THE MOVIES, BOOKS, THEATER, CONCERTS, ALBUMS I'VE SEEN/HEARD/READ SO FAR IN 2025

Updated as of September 16, 2025  

KEY: star rating is on the four star scale
          meaning of "/" or "\"
          *** is three stars out of four
          ***/ is three stars leaning towards  3 1/2
          ***\ is three stars leaning towards 2 1/2


The Movies, Books, Theater, Concerts, CDs I've Seen/Read/Heard So Far In 2025

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(Increasingly, I am sampling books, reading 10%, 20% even 40 or 50% before deciding to move on. The books below are only the ones I've read completely. That also explains what looks like generous grading -- more and more, if I sense a book is not going to be among my favorites, I stop reading. Too many books; too little time!)

1. Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield *** 1/2 

2. The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams *** 1/2 

3. The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon ***/ 

4. Monster in the Woods by Dave Shelton *** 1/2 

5. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) **** 

6. The Sitaford Mystery (1931) by Agatha Christie ** 

7. Orbital by Samantha Harvey ***/ 

8. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) *** 1/2 

9. Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen *** 

10. Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1999) *** 1/2 

11. Yoko by David Sheff (2025) ** 

12. John & Paul: A Love Story by Ian Leslie (2025) ***  

13. Right Ho, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse **** 

14. The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu; translated by Royall Tyler *** 1/2 

15. Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born To Run by Peter Ames Carlin (2025) ** 1/2 

16. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar *** 

17. Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (serialized 1935-1937; pub 1948) *** (lost in trans) 

18. Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson (1971) *** 1/2 / 

19. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930) **** 

20. Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993) ** 1/2 

21. Freedom From The Market by Mike Konczal (2021) ** 1/2 (fine, just familiar) 

22. The Narrow Road To The Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Bashō (1691) *** 

23. The Gate, The Girl and The Dragon by Grace Lin (2025) ** 

24. The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2003) **** 

25. I, Claudius by Robert Graves (1934) *** 1/2 

26. Ordinary People by Judith Guest (1976) *** 1/2 

27. Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970) ** 1/2 

28. The Letter For The King by Tonke Dragt (1962) ** 1/2 

29. The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell (1975) *** 

30. The Impossible Fortune (A Thursday Murder Club book) by Richard Osman (2025) *** 

31. Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt (2025) *** 1/2 

32. King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace (1932) ** 1/2 

33. The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley (1978) *** 

34. The Book of I by David Greig (2025) ***/ 

35. Jacques The Fatalist by Denis Diderot; translated by Michael Henry (1796/1986) *** 1/2 

36. A Wealth of Pigeons by Harry Bliss and Steve Martin (2020) *** 1/2 

37. The Summer War by Naomi Novik (2025) *** 1/2 

38. Dick Tracy Dailies and Sundays 1931-1933 Volume One by Chester Gould (2006) ***\ 

39. One Of Us by Dan Chaon (2025) *** 

40. 

MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES TV MOVIES 

(Not TV movies, of course, but movies and TV shows -- and TV movies if it comes to that. Mostly I only list TV shows when I've tackled an entire season at once or reappraising an entire series after it's over This doesn't really capture my ongoing watching of current TV.)

1. Interstellar (2014) ** 1/2 

2. Myth of Man (at Cinema Village w Karl) ***/

3. A Woman Is A Woman (1961) **** 

4. Fedora (1979) * 

5. Weather Wizards (1939 short; dir. Fred Zinnemann) **  

6. Cutter's Way (1981) ** 1/2 

7. Lipstick (1976) * 

8. Prime Target S1 on Apple * 

9. The Marquise of O (1976) ** 1/2 

10. Monster (2023) *** 1/2 

11. Story of Women (1988) ** 1/2  

12. Ladies and Gentlemen: 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) *** (but **** intro)

13. One on One: John & Yoko (2025) *** 

14. Le Million (1931 at Film Forum) (w Noam) *** / 

15. Chicken For Linda! (2023) *** 1/2 

16. Universal Language (2024) *** 

17. Sinners (2025) *** / 

18. Thunderbolts* aka The New Avengers (2025) ** 

19. Sly Lives! (dir Questlove) (2025) *** 1/2 

20. Andor S1 rewatch (2022) **** 

21. Andor S2 (2025) *** 1/2 

22. Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning (2025) ** 

23. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) ***/ 

24. Shōgun Season 1 ** 1/2 

25. Bring Her Back (2025) *** 

26. Friendship (2025) ** 1/2 

27. Ballerina: A John Wick Story (2025) ** 1/2 

28. The Phoenician Scheme (2025) ***/ 

29. How To Train Your Dragon (2025) ** 

30. 28 Years Later (2025) *** 

31. Elio (2025) ** 1/2 

32. F1 (2025) ** 1/2 (but fun) 

33. Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) ** 

34. Superman (2025) ** 1/2 

35. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) ** 1/2 

36. The Naked Gun (2025) ** (but I laughed!) 

37. Architecton (2025) ***/ 

38. Sorry, Baby (2025) *** 

39. Weapons (2025) *** 

40. Nobody 2 (2025) ** 

41. Sign "O" The Times (1987) *** 

42. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934) *** 

43. Design For Living (1933) ***/ 

44. Jaws (1975) *** 1/2 

45. Desire (1936) *** 

46. The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (Barney Bear cartoon short) (1939) no stars 

47. Tarzan Finds A Son! (1939) * 1/2 

48. Twinless (2025) *** / 

49. Splitsville (2025) *** 1/2 

50. The Baltimorons (2025) *** 1/2 

51. Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba: Infinity Castle Part I (2025) ** 1/2 

52. One Battle After Another (2025) *** 

53. 

THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS THEATER CONCERTS
(The names after the shows are the people who joined me at the performance.)

1. A Guide For The Homesick (w Zoe at DR2) ** out of ****

2. Still (w Melissa Gilbert at Sheen w Noam) ** 

3. A Streetcar Named Desire (Paul Mescal at BAM) w Zoe ** 

4. Sean Mason Quartet at Side Door Jazz Club in Old Lyme, CT (w TJ) *** 1/2 

5. The Swamp Dwellers at TFANA (w Noam) ** 1/2 

6. Floyd Collins at Lincoln Center (w Noam) ** 1/2 

7. Operation Mincemeat (w Noam) *** (great fun, with "Dear Bill" worth price of admission) 

8. Port(al) by Brooklyn Youth Chorus at Brooklyn Navy Yard (w Zoe) *** 

9. Glass. Kill. What If If Only. Imp. (Caryl Churchill shorts at Public) (w Noam) *** 1/2 

10. Salomé at Met w Stephen (May 6, 2025) *** 1/2 

11. London Road revival (at the National w Katherine Andrew et al) June 14, 2025) ** 1/2 

12. Here We Are (Sondheim at National w Jane Krakowski, Martha Plimpton) (w Leslie on June 17) ** 1/2 

13. Elephant (at Menier Chocolate Factory w Leslie June 24, 2025) ***/ 

14. My Neighbour Totoro (at Gillian Lynne Theatre alone July 1) *** (lots of fun) 

15. Giant (w John Lithgow)(alone next to Aussie girl July 2) *** 1/2 (for the acting) 

16. A Midsummer Night's Dream (July 4 2025 immersive at The Bridge in London w Aaron B-W) (Lily Simpkiss theatrical debut a standout as Helena) *** 

17. Bridge Command (July 4 2025 escape room/Star Trek cos-play where you get jobs on the bridge of a starship; very elaborate sets and far more fun than I expected) (w Aaron B-W) *** 

18. Intimate Apparel (July 5 2025 revival at Donman; poor sets in balcony; cast solid but second act weak) ** 1/2 

19. Hayward Gallery–Nara exhibit Japanese little girls, "toy"house of artist's studio, wall of vinyl, lots of rock n roll references *** 

20. The Merry Wives of Windsor (at Shakespeare's Globe July 6 2025; shows a spark of romance between Mistress Ford and Falstaff, the final torture of Falstaff rather cruel; v strong cast: George Fouracres as Falstaff, Katherine Pearce as Mistress Ford, Emma Pallant as Mistress Page, Sophie Russell as Mistress Quickly and I really liked Adam Wadsworth as Slender) *** 

21. Evita (2025)–(London balcony perf of "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" by Rachel Zegler; fun exp) *** 

22. Til The Stars Come Down (at Theatre Royal Haymarket July 17; alone) ***\ 

23. Serpentine Gallery: Giuseppe Penone–Thoughts in The Roots (July 18; alone) *** 

24. Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain *** 

25. Serpentine Gallery North: Arpita Singh–Remembering (first exhibit outside India) ** 1/2 

26. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (at Ambassador London; July 18, alone) *** 1/2 

27. Nye (w Michael Sheen at National; July 19, w Leslie) *** 

28. Sing Street (at Lyric Hammersmith; July 21, alone) **  

29. Science Museum (watches!; near V&A when Cartier exhibit sold out) *** 

30. 

CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS CDS (A strong emphasis on the ones I like, so don't think I love everything I listen to -- I just don't bother really listening to the ones I don't )

1. Dizzy Gillespie -- The Complete RCA Victor Recordings 1937-1949 (1995) *** 1/2 

2. Traffic -- John Barleycorn Must Die (1970) ** 

3. Jane Weaver -- Modern Kosmology (2017) *** 

4. The Lijadu Sisters -- Horizon Unlimited (1979) *** 

5. Yes -- Close To The Edge (1972) ** 1/2 

6. Flamin' Groovies -- Teenage Head (1971) ***/ 

7. Giant Sand -- Chore of Enchantment (1999) ** 

8. Liam Bailey -- Zero Grace (2024) *** 1/2 

9. Boards of Canada -- Music Has The Right To Children (1998) ** 1/2 

10. My Bloody Valentine -- mbv (2013) ** 1/2 

11. Liz Phair -- Exile To Guyville (1993) *** 1/2 

12. The Darkness -- Permission To Land (2003) ** 1/2 

13. Ice-T -- O.G. Original Gangster (1991) ** 

14. Goldfrapp -- Seventh Tree (2008) *** 1/2 

15. Napalm Death -- Scum (1987) ** 
16. The Cardigans -- First Band on the Moon (1996) ** 
17. The Notorious B.I.G. -- Ready To Die (1994) ** 1/2 

18. The Rumble -- Stories From The Battlefield (2024) *** 

19. Lady Blackbird -- Slang Spirituals (2024) *** 1/2  

20. Beta Radio -- Waiting For The End To Come (2024) *** 1/2 

21. Fat Boy Slim -- Better Living Through Chemistry (1996) *** 

22. Kelela -- Take Me Apart (2018) *** 

23. Hanoi Rocks -- Back To Mystery City (1983) ** 

24. The Gun Club -- Fire of Love (1981) ** 1/2 

25. Echo and the Bunnymen -- Porcupine (1983) ** 1/2 

26. Ducks Ltd. -- Harm's Way (2024) *** 
27. Charlie xcx -- Brat (2024) ** 1/2 

28. The Softies -- The Bed I Made (2024) *** 
29. Brian Eno x Bloom -- Small World (2024) (Amazon exclusive) *** 1/2 

30. Sabrina Carpenter -- Short 'n' Sweet (2024) *** 

31. Fontaines D.C. -- Romance (2024) *** 
32. The Rifles -- Love Your Neighbor (2024) *** 
33. Future & Metro Boomin -- We Don't Trust You (2024) ** 1/2 

34. Wunderhorse -- Midas (2024) ** 1/2 

35. Doechii -- Alligator Bites Never Heal (2024) ** 
36. Yasmin Williams -- Acadia ** 1/2 

37. Jamey Johnson -- Midnight Gasoline (2024) ** 1/2 

38. Amaia Miranda -- Mientras vivas brilla (2024) *** 

39. Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel -- The Room (2024) ** 1/2 

40. Nils Hoffmann -- Running in a Dream (2024) ** 1/2 

41. Alvaro Diaz -- Sayonara (2024) *** 

42. Shovel Dance Collective -- The Shovel Dance (2024) ***/ 

43. Wishy -- Triple Seven (2024) ** 1/2 

44. Tyla -- Tyla (2024) ** 1/2 

45. Bizhiki -- Unbound (2024) *** 
46. Tierra Whack -- World Wide Whack (2024) ** 1/2 

47. Ivan Cornejo -- Mirada (2024) *** 1/2 

48. Chuck Prophet -- Wake The Dead (2024) *** 1/2 

49. Brittany Howard -- What Now (2024) *** 
50. Silkroad Ensemble & Rhiannon Giddens -- American Railroad (2024) *** 

51. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan -- Chain of Light (2024) *** 1/2 

52. Tyler, The Creator -- Chromakopia (2024) ** 1/2 

53. Trentemøller -- Dreamweaver (2024) *** 

54. Eels -- Eels Time! (2024) ***/ 

55. Ariana Grande -- Eternal Sunshine (2024) *** 

56. Peso Pluma -- Éxodo (2024) *** 1/2 

57. McCoy Tyner & Joe Henderson -- Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs (2024/1966) *** 1/2 

58. Cher -- Forever (2024) *** 1/2 

59. Joe Ely -- Honky Tonk Masquerade (1978) *** 1/2 

60. Iron & Wine -- Light Verse (2024) ***/ 

61. Pixies -- The Night The Zombies Came (2024) ** 1/2 

62. Norma Winstone & Kit Downes -- Outpost of Dreams (2024) *** 

63. Laura Marling -- Patterns in Repeat (2024) *** 1/2 

64. Helado Negro -- Phasor (2024) ** 1/2 

65. Amos Lee -- Transmissions (2024) ***\  

66. Sebadoh -- Bubble and Scrape (1993) ** 1/2 

67. Orbital -- Snivilisation (1994) ** 

68. Shack -- H.M.S. Fable (1999) *** 1/2 

69. Cymande -- Cymande (1972) *** 1/2 

70. Metallica -- Metallica (1991) ** 

71. Rumer -- In Session *** 1/2 

72. Robert Palmer -- Sneaking Sally Through the Alley (1974) *** (crappy audio file) 

73. Robert Palmer -- Clues (1980) *** 

74. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion -- Now I Got Worry (1996) ** 

75. The Soft Boys -- Underwater Moonlight (1980) *** 1/2 

76. Screaming Trees -- Dust (1996) *** 

77. 808 State -- Ninety (1989) * 

78. Funkadelic -- Standing On The Verge of Getting It On (1974) **** 

79. Jennifer Warnes -- Jennifer (1972) ***/ 

80. PJ Harvey -- Rid of Me (1993) ***/ 

81. Orquesta Guayacán -- Sentimental de Punta a Punta (1991) *** 1/2 

82. John Moreland -- Visitor (2024) *** 

83. The Runaways -- Queens of Noise (1977) *** 

84. Graham Parker -- Howlin' Wind (1976) *** 1/2 

85. Hugh Masekala -- Home Is Where The Music Is (1972) *** 1/2 

86. Graham Parker -- Stick To Me (1977) *** 

87. White Denim -- D (2011) ** 1/2 

88. The Dandy Warhols -- ...The Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997) ** 1/2 

89. Cymande -- Second Time Around (1973) *** 

90. Captain Beefheart -- Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) (1978) *** 1/2 

91. Bobby Valentin -- Soy Boricua (1972) *** 1/2 

92. João Donato -- A Bad Donato (1970) *** 

93. David Gray -- Dear Life (2025) *** 

94. Beth Orton -- Central Reservation (1999) ** 1/2 

95. Betty Davis -- They Say I'm Different (1974) *** 1/2 

96. Graham Parker -- Squeezing Out Sparks (1979) *** 1/2 

97. Jalen Ngonda -- Come Around and Love Me (2023) *** 1/2 

98. Dinah Washington -- Dinah Sings Bessie Smith (1958) *** 

99. ABBA -- Arrival (1976) ** 1/2 

100. Can -- Future Days (1973) *** 1/2  

101. The Jam -- In The City (May, 1977) *** 

102. The Jam -- All The Mod Cons (Nov 1977) *** 1/2 

103. Tom Waits -- Heartattack and Vine (1980) *** 1/2 

104. Terence Trent D'Arby -- Introducing The Hardline According To (1987) *** 

105. Common -- Like Water For Chocolate (2000) *** 

106. Bill Medley -- Straight From The Heart ** 1/2 

107. Icecream Hands -- No Weapon But Love (2021) *** 1/2 

108. Miles Davis -- Miles Smiles (1967) *** 1/2 

109. Paul Thorn -- Life is a Vapor (2025) *** 

110. Love -- Da Capo (1966) ** 1/2 

111. Larry Young -- Unity (1966) **** 

112. Eddie Palmieri -- The Sun of Latin Music (1974) *** 
113. Steve Riley -- Grand Isle (2011) *** 1/2 

114. Os Tincoãs -- Os Tincoãs (1973) **** 

115. Os Tincoãs -- O Africanto Dos Tincoãs (1975) *** 1/2 

116. The Bangles -- Different Light *** 

117. Ella Fitzgerald - The Moment of Truth: Ella at the Coliseum (1967) ** 1/2 

118. Dr. John -- In The Right Place (1973) *** 1/2 / 

119. Dr. John -- Gris-Gris (1968) *** 1/2 

120. Dr. John -- Desitively Bonnaroo (1974) *** 

121. The Specials – More Specials (1980) *** 

122. Dr. John -- Dr. John's Gumbo (1972) *** 1/2 

123. The Sonics -- Here Come The Sonics (1965) *** 1/2 

124. Grant Lee Buffalo -- Fuzzy (1993) *** 1/2 

125. Dexys Midnight Runners -- Searching For The Young Soul Rebels (1980) ** 1/2 

126. Bert Jansch -- Bert Jansch (1965) ** 1/2 \ 

127. Roy Ayers/Ubiquity -- Red, Black & Green (1973) *** 1/2 

128. Big Youth -- Screaming Target (1972) **** 

129. Parliament -- Motor Booty Affair (1978) *** 1/2 

130. Jean-Michel Jarre -- Oxygène (1976) ** 1/2 

131. Neil Young -- Oceanside, Countryside (1978) *** 1/2 

132. Faces -- A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Dead Horse (1971) *** 1/2 

133. Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Californication (1999) ** 

134. The Damned -- Damned, Damned, Damned (1977) *** 1/2 

135. Willie Colón & Rubén Blades -- Siembra (1978) **** 
136. Chick Corea -- Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 (1971) *** 1/2 

137. João Gilberto -- O Amor o Sorriso e a Flor (1961) *** 

138. Bob Mould -- Here We Go Crazy ***\ 

139. Carlton & The Shoes -- Love Me Forever (1978) *** 1/2 

140. The Police -- Regatta De Blanc (1979) ** 1/2 

141. Jorge Ben -- Sacundin Ben Samba (1964) ** 1/2 

142. Sean Mason -- The Southern Suite (2023) *** 

143. Catherine Russell & Sean Mason -- My Ideal (2024) *** 1/2 

144. Fats Domino -- This Is Fats Domino! (1956) *** 

145. Mahogany L. Browne & Sean Mason -- Chrome Valley *** 

146. Gary Numan -- The Pleasure Principle (1979) ***/ 

147. Daryl Hall and John Oates -- Bigger Than Both of Us (1976) ** 1/2 

148. Jason Isbell -- Foxes in the Snow ** 1/2 

149. Songhoy Blues -- Music In Exile (2015) *** 1/2 

150. Dr. Octagon -- Dr. Octagonecologyst (1996) ** 

151. Jorge Ben -- Ben é Samba Bom (1964) ***\ 

152. The Beta Band -- Hot Shots II (2001) ***  

153. Buddy Holly -- Buddy Holly (1958) *** 1/2 

154. Ringo Starr -- Look Up ** 

155. Brian D'addario -- Till The Morning (2025) *** 1/2 

156. Bo Diddley -- Bo Diddley (1958) **** 

157. Coldcut -- What's That Noise? (1989) *** 

158. Ramblin' Jack Elliott -- Jack Takes The Floor (1958) ** 1/2 

159. Hiroshi Yoshimura -- Flora (2006) *** 1/2 

160. Chuck Berry -- After School Sessions (1957) *** 1/2 

161. Billie Holiday -- Songs For Distingué Lovers (1957) **** 

162. Rüdiger Lorenz -- Synrise: Early Tape Recordings 1981-1983 (2025) *** / 

163. Aretha Franklin -- Jump To It (1982) *** 

164. Jerry Lee Lewis -- Jerry Lee Lewis (1958) *** 

165. Icecream Hands -- Icecream Hands (1992) *** 

166. XTC -- Nonsuch (1992) *** 1/2 

167. John Zorn -- A Dreamers Christmas (2011) *** 1/2 

168. Stephen Stills -- Stephen Stills (1970) ** 1/2 (side one solid)

169. Art Tatum & Ben Webster -- The Art Tatum Ben Webster Quartet (1958) **** 

170. Arthur Verocai -- Arthur Verocai (1972) ** 1/2 

171. Fugazi -- Repeater (1990) ** 1/2 

172. Tracey Thorn -- A Distant Shore (1982) *** 

173. Robert Hunter -- Tiger Rose (1975) ** 

174. Johnny Mathis -- Open Fire, Two Guitars (1959) *** 1/2 

175. Bobby Bare -- Bobby Bare Sings Lullabies, Legends and Lies (1973) *** 1/2 

176. Reba McEntire -- For My Broken Heart (1991) ** 1/2 

177. Hanna McEuen -- Hanna-McEuen (2005) *** 1/2 

178. Uncle Tupelo -- No Depression (1990) **** 

179. Marty Stuart -- Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions (2010) *** 1/2 

180. Urban Cowboy Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1980) *** 

181. John Hartford -- Aero-Plain (1971) **** 

182. The Alan Parsons Project -- Tales of Mystery And Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe (1976) *** 

183. Doc Watson -- Southbound (1966) *** 1/2 

184. Glen Campbell -- Greatest Hits (2009) *** 1/2 
185. Billie Holiday -- Music For Torching (1955) **** 
186. Billie Holiday -- All Or Nothing At All (1958) **** 
187. The Techniques -- Little Did You Know (1966) *** 1/2 

188. Roy Acuff -- The Essential Roy Acuff (1992) *** 

189. Boz Scaggs -- Down Two Then Left (1977) *** 1/2 

190. Chaka Khan -- Echoes of an Era (2005) ** 1/2 

191. Alison Krauss -- Arcadia (2025) *** 1/2 

192. Lee Wiley -- Night in Manhattan (1951) *** 
193. Bill Monroe/Various -- Bean Blossom (1973) *** 1/2 

194. Rocket From The Crypt -- Scream Dracula Scream (1995) *** 
195. Eartha Kitt -- That Bad Eartha (1953) *** 1/2 

196. Elton John & Brandi Carlile -- Who Believes In Angels? (2025) *** \ 

197. Various Artists -- I Saw The TV Glow soundtrack (2024) *** 1/2 

198. Eslaban Armado -- Vibras de Noche II (2025) ***/ 

199. Johnny Mathis -- Heavenly (1959) ** 
200. Michael Hurley -- First Songs (1964) *** (freak folk) 

201. Billie Holiday -- Lady Sings The Blues (1956) ***/ 

202. Uncle Tupelo -- Still Feel Gone (1991) *** / 

203. Curtis Mayfield -- Super Fly soundtrack (1972) *** 1/2 

204. Jeff Beck -- Truth (1968) ** 

205. Billie Holiday -- Billie Holiday Sings/Solitude (1952/1956) **** 
206. Irma Thomas & Galactic -- Audience With The Queen (2025) ***/ 

