stupid Rat Tales by Jeff Smith et al **

Swarm Of Bees by Lemony Snicket, illos by Rilla Alexander ** 

Kipling’s Choice by Geert Spillebeen **
Six Amendments by John Paul Stevens ** 

An Irish Country Village by Patrick Taylor (2008) ** 

An Irish Country Christmas (2008) ** 

An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor (2010) ** 

An Irish Country...series by Patrick Taylor all about ** 

The Singapore Wink by Ross Thomas **

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne **
Lady Gregory's Toothbrush by Colm Toibin **
The Testament Of Mary by Colm Toibin **
The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker **
Anything Could Happen by Will Walton **
Love, Roger by Charles Webb **
The Wages of Sin by Kaite Welsh **
The Married Man by Edmund White **
Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson **
Journey To Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear **
News Prints by Ru Xu **
Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar **



ONE AND A HALF STARS

Mightier Than The Sword (Clifton Chronicles Vol. 5) by Jeffrey Archer * 1/2
Mr. Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter * 1/2
Then And Now by Barbara Cook * 1/2
Charlie and the Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl * 1/2
The Maze Runner by James Dashner * 1/2

"The Cricket On The Hearth" by Charles Dickens novella * 1/2 

I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan * 1/2
Making "Tootsie" by Susan Dworkin * 1/2
A Rage For Revenge: War of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold *1/2
Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Che Guevara * 1/2 
Bolivian Diary by Che Guevara * 1/2
I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes * 1/2 
Farmer In The Sky by Robert Heinlein (1950) * 1/2
Siddhartha by Herman Hesse * 1/2
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini * ½
The Last Lincoln Conspirator by Andrew Jampoler * 1/2
Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky *1/2
Guardians of Ga'Hoole: Rescue by Kathryn Lasky * 1/2 
The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis * 1/2 
The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis * 1/2 
The Silver Hearted by David McConnell * 1/2
Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo * 1/2
Elect H. Mouse State Judge by Nelly Reifler * 1/2
Haroun and the Sea Of Stories by Salman Rushdie * 1/2
Playing By The Book by S. Chris Shirley * 1/2 

The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel * 1/2
Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir by John Paul Stevens * 1/2 

An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor * 1/2 

ONE STAR

A Wolf At The Table by Augusten Burroughs *
A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs * 

"The Chimes" by Charles Dickens novella * 

Trumpocalypse by David Frum * 

Dog Beach by John Fusco * 
The Reckoning by John Grisham * 
Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert Heinlein *
Cosmos Coyote and William The Nice by Jim Heynen *
Things I've Learned From Women Who Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin * 
The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis *  
A New York Christmas by Anne Perry * 
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig * 
The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon * 

The Vampire Diaries: Awakening by L.J. Smith *


NO STARS


The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum – stopped, couldn’t keep reading

Updated December 31, 2023

#92 of 2024