207. American Music Club -- California (1988) **  

208. Stereolab -- Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) ** 

209. Johnny Mathis -- I'll Buy You A Star (1961) ** 

210. Gene Autry -- The Essential Gene Autry (2009) *** 1/2 

211. Aretha Franklin -- Aretha's Gold (1969) **** 

212. Jurassic 5 -- Jurassic 5 (1998) *** 

213. Steve Miller Band -- Fly Like An Eagle (1976) ** 1/2  

214. Steve Miller Band -- Greatest Hits 1974-78 (1978) *** 1/2 

215. Steve Miller Band -- Book of Dreams (1977) ** 1/2 \ 

216. Billie Holiday -- Recital (1956) compiling An Evening With Billie Holiday (1953, minus one track) and Billie Holiday (1954 minus three tracks) *** 

217. Isaac Hayes -- Shaft soundtrack (1971) ** 1/2 

218. Lee Ann Womack -- There's More Where That Came From (2005) *** 1/2 

219. Billy Eckstine -- Once More With Feeling -- (1960) ** 

220. Bad Company -- Bad Company (1974) ** 

221. Digital Underground -- Sex Packets (1990) ** 

222. Roger Miller -- All Time Greatest Hits (2003) *** 1/2 
223. Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther soundtrack (1964) *** 

224. Henry Mancini – Music From Peter Gunn (1959) *** 1/2 

225. Cat Stevens – Harold and Maude soundtrack (1971) *** 1/2 

226. Roy Ayers -- Coffy soundtrack ( 1973) *** 
227. Steve Miller Band -- Sailor (1968) *** 
228. The Monkees -- Head soundtrack (1968) **** 

229. Less Than Zero soundtrack (1987) ** 1/2  

230. Vince Guaraldi – Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1964) *** 1/2  

231. Billie Holiday – "The Lady" Sings (1956) ***/  

232. Celia Cruz – Son Con Guaguanco (1966) **** 

233. Paul Revere and the Raiders – Midnight Rider (1966) ***/ 

234. Bruce Langhorne – The Hired Hand (1971) *** 1/2 

235. A Man and a Woman – Laurindo Almeida (1967) *** 

236. Magnolia soundtrack (1999) *** 1/2 

238. X -- Wild Gift (1981) *** 

239. Ute Lemper -- Punishing Kisses (2000) ** 

240. Wild Style soundtrack (1983) *** 1/2 

241. Victor/Victoria soundtrack (1982) *** 

242. Velvet Goldmine soundtrack (1998) *** 1/2 

243. Ken Boothe – Everything I Own (1974) ** 

244. C418–Minecraft Volume Alpha (2011) ****  

245. The Great Mouse Detective soundtrack ** 1/2 

246. Aguirre, the Wrath of God soundtrack aka Aguirre – Popol Vuh (1972/1975) **** 

247. P.F. Sloan – Raised on Records (1972) ** 

248. Hank Snow -- The Essential Hank Snow (1997) **** 

249. Mahalia Jackson -- Live at Newport 1958 (1958) **** 
250. Nat King Cole -- Nat King Cole Sings, George Shearing Plays (1962) ** 

251. Willie Nelson -- Oh What A Beautiful World (2025) *** 

252. ABBA – The Visitors (1981) ** 1/2 ("Like An Angel Passing Through My Room"!) 

253. Gene Autry – The Essential Gene Autry (2005) *** 1/2 

254. Neil Young – Coastal (2025) ***/ 

255. Hookworms –Microshift (2018) – *** 

256. Popol Vuh – Hosianna Mantra (1981) ** 

257. Paul McCartney – McCartney (1970) **** 

259. Floyd Collins Original Cast Album (1997) *** 1/2 

260. Johnny Mathis – I'm Coming Home (1973) ** 

261. Johnny Mathis – Live It Up! (1961) ** 1/2 

262. Oscar Brown Jr. – Sin & Soul (1960) *** 1/2 

263. Oscar Brown Jr. – Between Heaven and Hell (1962) *** 1/2 

264. Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Gospel Train (1956) *** 1/2 

265. Sault – 10 (2025) ** 

266. The Monkees – The Best of the Monkees (2003) ****  

267. Billie Holiday – Velvet Mood (1956) *** 1/2 

268. Billie Holiday – Stay With Me (1958) **** 

269. The Mack soundtrack – Willie Hutch (1973) *** 1/2 

270. Christopher Cross – Christopher Cross (1979) ** 1/2 

271. Suzanne Vega – Flying With Angels (2025) *** 

272. Cab Calloway – Are You Hep To The Jive? (1994) *** 1/2 

273. Dead Kennedys – Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables (1980) *** 

274. William Tyler – Time Indefinite (2025) *** 

275. Jimmie Rodgers – RCA Country Legends (2002) **** 

276. The Monkees – The Monkees (1966) ** 1/2 

277. The Monkees – More of The Monkees (1967) ** 1/2 

278. Richard Swift – Ground Trouble Jaw (2008) ***/ 

279. Chicago – Chicago Transit Authority (1969) ** 

280. Tangerine Dream – Legend soundtrack (1986) ** 

281. Billie Holiday – Lover Man (1958 Decca comp) *** 1/2 

282. Pavement – Slanted and Enchanted (1992) ** 1/2 

283. Keith Jarrett – Belonging (1974) **** 

284. Teesri Manzil soundtrack (1966) **** 

285. Bryan Ferry – Loose Talk (w Amelia Barrett) (2025) ** 1/2 

286. Husker Du – Everything Falls Apart (1983) ** 1/2 

287. Mary Chapin Carpenter et al – Looking For The Thread (2025) ***/ 

288. Cat Stevens – Teaser and the Firecat (1971) *** 1/2 

289. Frank Zappa – We're Only In It For The Money (1968) *** 

290. Marshall Crenshaw – Marshall Crenshaw (1982) **** 

291. Marshall Crenshaw – Field Day (1983) *** 1/2 

292. Julien Baker & Torres – Send A Prayer My Way (2025) ** 1/2 

293. Queen – Queen II (1974) ** 

294. The Beta Band – Heroes to Zeroes (2004) *** 

295. Fela Kuti – Zombie (1977) **** 

296. Chris Smither – All About The Bones (2025) *** 

297. John Hartford – Mark Twang (1976) *** 

298. Joan Baez – Joan Baez (1960) *** 1/2 

299. She & Him – Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson (2022) *** 1/2 

300. Silvio Rodriguez – Al Final de Este Viaje (1978) *** 

301. N.E.R.D. – Fly or Die (2004) ** 

302. Edith Piaf –The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Édith Piaf (1991) **** 

303. Little Willie John–All 15 of His Hits (1977) *** 
304. Feargal Sharkey – Feargal Sharkey (1985) ***\ 

305. Dan Penn – Nobody's Fool (1973) ** 1/2 

306. Various Artists – The Secret Museum of Mankind Vol. 1: Ethnic Music Classics 1925-1948 (1995) 

307. Jelly Roll Morton – Birth of the Hot: The Classic Chicago "Red Hot Peppers" Sessions (1926-1927) (1985) **** 
308. Various Artists – The Real Kansas City Of The '20s, '30s & '40s (1996) *** 1/2 

309. Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo' –Room on the Porch (2025) ** 1/2 

310. MC Solaar – Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo (1991) *** 

311. John Williams – Jaws The Collector's Edition Soundtrack (1975/2015) ** 1/2 

312. Sheila E. – The Glamorous Life (1985) **  

313. Dan Wilson – Good Night, Los Angeles (2025) ** 1/2 

314. Various Artists – Juke Joint Saturday Night: Piano Blues, Rags & Stomps (2000) *** 1/2  

315. Gladys Knight & The Pips – Imagination (1973) ** 

316. Guided by Voices – Alien Lanes (1995) *** 1/2 

317. Nöel Coward – The Compact Coward (1989) *** 1/2 

318. Don Covay – Checkin' In With Don Covay (1988) ** 1/2 

319. Derek Bell – Plays With Himself (1981) ** 
320. The Supremes aka Diana Ross &...– Where Did Our Love Go (1964) *** 

321. Queen Latifah – All Hail The Queen (1989) *** 1/2 

322. Fats Domino – My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino (1990) *** 1/2 
323. The Staples Singers – Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) *** 1/2 

324. The Undertones – The Undertones (1979) **** 
325. Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising (1985) *** 1/2 

326. J.B. Lenoir – Alabama Blues (1965) *** 1/2 

327. John Hartford – Morning Bugle (1972) *** 1/2 

328. Richard Swift – Walt Wolfman ep (2011) ** 

329. Patty Loveless – Mountain Soul (2001) *** 1/2 

330. Mary Lou Williams – Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes (1964) ** 
331. Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson – What Did The Blackbird Say To The Crow (2025) *** 1/2 

332. Hüsker Dü – Zen Arcade (1984) *** 1/2 

333. Roberta Flack – First Take (1969) *** 1/2 

334. ABBA – Arrival (1976) ** 1/2 / 

335. Los Corraleros de Majagual – Nuevo Ritmo...! (1966) **** 

336. The Undertones – Hypnotised (1980) *** 1/2 

337. Charlie Parker – Best of the Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings (2002) **** 

338. Howlin' Wolf – The Definitive Collection (2007) **** 

339. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – Next! (1973) * 

340. Martin Denny–Exotica (1957) ** 

341. Eric Dolphy–Out To Lunch (1964) *** 1/2 

342. Memphis Slim–At The Gate of Horn (1959) **** 

343. Haruomi Hosono et al–Pacific (1978) ** 1/2 

344. Rickie Lee Jones–Pirates (1981) ***? 

345. Roy Orbison–The Orbison Way (1966) ** 1/2 

346. Gyasi–Here Comes The Good Part (2025) *** 1/2 

347. Yeah Yeah Yeahs–Fever To Tell (2003) ** 1/2 

348. Young Gun Silver Fox–Pleasure (2025) ***/ 

349. David Crosby–If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) ***/ 

350. Ry Cooder–Paradise and Lunch (1974) *** 1/2 

351. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles–The Ultimate Collection (1998) *** 1/2 \ 

352. U2–Achtung Baby (1991) **** 
353. Oscar D'León–Y Su Salsa Mayor (1991) **** 
354. Miles Davis–In A Silent Way (1969) **** 

355. Bad Bunny/Conejito Mal–Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) *** 1/2 

356. Professor Longhair–House Party New Orleans Style: The Lost Sessions 1971-1972 (2021) *** 1/2 

357. Maggie and Terre Roche–Seductive Reasoning (1975) *** 1/2 

358. Ornette Coleman–The Shape of Jazz To Come (1959) **** 

359. Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette–Honky Tonk Angels (1993) *** 

360. Abdullah Ibrahim–Water From An Ancient Well (1992) *** 1/2 

361. Hot Chip–In Our Head (2012) * 1/2 

362. Adam and the Ants–Kings of the Wild Frontier (1980) *** 

363. Billie Holiday–Recital (1956) (reissue of An Evening With Billie Holiday from 1953 and Billie Holiday from 1954) *** 1/2 

364. John Lee Hooker–The Healer (1989) *** 

365. Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe–Luminal (2025) ** 1/2 

366. Gonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band–Gorilla (1967) *** 

367. Thin Lizzy–Live and Dangerous (1978) ** 1/2 

368. The Flaming Lips–Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (2002) *** 1/2 

369. The Beach Boys–Endless Summer (1975) **** 

370. The Beach Boys–The Smile Sessions (2011) *** 1/2 (but Smile ****) 

371. The Beach Boys–All Summer Long (1964) *** 1/2 

372. The Beach Boys–Friends (1968) *** 1/2 

373. The Beach Boys–20/20 (1969) *** 1/2 

374. The Beach Boys–Sunflower (1970) *** 1/2 

375. The Beach Boys–Love You (1977) *** 

376. The Beach Boys–Pet Sounds (1966) **** 
377. Brian Wilson–Smile (2004) **** 

378. The Slits–Cut (1979) *** 

379. The Cure–Pornography (1982) *** 

380. The Electric Prunes–The Electric Prunes (1967) ** 
381. Brian Eno & Beatie Wolfe–Lateral (2025) *** 1/2 

382. Elvis Presley–Elvis Is Back! (1960) ** 1/2 

383. Randy Newman–Good Old Boys (1974) *** 

384. Deep Purple–Live in Japan (1972) *** 

385. Van Morrison–Remembering Now (2025) ***/ 

386. The Doobie Brothers–Walk This Road (2025) ** 1/2\ (but "Walk This Road" and "New Orleans" are keepers) 

387. Femi Kuti–Femi Kuti (1995) *** 

388. Lou Reed–Berlin (1973) ***/ 

389. Bon Jovi–Slippery When Wet (1986) * 1/2 

390. The Jesus and Mary Chain–Psychocandy (1985) *** 

391. The Everly Brothers–In Our Image (1966) *** 

392. The Boo Radleys–Giant Steps (1993) ***/ 

393. Dennis Wilson–Pacific Ocean Blue (1977) *** 

394. Funkadelic–Cosmic Slop (1973) *** 1/2 

395. Caroline Shaw and A Roomful of Teeth–Partita For Eight Voices (2012) **** 

396. Peggy Lee–Basin Street East Proudly Presents Miss Peggy Lee (1961) *** 

397. Bruce Springsteen–L.A. Garage Sessions (1983/2025) *** 

398. Bruce Springsteen–Streets of Philadelphia Sessions (1993-1994/2025) ** 1/2 

399. Bruce Springsteen–Faithless (2005-2006/2025) *** (but title track v weak) 

400. Bruce Springsteen–Somewhere North of Nashville (1995/2025) ***/ 

401. Stephen Stills–Manassas (1972) ** 

402. Jesse Fuller–San Francisco Bay Blues (1963) *** 1/2 

403. The Zutons–Who Killed The Zutons? (2004) ** 1/2 

404. The Impressions–This Is My Country (1968) *** 1/2 

405. The Impressions–The Young Mods' Forgotten Story (1969) *** 1/2 

406. Sabu–Palo Congo (1957) *** 

407. Django Django–Django Django (2012) ** 1/2 

408. The Dictators–Go Girl Crazy! (1975) ** 1/2 

409. Bruce Springsteen–Twilight Hours (2011-2012 and 2017-2018) (2025) ** 

410. Bruce Springsteen–Perfect World (1994-2011) (2025) * 1/2 

411. Bad Bunny/Conejito Malo–Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) *** 1/2 

412. Sonic Youth–Daydream Nation (1988) *** 1/2 

413. LL Cool J–Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) ** 

414. Wet Leg–Moisturizer (2025) *** 1/2 

415. Colin Hay–Man@Work 2 (2025) ** 1/2 

416. Sonic Youth–Goo (1990) ** 1/2 

417. Sarah Vaughan–Sassy Swings Again (1967) *** 1/2 

418. Thelonius Monk–Underground (1968) *** 1/2 

419. Sonic Youth–Dirty (1992) *** 

420. Supertramp–The Very Best Of Supertramp (1990) ** 1/2 

421. The Mekons–Fear and Whiskey (1985) *** 

422. Various Artists–Ruckus Juice & Chittlins Volume 1 (2006) ** 1/2 

423. Grant Green–Feelin' The Spirit (1962) *** 1/2 

424. Wild Beasts–Two Dancers (2009) ** 

425. Bruce Springsteen–Tracks II: The Lost Albums (2025) *** 

426. Dagmar Krause–Tank Battles: The Songs of Hans Eisler (1988) *** 

427. Nick Drake–The Making Of Five Leaves Left (2025) *** 1/2 

428. Nick Drake–Five Leaves Left (1969) **** 

429. The Flaming Lips–The Soft Bulletin (1999) *** 

430. The United States of America–The United States Of America (1968) *** 

431. The Beau Brummels–Triangle (1967) * 1/2 

432. Nick Drake–Bryter Later (1971) *** 1/2 

433. The Beau Brummels–Bradley's Barn (1968) ** 

434. Marvin Gaye–How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You (1965) *** 1/2 

435. Jimmy Durante–September Song (1963) ** 

436. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume One (1975) aka Tatum Carter Belson (1955) **** 

437. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Two (1975) aka The Art Tatum Roy Eldridge Alvin Stoller John Simmons Quartet (1955) **** 

438. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Three (1975) aka The Lionel Hampton Art Tatum Buddy Rich Trio (1956) **** 

439. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Four (1975) aka With Hampton, Rich Again (1956) *** 1/2 

440. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Five (1975) aka Lionel Hampton and His Giants (1956) *** 1/2 

441. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Six (1975) aka The Art Tatum Trio (1957) **** 

442. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Seven (1975) aka The Art Tatum Buddy Defranco Quartet (1958) *** 1/2 

443. Art Tatum–The Tatum Group Masterpieces Volume Eight (1975) aka The Art Tatum ben Webster Quartet (1958) *** 1/2 

444. Daft Punk–Homework (1977) *** 1/2 

445. Perfect–Once, Twice, Three Times A Maybe (1997/2004) *** 1/2 

446. Perfect–When Squirrels Play Chicken ep (1996) *** 

447. Bobby Hutcherson–The Kicker (1963/1999) *** 

448. Stevie Ray Vaughan–Texas Flood (1983) *** 1/2 

449. Aretha Franklin–Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) *** 1/2 

450. Sheila Jordan–Portrait of Sheila (1963) *** 1/2 

451. Black Flag–Damaged (1981) *** 

452. Marvin Gaye–Moods of Marvin Gaye (1966) ***\ 

453. Aretha Franklin–Jump To It (1982) *** 

454. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume One aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

455. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Two aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) ****  

456. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Three aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

457. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Four aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

458. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Five aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

459. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Six aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

460. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Seven aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

461. Art Tatum–The Art Tatum Solo Masterpieces Volume Eight aka The Genius of Art Tatum (1953-1954) (1991) *** 1/2 

462. Ian Dury–New Boots and Panties!! (1977) ** 1/2 

463. Sarah Vaughan–At Mr. Kelly's (1957) *** 

464. Daryl Hall and John Oates–Private Eyes (1981) *** 

465. Elvis Presley–Elvis Presley (1956) *** 1/2 \ 

466. Elvis Presley–Elvis (1956) ***\ 

467. Chic–Risqué (1979) ** 1/2 

468. King Crimson–In The Court of the Crimson King (1969) ** 

469. Laufey–A Matter of Time (2025) ** 1/2 

470. Skepta–Konnichiwa (2016) ** 

471. Hudson Ford–Nickelodeon (1973) ** 1/2 

472. Marvin Gaye–When I'm Alone I Cry (1964) ** 1/2 

473. Thelonius –Genius of Modern Music Vol One and Two (1951/1952) **** 

474. The Vienna Art Orchestra/Erik Satie–The Minimalism of Erik Satie (1988) *** 1/2 

475. King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band–The Complete Set (1923-1924) **** 

476. Erykah Badu–Mama's Gun (2000) *** 1/2 

477. Funkadelic–Maggot Brain (1971) **** 
478. Ice Cube–AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted (1990) ** 

479. Emerson, Lake & Palmer–Pictures at an Exhibition (1971) **

480. Blind Lemon Jefferson–The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson (1925-1929) (2004) *** 1/2 

481. Ron Sexsmith–Hangover Terrace (2025) ***  

482. Margo Price–Hard Headed Woman (2025) *** 

483. The Hives–The Hives Forever Forever The Hives (2025) *** 1/2 

484. Blood Orange–Essex Honey (2025) *** 

485. John Luther Adams–Waves and Particles (with Jack Quartet) (2024) ** 1/2 

486. Rodney Crowell–Airline Highway (2025) ** 1/2 

487. Louis Jordan–#1s (2004) *** 1/2 

488. Elvis Eno–I'll See Myself Out (2025) ** 1/2 / *** 

489. Jon Hendricks–Freddie Freeloader (1990) *** 1/2 

490. John Oates–Oates (2025) ** 1/2 

491. David Ackles–American Gothic (1972) ** 

492. Benny Goodman–Small Groups 1941-1945 (1989) *** 1/2 

493. Benny Goodman–The Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings 1935-1939 (1997) **** 

494. Talk Talk–It's My Life (1984) *** 

495. Frank Sinatra–Francis A & Edward K. (1968) * 

496. The Byrds–Fifth Dimension (1966) ** 

497. Talk Talk–The Colour of Spring (1986) **** 

498. Stevie Wonder–Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1970) ***/ 

499. The Shamen–En-Nact (1990) * 

500. Charlie Christian–The Essential Charlie Christian (1939-1941) (2017) **** 

501. David Byrne–Who Is The Sky? (2025) ** 1/2 

502. Parliament–Chocolate City (1975) ** 1/2 

503. Sister Rosetta Tharpe–The Decca Singles Vol. 1 (1938-1941) (2019) *** 1/2 

504. Bruce Liu and Erik Satie–Waves (bonus ep) (2024) *** 

505. Jimmy Giuffre–Free Fall (1963) *** 1/2 

506. The Dixie Hummingbirds–20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection (2002) **** 

507. The Swell Season–Forward (2025) ** 

508. Lightnin' Hopkins–The Gold Star Sessions Vol. 1 and 2 (1946-1950) (1990) *** 1/2 

509. Pascal Rogé and Erik Satie–3 Gymnopédies and Other Piano Works (1984) **** 

510. Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell–Old Yellow Moon (2013) *** 

511. Rubén Blades and Willie Colón–Canciones del Solar de Los Aburridos (1981) *** 

512. Benny Goodman–The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert (1938/1950) *** 1/2 

513. Woody Herman–Woody's Winners (1965) *** 1/2 

514. Woody Herman–Jazz Hoot (1967) *** 

515. Woody Herman–The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 (1988) *** 1/2 

516. Joan Baez–Noël (1966) *** 1/2 

517. Sam Cooke–My Kind of Blues (1961) *** 1/2 

518. Mudhoney–Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (1991) *** 

519. Fleetwood Mac–Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (1968) *** 1/2 

520. Basement Jaxx–Remedy (1999) * 

521. Tigers and Flies–Nervous Entertainment ep (2024) *** 

522. Tigers and Flies–Smashing Scenes ep (2025) *** 

523. Sam Cooke–Ain't That Good News (1964) *** 1/2 

524. Sam Cooke–Mr. Soul (1963) *** 

525. New Orleans Rhythm Kings–The Complete Set 1922-1925 *** 1/2 

526. Wu-Tang Clan–Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993) *** 1/2 

527. Christina Aguilera–Back To Basics (2006) *** 1/2 

528. Sam Cooke–Specialty Profiles: Sam Cooke with the Soul Stirrers (1990) **** 

529. Various Artists–Rushmore soundtrack (1998) **** 
530. Cecile McLorin Salvant–Oh Snap (2025) *** 1/2 

531. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as Buckingham Nicks–Buckingham Nicks (1973) ***/ 

532. Various Artists–Zydeco Volume One The Early Years (1949-1962) *** 

533. Lou Reed–Hudson River Wind Meditations (2007) *** 

534. Funkadelic–Tales of Kidd Funkadelic (1976) *** 

535. Sam Cooke–Cooke's Tour (1960) ** 1/2 

536. Sonny Clark–Cool Struttin' (1958) **** 
537. Martin Newell–The Greatest Living Englishman (1993) *** 1/2 

538. Nick Heyward–Woodland Echoes (2017) *** 1/2 

539. Mose Allison–I Don't Worry About A Thing (1962) *** 

540. Steve Winwood–Arc of a Diver (1980) *** 1/2 

541. Devo–Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) *** 

542. Shaun Cassidy–Wasp (1980) ** 

543. Elvis Presley–Roustabout (1964) ** 1/2 

544. Frank Sinatra–Strangers in The Night (1966) ** 1/2 

545. Chic–C'est Chic (1978) ** 

546. Beau Jocque–Git It, Beau Jocque: Live In Louisiana 1994 (1995) *** 1/2 

547. The Everly Brothers–A Date With The Everly Brothers (1960) *** 

548. Muggsy Spanier–1939-1944 (1996) **** 

549. Roy Rogers & Dale Evans–16 Great Songs of the Old West (2011) * 1/2 

550. Bright Eyes–Kids Table (2025) ** 1/2 

551. Robert Plant–Saving Grace (2025) ** 1/2 

552. Gene Clark–White Light (1971) *** 

553. Lady A–On This Winter's Night Volume Two (2025) * 1/2 

554. The Clash–Sandinista! (1980) *** 1/2 

555. Mulatu Astastke–Mulatu Plays Mulatu (2025) *** 

556. 

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THE BOOKS I'VE READ ORGANIZED BY YEAR OF PUBLICATION

Updated December 31, 2024

Updated through #37, 2025 

Here's a very incomplete master list of books I've read. This is my list organized by year of publication. I've got another list organized by author and another by rating. 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. Any weird gaps (I've read a lot more Dickens than I've listed, for example) are perhaps 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 BOOKS LIST BY YEAR
(titles under each author listed in order of publication)

700 BCE

*Iliad by Homer; translated by Robert Fagles (≈700 BCE; 1990) *** 1/2 

650 BCE 

*Odyssey by Homer; translated by Robert Fagles (≈650 BCE; 1996) **** 

500 BCE 

*A Book of Psalms, Selected and Adapted From The Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell (≈500 BCE; 1994) *** 1/2

414 BCE 

*The Birds by Aristophanes (414 BCE) *** 1/2 

411 BCE 

*Lysistrata by Aristophanes (411 BCE) *** 

405 BCE 

*The Frogs by Aristophanes (405 BCE) *** 

300 BCE 

*Tao Te Ching by Laozi; translated by Stephen Mitchell (≈300 BCE; 1988) *** 

100 BCE 

*Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa; translated by Stephen Mitchell (≈100 BCE; 2002) ***  

*Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa; translated by Laurie L. Patton (≈100 BCE; 2008) *** 1/2 

8 CE 

*Metamorphoses by Ovid; translated by Ted Hughes (8 CE/1997) **** 

180 CE 

*Meditations by Marcus Aurelius; translated by Martin Hammond (180 CE/2006) **** 

500 CE

1021 CE

*The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu; translated by Royall Tyler (1021/2001) *** 1/2 

1400 

*The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer (1400) **** 

1485 

*Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory (1485) **** 

1500 

1550 

1580 

*Essays by Michael de Montaigne (1580) **** 

1588 

*Tamburlaine Parts I and II by Christopher Marlowe (1588) *** 

1592 

*The Taming of The Shrew by William Shakespeare (1592) ** 1/2 

1593 

*Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare (1593) ** 

*The Two Gentlemen Of Verona by William Shakespeare (1593) ** 1/2 

1594 

*Richard III by William Shakespeare (1594) ** 1/2 

*The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (1594) *** 

1595 

*Richard II by William Shakespeare (1595) *** 1/2 

*Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1595) ** 

1596 

*A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (1596) *** 

1597 

*Love's Labour Lost by William Shakespeare (1597) *** 

*Henry IV Part I by William Shakespeare (1597) *** 1/2 

*The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare (1597) ** 

1598 

*The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1598) *** 1/2 

*All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare (1598) *** 

1599 

*Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare (1599) ***  

*Henry IV Part II by William Shakespeare (1599) *** 1/2 

*As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1599) **** 

*Henry V by William Shakespeare (1599) *** 

*Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1599) *** 1/2  

1600 

1601

*Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1601) ****  

1602 

*Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1602) *** 1/2 

1603 

*Othello by William Shakespeare (1603) ** 1/2 

1604 

*Measure For Measure  by William Shakespeare (1604) *** 

1605 

*Don Quixote Part 1 by Miguel Cervantes (1605) (trans by Edith Grossman 2003) *** 1/2 

1606 

*King Lear by William Shakespeare (1606) *** 1/2 

*Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1606) *** 1/2 

*Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton (1606) ***  

1607 

*Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare (1607) ** 

1608 

1609 

*Sonnets by William Shakespeare (1609) **** 

1610 

1611 

*King James Version/King James Bible by committee (1611) *** 1/2 

*Cymbeline by William Shakespeare (1611) ** 1/2 

*The Tempest by William Shakespeare (1611) *** 1/2 

*The Winter's Tale As You Like It by William Shakespeare (1611) *** 

1615 

*Don Quixote Part 2 by Miguel Cervantes (1615) (trans by Edith Grossman 2003) ***  

1620 

1623 

*First Folio by William Shakespeare (1623) *** 1/2 

1660 

*The Imaginary Cuckold by Molière; translated by Richard Wilbur (1660) *** 1/2 

 

1661 

*The School For Husbands by Molière; translated by Richard Wilbur (1661) *** 1/2

1662 

*The School For Wives by Molière; translated by Richard Wilbur (1662) *** 1/2 

1665 

1666

*The Misanthrope by Molière; translated by Richard Wilbur (1666) ****  

1668 

*Fables by Jean de la Fontaine (1668) *** 1/2 

1669 

*The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys (1669) *** 1/2 

1670 

1678 

*The Princess Of Cleves by Madame de La Fayette (1678) *** 1/2 

1691 

*The Narrow Road To The Deep North & other travel sketches by Matsuo Bashō (1691) *** 

1700 

1719 

*Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (1719) **

1725 

1726 

*Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (1726) **** 

1750 

1759 

*Candide by Voltaire (1759) **** 

1766 

*The Vicar Of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1766) ** 1/2 

1767 

*The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne (1767) ****

1770 

1777 

*No Tomorrow by Vivant Denon (1777) ***

1780 

1789 

*Songs of Innocence by William Blake (1789) **** 

1790 

1794 

*Songs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake (1794) **** 

1796 

*Jacques The Fatalist by Denis Diderot; translated by Michael Henry (1796/1986) *** 1/2 

1798 

*Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1798) *** 1/2 

1800 

*Lyrical Ballads (revised w preface) by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1800) **** 

1805 

1810 

1811 

*Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1811) ****

1812 

*The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm; edited by Jack Zipes (1812/1864/1987) *** 1/2 

1813 

*Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813) **** 

1814 

*Mansfield Park by Jane Austen (1814) ***

1815 

1816 

*Emma by Jane Austen (1816) *** 1/2 

1817 

1818 

*Persuasion by Jane Austen (1818) *** 1/2
*Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen (1803 completed; published 1818) *** 

*Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley (1818) ** 1/2 

1820 

1825 

1826 

*The Book of Job by William Blake (1826) **** 

1827 

*Tamerlane and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1827) **  

1830 

1835 

1837 

*Fairy Tales Told For Children First Collection by Hans Christian Anderson (1837) **** 

1838 

*The Adventures Of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1838) *** 1/2 

1839 

*Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (1839) 

1840 

*Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque by Edgar Allan Poe (1840) ** 1/2 

1841 

*Fairy Tales Told For Children New Collection by Hans Christian Anderson (1841) *** 1/2 

*The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper (1841) ** 1/2 

*The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (1841) 

 

1842 

1843 

*A Christmas Carol novella by Charles Dickens (1843) *** 1/2 

1844 

*The Chimes novella by Charles Dickens (1844) *  

*The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Richard Pevear (1844/2023) ****

1845 

*New Fairy Tales First Volume by Hans Christian Anderson (1845) **** 

*The Cricket On The Hearth novella by Charles Dickens (1845) * 1/2 

*Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Himself (1845) ***  

1846 

*The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexander Dumas (1846) *** 1/2 

1847 

*Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847) ***
*Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1847) *** 

1848 

*New Fairy Tales Second Volume by Hans Christian Anderson (1848) *** 1/2 

1850 

*David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (1850) **** 

1851 

*Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville (1851) **** 

1852 

1853 

*Bleak House by Charles Dickens (1853) *** 1/2 

*Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell (1853) *** 

1854 

*Hard Times by Charles Dickens (1854) *** 1/2 

*Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1854) *** 

1855 

*The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire Book One) by Anthony Trollope (1855) *** 1/2 

*Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman (1855) *** 1/2 

1857 

*Little Dorritt by Charles Dickens (1857) *** 

*Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire Book Two) by Anthony Trollope (1857) *** 1/2 

1859 

*A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (1859) *** 

1860 

*The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins (1860) *** 

1861 

*Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (1861) **** 

1864 

*Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky; trans Peavear and Volokhonsky (1864) **** 

*The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm; edited by Jack Zipes (1812/1864/1987) *** 1/2 

1865 

*Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865) **** 

*Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens (1865) *** 1/2 

*Hans Brinker, Or The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge (1865) ***\ 

1866 

*Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky; trans Peavear and Volokhonsky (1866) **** 

1867 

*The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County And Other Sketches by Mark Twain (1867) *** 

1868 

*Little Women by Louisa May Alcott (the original 1868 novel) *** 

*The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins (1868) ** 1/2 

1869

*Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott (1869, now packaged w first book as Little Women) ** 1/2

*The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; trans Peavear and Volokhonsky (1869) 

*War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhnosky (serialized and rewritten 1864-1869; 1869) **** 

*The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain (1869) *** 1/2 

1870

*The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (1870)  

1871 

*Little Men by Louisa May Alcott (1871) * 1/2

*Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1871) 

*Through The Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll (1871) *** 1/2  

*Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne (1871) ***  

1872 

*Middlemarch by George Eliot (1872) **** 

1873 

*The Gilded Age by Mark Twain (1873) *** 1/2 

*Around The World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne (1873) *** 

1875 

*Sketches New And Old by Mark Twain (1875) *** 1/2 

1876 

*The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (1876) *** 

1877 

*Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (1877) *** 

1878 

*Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (serialized 1875-1877; published 1878) **** 

1880 

*The Brothers Karamasov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; trans Peavear and Volokhonsky (1880) 

*Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant (Everyman's Library) by Guy de Maupassant; translated by Marjorie Laurie and Brian Rhys (1880-1890; 2021) *** 1/2 

1881 

*The Prince And The Pauper by Mark Twain  (1881) *** 

1882 

1883 

*The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle (1883) **** 

*The Story Of An African Farm by Olive Schreiner (1883) ***  

*Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1883) **** 

1884 

 

*Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (1884) **** 

1885 

*One Thousand And One Nights translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1885) *** 1/2 

*King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard (1885) ** 1/2 

*A Child's Garden Of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885) *** 1/2 

1886 

*Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott (1886) * 1/2 

*Strange Case Of Dr. Jeckyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) *** 

*Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886) **** 

1887 

*A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) *** 

1888 

*Plain Tales From The Hills by Rudyard Kipling (1888) *** 
*The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales by Rudyard Kipling (1888) *** 

*The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde (1888) **  

1889 

*Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling (1889) *** 

*The Blue Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1889) **** 

*The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1889) ***  

1890 

*Poems by Emily Dickinson (1890) *** 

*The Sign Of The Four by Arthur Conan Doyle (1890) *** 

*The Red Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1890) **** 

*Selected Stories of Guy de Maupassant (Everyman's Library) by Guy de Maupassant; translated by Marjorie Laurie and Brian Rhys (1880-1890; 2021) *** 1/2 

1891 

*Poems: Second Series by Emily Dickinson (1891) *** 

*Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative) by Herman Melville (1891/1924) *** 

*Leaves of Grass (revised) by Walt Whitman (1891) **** 

1892 

*The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1892) ****  

*The Green Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1892) ****  

*"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins (short story) (1892) *** 1/2

*Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde (1892) *** 

1893 

*A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde (1893) ***  

1894 

*The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1894) *** 1/2 

*The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894) *** 1/2 

*The Yellow Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1894) *** 1/2 

1895 

*The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame (1895) **** 

*The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1895) *** 1/2 

*The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (1895) ** 1/2 

*An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde (1895) *** 1/2 

*The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (1895) **** 

1896 

*Poems: Third Series by Emily Dickinson (1896) *** 

*Captain's Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (1896) *** 

*The Seagull by Anton Chekhov (1896) *** 

*Salomé by Oscar Wilde (1896) *** 

1897 

*Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) *** 1/2 

*Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov (1897) *** 1/2 

*The Pink Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1897) *** 

1898 

*Moonfleet by J. Meade Falkner (1898) ** 

*Dream Days by Kenneth Grahame (1898) *** 

*The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells  (1898) ** 1/2 

1899 

*The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) *** 1/2

*Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Stalky And Co. by Rudyard Kipling (1899) *** 

1900 

*The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900) **  

*Lord Jim By Joseph Conrad (1900)  

*The Grey Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1900) *** 

1901 

*Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (1901) *** 1/2 

*Kim by Rudyard Kipling (1901) **** 

*The Violet Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1901) *** 

*The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (1901) ****  

1902 

*The Hound Of The Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) *** 1/2
*Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (1902) *** 1/2 

*Five Children And It by E. Nesbit (1902) *** 

*The Virginian by Owen Wister (1902) **** 

1903 

*The Riddle Of The Sands by Erskine Childers (1903) ** 

*The Crimson Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1903) *** 

*The Call Of The Wild by Jack London (1903) *** 1/2 

*The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin by Beatrix Potter (1903) *** 

1904 

*The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov (1904) ****  

*Nostromo by Joseph Conrad (1904) ****
*The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad (1907) *** 

*The Brown Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1904) *** 

*The Sea-Wolf by Jack London (1904) 

*The Tale of Benjamin Bunny by Beatrix Potter (1904) *** 

1905 

*A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1905) *** 

*The Return Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1905) *** 1/2 

*Where Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster (1905) *** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton (1905) *** 1/2 

1906 

*The Orange Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1906) *** 

*White Fang by Jack London (1906) *** 1/2

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*The Railway Children by E. Nesbit (1906) *** 

1907 

*Jock Of The Bushveld by J. Percy Fitzpatrick (1907) *** 

*The Complete Poetical Works of John Keats by John Keats (1907) ** 1/2 

*Collected Verse by Rudyard Kipling (1907) *** 1/2 

*The Olive Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1907) *** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit (1907) ** 1/2 

1908 

*A Room With A View by E.M. Forster (1908) *** 1/2 

*The Wind In The Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame *** 1/2 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery (1908) *** 1/2 

1909 

*Martin Eden by Jack London (1909) 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Anne Of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery (1909) *** 1/2  

1910 

*Howards End by E.M. Forster (1910) **** 

*The Lilac Fairy Book by Nora Lang (credited to Andrew Lang) (1910) *** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

1911 

*Peter and Wendy by J.M. Barrie (1911) **** 

*The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1911) ** 1/2  

*South Sea Tales by Jack London (1911) 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton (1911) *** 

1912 

*Riders Of The Purple Sage by Zane Grey (1912) ** 1/2 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster (1912) *** 1/2 

1913 

*Krazy Kat by George Herriman (1913-1944) **** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (1913) **** 

1914 

*Tarzan Of The Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1914) *** 1/2 

*Maurice by E.M. Forster (1914/1971) *** 

*Dubliners by James Joyce (1914) **** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

1915 

*The Underdogs aka Los de Abajo by Mariano Azuela (1915) *** 1/2 

*The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan (1915) *** 

*The Return of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1915) ***

*The Valley Of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle (1915) *** 

*The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford (1915) **** 

*Anne Of The Island by L.M. Montgomery (1915) ** 1/2 

1916 

*The Beasts of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1916) ** 1/2 

*A Portrait Of the Artist As A Young Man by James Joyce (1916) *** 1/2 

*To Ruhleban and Back by Geoffrey Pyke (1916) ***

1917 

*A Princess Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1917) * 

*His Last Bow by Arthur Conan Doyle (1917) *** 

*Prufrock and Other Observations by T.S. Eliot (1917) *** 1/2 

*Anne's House Of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (1917) ** 1/2 

1918 

*The Gods Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1918) ** 

*My Ántonia by Willa Cather (1918) **** 

*The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay (1918) *** 1/2 

1919 

*Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson (1919) *** 1/2 

*The Warlord Of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1919) ** 1/2 

*The Mark Of Zorro aka The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley (1919) ** 
*Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery (1919) *** 1/2 

*Poems by Wilfred Owen (1920) *** 

*In The Shadow of Young Girls In Flower by Marcel Proust (1919) **** 

1920 

*Call Mr. Fortune by H.C. Bailey (1920) *** 

*The Age Of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1920) **** 

1921 

*Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Vol. 1: 1921-1922 by Frank King *** 
*Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays 1920-1922 Volume One by Frank King **  

*Rilla Of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (1921) *** 

*The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust (1921) **** 

1922 

*The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Armin (1922) *** 1/2

*Just William by Richmal Crompton (1922) ** 1/2 

*The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot (1922) **** 

*Siddhartha by Herman Hesse (1922) * 1/2 

*Ulysses by James Joyce (1922) 

*Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Vol. 1: 1921-1922 by Frank King *** 

*The Voyages Of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting (1922) ** 

*Sodom and Gomorrah aka Cities of the Plain by Marcel Proust (1922) **** 

*The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1922) *** 1/2 

1923 

*The Dark Frigate by Charles Boardman Hawes (1923) **** 

*Krazy Kat by George Herriman (1913-1944) **** 

*Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Complete Daily Strips 1923-1924 by Frank King *** 

*Emily Of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery (1923) ** 1/2 

*The Prisoner by Marcel Proust (1923) **** 

*Bambi: A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten (1923) **** 

*Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) (1923) ** 1/2 

*Cane by Jean Toomer (1923) ** 1/2 

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

1924 

*Some Do Not... by Ford Maddox Ford (1924) 

*Gasoline Alley aka Walt and Skeezix Complete Daily Strips 1923-1924 by Frank King *** 

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Billy Budd, Sailor (An Inside Narrative) by Herman Melville (1891/1924) *** 

*When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1924) *** 1/2 

1925 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1925-1927 by Percy Crosby (1927) *** 1/2 

*The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925) *** 

*No More Parades by Ford Maddox Ford (1925) 

*The Trial by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir (1925) *** 

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

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*The Fugitive by Marcel Proust (1925) **** 

*Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (1925) **** 

1926 

*The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926) *** 1/2 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1925-1927 by Percy Crosby (1927) *** 1/2 

*A Man Could Stand Up by Ford Maddox Ford (1926) 

*The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (1926) *** 1/2 

*The Castle by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir (1926) *** 

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

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1926) **** 

*Lud-In-The-Mist by Hope Mirrlees (1926) *** 1/2 

*Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated by Stephen Mitchell (1926/1995) *** 1/2 

*Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) (1926) *** 

1927 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1925-1927 by Percy Crosby (1927) *** 1/2 

*The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1927) ** 1/2 

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

*Little Nemo in Slumberland/The Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay (1905-1914; 1924-1927) *** 1/2 

*Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1927) *** 1/2 

*Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust (1927) **** 

*In Search of Lost Time aka Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust (1927/1992) **** 

*Unnatural Deaths by Dorothy L. Sayers (Lord Peter Wimsey) (1927) *** 1/2 

*To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (1927) **** 

*Decisive Moments in History by Stefan Zweig (1927) *** 1/2 

1928 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1928-1930 by Percy Crosby (1930) *** 

*The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer (1928) *** 1/2 

*The House At Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne; illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard (1928) **** 

*The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1928) *** 1/2

*Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (1928) *** 

*Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf (1928) *** 

1929 

*Grand Hotel by Vicki Baum (1929) *** 1/2 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1928-1930 by Percy Crosby (1930) *** 

*The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (1929) *** 1/2 

*Goodbye To All That by Robert Graves (1929) **** 

*A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway (1929) *** 1/2 

*All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (1929) **** 

*A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (1929) **** 

1930 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1928-1930 by Percy Crosby (1930) ***

*The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930) **** 

*Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome (1930) *** 

*Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1930) *** 1/2 

*Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh (1930) *** 

1931 

*Death Walks In Eastrepp by Francis Beeding (1931) *** 

*The Story of Babar The Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (1931) *** 

*The Sitaford Mystery by Agatha Christie (1931) ** 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933 by Percy Crosby (1933) *** 

*King Kong by Delos W. Lovelace (1932) ** 1/2 

*Night Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1931) **** 

*The Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L. Sayers (1931) *** 

*Pietr The Latvian by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #1) ** 1/2 
*The Carter Of La Providence by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #2) ***/  
*The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon (1931) (Maigret #3) *** 

1932 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933 by Percy Crosby (1933) *** 

*Sunset Song by Lewis Gibbons (1932) **** 

*Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) ** 1/2 

*Have His Carcase (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1932) *** 

*Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh (1932) *** 

*Little House In The Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1932) *** 

1933 

*A Passionate Prodigality by Guy Chapman (1933) *** 1/2 

*Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933 by Percy Crosby (1933) *** 

*Krazy Kat by George Herriman (1913-1944) **** 

*Murder Must Advertise (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1933) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Poems of Robert W. Service by Robert W. Service (1933) *** 

1934 

*The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 1: 1934-1936 by Milton Caniff (1936) ** 1/2 

*Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934) ** 1/2 

*Tender Is The Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1934) *** 1/2 

*I, Claudius by Robert Graves (1934) *** 1/2 

*A London Child of the 1870s by M.V. Hughes (Molly Hughes) (1934) *** 

*A Man Lay Dead by Ngaio Marsh (1934) ** 1/2 

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

*The Nine Tailors (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1934) *** 1/2 

*Fer-de-Lance by Rex Stout (1934) ** 1/2 

*Thank You, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1934) *** 1/2 (despite "comic" blackface) 

*Right Ho, Jeeves by PG Wodehouse (1934) **** 

1935 

*The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 1: 1934-1936 by Milton Caniff (1936) ** 1/2 

*Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot (1935) ** 1/2 

*Green Hills Of Africa by Ernest Hemingway (1935) ** 1/2 

*Enter A Murderer by Ngaio Marsh (1935) ** 1/2 

*The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa; translated by Richard Zenith  (1935/1991 in English) *** 1/2 

*Gaudy Nights (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1935) **** 

*The League of Frightened Men by Rex Stout (1935) ** 1/2 

*Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1935) *** 

1936 

*Nightwood by Djuna Barnes (1936) ** 1/2 

*The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 1: 1934-1936 by Milton Caniff (1936) ** 1/2 
*Skippy: Daily Comics 1934-1936 by Percy Crosby (1936) *** 1/2 

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

*Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell (1936) *** for story/* for ugliness 

*Anne Of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery (1936) **  

*Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield (1936) *** 1/2 

1937 

*The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 2: 1937-1938 by Milton Caniff (1938) *** 1/2  

*Out Of Africa by Isak Dinesen (1937) *** 1/2 

*Beat To Quarters aka The Happy Return by C.S Forester (1937) ****

*A London Home in the 1890s by M.V. Hughes (Molly Hughes) (1937) *** 1/2 

*Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) **** 

*Bright Island by Mabel L. Robinson (1937) *** 

*Busman's Honeymoon (Lord Peter Wimsey) by Dorothy L. Sayers (1937) **** 

*Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) *** 

*The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937) by J.R.R. Tolkien **** 

*On The Banks Of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1937) *** 1/2 

1938 

*The Complete Terry and the Pirates Vol 2: 1937-1938 by Milton Caniff (1938) *** 1/2 

*Ship Of The Line by C.S Forester (1938) **** 

*Flying Colours by C.S Forester (1938) *** 1/2 

*Prince Valiant Volume 1: 1937-1938 by Hal Foster (1938) *** 

*Brighton Rock by Graham Greene (1938) *** 

*Mei Li by Thomas Handforth (1938) *** 

*Out Of The Silent Planet by C.S.  Lewis (1938) ** 

*Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (1938) *** 

*The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1938) **** 

*Scoop by Evelyn Waugh (1938) *** 1/2 

*The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White (1938) *** 1/2 

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

1939 

*A Coffin For Dimitrios by Eric Ambler (1939) *** 1/2 

*Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (1939) **** 

*Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (1939) *** 

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

*The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939) **** 

*Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot (1939) ***  

*Prince Valiant Volume 2: 1939-1940 by Hal Foster (1940) *** 

*Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household (1939) *** 

*Finnegan's Wake by James Joyce (1939) 

*Anne Of Ingleside by L.M. Montgomery (1939) *** 

*The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (1939) **** 

1940 

*Journey Into Fear by Eric Ambler (1940) ***

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

*The Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark (1940) ** 1/2 

*Prince Valiant Volume 2: 1939-1940 by Hal Foster (1940) *** 

*Darkness At Noon by Arthur Koestler (1940) **** 

*The Leviathan by Joseph Roth (trans Michael Hoffmann) (1940) *** 1/2 

*The House in Cornwall by Noel Streatfield (1940) * 1/2 

*Cue For Treason by Geoffrey Trease (1940) *** 

1941 

*Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families by James Agee; photographs by Walker Evans (1941) text ** 1/2 ; photos **** 

*The Swish of the Curtain by Pamela Brown (1941)  *** 1/2  

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

*Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942 by Hal Foster (1942) *** 1/2 

*A Taste For Honey by H.F. Heard (1941) ** 1/2 

*My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara (1941) *** 

*Storm by George R. Stewart (1941) *** 1/2 

1942 

*The Little Grey Men by B.B. (1942) *** 1/2 

*The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton (1942) *** 1/2

*The Stranger by Albert Camus (1942) **** 

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

*Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942 by Hal Foster (1942) *** 1/2 

*Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton (1942) ****

*West With The Night by Beryl Markham (1942) *** 1/2 

1943 

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

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

*The Spirit Archives Vol. 1 by Will Eisner (1943) ** ½ 

*Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes (1943) *** 1/2 

*Prince Valiant Volume 4: 1943-1944 by Hal Foster (1943) *** 1/2 

*Perelandra by C.S.  Lewis (1943) ** 

*Thunderhead by Mary O'Hara (1943) *** 1/2 

*The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1943) *** 

*A Tree Grows In Brooklyn by Betty Smith (1943) *** 1/2 

1944 

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

*Prince Valiant Volume 4: 1943-1944 by Hal Foster (1943) *** 1/2 

*Krazy Kat by George Herriman (1913-1944) **** 

*The Sea Witch by Alexander Laing (1944) *** ½ 

*The Wind On The Moon by Eric Linklater (1944) *** 

*The Magic Bedknob by Mary Norton (1944) *** 

Transit by Anna Seghers (1944) *** 1/2 

1945 

*Maddy Alone by Pamela Brown (Blue Door #2) (1945) ** 1/2 

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

*Commodore Hornblower aka The Commodore by C.S Forester (1945) *** 

*That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis (1945) ** 

*Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren (1945) *** 

*Two Adolescents aka Agostino (1945) and Luca (La Disubbidienza aka The Disobedience) (1950) by Alberto Moravia (1945/1950)*** 1/2 

*Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh (1945) *** (the miniseries is better) 

*Stuart Little by E.B. White (1945) *** 

*The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman; edited by Mark Van Doren (1945/2003) **** 

1946 

*The Portable Blake by William Blake (1946) **** 

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

*The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin (1946) *** 

*The Portable Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1946) *** 

*Lord Hornblower by C.S Forester (1946) *** 

*The Portable Ring Lardner by Ring Lardner (1946) *** 

*The Member Of The Wedding by Carson McCullers (1946) *** 1/2 

*Green Grass Of Wyoming by Mary O'Hara (1946) *** 

*Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (1946) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Wilde by Oscar Wilde (1946) **** 

1947 

*Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown; picture by Clement Hurd (1947) **** 

*Golden Pavements by Pamela Brown (Blue Door #3) (1947) ***/ 

*The Portable Chekhov by Anton Chekhov; edited by Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1947) *** 1/2 

*Rocket Ship Galileo by Robert Heinlein (1947) * 

*Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry (1947) ** ½ 

*Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata (serialized 1935-1937; pub 1948) *** (lost in trans) 

*Willie And Joe Back Home by Bill Mauldin (1947) *** 

*Tales of The South Pacific by James A Michener (1947) *** 

*Bonfires and Broomsticks by Mary Norton (1947) *** 

*The Evenings by Gerard Reve; translated by Sam Garrett  (1947/2016) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1947) *** 1/2 

1948 

*Down The Bright Stream by B.B. (1948) ** 1/2 

*Other Voices, Other Rooms by Truman Capote (1948) ** 1/2 

*Autumn Term by Antonia Forest (1948) **** 

*The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene (1948) 

*The End of the Affair by Graham Greene (1948) **** 

*The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader (1948) ** 

*Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein (1948) ** 1/2 

*Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton (1948) **** 

*I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith (1948) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Swift by Jonathan Swift (1948) *** 1/2 

*Here Is New York by E.B. White (1948) *** 1/2 

1949 

*The Tevye Stories And Other Stories by Sholem Aleichem (orig Englisah 1949/this trans  by Hillel Halkin 1987) *** 1/2

*Blue Door Venture by Pamela Brown (Blue Door #4) (1949) ***/  

*Clifford (comic strip) by Jules Feiffer (1949-1950) *** 1/2 

*Red Planet by Robert Heinlein (1949) ** 

*Pogo: Through The Wild Blue Yonder–The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 1 1949-1950 by Walt Kelly **** 

*Shane by Jack Schaefer (1949) *** 

1950 

*I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (1950) *** 

*The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury (1950) *** 

*The Portable Coleridge by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1950) **** 

*Clifford (comic strip) by Jules Feiffer (1949-1950) *** 1/2 

*Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S Forester (1950) ** 1/2

*Smallbone Deceased by Michael Gilbert (1950) *** 1/2 

*The Third Man by Graham Green (novella) (1950) 

*Farmer In The Sky by Robert Heinlein (1950) * 1/2 

*Pogo: Through The Wild Blue Yonder -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 1 1949-1950 by Walt Kelly **** 

*The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (1950) *** 

*Two Adolescents aka Agostino (1945) and Luca (La Disubbidienza aka The Disobedience) (1950) by Alberto Moravia (1945/1950)*** 1/2 

*Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (1950) *** 1/2

*The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*A Woman Of Means by Peter Taylor (1950) *** 1/2 

1951 

*Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1951) *** 1/2

*The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (1951) ** 1/2 

*The Big Show by Pierre Closterman (1951) *** 1/2 

*The Chinese Maze Murders by Robert Van Gulik (1951/1956 in English) *** 

*From Here To Eternity by James Jones (1951) *** 1/2 

*Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 2 1951-1952 by Walt Kelly **** 

*Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis (1951) ** 1/2 

*The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (1951) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey (1951) *** 1/2 

1952 

*The Tiger In The Smoke  by Margery Allingham (1952) *** 1/2

*Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov (1952) ***
*David Starr, Space Ranger by Isaac Asimov (1952) ** 1/2

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

*Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (1952) **** 

*Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S Forester (1952) *** 

*The Old Man And The Sea by Ernest Hemingway (1952) *** 

*"A Child's Christmas In Wales" (1952) **** 

*Pogo: Bona Fide Balderdash -- The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 2 1951-1952 by Walt Kelly **** 

*The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis (1952) ** 

*The Borrowers by Mary Norton (1952) *** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*Collected Poems 1934-1952 by Dylan Thomas (1952) *** 1/2 

*The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola (1952) *** 1/2 

*Charlotte's Web by E.B. White (1952) **** 

1953 

*Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1953) *** 1/2
*Lucky Starr and the Pirates Of the Asteroids by Isaac Asimov (1953) ** 1/2

*Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin (1953) *** 1/2 

*Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (1953) 

*Black Wings Has My Angel by Elliott Chaze (1953) ****

*Childhood's End by Arthur C Clarke (1953) *** 

*Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (1953) *** 

*Hornblower and the Atropos by C.S Forester (1953) *** 1/2 

*Pogo: Evidence To The Contrary–The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 3 1953-1954 by Walt Kelly **** 

*The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis (1953) * 1/2 

*Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger (1953) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

1954 

*The Caves Of Steel by Isaac Asimov (1954) ***
*Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus by Isaac Asimov (1954) ** 1/2

*Half Magic by (1954) Edward Eager *** 

*Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (1954) *** 1/2 

*Lord of the Flies by William Golding (1954) ***

*Pogo: Evidence To The Contrary–The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol 3 1953-1954 by Walt Kelly **** 

*The Searchers By Alan Le May (1954) *** 1/2 

*The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis (1954) * 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954) ****
*The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954) **** 

*My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Amos Tutuola (1954) *** 1/2 

1955 

*The October Country by Ray Bradbury (1955) ** 1/2 

*Complete Poems by Emily Dickinson (1955) **** 

*Moonraker by Ian Fleming (1955) ** 1/2 

*The Quiet American by Graham Greene (1955) 

*The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith (1955) *** 

*Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (1955) *** 1/2 

*The Last Temptation of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis (1955) *** 1/2
*Pogo: Under The Bamboozle Bush–The Complete Syndicated Strips Volume 4 1955-1956 by Walt Kelly *** 

*The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis (1955) *  

*Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) **** 

*The Borrowers Afield by Mary Norton (1955) ** 1/2 

*A Good Man Is Hard To Find by Flannery O'Connor (1955) **** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*A Child's Christmas In Wales by Dylan Thomas (1955) **** 

*The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King by J.R.R. Tolkien (1955) **** 

1956 

*Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury by Isaac Asimov (1956) **

*Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (1956) 

*Maddy Again by Pamela Brown (Blue Door #5) (1956) *** 

*My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell (1956) **** 

*Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming (1956) *** 

*Harold's Fairy Tale (1956) by Crockett Johnson *** 

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

*The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis (1956) ** 

*The Golden Ocean by Patrick O'Brian (1956) *** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

1957 

*A Death in the Family by James Agee (1957) ***** 

*Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter by Isaac Asimov (1957) **

*Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury (1957) **** 

*4:50 From Paddington by Agatha Christie (1957) ** 1/2 

*From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming (1957) *** 

*Fly High Fly Low by Don Freeman (1957) ***  

*Citizen Of The Galaxy by Robert Heinlein (1957) ** 1/2 

*A Rage in Harlem aka For Love Of Imabelle by Chester Himes (1957) **** 

*Harold's Trip To The Sky (1957) by Crockett Johnson ** 1/2 

*Pogo: Out Of This World At Home–The Complete Syndicated Strips Volume 5 1957-1958 by Walt Kelly **** 

*On The Road by Jack Kerouac (1957) *** 1/2 

*Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton (omnibus edition) (1957) *** 

*Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (1957) ** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

1958

*Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe ****
*Lucky Starr and the Rings Of Saturn by Isaac Asimov (1958) ** 

*A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond; illustrations by R.W. Alley (1958) *** 

*Breakfast At Tiffany's by Truman Capote (1958) *** 1/2

*Sick Sick Sick by Jules Feiffer (1958) *** 1/2 

*Dr. No by Ian Fleming (1958) **  

*Admiral Hornblower In The West Indies by C.S Forester (1958) *** 

*Warlock by Oakley Hall (1958) *** 1/2 

*Pogo: Out Of This World At Home–The Complete Syndicated Strips Volume 5 1957-1958 by Walt Kelly **** 

*The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa (1958) **** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1957-1958 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

*Coffin, Scarcely Used by Colin Watson (1958) *** 

*The Once and Future King by T.H. White (1958) *** 1/2 

*Night by Elie Wiesel; translated by Stella Rodway (1958/1960)  **** 

1959

*More About Paddington by Michael Bond; illustrations by R.W. Alley (1959) ** 1/2  

*Munro (little boy drafted into army) by Jules Feiffer (1959) **** 

*Boom by Jules Fieffer (1959) *** 

*Goldfinger by Ian Fleming (1959) ** 1/2 

*My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George (1959) ***   

*Act One by Moss Hart (1959) ****
*Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein (1959) ** 1/2 

* A Separate Peace by John Knowles (1959) *** 

*The Borrowers Afloat by Mary Norton (1959) ** 1/2 

*The Unknown Shore by Patrick O'Brian (1959) *** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*Young Nicholas by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe (1959) *** 1/2 

*Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (1959) *** 1/2 

*The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White (1918/1959) **** 

1960 

*Paddington Helps Out by Michael Bond; illustrations by R.W. Alley (1960) ** 

*The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding novella by Agatha Christie (1960) ** 

*Shadows On The Grass by Isak Dinesen (1960) ** 

*To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) *** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*The Cricket In Times Square by George Selden (1960) *** 

*Bump In The Night: A Flaxborough Mystery by Colin Watson (1960) *** 

*Butcher's Crossing by John Williams (1960) *** 1/2 

 

1961 

*James And The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (1961) ** 1/2 

*Thunderball by Ian Fleming (1961) ** 1/2 
*Young Nicholas by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe (1961 English trans) *** 1/2 

*Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein (1961) *** 

*The Snows Of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway (1961) **** 

*The Phantom Tollbooth by Norman Juster; illustrations by Jules Feiffer (1961) *** 

*Hombre by Elmore Leonard (1961) *** 1/2 

*A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis (1961) *** 

*The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton (1961) ** 

*Huge Harold by Bill Peet (1961) *** 

*Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (1961) ** 

*Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger (1961) **** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (1961) **** 

1962 

*The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken (1962) *** 

*Another Country by James Baldwin (1962) 

*Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (1962) 

*The Ipcress File by Len Deighton (1962) *** 

*The Letter For The King by Tonke Dragt (1962) ** 1/2 

*The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming (1962) ** 

*Hornblower and the Hotspur by C.S Forester (1962) *** 1/2 

*Nicholas Again by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe (1962? English trans) *** 

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

*The Thin Red Line by James Jones (1962) **** 

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962) ** 1/2 

*A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle (1962) ** 1/2 

*Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (1962) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1961-1962 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*The Nutshell Library by Maurice Sendak (1962) *** 

*The Guns Of August by Barbara W. Tuchman (1962) *** 1/2 

1963 

*The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (1963) **** 

*Selected Writings Of Truman Capote (1963) *** 1/2

*The Spy Who Came In From  The Cold by John Le Carré (1963) *** 1/2 

*On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Fleming (1963) *** 

*Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War by Che Guevara (1963) * 1/2 

*The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea by Yukio Mishima (1963) *** 1/2 

*The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen (1963) *** 1/2 

*Raise High The Roof Beams, Carpeneters and Seymour, An Introduction by J.D. Salinger (1963) *** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

*Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (1963) **** 

*The Graduate by Charles Webb (1963) *** 1/2 

1964 

*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964) ** 1/2 

*Funeral In Berlin by Len Deighton (1964) *** 

*Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh (1964) *** 1/2 

*You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming (1964) ** 

*Jack Holborn by Leon Garfield (1964) *** 

*A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood (1964) *** 

*Sometimes A Great Notion by Ken Kesey (1964) ** 

*The Deep Blue Goodbye by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee #1) (1964) *** 1/2
*Nightmare in Pink by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee #2) (1964) ** 1/2 
*A Purple Place For Dying by John D. MacDonald (Travis McGee #3) (1964) ** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

*The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (1964) * 

1965 

*In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (1965) **** 

*The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer (1965) *** 

*The Man With The Golden Gun by Ian Fleming (1965) ** 

*The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley (1965) **** 

*Dune by Frank Herbert (1965) **** 

*Midnight Plus One by Gavin Lyall (1965) *** 

*Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor (1965) **** 

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

*The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*Nicholas Again by Rene Goscinny; illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempe (1965) *** 

*Stoner by John Williams (1965) **** 

1966 

*Swamp Sister by Robert Edmond Alter (1966) *** 1/2 

*Miracle At Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen (1966) *** ½ 

*Devil-in-the-Fog by Leon Garfield (1966) *** 

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

*The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein (1966) ** 1/2 

*The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales by William Maxwell (1966) ***

*Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe (1966) *** 

*The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon (1966) ***/ 

*The Complete Peanuts 1965-1966 by Charles M. Schulz **** 

*The Tolkien Reader by J.R.R. Tolkien (1966) *** 

1967 

*Endless Night by Agatha Christie (1967) ** 1/2  

*Hornblower During The Crisis by C.S Forester (1967) *** 1/2 

*Smith by Leon Garfield (1967) *** 

*The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (1967) *** 

*From The Mixed-Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (1967) *** 

*The Light Princess by George MacDonald w illus by Maurice Sendak (1969) ** 1/2\ 

*One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967) ****  

*Valerian and Laureline: The Empire Of A Thousand Planets by JC Mezieres and P. Christin (1967-2010 for series) ** 

*Curious George Goes To The Hospital by Margaret and H.A. Rey (1967) ** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

*Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More To Life by Maurice Sendak (1967) *** 

1968 

*The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (1968) ** 

*2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968) *** 

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1968) *** 

*Black Jack by Leon Garfield (1968) *** 1/2 

*Setting Free The Bears by John Irving (1968) *** 

*A Wizard Of Earthsea by Ursula K. LeGuin (1968) *** 1/2 

*Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey (1968) *** 1/2 

*The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough (read by Edward Herrmann) (1968) ****  

*True Grit by Charles Portis (1968) **** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1967-1968 by Charles M. Schulz *** 1/2 

1969 

*I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (1969) *** 1/2 

*The Search For Delicious by Natalie Babbitt (1969) *** 

*The Poetry of Robert Frost by Robert Frost (1969) *** 1/2 

*Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert (1969) *** 

*The Light Princess by George MacDonald w illus by Maurice Sendak (1969) ** 1/2\ 

*Them by Joyce Carol Oates (1969) *** 

*Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (1969) **** 

*The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Charles M. Schulz *** ½ 

*The Collected Stories Of Peter Taylor (1969) *** 1/2 

**The Singapore Wink by Ross Thomas (1969) ** 

*Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1969) ***  

*Love, Roger by Charles Webb (1969) ** 

1970 

*Knee-Knock Rise by Natalie Babbitt (1970) ** 1/2 

*Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume (1970) **** 

*Ball Four by Jim Bouton (1970) *** 1/2 

*Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown (1970) *** 

*Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl (1970) ** 

*The Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman (1970) *** 1/2 

*Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz (1970) *** 

*Valdez Is Coming by Elmore Leonard (1970) **** 

*Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey (1971) *** 

*The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (1970) *** 

*Ringworld by Larry Niven (1970) ** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Charles M. Schulz *** ½ 

*In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (1970) ** 1/2 

*Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1970-present) **** 

*The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White (1970) *** 

1971 

*Maurice by E.M. Forster (1914/1971) *** 

*The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka; translated by Willa Muir & Edwin Muir and Tania & James Stern (1971) *** 1/2 

*The Steam Pig by James H. McClure (1971) *** 1/2 

*In A Free State by V.S. Naipul (1971) *** 1/2 

*Mrs. Frisby and the Rats Of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien (1971) *** 

*The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor (1971) **** 

*Goshawk Squadron by Derek Robinson (1971) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*Tow-Truck Pluck by Annie M.G. Schmidt (1971) *** 

*Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1970-present) **** 

1972 

*Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972) **** 

*Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (1972) 

*Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (1972) *** 1/2 

*Charlie and the Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl (1972) * 1/2 

*Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (1972) ***  

*The Nick Adams Stories by Ernest Hemingway (1972) *** 

*All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot (1972) *** 1/2 

*The Water Method Man by John Irving (1972) ** 1/2 

*Deryni Checkmate  by Katherine Kurtz (1972) *** 

*Edwin Mullhouse: The Life and Death of an American Writer 1943-1954 by Steven Millhauser (1972) *** 1/2 

*Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian (1972) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1971-1972 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1970-present) **** 

1973 

*Last Summer In The City by Gianfranco Calligarich (1973) ** 

*Rendezvous With Rama by Arthur C. Clarke (1973) *** 

*The Siege Of Krishnapur by JG Farrell (1973) *** 1/2 

*The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973) *** 1/2 

*High Deryni  by Katherine Kurtz (1973) ** 1/2 

*HMS Surprise by Patrick O'Brian (1973) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Dorothy Parker Deluxe Edition by Dorothy Parker (1973) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*Awakenings by Oliver Sacks (1973) *** 

*Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1970-present) **** 

1974 

*Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (1974) *** 

*The Devil's Storybook by Natalie Babbitt (1974) *** 1/2 

*If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (1974) ***/  

*Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré (1974) **** 

*The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1974) ** 

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

*All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot (1974) ***  

*Cogan's Trade by George V. Higgins (1974) *** 

*The 158-Pound Marriage by John Irving (1974) ** 1/2 

*The Seven-Per-Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer (1974) *** 1/2 

*Train Whistle Guitar by Albert Murray (1974) **** 

*Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Persig (1974) * 

*The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 by Charles M. Schulz *** 

*Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein (1974) **** 

*Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1970-present) **** 

1975 

*Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975) **** 

*Forever... by Judy Blume (1975) **** 

*Curtain by Agatha Christie (1975) *** 

*Ragtime by EL Doctorow (1975) **** 

*The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell (1975) *** 

*A Dove Of The East and Other Stories by Mark Helprin (1975) *** 1/2

*Cart And Cwidder by Diana Wynne Jones (1975) ** 1/2 

*The Shootist by Glendon Swarthout (1975) *** 

*The Doonesbury Chronicles by Garry Trudeau (1975) **** 

1976 

*Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer (1976) ***

*More Tales of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (1976) ** 1/2

*Little Man, Little Man by James Baldwin and illos by Yoran Cazac (1976) *** 1/2 

*Saving The Queen by William F. Buckley Jr. (1976) ***
*The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault (1976/1984/2018) *** 

*Ordinary People by Judith Guest (1976) *** 1/2 

*Children of Dune by Frank Herbert (1976) ** 

*Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey (1976) *** 

*Abel's Island by William Steig (1976) *** 1/2

*The Father Christmas Letters by J.R.R. Tolkien (1976) *** 

1977 

*Slow Days, Fast Company by Eve Babitz  (1977) *** 1/2 

*The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré (1977) *** 1/2 

*In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin (1977) **** 

*All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot  (1977) ** 1/2 

*The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot  (1977) ** 

*A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 by Alistair Horne (1977) *** 1/2 

*Unknown Man #89 by Elmore Leonard (1977) *** 1/2 

*Cruel Shoes by Steve Martin (1977) ** 1/2 

*Dragonsinger by Anne McCaffrey (1977) *** 

*Song Of Solomon by Toni Morrison (1977) *** 1/2 

*The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian (1977) *** 1/2 

*Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1977) *** 1/2 

*In The Miro District and Other Stories by Peter Taylor (1977) *** 

*The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien with Guy Gavriel Kay (1977) *** 

1978 

*Go Saddle The Sea by Joan Aiken (1978) ** 1/2

*Hickory by Palmer Brown (1978) ***  

*Stained Glass by William F. Buckley Jr. (1978) ** 1/2 

*The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley (1978) *** 

*Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett (1978) *** 1/2 

*Dancer From The Dance by Andrew Holleran (1978) *** 1/2

*The World According To Garp by John Irving (1978) *** 1/2 

*The Street Where I Live by Alan Jay Lerner (1978) *** 1/2 

*Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (1978) ****  

*The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey (1978) *** 

*Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian (1978) *** 1/2 

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

*Doonesbury's Greatest Hits by Garry Trudeau(1978) **** 

1979 

*The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979) ****

*Smiley's People by John Le Carré (1979) **** 

*Tulku by Peter Dickinson (1979) *** 1/2 

*Sorceror's Son by Phyllis Eisenstein (1979) *** 

*Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe (1979) ***  

*The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera (1979) *** 1/2 

*The Far Side (the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson (1979-1995) *** 1/2 

*Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey (1979) *** 

*The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris (1979) **** 

*The Fortune Of War by Patrick O'Brian (1979) *** 1/2 

*Endless Love by Scott Spencer (1979) **** 

*Jitney! by August Wilson (1979) *** 1/2 

*The Duke Of Deception by Geoffrey Wolff (1979) *** 

1980 

*The Restaurant at the End of The Universe by Douglas Adams (1980) ** 1/2

*Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov (1980) ** 1/2

*Superfudge by Judy Blume (1980) 

*Who's On First by William F. Buckley Jr. (1980) ** 1/2
*Music For Chameleons by Truman Capote (1980) ***

*The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate (1980) *** 

*The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980) *** 

*Firestarter by Stephen King (1980) ** 

*The Far Side (the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson (1979-1995) *** 1/2 

*The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (1980) ** 

*More Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (1980) *** 

*So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell (1980) **** 

*The Covenant by James Michener (1980) *** 1/2 

*The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian (1980) *** 1/2 

*Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson (1980) *** 1/2 

*Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle Earth by J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien (1980) ** 1/2 

*States of Desire by Edmund White (1980) *** 

*A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn (1980) *** 1/2 

1981 

*Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (1981) *** 

*Sixty Stories by Donald Barthelme (1981) *** 1/2 

*What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver (1981) **** 

*Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell (1981) *** 1/2 

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

*Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (1981) *** 

*Ellis Island and Other Stories by Mark Helprin (1981) **** 

*God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert (1981) * 1/2  

*The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (1981) ***  

*Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez (1981) *** 

*Young Once by Patrick Modiano (1981) *** 

*The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian (1981) *** 1/2 

*Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie (1981) **** 

*A Light In The Attic by Shel Silverstein (1981) ****  

*Mussolini by Denis Mack Smith (1981) *** 

*Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (1981) *** 1/2 

*The People's Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1981) **** 

*In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs by Tobiass Wolff (1981) *** 

1982 

*Life, The Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams (1982) ** 1/2

*Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov (1982) ** 1/2

*The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley (1982) **** 

*Atlantic High by William F. Buckley Jr. (1982) *** 
*Marco Polo If You Can by William F. Buckley Jr. (1982) *** 

*The Years Of Lyndon Johnson: The Path To Power by Robert A. Caro (1982) **** 
 *The BFG by Roald Dahl (1982) ** 1/2

*At Freddie's by Penelope Fitzgerald (1982) *** 1/2 

*Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls (1982) *** 1/2 

*The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (1982/2003 expanded edition) by Stephen King **
*Different Seasons by Stephen King (1982) *** 1/2 

*Further Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin (1982) *** 

*War Horse by Michael Morpurgo (1982) ** ½ 

*Count Karlstein by Philip Pullman (1982) ** 1/2 

*The Color Purple by Alice Walker (1982) *** 

*A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White (1982) **** 

*Ma Rainey's Black Bottom by August Wilson (1982) *** 

1983 

*Bridle The Wind by Joan Aiken (1983) ** 

*The Wreck Of The Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg (1983) ***

*Growing Up by Russell Baker (1983) **** 

*The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin (1983) *** 

*Fup by Jim Dodge (1983) *** 1/2 

*A Gathering Of Old Men by Ernest J. Gaines (1983) ***

*A Matter For Men: War of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold (1983) ** 

*The Assassination Of Jesse James by The Coward Robert Ford by Ron Hansen (1983) *** 1/2 

*Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (1983) **** 

*Nights In Aruba by Andrew Holleran (1983) *** 

*I Served The King Of England by Bohumil Hrabal (1983/1989 in English) *** ½ 

*The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Visions Of Glory 1874-1932 by William Manchester (1983) **** 

*Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian (1983) *** 1/2 

*The Colour Of Magic by Terry Pratchett (1983) *** 

1984 

*So Long, And Thanks for All The Fish by Douglas Adams (1984) ***

*The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (1984) ****

*The Story Of Henri Tod by William F. Buckley Jr. *(1984) ** 

*Mr. Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter (1984) * 1/2 

*The Final Reflection: A Star Trek Novel by John M. Ford (1984) *** 

*The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault (1976/1984/2018) *** 

*Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert (1984) ** 

*Mygale by Thierry Jonquet (1984/2005 trans) ** 

*The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (1984) **** 

*The Far Side Of The World by Patrick O'Brian (1984) *** 1/2 

*Edisto by Padgett Powell (1984) **** 

*Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years by Garry Trudeau (1984) **** 

*Miami Blues by Charles Willeford (1984) **** 

*The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff (1984) *** 1/2 

1985 

*The Unwomanly Face Of War by Svetlana Alexievich (1985) **** 
*Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich (kids during WW II oral history) (1985) *** 

*The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg (1985) ****

*The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985)

*Right Reason by William F. Buckley Jr. (1985) ***
*See You Later, Alligator by William F. Buckley Jr. (1985) ** 1/2 

*Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985) *** 1/2 

*The Shortest Way To Hades by Sarah Caudwell (1985) *** 

*Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis (1985) *** 1/2 

*Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert (1985) ** 

*The Cider House Rules by John Irving (1985) *** 1/2 

*The Far Side (the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson (1979-1995) *** 1/2 

*Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry (1985) **** 

*In The Penny Arcade by Steven Millhauser (1985) *** 1/2 

*The Ruby In The Smoke by Philip Pullman (1985) *** 1/2 

*The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks (1985) *** 1/2 

*The Old Forest and Other Stories by Peter Taylor (1985) **** 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*New Hope For The Dead by Charles Willeford (1985) *** 

*Fences by August Wilson (1985) *** 1/2 

*Back In The World by Tobias Wolff (1985) *** 

1986 

*Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov (1986) **

*High Jinx by William F. Buckley Jr. (1986) ** 

*Speaker For The Dead by Orscon Scott Card (1986) **  

*Deadwood by Pete Dexter (1986) *** ½ 

*Jacques The Fatalist by Denis Diderot; translated by Michael Henry (1796/1986) *** 1/2

*The World Of The Short Story edited by Clifton Fadiman (1986) **** 

*Seven Rivers West by Edward Hoagland (1986) *** 

*The Falcon's Malteser by Anthony Horowitz (1986) **  

*The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes (1986) **** 

*The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum (1986) *(stopped, couldn’t keep reading) 

*Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane (1986) *** 

*The Reverse Of The Medal by Patrick O'Brian (1986) *** 1/2 

*The Shadow In The North by Philip Pullman (1986) *** 1/2 

*Enter Talking by Joan Rivers with Richard Meryman (1986) *** 1/2 

*Social Disease by Paul Rudnick (1986) *** 

*Kara Kush by Idries Shah (1986) *** 1/2 

*Waking The Dead by Scott Spencer (1986) *** 

*A Summons To Memphis by Peter Taylor (1986) *** 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*Joe Turner's Come and Gone by August Wilson (1986) **** 

1987 

*Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams (1987) ** 

*The Tevye Stories And Other Stories by Sholem Aleichem (orig Englisah 1949/this trans  by Hillel Halkin 1987) *** 1/2

*The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg (1987) ** 1/2

*The Devil's Other Storybook by Natalie Babbitt (1987) ** 1/2 

*Forty Stories by Donald Barthelme (1987) **** 

*Racing Through Paradise by William F. Buckley Jr. (1987) *** 

*A Capote Reader by Truman Capote (1987) *** 1/2 

*The Inklings by Humphrey Carpenter (1987) *** 

*The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin (1987) ****
*Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb (1987) *** 1/2

*The Monkey's Raincoat by Robert Crais (1987) *** 

*The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis (1987) ** 1/2 

*How Much For Just The Planet? by John M. Ford (1987) *** 

*The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm; edited by Jack Zipes (1812/1864/1987) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Short Stories Of Ernest Hemingway (1987) *** 1/2 

*Public Enemy Number Two by Anthony Horowitz (1987) ** 

*The Dark Tower II: The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King (1987) *** 

*Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner (1987) *** 

*Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively (1987) ****  

*Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen In The 1980s by Dave Marsh (1987) ** 

*Watchmen by Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, colorist John Higgins (1987) *** 1/2 

*Beloved by Toni Morrison (1987) *** 1/2 

*Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (1987) *** 1/2 

*A Woman Named Drown by Padgett Powell (1987) ** 1/2 

*Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (1987) *** 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*Nebraska by George Whitmore (1987) *** 

*Sideswipe by Charles Willeford (1987) *** 1/2 

*The Piano Lesson by August Wilson (1987) *** 1/2 

*Ride With The Devil aka Woe To Live On by Daniel Woodrell (1987) *** 1/2 

1988 

*The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul by Douglas Adams (1988) **

*The Teeth Of The Gale by Joan Aiken (1988) ***

*Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg (1988) ** 1/2

*Talking Heads by Alan Bennett (1988; TV and stage) **** 

*Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey (1988) *** 1/2 

*Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories by Raymond Carver (1988) *** 1/2 

*The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by Michael Chabon (1988) *** 

*Matilda by Roald Dahl (1988) ** 

*The Collected Works Vol. 1: Clifford by Jules Feiffer (1988) *** 1/2

*A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley #1) by Elizabeth George (1988) *** 

*The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris (1988) *** ½ 

*Ground Zero: Essays by Andrew Holleran (1988) ** 1/2 

*Immortality by Milan Kundera (1988) *** 

*All About Sam by Lois Lowry (1988) ** 1/2 

*The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Alone 1932-1940 by William Manchester (1988) **** 

*Tao Te Ching by Laozi; translated by Stephen Mitchell (≈300 BCE; 1988) *** 

*Suspended Sentences by Patrick Modiano (1988) *** 

*The Letter Of Marque by Patrick O'Brian (1988) *** 1/2 

*A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan (1988) **** 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*The Beautiful Room Is Empty by Edmund White (1988) *** 

*The Way We Die Now by Charles Willeford (1988) *** 1/2 

1989 

*Swan Lake by Chris Van Allsburg (illo) and Mark Helprin (1989) ****

*The Man Who Was Poe by Avi (1989) ** 1/2

*Ten Men Dead: The Story of the 1981 Irish Hunger Strike by David Beresford (1989) *** 

*The Sirens Sang Of Murder by Sarah Caudwell (1989) *** 

*The Collected Works Vol. 2: Clifford by Jules Feiffer (1989?) *** 

*The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett (1989) **** 

*A Rage For Revenge: War of The Chtorrs by David Gerrold (1989) *1/2  

*Swan Lake by Mark Helprin with Chris Val Allsburg (illo) (1989) **** 

*A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving (1989) *** 

*The Remains Of The Day by Kazu0 Ishiguro (1989) *** 

*Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis (1989) *** 

*Here by Richard McGuire (1989/2014) **** 

*The Thirteen-Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian (1989) *** 1/2 

*Spring-Heeled Jack by Philip Pullman (1989) ** 

*The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated by Stephen Mitchell (1926/1989) *** 1/2 

*I'll Take It by Paul Rudnick (1989) ** 1/2 

*Bicycle Days by John Burnham Schwartz (1989) *** 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*This Boy's Life by Tobias Wolff (1989) **** 

 

1990 

*Dickens by Peter Ackroyd (1990) *** 1/2 
*Just A Dream by Chris Van Allsburg (1990) ** 1/2 

*A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham (1990) *** 

*The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle by Avi (1990) ****

*The Reluctant King: George VI by Sarah Bradford (1990) *** 

*The Years Of Lyndon Johnson: Means Of Ascent by Robert A. Caro (1990) **** 

*AK by Peter Dickinson (1990) *** 

*Middle Passage by Charles Johnson (1990) ** 

*The French Admiral (Alan Lewrie series) by Dewey Lambdin (1990) *** 

*The Far Side (the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson (1979-1995) *** 1/2 

*The Barnum Museum by Steven Millhauser (1990) *** 1/2 

*Devil In A Blue Dress by Walter Mosley (1990) **** 

*The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (1990) **** 

*Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990) *** 

*The Tiger In The Well by Philip Pullman (1990) *** 
*The Broken Bridge by Philip Pullman (1990) ** 1/2 

*Haroun and the Sea Of Stories by Salman Rushdie (1990) * 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*Recycled Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1990) *** 1/2 

*Two Trains Running by August Wilson (1990) *** 1/2 

1991 

*The Madness Of George III by Alan Bennett (1991; stage and film) *** 1/2 

*Xenocide by Orscon Scott Card (1991) * 1/2 

*American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991) *** 

*The Collected Works Vol. 3: Clifford by Jules Feiffer (1991) *** 

*Night Over Water by Ken Follett (1991) ** 1/2  

*Outlander by Diana Gabaldon (1991) ** 1/2

*A Soldier Of The Great War by Mark Helprin (1991) *** 1/2 

*Castles Of Steel by Robert Massie (1991) **** 

*A Red Death by Walter Mosley (1991) *** 1/2 

*The Spyglass Tree by Albert Murray (1991) *** 

*The Nutmeg Of Consolation by Patrick O'Brian (1991) *** 1/2 

*The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham (1991) *** 1/2 

*The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa; translated by Richard Zenith  (1935/1991 in English) *** 1/2 

*Typical by Padgett Powell (1991) *** 

*Roman Blood by Steven Saylor (1991) *** 1/2 

*The Vampire Diaries: Awakening by L.J. Smith (1991) * 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*Paper Darts: The Illustrated Letters Of Virginia Woolf by Virginia Woolf (1991) *** 1/2 

1992 

*Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams (1992) ** 1/2 

*The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg (1992) ***

*Never Mind by Edward St. Aubyn (1992) ***
*Bad News by Edward St. Aubyn (1992) *** 

*Green Shadows, White Whale by Ray Bradbury (1992) 

*A Bone From A Dry Sea by Peter Dickinson (1992) *** 

*Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (1990) *** 

*Jumper by Steven Gould (1992) *** 

*Fatherland by Robert Harris (1992) *** 

*The King's Privateer by Dewey Lambdin, an Alan Lewrie adventure (1992) *** 

*Death At La Fenice by Donna Leon (1992) ** 1/2 

*The Portable Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln (1992) *** 1/2 

*Attaboy, Sam by Lois Lowry (1992) ** 1/2 

*All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy (1992) *** 

*Easy Way Out by Stephen McCauley (1992) *** 

*Truman by David McCullough (1992) *** 1/2 

*The Book of Job translated by Stephen Mitchell (1992) **** 

*White Butterfly by Walter Mosley (1992) *** 1/2 

*Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates (1992) *** 

*Clarissa Oakes aka The Truelove by Patrick O'Brian (1992) *** 1/2 

*The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (1992) *** 1/2 

*In Search of Lost Time aka Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust (1927/1992) **** 

*The White Mercedes aka The Butterfly Tattoo by Philip Pullman (1992) *** 

*Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1992) **** 

*Arms Of Nemesis by Steven Saylor (1992) *** 

*Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson (1992) ***; but in terms of influence ****  

*The Secret History by Donna Tartt (1992) *** 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

1993 

*Mrs. Jeffries Dusts For Clues by Emily Brightwell (1993) ** 1/2 
*Mrs. Jeffries and the Ghost by Emily Brightwell (1993) ** 1/2 

*Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993) ** 1/2 

*The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides (1993) *** 

*Death In A Strange Country by Donna Leon (1993) *** 

*The Giver by Lois Lowry (1993) ** 1/2 

*Tomorrow, When The World Began by J0hn Marsden (1993) * 1/2 

*Little Kingdoms by Steven Millhauser (1993) *** 

*The Gospel According To Jesus by Stephen Michell (1993) *** 1/2  

*The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian (1993) *** 1/2 

*Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (1993) *** 

*Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1993) *** 1/2 

*We Are All In The Dumps With Jack And Guy by Maurice Sendak (1993) ** 

*The Oracle At Stoneleigh Court by Peter Taylor (1993) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1993) *** 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

1994 

*Some Hope by Edward St. Aubyn (1994) *** 1/2 

*Writing Home by Alan Bennett (1994; memoir) **** 

 *The Alienist by Caleb Carr (1994) *** 

*Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (1994) 

*God's Country by Percival Everett (1994) *** 

*Cousins: A Memoir by Athol Fugard (1994) ** 

*Julie by Jean Craighead George (1994) ** 1/2 

*Bolivian Diary by Che Guevara (1994) * 1/2 

*The Fran Lebowitz Reader by Fran Lebowitz (1994) *** 1/2 

*A Drink Before The War by Dennis Lehane (1994) *** 

*The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy (1994) ** 1/2 

*A Book of Psalms, Selected and Adapted From The Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell (≈500 BCE; 1994) *** 1/2  

*Black Betty by Walter Mosley (1994) *** 1/2 

*Girl by Blake Nelson (1994) ** 

*The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian (1994) *** 1/2 

*The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman (1994) ** 1/2
*Thunderbolt's Waxwork by Philip Pullman (1994) ** 

*The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman (1994) ** 1/2 

*Barrel Fever by David Sedaris (1994) *** 

*In The Tennessee Country by Peter Taylor (1994) *** 

*The Sign Of The Cross: Travels In Catholic Europe by Colm Tóibín (1994) ** 1/2 

*Felicia's Journey by William Trevor (1994) *** 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*In Pharoah's Army by Tobias Wolff (1994) *** 

*Flashbacks: 25 Years of Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau (1995) **** 

1995 

*Bad Day At Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg (1995) **

*The Big Bazoohley by Peter Carey (1995) ** 

*Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (1995) *** 1/2 

*The Watsons Go To Birmingham–1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis (1995) ** 

*Hypatia of Alexandria by Maria Dzielska (1995) ** 1/2 

*Enigma by Robert Harris (1995) *** 

*Memoir From Antproof Case by Mark Helprin (1995) *** 

*Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (1995) *** 

*Slowness by Milan Kundera (1995) ** 1/2 

*The Far Side (the comic strip in general) by Gary Larson (1979-1995) *** 1/2 

*A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995) **** 

*Sabriel by Garth Nix (1995) ** 

*Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama (1995) *** 1/2 

*The Gasfitter's Ball by Philip Pullman (1995) ** 
*The Firework Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman (1995) ** 

*His Dark Materials: Northern Lights aka The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman (1995) **** 

*Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated by Stephen Mitchell (1926/1995) *** 1/2 

*Blindness by Jose Saramago (1995) *** 1/2 

*The Rings Of Saturn by W.G. Sebald (1995) **** 

*Men in Black by Scott Spencer (1995) *** 1/2 

*Calvin and Hobbes comic strip by Bill Waterson (1985-1995) **** 

*Seven Guitars by August Wilson (1995) **** 

1996 

*Milton In America by Peter Ackroyd (1996) *** 1/2 

*Tales From Watership Down by Richard Adams (1996) *** 

*A City In Winter by Chris Van Allsburg and Mark Helprin (1996) *** 1/2

*Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood (1996) 

*Beyond The Western Sea Book 1 by Avi (1996) ***
*Beyond The Western Sea Book 2 by Avi (1996) *** 1/2 

*Drown by Junot Diaz (1996) *** 1/2 

*Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (1996) *** 

*The Hottest State by Ethan Hawke (1996) ** ½ 

*A City In Winter by Mark Helprin with Chris Van Allsburg (illo) (1996) *** 1/2  

*The Beauty Of Men by Andrew Holleran (1996) ** 1/2 

*Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane (1996) *** 

*A Game Of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (1996) **** 

*The Man Of The House by Stephen McCauley (1996) *** 1/2 

*Martin Dressler: The Tale Of An American Dreamer by Steven Millhauser (1996)  **** 

*A Little Yellow Dog by Walter Mosley (1996) *** 1/2 

*The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian (1996) *** 1/2 

*Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (1996) *** 

*The Queen's Man by Sharon Kay Penman (1996) *** 

*Edisto Revisited by Padgett Powell (1996) **** 

*Clockwork, or All Wound Up by Philip Pullman (1996) ** 1/2 

*Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (1996) ***1/2 

*Push by Sapphire (1996) ** 1/2 

*Battling Against Castro by Jim Shepard (1996) *** 

*Falling Up by Shel Silverstein (1996) *** 1/2 

*The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (1996) *** 

*Patient: The True Story Of A Rare Illness by Ben Watt (1996) *** 

1997 

*Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Hero by Jon Lee Anderson (1997) **** 

*The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby (1997) *** ½ 

*Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (1997) *** 1/2 

*The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (1997) *** 

*Underworld by Don DeLillo (1997) **** 

*Julie's Wolf Pack by Jean Craighead George (1997) *** 

*The Veil of Snows by Mark Helprin with Chris Van Allsburg (illo) (1997) 

*Tales From Ovid by Ted Hughes (8 CE/1997) ****

*Sacred by Dennis Lehane (1997) *** 

*Farm Boy by Michael Morpurgo (1997) * 1/2 

*Starting Out In The Evening by Brian Morton (1997) *** 

*Gone Fishin' by Walter Mosley (1997) *** 

*His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (1997) *** 1/2 

*American Pastoral by Philip Roth (1997) **** 

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling (1997) **** 

*Naked by David Sedaris (1997) *** 
*Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (1997) *** 

*The Farewell Symphony by Edmund White (1997) *** 

*The Night In Question by Tobias Wolff (1997) ** 1/2 

1998 

*Skellig by David Almond (1998) ***

*Talking Heads 2 by Alan Bennett (1998; TV and stage) *** 1/2 

*The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño (1998) ****  

*The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (1998) ** 

*The Hours by Michael Cunningham (1998) *** 1/2 

*We Wish To Inform You... by Philip Gourevitch (1998) **** 

*Rocket Boys (aka October Sky) by Homer Hickam (1998) **** 

*The Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes (1998) *** 1/2 

*A Widow For One Year by John Irving (1998) ** 1/2 

*Identity by Milan Kundera (1998) ** 1/2 

*Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane (1998) *** 

*A Pound Of Flesh by Art Linson (1998) ** 

*A Clash Of Kings by George R.R. Martin (1998) *** 1/2 

*No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (1998) *** 

*The Folding Cliffs by W.S. Merwin (1998) **** 

*The Knife Thrower by Steven Millhauser (1998) *** 

*Keats by Andrew Motion (1998) *** 

*A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar (1998) *** 1/2 

*The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian (1998) *** 1/2 

*A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck (1998) *** 1/2 

*Cruel As The Grave by Sharon Kay Penman (1998) *** 

*Aliens Of Affection by Padgett Powell (1998) *** 

*I Married A Communist by Philip Roth (1998) *** 1/2 

*Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling (1998) *** 1/2 

*Holes by Louis Sachar (1998) *** 

*Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz (1998) *** 

*Nosferatu by Jim Shepard (1998) *** 1/2 

*Amsterdam by Russell Shorto (1998) *** 1/2 

*The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve (1998) *** 

*On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times Of Billy Wilder by Ed Sikov (1998) **** 

*Stupid, Stupid Rat Tales by Jeff Smith et al (1998) ** 

1999 

*Midnight Magic by Avi (1999) ** 1/2 

*The Lady In The Van by Alan Bennett (1999; stage) *** 

*Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (1999) *** 

*Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (1999) *** 1/2 

*Hunting Badger by Tony Hillerman (1999) *** 

*In September, The Light Changes by Andrew Holleran (1999) ** 1/2 

*Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (1999) 

*Slapboxing With Jesus by Victor LaValle (1999) *** 1/2 

*Prayers For Rain by Dennis Lehane (1999) *** 1/2 

*Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales as told by Julius Lester; illustrated by Jerry Linkney (1999) *** 1/2 

*The New New Thing by Michael Lewis (1999) ** 

*Enchanted Night by Steven Millhauser (1999) *** 1/2 

*Blue At The Mizzen by Patrick O'Brian (1999) *** 1/2 

*I Was A Rat! or, The Scarlet Slippers by Philip Pullman (1999) ** 

*The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson (1999) *** 

*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling (1999) *** 

*Fortune's Rocks by Anita Shreve (1999) ** 1/2 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket (1999) **** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket (1999) *** 

*Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson (1999) *** 1/2 

*The Blackwater Lightship by Colm Tóibín (1999) *** 

*The Hungry Years: A Narrative History of the Great Depression in America by T.H. Watkins (1999) *** 1/2 

*The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead (1999) *** 1/2 

*King Hedley II by August Wilson (1999) *** 1/2 

2000 

*Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong (2000) ** 1/2 

*The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood (2000) **** 

*The Feast Of Love by Charles Baxter (2000) *** 1/2 

*The Laying On Of Hands by Alan Bennett (2000; stories) ** 1/2 

*By Night In Chile by Roberto Bolaño (2000) *** 

*Angels & Demons by Dan Brown (2000) ** 1/2   

*Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher (2000) **
*True History Of The Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (2000) **** 

*The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (2000) **** 

*Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2000) *** 1/2 

*David Boring by Daniel Clowes (2000) 

*Because Of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (2000) *** 

*A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers (2000) *** 1/2 

*Coram Boy by Jamila Gavin (2000) ** 1/2 

*Stephen King–On Writing by Stephen King (2000) *** 

*The Fisher King by Paule Marshall (2000) *** 1/2 

*A Storm Of Swords by George R.R. Martin (2000) *** 1/2 

*Shopgirl by Steve Martin (2000) ** 1/2 

*Tears Of The Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (2000) ** 

*Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates (2000) *** 1/2 

*A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck (2000) *** 1/2 

*Mrs. Hollingsworth's Men aka Hologram by Padgett Powell (2000/2014)*** 

*His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman (2000) *** 1/2 

*The Human Stain by Philip Roth (2000) ** 1/2 

*Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling (2000) *** 

*Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (2000) *** 1/2  

*The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva (2000) *** 1/2 

*The Queen Of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (2000) *** 1/2 

*The Married Man by Edmund White (2000) ** 

*The Last Samurai by  Helen De Witt (2000) **** 

*Miracle's Boys by Jacqueline Woodson (2000) *** 

*Death Of A Red Heroine (Inspector Chen mystery) by Qiu Xialong (2000) *** 

2001 

*Don't You Know There's A War On? by Avi (2001) ** 1/2

*The Clothes They Stood Up In by Alan Bennett (2001 novella) ** 1/2 

*From The Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury (2001) ** 1/2 

*Close To Shore by Michael Capuzzo (2002) *** 

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

*Pafko At The Wall by Don DeLillo (2001) *** 1/2 

*The Tiger Rising by Kate DiCamillo (2001) *** 

*The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (2001) *** 1/2 

*Jackdaws by Ken Follett (2001) **  

*Borrowed Finery by Paula Fox (2001) *** 1/2 

*Don't Lets Go To The Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller (2001) **** 

*Cosmos Coyote and William The Nice by Jim Heynen (2000) * 

*The Coalwood Way by Homer Hickam (2000) *** 1/2 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket (2000) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket (2000) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket (2000) *** 

*Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (2001) ** 1/2 

*The Boys' House: New and Selected Stories by Jim Heynen (2001) *** 1/2 

*The Keeper's Son by Homer Hickam (2001) *** 

*Seabiscuit by Lauren Hillenbrand (2001) **** 

*Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz (2000) ** 1/2 
*Point Blanc by Anthony Horowitz (2001) ** 1/2  

*The Cheese Monkeys by Chip Kidd (2001) ** 1/2 

*Up In The Air by Walter Kirn (2001) ** 1/2 

*Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (2001) *** 1/2 

*Morality For Beautiful Girls by Alexander McCall Smith (2001) ** 1/2 

*John Adams by David McCullough (2001) *** 1/2 

*Atonement by Ian McEwan (2001) *** 1/2 

*Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris (2001) *** ½ 

*Fair Weather by Richard Peck (2001) *** 

*Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald (2001) ****  

*Ghost Soldiers by Hampton Sides (2001) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket (2001) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket (2001) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Hostile Hospital by Lemony Snicket (2001) *** 

*John Henry Days by Colson Whitehead (2001) *** 

2002 

*City Of The Beasts by Isabel Allende (2002) ** 

*Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg (2002) **

*Feed by M.T. Anderson (2002) ***/
*Crispin: The Cross Of Lead by Avi (2002) ** 

*E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: From Concept To Classic by Laurent Bouzereau (2002) *** 

*Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs (2002) ** 

*The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master Of The Senate by Robert A. Caro (2002) **** 

*The Lady With The Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton Chekhov; translated by Ronald Wilks (2002) *** 1/2 

*Achilles by Elizabeth Cook (2002) ***

*I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan (2002) * 1/2 

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

*Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides (2002) *** 1/2 

*The House Of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer (2002) *** 1/2 

 *Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002) **** 

*Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris (2002) *** 

*Ash Wednesday by Ethan Hawke (2002) 

*Hoot by Carl Hiaasen (2002) *** 

*Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz (2002) ** 

*The Ecstatic by Victor LaValle (2002) **** 

*What Just Happened? by Art Linson (2002) *** 

*The Kalahari Typing School For Men by Alexander McCall Smith (2002) *** 

*Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa; translated by Stephen Mitchell (2002) ***  

*Bad Boy Brawly Brown by Walter Mosley (2002) **** 

*When The Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka (2002) *** 1/2 

*The Revenant by Michael Punke (2002) *** 1/2 

*The Years Of Rice And Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson (2002) *** 1/2 

*Mr. Strangelove: A Biography of Peter Sellers (2002) *** 

*The English Assassin by Daniel Silva (2002) *** 

*Kisscut by Karin Slaughter (2002) ***/ 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket (2002) *** 

*Lady Gregory's Toothbrush by Colm Tóibín (2002) ** 

*New Cardiff by Charles Webb (2002) *** 

*How I Learned What I Learned by August Wilson (2002) *** 

*Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar (2002) ** 

2003 

*Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003) *** 1/2 

*Saul and Patty by Charles Baxter (2003) *** 

*The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (2003) ** 

*Don Quixote by Miguel Cervantes (1605 Part 1/1615 Part 2; trans by Edith Grossman 2003) *** 1/2 

*Rodzina by Karen Cushman (2003) *** 

*The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (2003) *** 1/2 

*The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2003) **** 

*The Curious Incident Of the Dog In The Night-time by Mark Haddon (2003) *** 

*Club Dead by Charlaine Harris (2003) *** 

*The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003) * ½ 

*The Known World by Edward P. Jones (2003) **** 

*The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri (2003) *** 

*Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Capture by Kathryn Lasky (2003) *1/2 
*Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Journey by Kathryn Lasky (2003) ** 

*The Full Cupboard Of Life  by Alexander McCall Smith (2003) ** 

*I Love You, Philip Morris by Steve McVicker (2003) ** (but story ***) 

*The King In The Tree by Steven Millhauser (2003) *** 

*Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo (2003) *** 

*Six Easy Pieces by Walter Mosley (2003) *** 

*A Mighty Heart by Mariane Pearl (2003) *** 

*Dragon's Lair by Sharon Kay Penman (2003) *** 

*Out Stealing Horses by Pers Petersen (2003) *** 1/2 

*Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre (2003) ** 

*Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling (2003) ** 1/2 

*Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi (2003) *** 

*The Confessor by Daniel Silva (2003) *** 

*A Faint Cold Fear by Karin Slaughter (2003) ***/ 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Slippery Slope by Lemony Snicket (2003) *** 

The Portable Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman; edited by Mark Van Doren (1945/2003) **** 

*Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson (2003) *** 1/2 

*Old School by Tobias Wolff (2003) *** 

2004

*Little Girl Lost by Richard Aleas (2004) ** 1/2

*Kingdom Of The Golden Dragon by Isabel Allende (2004) ** 

*Case Histories by Kate Atkinson (2004) *** 1/2 

*The End Of The Beginning by Avi (2004) ****

*The History Boys by Alan Bennett (2004; play) *** 1/2 

*2666 by Roberto Bolaño (2004) 

*The Complete Stories of Truman Capote (2004) *** 1/2

*Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke (2004) **** 

*The Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill (2004) *** 

*Chronicles Volume One by Bob Dylan (2004) *** ½ 

*Scribbling The Cat by Alexandra Fuller (2004) ** 1/2 

*Demon of the Waters by Gregory Gibson (2004) ** 1/2 

*Dead To The World by Charlaine Harris (2004) ** 1/2 

*The Pacific and Other Stories by Mark Helprin (2004) ** 

*Prince of Thieves aka The Town by Chuck Hogan (2004) *** 

*Guardians of Ga'Hoole: Rescue by Kathryn Lasky (2004) * 1/2 

*Dreadnought by Robert K. Massie (2004) **** 

*In the Company Of Cheerful Ladies by Alexander McCall Smith (2004) ** 

*The Long Way Round by Ewan McGregor And Charley Boorman (2004) *** 

*Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (2004) **** 

*Little Scarlet by Walter Mosley (2004) *** 1/2 

*Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (2004) *** 

*The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy In Three Parts (2004) ** 1/2 

*The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (2004) *** 1/2 

*Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi (2004) *** 

*Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris (2004) ** 1/2 

*Indelible by Karin Slaughter (2004) *** 1/2 

*The Complete Bone by Jeff Smith (2004) *** 1/2 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket (2004) *** 

*The Master by Colm Tóibín (2004) *** 1/2 

2005

*Mother's Milk by Edward St. Aubyn (2005) *** 1/2

*The Book Without Words by Avi (2005) **

*Untold Stories by Alan Bennett (2005; memoir) *** 1/2 

*The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall (2005) *** 1/2 

*Black Hole by Charles Burns (2005) *** 1/2 

*The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005) *** 1/2 

*The Portable Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (2005) *** 1/2 

*Looking For Alaska by John Green (2005) *** 

*Fly By Night by Frances Hardinage (2005) *** 

*Dead As A Doornail by Charlaine Harris (2005) ** 

*Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) ** 1/2 

 *The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard (2005) **** 

*A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin (2005) *** 1/2 

*No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy (2005) *** ½  

*1776 by David McCullough (2005) *** 

*Migration: New and Selected Poems by W.S. Merwin (2005) *** 1/2 

*The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips by Michael Morpurgo (2005) ** 1/2 

*Cinnamon Kiss by Walter Mosley (2005) *** 

*Skybreaker by Kenneth Oppel (2005) *** 

*Appaloosa by Robert B. Parker (2005) *** 

*Prince Of Darkness by Sharon Kay Penman (2005) *** 

*Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling (2005) ** 1/2 

*Drive by James Sallis (2005) ** 

*Old Man's War by John Scalzi (2005) ** 1/2 

*Faithless by Karin Slaughter (2005) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket (2005) *** 

*Kipling’s Choice by Geert Spillebeen (2005) ** 

*The Complete Calvin And Hobbes by Bill Waterson (2005) *** 1/2 (too bulky) 

*Radio Golf by August Wilson (2005) *** 

2006 

*The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Volume 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson (2006) ****
*Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (2006) ***  

*Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn (2006) *** 

*Farewell Summer by Ray Bradbury (2006) *** 

*My Life In France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme (2006) *** 1/2 

*The Ladies Of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke (2006) ** 

*The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo; illus by Bagram Ibatoulline  (2006) **** 

*Sum: Forty Tales From The Afterlives by David Eagleman (2009) *** 

*Always Magic In The Air: The Bomp and Brilliance Of The Brill Building by Ken *Emerson (2006) ** 1/2 

*Their Finest aka Their Finest Hour and a Half by Lissa Evans (2009) *** 1/2 

*Toby Alone by Timothee de Fombelle (2006) ** 1/2 

*Grief by Andrew Holleran (2006) ** ½ 

*The Few (about Battle Of Britain) by Alex Kershaw (2006) *** 

*The Lies Of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (2006) *** 1/2 

*Blue Shoes And Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith by Alexander McCall Smith (2006) ** 

*The Road by Cormac McCarthy (2006) *** ½ 

*Alternatives To Sex by Stephen McCauley (2006) ** 

*Temeraire by Naomi Novik (Book 1 of Temeraire series) (2006) *** 1/2 
*Throne Of Jade by Naomi Novik (Book 2 of Temeraire series) (2006) *** 1/2 
*Black Powder War by Naomi Novik (Book 3 of Temeraire series) (2006) ***

*Blood And Thunder by Hampton Sides (2006) *** 

*A Series Of Unfortunate Events: The End by Lemony Snicket (2006) *** 

*Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase For Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson (2006) *** 1/2 

*Mothers and Sons by Colm Tóibín (2006) *** 

*The King Of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner (2006) *** 1/2 

*Farthing by Jo Walton (2006) *** 

2007

*Call Me By Your Name by Andre Aciman (2007) *** 1/2
*The Outlander by Gil Adamson (2007) *** 1/2 

*The Absolutely True Adventures of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) *** 1/2 

*Traitor's Gate by Avi *(2007) * 1/2 

*Jack Plank Tells Tales by Natalie Babbitt (2007) *** 

*The First Wave (Billy Boyle WW II mystery) by James R. Benn (2007) ** 1/2 

*The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett (2007) ** 1/2 

*The Panic Of 1907 by Robert F. Bruner and Sean Carr (2007/2nd ed 2023) *** 

*Gentlemen of the Road by Michael Chabon (2007) ** 1/2 

*The Brief Wondrous Life Of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz (2007) **** 

*Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich (2007) ** 

*Toby And The Secrets Of The Tree by Timothee de Fombelle (2007) ** 

*Jumper: Griffin's Story by Steven Gould (2007) *** 

*Include Me Out by Farley Granger (2007) ** 1/2 

*Supreme Conflict by Jan Crawford Greenburg (2007) ** 

*The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (2007) ** 

*The Vegetarian by Han Kang (2007) **** 

*Selected Poems of John Keats by John Keats (2007) *** 1/2 

*Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney (2007) *** 

*Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (2007) *** 1/2 

*Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon (2007) *** 

*Born Standing Up by Steve Martin (2007) *** 1/2 

*The Lost Books Of The Odyssey by Zachary Mason (2007) *** 1/2 

*The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive by Alexander McCall Smith by Alexander McCall Smith (2007) ** 1/2 

*On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan (2007) *** 

*Hero by Perry Moore (2007) *** 

*Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley (2007) *** 1/2 

*Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik (Book 4 of Temeraire series) (2007) *** 

*Grace After Midnight by Felicia "Snoop" Pearson (2007) ** 

*On The Wings Of Heroes by Richard Peck (2007) *** 1/2 

*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling (2007) *** 

*The Invention Of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (2007) *** 

*Dark Victory: The Life Of Bette Davis by Ed Sikov (2007) *** ½ 

*Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds (2007) ** 

*Taking Woodstock by Eliot Tiber with Tom Monte (2007) ** 1/2 

*The Children Of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien; edited by Christopher Tolkien (2007) ** 1/2 

*Home School by Charles Webb (2007) ** 1/2 

*Hotel de Dream by Edmund White (2007) *** 

*Fair Game by Valerie Plame Wilson (2007) ** 

2008

*Newton by Peter Ackroyd (2008) ** 1/2 

*The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (2008) ***

*The Serial Garden: Complete Armitage Family Stories by Joan Aiken (2008) *** 1/2

*The Astonishing Life Of Octavian Nothing Volume 2: The Kingdom On *The Waters by M.T. Anderson (2008) ****

*The Underneath by Kathi Appelt (2008) ***

*The Soul Thief by Charles Baxter (2008) ** 

*Blood Alone (Billy Boyle WW II mystery) by James R. Benn *(2008) ** 

*A Wolf At The Table by Augusten Burroughs (2008) * 

*The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008) ***
*The Irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington by Jennet Conant (2008) ** 1/2 

*The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008) *** 

*Angler by Barton Gellman (Dick Cheney book) (2008) ** 

*Sea Of Poppies by Amitov Ghosh (2008) *** 1/2 

*Hubert's Freaks by Gregory Gibson (2008) ** 1/2 

*Paper Towns by John Green (2008) ***\  

*The Case Of The Missing Servant by Tarquin Hall (2008) *** 

*The Last Lincoln Conspirator by Andrew Jampoler (2008) * 1/2 
*Things I've Learned From Women Who Dumped Me edited by Ben Karlin (2008) * 

*The Man Who Made Lists (Roget's Thesaurus) by Joshua Kendall (2008) ** 

*The Learners by Chip Kidd (2008) *** 

*High Crimes: The Fate Of Everest In An Age Of Greed by Michael Kodas (2008) ** 1/2 

*The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin (2008) ** 

*The Miracle At Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith by Alexander McCall Smith (2008) **1/2 maybe *** 

*Dangerous Laughter by Steven Millhauser (2008) **** 

*The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles R. Morris (2008) *** 

*The Knife Of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness (2008) ** 1/2 
*Victory Of Eagles by Naomi Novik (Book 5 of Temeraire series) (2008) *** 1/2  

*Submarine by Joe Dunthorne (2008) *** 

*Netherland by Joseph O'Neill (2008) *** 

*Starclimber by Kenneth Oppel (2008) ** 1/2 

*Resolution by Robert B. Parker (2008) *** 1/2 

*Bhagavad Gita by Vyasa; translated by Laurie L. Patton (2008) *** 1/2 

*Dawn Dusk Or Night by Yasmina Reza (2008) ** 1/2 

*The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz (2008) *** 

*The Lump Of Coal by Lemony Snicket, illus by Brett Helquist (2008) *** 

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

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

*The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti (2008) *** 1/2 

2009

*The Year Of The Flood by Margaret Atwood (2009) 

*Murder At Midnight by Avi (2009) **

*The Habit Of Art by Alan Bennett (2009 novella) *** 

*The Vast Fields Of Ordinary by Nick Burd (2009) ** 

*Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (2009) *** 

*Soulless by Gail Corriger (2009) *** 

*The Maze Runner by James Dashner (2009) * 1/2 

 *The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Yoko Tanaka (2009) *** 1/2 

*The Ground Truth by John Farmer (2009) ** 1/2 

*The Good Soldiers by David Finkel (2009) **** 

*Game Six by Mark Frost (2009) *** 

*The Magician by Lev Grossman (2009) *** 

*The Siege by Ismail Kadare (2009) *** 

*The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (2009) *** 1/2 

*Big Machine by Victor LaValle (2009) *** 

*Wolf Hall By Hilary Mantel (2009) **** 

*Tea Time For The Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (2009) ** 1/2 

*Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann (2009) *** 1/2 

*The Silver Hearted by David McConnell (2009) * 1/2 

*Abraham Lincoln by James M McPherson (2009) ** 1/2 

*Brimstone by Robert B. Parker (2009) *** 

*The Interrogative Mood: A Novel? by Padgett Powell (2009) *** 1/2 

*Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (2009) *** 

*Genius For Deception by Nicholas Rankin (2009) *** 

*A-Rod: The Many Lives Of Alex Rodriguez by Selena Roberts (2009) ** 

*The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket; illus Carson Ellis, music Nathaniel Stookey (2009) ** 1/2 

*Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín (2009) **** 

*The Yankee Years by Joe Torre and Tom Verducci (2009) ** 1/2 

*The Collected Stories by William Trevor (2009) **** 

*Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (2009) *** 1/2 

 

2010 

*Wilson by Daniel Clowes (2010) 

*Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (2010) *** 1/2 

*Unforgivable by Phillipe Djian (2010) ** 

*Backing Into Forward by Jules Feiffer (2010) *** 

*The Case Of The Man Who Died Laughing by Tarquin Hall (2010) *** 

*Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler (2011) *** 

*The Art Of Fielding by Chad Harbach (2011) *** 1/2 

*Unbroken by Lauren Hillenbrand (2010) *** 1/2 

*Frank: The Voice by James Kaplan (2010) ***/ 

*The Big Short by Michael Lewis (2010) *** 

*The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall Smith by Alexander McCall Smith (2010) ** 

*Insignificant Others by Stephen McCauley (2010) ** 1/2 

*Tongues of Serpents by Naomi Novik (Book 6 of Temeraire series) (2010) *** 

*Blue-Eyed Devil by Robert B. Parker (2010) *** 

*The Good Man Jesus and The Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman (2010) ** 1/2 

*Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris (2010) ** 1/2 

*Stitches by David Small (2010) *** 1/2 

*Just Kids by Patti Smith (2010) *** 

*Showtime by Larry Stempel (2010) ** 

*The Living Constitution by David A. Strauss (2010) *** 

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

*An Irish Country Courtship by Patrick Taylor (2010) * 1/2 

*40: A Doonesbury Retrospective by Garry Trudeau (2010) **** 

*A Conspiracy Of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner (2010) ** 1/2 

*Innocent by Scott Turow (2010) *** 

*Savages by Don Winslow (2010) *** 

2011 

*The Great Night by Chris Adrian (2011) ** 1/2

*Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg (2011) ***
*The Chronicles Of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg (2011) ** 1/2

*Only Time Will Tell (Clifton Chronicles Vol 1) by Jeffrey Archer (2011) ***
*On Being: A Scientist's Exploration Of The Great Questions Of Existence by Peter Atkins (2011) **

*Floors by Patrick Carman (2011) ** 

*Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver (2011) **

*The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt (2011) *** 1/2 

*Dodsworth in Rome by Tim Egan (2011) *** 

*The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (2011) ** 1/2 

*Luminous Airplanes by Paul La Farge (2011) *** 

*My Side of the Car by Kate Feiffer; illustrated by Jules Feiffer (2011) *** 1/2 

*Civilization: The West And The Rest by Niall Ferguson (2011) ** 1/2 

*Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness by Alexandra Fuller (2011) *** 1/2 

*George F. Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis (2011) *** 

*River Of Smoke by Amitov Ghosh (2011) *** 1/2 

*The Magician King by Lev Grossman (2011) *** 

*The House Of Silk by Anthony Horowitz (2011) ** 1/2 

*Train Dreams by Denis Johnson (2011) *** 
*Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling (2011) ** 1/2 

*Berlin, 1961: Kennedy, Kruschev and The Most Dangerous Place On Earth by Frederick Kempe (2011) *** 1/2 

*The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (2011) ** 1/2 

*The Siege Of Washington by John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood (2011) *** 

*Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention by Manning Marable (2011) **** 

*A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin (2011) *** 1/2  

*The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (2011) ** 1/2 

*The Greater Journey by David McCullough (2011) ** 1/2 

*The Apothecary by Maile Meloy (2011) *** 

*The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (2011) *** 1/2 

*We Others: New and Selected Stories by Steven Millhauser (2011) *** 1/2 

*Grand Pursuit by Sylvia Nasar (2011) *** 

*A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (2011) *** 1/2 

*The Buddha In The Attic by Julie Otsuka (2011) **** 

*The Cut by George Pelecanos (2011) ** 1/2 

*East Of The West by Miroslav Penkov (2011) *** 

*Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman (2011) *** 

*Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (2011) ** 

*Divergent by Veronica Roth (2011) ** 

*The Story Of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago (2011) ** 1/2 

*The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel (2011) * 1/2 

*Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir by John Paul Stevens (2011) * 1/2 

*A Dublin Student Doctor by Patrick Taylor (2011) ** 1/2 

*Habibi by Craig Thompson (2011) *** 1/2 

*High Strung: Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe And The Untold Story Of Tennis's Fiercest *Rivalry by Stephen Tignor (2011) ** 1/2 

*Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin (2011) *** 

*The House That Ruth Built by Robert Weintraub (2011) *** 1/2 

2012 

*The Boy Who Swam With Piranhas by David Almond (2012) *** 

*The One And Only Ivan (2012) *** 
*The Sins Of The Father (Clifton Chronicles Vol 2) by Jeffrey Archer (2012) ***

*Dark Lies The Island by Kevin Barry (2012) **** 

*Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel (2012) *** 

*Dead Cat Bounce by Nic Bennett (2012) ** 1/2 

*38 Nooses by Scott W. Berg (2012) *** 

*A Million Heavens by John Brandon (2012) *** 

*Hinterland by Caroline Brothers (2012) ***  

*The Years Of Lyndon Johnson Vol. Four: The Passage Of Power by Robert A. Caro (2012) **** 

*Unterzakhn by Leela Corman (2012) ** 

*The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech (2012) ** 1/2 

*Showdown At Shepherd's Bush by David Davis (2012) *** 

*This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz (2012) ****  

*I Am Spartacus: Making A Film, Breaking The Blacklist by Kirk Douglas (2012) *** 

*Making "Tootsie" 30th Anniv. edition by Susan Dworkin (2012) * 1/2 

*A Hologram For The King by Dave Eggers (2012) *** 1/2 

*The Malice Of Fortune by Michael Ennis (2012) ** 

*A Possible Life by Sebastian Faulks (2012) *** 

*Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012) *** 

*Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner (2012) ** 

*City Of Women by David R. Gillham (2012) ** 1/2 

*The Yard by Alex Grecian (2012) *** 1/2 

*The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (2012) *** 

*The Case Of The Deadly Butter Chicken by Tarquin Hall (2012) ***  

*Great North Road by Peter F. Hamilton (2012) *** 1/2 

*In Sunshine And In Shadow by Mark Helprin (2012) ** 

*In One Person by John Irving (2012) **  

*Thieftaker by D.B. Jackson (2012) ** 1/2 

*Garment Of Shadows by Laurie R. King (2012) ** 1/2 

*The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen (2012) ** 1/2 

*Mr. Churchill's Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (2012) **
*Princess Elizabeth's Spy by Susan Elia MacNeal (2012) ** 

*The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill -- Defender Of The Realm 1940-1965 by *William Manchester with Paul Reid (2012) *** 

*Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel (2012) *** 1/2 

*The Limpopo Academy Of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (2012) ** 

*The Longest Way Home by Andrew McCarthy (2012) *** 1/2 

*Sweet Tooth by Ian McEwan (2012) *** 

*Big Sky Mountain by Linda Lael Miller (2012) ** 

*John Saturnall's Feast by Lawrence Norfolk (2012) *** 

*Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik (Book 7 of Temeraire series) (2012) ** 1/2 

*The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (2012) *** 

*The 500 by Matthew Quirk (2012) ** 

*2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2012) *** 1/2 

*Sidney Chambers And The Shadow Of Death by James Runcie (2012) ** 

*Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo (2012) ** 1/2 

*Hallucinations by Oliver Sacks (2012) *** 1/2 

*Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel (2012) ** 1/2 

*A Boy And A Bear In A Boat by Dave Shelton (2012) **** 

*The Twelve Rooms Of The Nile by Enid Shomer (2012) ** 1/2 

*Undefeated: America's Heroic Fight For Bataan and Corregidor by Bill Sloan (2012) ** 1/2 

*Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man by Walter Stahr (2012) *** 1/2 

*Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace by Kate Summerscale (2012) ** 1/2 

*An Irish Country Wedding by Patrick Taylor (2012) ** 

*The Testament Of Mary by Colm Tóibín (2012) ** 

*The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (2012) ** 

*Jack Holmes and His Friends by Edmund White (2012) *** 

*Alif The Unseen by G. Willow Wilson (2012) ** 1/2 

*The Kings of Cool by Don Winslow (2012) *** 

*What's Left Of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles Vol. 1 by Kat Zhang (2012) *** 1/2 

2013 

*Three Brothers by Peter Ackroyd (2013) ***

*Best Kept Secret (Clifton Chronicles Vol 3) by Jeffrey Archer (2013) ** 1/2

*Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (2013) ***

*MaddAdam by Margaret Atwood (2013) 

*Longbourn by Jo Baker (2013) *** 1/2 

*Journey by Aaron Becker (2013) *** 1/2

*A Blind Goddess (Billy Boyle WW II mystery) by James R. Benn (2013) ** 1/2

*A Natural History Of Dragons by Marie Brennan (2013) ** 1/2 

*Junius And Albert's Adventures In The Confederacy by Peter Carlson (2013) *** 1/2 
*Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights... by Larry Carlton (2013) *** 

*Delilah Dirk and The Turkish Lieutenant by Tony Cliff (2013) ** 1/2

*London Falling by Paul Cornell (2013) ***  

*Flora & Ulysses: The  Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by K.G. Campbell (2013) 

*Blockbusters by Anita Elberse (2013) ** 

*Revolutionary Summer by Joseph Ellis (2013) *** 

*Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine (2013) ** 1/2 

*Toms River by Dan Fagin (2013) *** 

*Jacob's Eye Patch by Beth Kobliner Shaw and Jacob Shaw; illustrated by Jules Feiffer (2013) ** 

*Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel (2013) **** 

*Quiet Until The Thaw by Alexandra Fuller (2013) ***/ 

*The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman (2013) *** 

*Flora by Gail Godwin (2013) ** 

*The Black Country by Alex Grecian (2013) *** 

*An Officer And A Spy by Robert Harris (2013) *** 1/2 

*I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes (2013) * 1/2 

*A Dual Inheritance by Joanna Hershon (2013) *** 1/2 

*Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen (2013) *** 

*How To Catch A Bogle by Catherine Jenkins (2013) *** 
*Queen Of The Air by Dean Jensen (2013) *** 1/2 

*Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse by Robert Knott (2013) ** 1/2 

*Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (2013) ** 1/2 

*The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (2013) *** 1/2 

*Dissident Gardens by Jonathan Lethem (2013) *** 

*Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan (2013) ** 1/2 

*Proxy by Alex London (2013) *** 

*The Republic Of Thieves by Scott Lynch (2013) ** 1/2 

*His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal (2013) ** 1/2 

*The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon by Alexander McCall Smith (2013) ** 

*Transatlantic by Colum McCann (2013) *** 1/2 

*Someone by Alice McDermott (2013) *** 1/2 

*Beatles Vs. Stones by John McMillian (2013) *** 

*The Collected Poems of W.S. Merwin by W.S. Merwin (2013) *** 1/2 

*The Son by Philipp Meyer (2013) *** 1/2 

*Little Green by Walter Mosley (2013) *** 1/2 

*The Returned by Jason Mott (2013) ** 1/2 

*Invasion by Walter Dean Myers (2013) ** 1/2 

*More Than This by Patrick Ness (2013) *** 1/2 

*Blood Of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Book 8 of Temeraire series) (2013) *** 1/2 

*The Unwinding by George Packer (2013) **** 

*The Mouse With The Question Mark Tail by Richard Peck; illustrations by Kelly Murphy (2013) ** 1/2 

*The Double by George Pelecanos (2013) ** 

*Elect H. Mouse State Judge by Nelly Reifler (2013) * 1/2 

*Moonday by Adam Rex (2013) *** 

*The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling (2013) *** 

*Tenth of December by George Saunders (2013) ** 1/2 

*The War Below by James Scott (2013)  ** 1/2 

*Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris (2013) *** 

*The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon (2013) * 

*Stella Bain by Anita Shreve (2013) ** 1/2 

*Winger by Andrew Smith (2013) *** 

*The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illus by Jon Klassen (2013) *** 1/2 

*American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell by Deborah Solomon (2013) *** 

*Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe (2013) *** 

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

*Duke: A Life Of Duke Ellington by Terry Teachout (2013) *** 

*The Vatican Diaries by John Thavis (2013) *** 

*The Cleaner of Chartres by Sally Vickers (2013) *** 

*Mister Max: The Book Of Lost Things by Cynthia Voigt (2013) *** 

*The Fantastic Family Whipple by Matthew Ward (2013) ** 1/2 

*Why Priests? by Garry Wills (2013) ** 1/2 

*Boxers and Saints by Gene Luen Yang (2013) *** 1/2 

2014

*The Tightrope Walkers by David Almond (2014) ****

*Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou (2013) *** 

*Be Careful What You Wish For (Clifton Chronicles Vol. 4) by Jeffrey Archer (2014) ** 1/2

*A Massacre in Memphis by Steven V. Ash (2013) ***

*All The Truth Is Out by Matt Bai (2014) ** 1/2 

*Jane And The Twelve Days Of Christmas by Stephanie Barron (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry (2014) *** 

*Lucky Us by Amy Bloom (2014) *** 

*The Dead In Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley (2014) *** 

*The Tropic Of Serpents by Marie Brennan (2014) *** 

*Lincoln's Gamble by Todd Brewster (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Case Against The Supreme Court by Erwin Chemerinsky (2014) *** 

*The Three Emperors by William Dietrich (2014) ** 1/2 

*All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (2014) *** 1/2 

*Jack Of Spies by David Downing (2014) ** 

*As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales From Making Of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes (2014) *** 

*Nest by Esther Erlich (2014) *** 1/2 
*Of Bone And Thunder by Chris Evans (2014) *** 

*Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer (2014) *** 

*Dog Beach by John Fusco (2014) * 

*The Teacher Wars by Dana Goldstein (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Devil's Workshop by Alex Grecian (2014) ** 1/2 

*Animas: Legacy of The Claw by C.R. Grey (2014) ** 

*The Magician's Land by Lev Grossman (2014) *** 

*The Glass Sentence by S.E. Grove (2014) ***/ 

*We Are Pirates by Daniel Handler (2014) ** 

*Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris (2014) ** 1/2 

*Joan Of Arc: A Life Transfigured by Kathryn Harrison (2014) *** 
*The Bishop's Wife by Mette Ivie Harrison (2014) ** 
*The Spark And The Drive by Wayne Harrison (2014) *** 1/2 

*Losing Our Way by Bob Herbert (2014) *** 

*Skink -- No Surrender by Carl Hiaasen (2014) *** 

*Fool's Assassin by Robin Hobb (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Devil In The Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm (2014) ** 

*Neverhome by Laird Hunt (2014) *** 

*Sound Man by Glyn Johns (2014) ** 

*Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King (2014) *** 

*Robert B. Parker's Bull River by Robert Knott (2014) ** 1/2 

*Empire Of Sin by Gary Krist (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Intern's Handbook by Shane Kuhn (2014) ** 1/2 

*The House Of The Four Winds by Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory (2014) ** 1/2
*Juliet's Nurse by Lois Leveen (2014) *** 

*A Spy Among Friends by Ben Macintyre (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Ghost Of The Mary Celeste by Valerie Martin (2014) ** 1/2  

*The Handsome Man's De Luxe Cafe by Alexander McCall Smith (2014) ** 

*The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid (2014) *** 

*The Children Act by Ian McEwan (2014) *** 1/2 

*Here by Richard McGuire (1989/2014) **** 

*God: A Biography by Jack Miles (2014) *** 1/2 

*Greenglass House by Kate Milford (2014) ** 

*Rose Gold by Walter Mosley (2014) *** 1/2 

*Revolutionary by Alex Myers (2014) *** 

*The Wives of Los Alamos by TaraShea Nesbit (2014) *** 

*Young Houdini: The Magician's Fire by Simon Nicholson (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Quick by Lauren Owen (2014) ** 

*A King's Ransom by Sharon Kay Penman (2014) *** 1/2 

*A New York Christmas by Anne Perry (2014) * 

*The Remarkable Courtship Of General Tom Thumb by Nicholas Rinaldi (2014) ** 

*Enduring Courage: Ace Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker... by John F. Ross (2014) ** 1/2 

*Dominion by C.J. Samson (2014) *** 

*Becoming Richard Pryor by Scott Saul (2014) ** 1/2 

*Playing By The Book by S. Chris Shirley (2014) * 1/2 

*In The Kingdom Of Ice by Hampton Sides (2014) *** 

*Cop Town by Karin Slaughter (2014) *** 

*Some Luck by Jane Smiley (2014) **** 

*Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith (2014) *** 

*Six Amendments by John Paul Stevens (2014) ** 

*The Emissary aka The Last Children of Tokyo by Yoko Tawada; translated by Margaret Mitsutani (2014/2018) *** 

*An Irish Doctor In Peace And At War by Patrick Taylor (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The New Centenary Edition by Dylan Thomas (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Land Of Steady Habits by Ted Thompson (2014) *** 

*Mister Max: The Book Of Secrets by Cynthia Voigt (2014) *** 1/2 

*The Late Scholar (A Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mystery) by Jill Paton Walsh (2014) *** 

*War Of The World Records (The Family Whipple) by Matthew Ward (2014) **1/2 

*Murder At The Brightwell by Ashley Weaver (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Marriage Game by Alison Weir (2014) *** 

*The Young World by Chris Weitz (2014) *** 

*Cosby: His Life And Times by Mark Whitaker (2014) *** 

*The Noble Hustle: Poker, Beef Jerky And Death by Colson Whitehead (2014) *** 

*Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (2014) *** 1/2 

*Lincoln's Boys by Joshua Zeitz (2014) ** 1/2 

*Hope by Richard Zoglin (2014) ** 1/2 

*The Ploughmen by Kim Zupan (2014) *** 

 

2015 

*The Francis Miracle by John L. Allen (2015) ** 1/2 

*Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid (2015) ***

*Mightier Than The Sword (Clifton Chronicles Vol. 5) by Jeffrey Archer (2015) * 1/2

*Irrationally Yours by Dan Ariely (2015) ** 1/2 

*The School For Unusual Girls by Kathleen Baldwin (2015) ** 

*Beatlebone by Kevin Barry (2015) *** 

*The Sellout by Paul Beatty (2015) *** 1/2 

*We Believe The Children by Richard Beck (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Bill Of Rights by Carol Berkin (2015) *** 

*In The Unlikely Event by Judy Blume (2015) ***  

*As Chimney Sweepers Come To Dust by Alan Bradley (2015) ***  

*Voyage Of The Basilisk by Marie Brennan (2015) *** 

*The Cinder Spires: Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher (2015) *** 1/2 

*Sorcerer To The Crown by Zen Cho (2015) ***

*A Brief History Of Creation by Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves II (2015) *** 1/2

*Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015) ****

*Memory Theater by Simon Critchley (2015) *** 

*Our Man In Charleston by Christopher Dickey (2015) *** 

*Hissing Cousins by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer (2015) *** 

*South Toward Home by Margaret Eby (2015) *** 

*Bryant And May And The Burning Man by Christopher Fowler (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Age Of Acquiescence by Steve Fraser (2015) ***/ 

*Flood of Fire by Amitov Ghosh (2015) 

*Words Without Music by Philip Glass (2015) *** 

*Slice Harvester by Colin Atrophy Hagendorf (2015) *** 1/2 

*Day Shift by Charlaine Harris (2015) *** 

*Jade Dragon Mountain by Elsa Hart (2015) *** 

*The Fifth Season by N.J. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy Vol. 1) (2015) *** 1/2
*A Plague Of Bogles by Catherine Jenkins (2015) *** 
*A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (2015) *** 

*Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan (2015) ** 1/2 

*The Curious World of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly (2015) ***  

*Dreaming Spies by Laurie R. King (2015) *** 

*Hostile Takeover by Shane Kuhn (2015) *** 

*The Remarkable Education Of John Quincy Adams by Phyllis Lee Levin (2015) *** 

*America's Bank by Roger Lowenstein (2015) *** 

*Finale by Thomas Mallon (2015) *** 

*One Nation, Under Gods by Peter Manseau (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Millionaire and the Bard by Andrea Mays (2015) ** 1/2 

*The Woman Who Walked In Sunshine by Alexander McCall Smith (2015) ** 

*The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (2015) *** 

*Circling The Sun by Paula McLain (2015) *** 

*A Brief History Of Creation by Bill Mesler and H. James Cleaves II (2015) *** 1/2 

*Voices In The Night by Steven Millhauser (2015) **** 

*Slade House by David Mitchell (2015) *** 

*And Sometimes I Wonder About You by Walter Mosley (2015) ***  

*The Rest Of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness (2015) *** 

*Newt's Emerald by Garth Nix (2015) ** 1/2 

*Between You And Me by Mary Norris (2015) *** 

*Uprooted by Naomi Novik (2015) ****  

*Dear Mr. You by Mary-Louise Parker (2015) *** 1/2 

*Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins (2015) ** 1/2 

*Hissing Cousins by Marc Peyser and Timothy Dwyer (2015) *** 

*The Monopolists by Mary Pilon (2015) *** 

*Pope Francis Among The Wolves by Marco Politi (2015) ** 1/2 
*God's Bankers by Gerald Posner (2015) *** 

*The Great Surge by Steve Radelet (2015) *** 

*Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich (2015) ** 1/2 

*Razzle Dazzle by Michael Riedel (2015) ** 1/2 

*Katrina by Gary Rivlin (2015) ** 1/2 

*Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts (2015) *** 

*Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson (2015) *** 1/2 

*Unbecoming by Rebecca Scherm (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Marvels by Brian Selznick (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Book Of Aron by Jim Shepard (2015) *** 1/2 

*Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (2015) *** 1/2 

*Early Warning by Jane Smiley (2015) **** 
*Golden Age by Jane Smiley (2015) *** 1/2 

*Stand-Off by Andrew Smith (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Constable's Tale by Donald Smith (2015) ** 1/2 

*Murder Is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens (2015) ** 1/2 

*This Divided Island by Samanth Subramanian (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Curious World Of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Tate (2015) *** 
*The Silent Boy by Andrew Taylor (2015) ** 1/2 

*An Irish Doctor In Love and At Sea by Patrick Taylor (2015) ** 1/2 

*Cast Of Characters by Thomas Vinciguerra (2015) ** 1/2 

*Mister Max: The Book Of Kings by Cynthia Voigt (2015) **** 

*Anything Could Happen by Will Walton (2015) ** 

*I'm Glad I Did by Cynthia Weil (2015) ** 1/2 

*The Future Of The Catholic Church With Pope Francis by Garry Wills (2015) ** 1/2 

*My First Hundred Years In Show Business by Mary Louise Wilson (2015) *** 1/2 

*1944: FDR and The Year That Changed History by Jay Winik (2015) *** 1/2 

*The Hidden Life Of Trees by Peter Wohlleben (2015/2016 in English) *** 1/2 

*Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (2015) ** 1/2 

2016

*Jane And The Waterloo Map by Stephanie Barron (2016) *** 

*Keeping On Keeping On by Alan Bennett (2016 memoir) *** 

*Orphans Of The Carnival by Carol Birch (2016) *** 

*The Facefaker's Game by Chandler J. Birch (2016) ** 1/2 

*Lizzie and the Lost Baby by Cheryl Blackford (2016) *** 

*The First Congress by Fergus M. Bordewich (2016) *** 

*Court-Martial by Chris Bray (2016) *** 

*Moonglow by Michael Chabon (2016) *** 

*The Goblin's Puzzle by Andrew S. Chilton (2016) ** 1/2

*The Unknown Universe by Stuart Clark (2016) *** 

*Then And Now by Barbara Cook (2016) * 1/2

*Evicted by Matthew Desmond (2016) **** 

*Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo (2016) *** 1/2 

*Play It Loud by Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna (2016) *** 

*Du Iz Tak? by Carson Ellis (2016) **** 

*The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (2016) ** 1/2 

*The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg (2016) ** 

*Bryant And May: Strange Tides by Christopher Fowler (2016) *** 

*Four Futures: Visions Of The World After Capitalism by Peter Frase (2016) *** 

*The Bad-Ass Librarians Of Timbuktu by Josh Hammer (2016) *** 

*Waiting by Kevin Henkes (2015) ***/ 

*Carrying Albert Home by Homer Hickam (2015) ***/ 

*Fool's Quest by Robin Hobb (2015) *** 

*Nightbird by Alice Hoffman (2015) ** 

*Avenue Of Mysteries by John Irving (2015) *** 

*A Friend Of Mr. Lincoln by Stephen Harrigan (2016) ** 1/2 

*Night Shift by Charlaine Harrius (2016) **1/2 

*The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 1: Emperor Of The Eight Islands by Lian Hearn (2016) *** 1/2 
*The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 2: Autumn Princess, Dragon Child by Lian *Hearn (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 3: Lord Of Darkwood by Lian Hearn (2016) *** 

*The Tale Of Shikanodo Book 4: The Tengu's Game Of Go by Lian Hearn (2016) *** 

*The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks (2016) *** 

*The Last Confession of Thomas Hawkins by Antonia Hodgson (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Midnight Assassin by Skip Hollandsworth (2016) *** 

*IQ by Joe Ide (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Broken Earth Trilogy, Vol. 2) (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Last Bogler by Catherine Jenkins (2016) *** 
*Children of Earth And Sky by Guy Gavriel Kay (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Murder Of Mary Russell by Laurie R. King (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Translation Of Love by Lynne Kutsukaka (2016) *** 

*In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri (2016) *** 

*My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier (2016) ** 1/2 

*Waiting For Augusta by Jessica Lawson (2016) ** 1/2 

*The Gentleman by Forrest Leo (2016) *** 

*Draw The Line by Laurent Linn (2016) ** 

*Eight Flavors by Sarah Lohman (2016) ** 1/2 

*Precious and Grace by Alexander McCall Smith (2016) ** 

*Hero Of The Empire by Candice Millar (2016) *** 

*Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley  (2016) *** 

*Tru and Nelle by G. Neri (2016) ** 1/2 

*Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (2016) *** 

*League Of Dragons by Naomi Novik (Book 9 of Temeraire series) (2016) *** 

*My Father, The Pornographer by Chris Offutt (2016) *** 1/2 

*Dog Man Unleashed by Dav Pilkey (2016) *** 

*The French Chef In America by Alex Prud'homme (2016) ** 1/2 

*Switched On by John Elder Robinson (2016) *** 

*The Violet Hour by Katie Roiphe (2016) *** 

*It's All Your Fault by Paul Rudnick (2016) *** 

*Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (2016) *** 1/2 

*Naming Thy Name: Cross Talk in Shakespeare's Sonnets by Elaine Scarry (2016) *** 

*The Secret Horses Of Briar Hill by Megan Shepherd (2016) ** 1/2 

*The Summer Before The War by Helen Simonson (2016) *** 1/2 

*Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy by Bishop John Shelby Spong (2016) *** 

*Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen (2016) *** 1/2 

*An Irish Country Love Story by Patrick Taylor (2016) ** 

*Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier (2016) ** 1/2 

*Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne (2016) ** 

*Play It Loud by Brad Tolinski and Alan Di Perna (2016) *** 

*Countdown To Pearl Harbor by Steve Twomey (2016) *** 

*Bobby Kennedy by Larry Tye (2016) *** 

*Teddy and Co. by Cynthia Voigt (2016) ** 1/2 

*The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (2016) *** 1/2 

*Writing To Save A Life: The Louis Till File by John Edgar Wideman (2016) *** 

*A Series Of Catastrophes And Miracles by Mary Elizabeth Williams (2016) *** 

*Journey To Munich: A Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear (2016) ** 

*Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters (2016) *** 

*Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson (2016) *** 1/2 

*The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon (2016) *** 

2017

*Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2017) **

*Glass House: The 1% Economy and the Shattering Of The All-American Town by Brian Alexander (2017) ** 1/2 

*You Don't Have To Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie (2017) *** 1/2

*Aliens: The World's Leading Scientists on the Search For Extra-Terrestrial Life edited by Jim Al-khalili (2017) *** 

*The Bear And The Nightingale by Katherine Arden (2017) *** 1/2
*The Girl in The Tower by Katherine Arden (2017) *** 1/2 

*The Most Important Thing by Avi (2017) *** 

 *Why Time Flies by Alan Burdick (2017) *** 

 *A Long Way From Home by Peter Carey (2017) *** 

*Global Discontents by Noam Chomsky; interviews w David Barsamian (2017) *** 

*Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet by Ta-nehisi Coates/ illos by Brian Stelfreeze (2017) ** 1/2 

*Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell (2017) *** 

*An Alchemy of Masks and Mirrors by Curtis Craddock (2017) ** 1/2 

*Never Caught by Erica Armstrong Dunbar (2017) *** 

*How America Lost Its Secrets by Edward Jay Epstein (2017) ** 1/2 

*Hank and Jim (Bio of Henry Fonda/Jimmy Stewart) by Scott Eyman (2017) ** 1/2 

*The Evangelicals by Frances Fitzgerald (2017) *** 

*The Book That Changed America by Randall Fuller (2017) *** 

*The Epiphany Machine by David Burr Gerrard (2017) ***/ 

*Grief Cottage by Gail Godwin (2017) ** 

*Otis Redding by Jonathan Gould (2017) ***/ 

*Refugee by Alan Gratz (2017) *** 

*Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory (2017) *** 1/2 

*The Road To Jonestown by Jeff Guinn (2017) *** 

*All The Dirty Parts by Daniel Handler (2017) *** 1/2 

*The Magic Misfits by Neil Patrick Harris (2017) ** 

*The Half-Drowned King by Linnea Hartsuyker (2017) ***/ 

*Paris In The Present Tense by Mark Helprin (2017) ** 

*The Stone Heart: The Nameless City Volume 2 by Faith Erin Hicks (2017) ***/ 

*Aladdin (a new translation by Paolo Lemos Horta) (2017) *** 

*Righteous by Joe Ide (2017) *** 

*When The World Stopped To Listen by Stuart Isakoff (2017) ** 1/2 
*We'll Always Have Casablanca by Noah Isenberg (2017) **

*The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin (Broker Earth Trilogy Vol 3) (2017) *** 1/2 

*Direct Action by L.A. Kaufman (2017) ** 1/2 

*Economism by James Kwak (2017) ** 1/2 

*The Changeling by Victor LaValle (2017) *** 

*Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (2017) *** 1/2 

*The End Of Eddy by Édouard Louis (2017) ** 1/2 

*Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (2017) *** 1/2 

*The World Of Tomorrow by Brendan Matthews (2017) *** 

*The House Of Unexpected Sisters by Alexander McCall Smith (2017) ** 

*Quakeland by Kathryn Miles (2017) *** 

*Release by Patrick Ness (2017) ** 1/2 

*The Abominable Mr. Seabrook by Joe Ollmann (2017) *** 1/2 

*The Horseman by Tim Pears (2017) *** 1/2 

*The Lost City Of The Monkey God by Douglas Preston (2017) ** 1/2 
*Letters To his Neighbor by Marcel Proust, trans Lydia Davis (2017) ** 

*The Adventures Of John Blake: Mystery Of the Ghost Ship by Philip Pullman and illos by Fred Fordham (2017) ** 

*The Book Of Dust Volume One: La Belle Sauvage by Philip Pullman (2017) *** 

*Decelerate Blue by Adam Rapp and Mike Cavallaro (2017) ** 1/2 

*The Doorman's Repose by Chris Raschka (2017) *** 1/2 

*New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson (2017) *** 

*Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders (2017) **** 

*The Art Of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Phillip Sendker (2017) ** 1/2 

*Night Thoughts by Wallace Shawn (2017) *** 

*Demon Vol. 2 by Jason Shiga (2017) *** 

*Round by Joyce Sidman and Taeeun Yoo (2017) ** 

*The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket, illus by Matthew Forsythe (2017) ** 1/2 

*Goldfish Ghost by Lemony Snicket, illus by Lisa Brown (2017) ** 1/2 

*The Last Cowboys Of San Geronimo by Ian Stansel (2017) *** 

*The Secret Of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange (2017) *** 1/2  

*I Can't Breathe by Matt Taibbi (2017) *** 1/2

*An Irish Country Practice by Patrick Taylor (2017) ** 

*Thick As Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner (2017) *** 

*The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius (2017) *** 1/2 

*Falling Ill by CK Williams (2017) *** 

*NewsPrints by Ru Xu (2017) ** 

*Reckless Daughter (Joni Mitchell bio) by David Yaffe (2017) ** 1/2 

*Genius and Discovery: Five Historical Miniatures by Stefan Zweig (2017) ***
*Triumph and Disaster: Five Historical Miniatures by Stefan Zweig (2017) *** 1/2 

2018 

*The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (2018) *** 1/2
*Endling The Last by Katherine Applegate (2018) *** 1/2 

*The Button War by Avi (2018) ** 1/2 

*Hello, Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall (2018) *** (she does great waves!) 

*The Mandela Plot by Kenneth Bonert (2018) *** 

*We The People by Erwin Chemerinsky (2018) ** 1/2 

*The War Before The War by Andrew Delbanco (2018) *** 

*Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamillo (2018) 

*The Triumph of Christianity by Bart Ehrman (2018) ** 1/2 

*The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault (1976/1984/2018) *** 

*Small Country by Gaël Faye (2018) *** 1/2 

*Conan Doyle For The Defense by Margalit Fox (2018) *** 

*The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan (2018) ** 

*The Reckoning by John Grisham (2018) *  

*A Knife In The Fog by Bradley Harper (2018) ** 1/2 

*The Sea Queen by Linnea Hartsuyker (2018) *** 1/2 

*The Divided Earth by Faith Erin Hicks (2018) *** 1/2 

*A Bandit's Tale by Deborah Hopkinson (2018) ** 

*Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston (2018) *** 

*Wrecked by Joe Ide (2018) *** \ 

*Beneath A Ruthless Sun by Gilbert King (2018) *** 1/2 

*Island Of The Mad by Laurie R. King (2018) ** 1/2 

*Robert B. Parker's Revelation by Robert Knott (2018) ** 1/2 

*Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? by Robert Kuttner (2018) *** 

*Austerity Britain: 1945-1951 by David Kynaston (2018) *** 1/2 

*Bob by Wendy Mass & Rebecca Stead; illustrations by Nicholas Gannon (2018) ** 1/2 

*The Colours Of All The Cattle by Alexander McCall Smith (2018) ** 

*Wolves Of Eden by Kevin McCarthy (2018) *** 1/2 

*Marilla Of Green Gables by Sarah McCoy (2018) *** 

*Skylark's War aka Love To Everyone by Hilary McKay (2018) *** 1/2 

*God in the Qu'ran by Jack Miles (2018) *** 

*Circe by Madeline Miller (2018) *** 1/2 

*The Philosopher's Flight by Tom Miller (2018) *** 

*Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee (bio of John W Campbell and sci-fi) (2018) *** 
*Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik (2018) *** 1/2  

*Fly Girls by Keith O'Brien (2018) *** 1/2 

*Dactyl Hill Squad by Daniel José Older (2018) ** 

*There There by Tommy Orange (2018) *** 1/2 

*Fence Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2018) ***  

*DogMan: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey (2018) ** 1/2 

*Imperial Twilight by Stephen R. Platt (2018) *** 1/2 

*Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution by Scott S. Purdum (2018) *** 

*The Tangled Tree by David Quammen (2018) *** 1/2 

*Factfulness by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund (2018) ** 1/2 

*Playing To The Gods by Peter Rader (2018) *** 1/2 

*The Common Good by Robert Reich (2018) ** 

*Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson (2018) ** 1/2 

*Skyward by Brandon Sanderson (2018) ** 

*The Throne Of Caesar by Steven Saylor (2018) ** 1/2 

*Calypso by David Sedaris (2018) *** 1/2 

*The Stowaway by Laurie Gwen Shapiro (2018) ** 1/2 

*Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter (2018) ** 1/2 

*An Irish Country Cottage by Patrick Taylor (2018) ** 

*#SAD!: Doonesbury In The Time of Trump by Garry Trudeau (2018) *** 1/2 

*Toaff's Way by Cynthia Voigt (2018) *** 

*Smoketown by Mark Whitaker (2018) ***  

*The Dinosaur Artist by Paige Williams (2018) ** 1/2 

2019 

*Find Me by André Aciman (2019) 

*This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews (2019) ** 1/2 

*Endling #2: The First by Katherine Applegate (2019) *** 

*The Winter Of The Witch by Katherine Arden (2019) *** 1/2

*The Lost Art of Scripture by Karen Armstrong (2019) *** 

*Something Deeply Hidden: Quantum Worlds and the Emergence of Spacetime by Sean Carroll (2019) ***/ 

*Ghosts Of Gold Mountain by Gordon H. Chang (2019) *** 

*The Binding By Bridget Collins (2019) ** 1/2
*The Falconer by Dana Czapnik (NYC coming of age basketballer) (2019) *** 1/2 

*Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo (2019) 

* Girl, Woman, Other (2019) *** 1/2  

*The Second Founding by Eric Foner (2019) *** 

*Travel Light, Move Fast by Alexandra Fuller (2019) *** 

*Magic For Liars by Sarah Gailey (2019) ** 

*Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald (2019) 

*The Vagabonds by Jeff Guinn (2019) ** 1/2 

*The Porpoise by Mark Haddon (2019) ** 1/2 

*The Golden Wolf by Linnea Hartsuyker (2019) 

*Midnight In Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham (2019) *** 1/2 

*Underground: A Human History Of The World Beneath Our Feet by Will Hunt (2019) *** / 

*A Hero Born by Jin Yong (Legends Of The Condor Heroes Vol. 1) trans Anna Holmwood (2019) *** 1/2 

*A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay (2019) *** 1/2 

*The Players Ball by David Kushner (2019) *** 

*The Doll Factory by Elizabeth Macneal (2019) ** 

*To The Land Of Long Lost Friends by Alexander McCall Smith (2019) ** 

*The Pioneers by David McCullough (2019) ** 

*Falter by Bill McKibben (2019) ** 1/2 

*The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer (2019) ** 

*Religion As We Know It: An Origin Story by Jack Miles (2019) *** 

*The Philosopher's War by Tom Miller (2019) *** 1/2 

*Fence Vol. 2 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2019) ***  

*Fence Vol. 3 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2019) ***  

*The Book Of Dust Volume Two: The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman (2019) ** 1/2 

*That Will Never Work: The Birth Of Netflix by Marc Randolph (2019) ** 

*The Season: A History Of The Debutante by Kristen Richardson (2019) *** 

*The Finance Curse by Nicholas Shaxson (2019) *** 1/2 

*The Book Case by Dave Shelton (2019) ** 1/2 

*Aloha Rodeo by David Wolman and Julian Smith (2019) ** 1/2 

*Swarm Of Bees by Lemony Snicket, illus by Rilla Alexander (2019) ** 

*Permanent Record by Edward Snowden (2019) ** 1/2 

*What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare by Andrew McConnell Stott (2019)  *** 

*Our Castle by The Sea by Lucy Strange (2019) ** 

*An Irish Country Family by Patrick Taylor (2019) ** 

*The Outlaw Ocean by Ian Urbina (2019) ** 1/2 

*Cherokee America by Margaret Verble (2019) *** 1/2 

*Mama's Last Hug: Animal Emotions And What They Tell Us About Ourselves by Frans De Waal (2019) *** 

*Camelot's End by Jon Ward (2019) *** 

*The Woman's Hour by Elaine Weiss (2019) *** 1/2 

*The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (2019) *** 

*This Is Happiness by Niall Williams (2019) *** 1/2 

*Aloha Rodeo by David Wolman and Julian Smith (2019) ** 1/2 

2020

*Ridgerunner by Gil Adamson (2020) ** 1/2 

*Apropos Of Nothing by Woody Allen (2020) **  

*Gold Rush Girl (2020) ** 1/2 

*150 Glimpes Of The Beatles aka One Two Three Four: The Beatles In Time by Craig Brown (2020)  *** 

*The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (2020) ** 1/2 

*Piranesi by Susanna Clarke (2020) **  

*Trumpocalypse by David Frum (2020) * 

*Surviving Autocracy (2020) *** 

*Hi Five by Joe Ide (2020) ** 1/2 

*Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein (2020) ** 

*Bubble In The Sun by Christopher Knowlton (2020) ** 1/2 

*Tightrope by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn (2020) ** 1/2 

*Arguing With Zombies by Paul Krugman (2020) *** 

*The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson (2020) ** 1/2 

*The End Of Everything by Katie Mack (2020) *** 

*The Mirror and the Light (2020) by Hilary Mantel *** 1/2  

*The Human Cosmos by Jo Marchhant (2020) *** 1/2 

*A Wealth of Pigeons by Harry Bliss and Steve Martin (2020) *** 1/2 

*How To Raise An Elephant by Alexander McCall Smith (2020) ** 

*A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik  (2020) *** 

*The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (2020) *** 

*Fence Vol. 4 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2020) *** 

*The Ministry For The Future (2020) *** 1/2 

*The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg (2020) ** 1/2 

*Owls Of The Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght (2020) *** 

*Rigged by David Shimer (2020) *** 

*A World Without Work by Daniel Susskind (2020) ** 

*An Irish Country Welcome by Patrick Taylor (2020) ** 

*Fifty Two Stories by Anton Chekhov; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (2020) *** 1/2 

2021

*King by Ho Che Anderson (2021) *** 1/2

*There Is No Planet B: A Handbook For The Make Or Break Years by Mike Berners-Lee (2021) ** 

*Leviathan Awakes by James S.A. Carey (2021) *** 

*The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Sophie Blackall (2021) *** 1/2 

*Freedom From The Market by Mike Konczal (2021) ** 1/2 

*The Confidence Men by Margalit Fox (2021) *** 

*A Bright Ray of Darkness by Ethan Hawke (2021) 

*Regeneration by Paul Hawken (2021) *** 

*Later by Stephen King (2021) *** 

*Putting It Together by James Lapine (2021) *** 

*The Joy and Light Bus Company by Alexander McCall Smith (2021) ** 

*Blood Grove by Walter Mosley (2021) ** 1/2 

*The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman (2021) ** 1/2 

*The Raging 2020s by Alec Ross (2021) *** 

*Playing The Palace by Paul Rudnick (2021) *** 

*Poison For Breakfast by Lemony Snicket (2021) *** / 

*An Irish Country Yuletide by Patrick Taylor (2021) ** 

*The Creepy Case Files Of Margo Maloo by Drew Weing (2021) ** 1/2 

*Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead (2021) *** 1/2 

*Today A Woman Went Mad in The Supermarket: Stories by Hilma Wolitzer (2021) *** 1/2 

 

2022

*The Method: How The Twentieth Century Learned To Act by Isaac Butler (2022) *** 1/2 

*Knight Owl by Christophe Denise (2022) *** 

*I Was Better Last Night by Harvey Fierstein (2022) ***  

*Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative by Mark Fisher (2022) **** 

*All The Seas of the World by Guy Gavriel Kay (2022) 

*Disruptions by Steven Millhauser (2023) ***\ 

*Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates (2022) *** 

*The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman (2022) ** 1/2 

*The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka (2022) *** 1/2 

*Fence Vol. 5 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2022) *** 

*Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (2022) *** 

*The Year We Learned To Fly by Jacqueline Woodson; illustrated by Rafael López  (2022) ***  

 

2023

*The Panic Of 1907 by Robert F. Bruner and Sean Carr (2007/2nd ed 2023) *** 

*Monica by Daniel Clowes (2023) *** 

*Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond (2023) ** 1/2  

*The Puppets Of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Julie Horstad (2023) **** 

*The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos; illustrated by Doug Salati (2023) *** 

*The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas; translated by Richard Pevear (1844/2023) **** 

*Orbital by Samantha Harvey (2023) ***/ 

*Bear and Bird: The Stars and Other Stories by Jarvis (2023) *** 

*The Last Devil To Die by Richard Osman (2023) ** 1/2 

*The Destroyer Of Worlds: Return To Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff (2023) *** 

*Monster in the Woods by Dave Shelton (2023) *** 1/2 

*The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Vol 1 by Bill Waterson (2023) **** 

*Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (2023) *** 

2024

*Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (2024) *** 

*Lost in the Empire City (2024) *** 

*Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi (2024) *** 

*Killing Time by Alan Bennett by Alan Bennett (2024 novella) *** 

*The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood (2024) *** 1/2 

*Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager (2024) *** 

*Final Cut by Charles Burns (2024) **** 

*The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna Clarke (2024) *** 

*King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illustrated by Chris Riddell (2024) *** 

*Fatal Intrusion by Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado (2024) ** 1/2 

*Ferris by Kate DiCamillo (2024) *** 1/2 

*Orris and Timble: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo; illustrations by Carmen Mok (2024) ** 1/2 

*The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo; illustrated by Julia Sarda (2024) *** 1/2 

*The Perilous Performance at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos; illustrated by Doug Salati (2024) *** 

*James by Percival Everett (2024) *** 1/2 \ 

*Amazing Grapes by Jules Feiffer (2024) ** 1/2 

*The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum by Margalit Fox (2024) *** 

*Fi: A Memoir Of My Son by Alexandra Fuller (2024) 

*The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman (2024) ***/ 

*The Evolution Of Annabel Craig by Lisa Grunwald (2024) *** 

*Bunny Should Be Sleeping by Amy Hest; illustrations by Renata Liwska (2024) ***/ 

*Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest; illustrated by Erin E. Stead (2024) **** 

*The Wolf-Girl, The Greeks and the Gods by Tom Holland; illo by Jason Cockcroft (2024) *** 1/2 
*The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg (2024) ** 

*Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen (2024) *** 

*Adventures of Mary Jane by Hope Jahren (2024) ** 1/2 

*Bear and Bird: The Adventure and Other Stories by Jarvis (2024) *** 

*Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser (2024) *** 

*I'm SorryYou Got Mad by Kyle Lukoff; illustrated by Julie Kwon (2024) *** 

*The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies Of Mad Science by Kate McKinnon (2024) *** 
*The Great When by Alan Moore (2024) *** 1/2 
*Farewell, Amethystine by Walter Mosley (2024) *** 

*Worst Case Scenario by T. J. Newman (2024) ** 1/2 

*Into The Uncut Grass by Trevor Noah; illustrated by Sabina Hahn (2024) ** 1/2 

*21 by Patrick O'Brian (2024) *** 

*Fence Vol. 6 by C.S. Pacat; illustrator Johanna The Mad (2024) ***  

*By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult (2024) *** 

*Low-Hanging Fruit by Randy Rainbow (2024) *** 

*Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell (2024) ***/ 

*This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter (2024) *** 

*Polostan by Neal Stephenson (2024) *** 1/2 

*The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Vol 2 by Bill Waterson (2024) **** 

*The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Vol 3 by Bill Waterson (2024) **** 

*Time of the Child by Niall Williams (2024) **** 

2025 

*Tonight in Jungleland: The Making of Born To Run by Peter Ames Carlin (2025) ** 1/2 

*Orris and Timble: Lost and Found by Kate DiCamillo; illustrations by Carmen Mok (2024) ** 1/2 

*Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival by Stephen Greenblatt (2025) *** 1/2 

*The Book of I by David Greig (2025) ***/ 

*The Gate, The Girl and The Dragon by Grace Lin (2025) ** 

*John & Paul: A Love Story by Ian Leslie (2025) *** 

The Summer War by Naomi Novik (2025) *** 1/2 

*The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman (2025) *** 

*Yoko by David Sheff (2025) ** 

*Presumed Guilty by Scott Turow (2025) ** 1/2

*The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Vol 4 by Bill Waterson (2025) **** 

*The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Vol 5 by Bill Waterson (2025) **** 

Updated December 31, 2024