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Beware the man of one book.Anonymous, as quoted by Isaac D'Israeli, Curiosities of Literature
Since August of 2003, I've been writing reviews of nearly every book that I read. The reviews are just my personal opinion based on how much I like the book, although I try to provide some analysis of why I hold that opinion. I try to avoid major plot spoilers, but if you're striving to be completely spoiler-free, you may not want to read on, since I do sometimes talk about specific things I liked or disliked and that can include the general tone of the ending.
For more details and my review request policy, see my review philosophy.
Most recent reviews:
| 2023-05-30 | Terry Pratchett | Night Watch | 10 out of 10 |
| 2023-05-29 | Malka Older | The Mimicking of Known Successes | 6 out of 10 |
| 2023-05-22 | Ruthanna Emrys | A Half-Built Garden | 7 out of 10 |
| 2023-05-21 | Steven Brust | Tsalmoth | 7 out of 10 |
| 2023-05-20 | Ken MacLeod | The Stone Canal | 5 out of 10 |
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| 5 - | The Dragon's Path (#1) |
| 8 - | The Goblin Emperor |
| 7 - | Grimspace (#1) |
| 6 - | Wanderlust (#2) |
| 7 - | Throne of the Crescent Moon (#1) |
| 6 - | The Ring of Charon (#1) |
| 5 - | The Shattered Sphere (#2) |
| 5 - | All the Birds in the Sky |
| 4 - | The City in the Middle of the Night |
| 7 - | Operation Chaos (#1) |
| 7 - | Clean Sweep (#1) |
| 8 - | Sweep in Peace (#2) |
| 8 - | One Fell Sweep (#3) |
| 8 - | Sweep of the Blade (#4) |
| 7 - | Sweep with Me (#5) |
| 8 - | Sweep of the Heart (#6) |
| 9 - | Light from Uncommon Stars |
| 7 - | Bitten (#1) |
| 6 - | A Woman of the Iron People |
| 8 - | The Tiger's Daughter (#1) |
| 6 - | The Phoenix Empress (#2) |
| 7 - | The Quantum Rose (#6) |
| 8 - | Spherical Harmonic (#7) |
| 6 - | The Moon's Shadow (#8) |
| 7 - | Skyfall (#9) |
| 5 - | Schism (#10) |
| 6 - | Gridlinked (#1) |
| 4 - | Pebble in the Sky (#1) |
| 7 - | The Windup Girl |
| 7 - | In the Garden of Iden (#1) |
| 8 - | Against a Dark Background |
| 7 - | Consider Phlebas |
| 9 - | The Player of Games |
| 8 - | Use of Weapons |
| 7 - | The State of the Art |
| 8 - | Excession |
| 6 - | Inversions |
| 7 - | Look to Windward |
| 8 - | Matter |
| 6 - | Finity |
| 5 - | Face of the Enemy (#1) |
| 4 - | The Time Ships |
| 7 - | The Last Unicorn |
| 9 - | Bone and Jewel Creatures |
| 7 - | Carnival |
| 7 - | The Chains That You Refuse |
| 7 - | Undertow |
| 8 - | All the Windwracked Stars (#1) |
| 7 - | By the Mountain Bound (#2) |
| 6 - | The Sea Thy Mistress (#3) |
| 7 - | Range of Ghosts (#1) |
| 7 - | Shattered Pillars (#2) |
| 6 - | Steles of the Sky (#3) |
| 8 - | Dust (#1) |
| 7 - | Chill (#2) |
| 8 - | Grail (#3) |
| 8 - | Hammered (#1) |
| 8 - | Scardown (#2) |
| 8 - | Worldwired (#3) |
| 7 - | New Amsterdam (#1) |
| 7 - | Seven for a Secret (#2) |
| 8 - | Blood and Iron (#1) |
| 8 - | Whiskey and Water (#2) |
| 8 - | Ink and Steel (#3) |
| 7 - | Hell and Earth (#4) |
| 8 - | Moving Mars |
| 7 - | Darwin's Radio (#1) |
| 4 - | The Infinity Concerto (#1) |
| 5 - | The Serpent Mage (#2) |
| 5 - | Timescape |
| 7 - | The Demolished Man |
| 8 - | The Stars My Destination |
| 7 - | Daughter of the Blood (#1) |
| 8 - | Heir to the Shadows (#2) |
| 8 - | Queen of the Darkness (#3) |
| 9 - | Dreams Made Flesh (#4) |
| 5 - | Tangled Webs (#5) |
| 5 - | No Enemy But Time |
| 1 - | A Case of Conscience |
| 5 - | The Devil in the Dust (#1) |
| 6 - | Tower of the King's Daughter (#2) |
| 6 - | A Dark Way to Glory (#3) |
| 7 - | Feast of the King's Shadow (#4) |
| 6 - | Hand of the King's Evil (#5) |
| 7 - | The End of All Roads (#6) |
| 7 - | Alpha and Omega (#1) |
| 6 - | Cry Wolf (#2) |
| 5 - | Kiln People |
| 4 - | The Postman |
| 4 - | Sundiver (#1) |
| 4 - | Green Rider (#1) |
| 8 - | Stand on Zanzibar |
| 8 - | Agyar |
| 8 - | Brokedown Palace |
| 7 - | To Reign in Hell |
| 7 - | The Phoenix Guards (#1) |
| 7 - | Five Hundred Years After (#2) |
| 6 - | The Paths of the Dead (#3) |
| 7 - | The Lord of Castle Black (#4) |
| 8 - | Sethra Lavode (#5) |
| 7 - | Jhereg (#1) |
| 6 - | Yendi (#2) |
| 7 - | Teckla (#3) |
| 8 - | Taltos (#4) |
| 8 - | Phoenix (#5) |
| 6 - | Athyra (#6) |
| 8 - | Orca (#7) |
| 7 - | Dragon (#8) |
| 8 - | Issola (#9) |
| 8 - | Dzur (#10) |
| 8 - | Jhegaala (#11) |
| 8 - | Iorich (#12) |
| 7 - | Tiassa (#13) |
| 8 - | Hawk (#14) |
| 7 - | Vallista (#15) |
| 7 - | Tsalmoth (#16) |
| 7 - | The Incrementalists |
| 6 - | Hyperthought |
| 7 - | Falling Free |
| 4 - | Shards of Honor (#1) |
| 6 - | Barrayar (#2) |
| 7 - | The Warrior's Apprentice (#3) |
| 7 - | The Vor Game (#4) |
| 7 - | Cetaganda (#5) |
| 5 - | Ethan of Athos |
| 6 - | Borders of Infinity (#6) |
| 7 - | Brothers in Arms (#7) |
| 8 - | Mirror Dance (#8) |
| 6 - | Memory (#9) |
| 9 - | Komarr (#10) |
| 9 - | A Civil Campaign (#11) |
| 8 - | Diplomatic Immunity (#12) |
| 7 - | Cryoburn (#13) |
| 7 - | Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (#14) |
| 7 - | Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (#15) |
| 8 - | The Curse of Chalion (#1) |
| 8 - | Paladin of Souls (#2) |
| 8 - | The Hallowed Hunt (#3) |
| 9 - | Parable of the Sower (#1) |
| 8 - | Parable of the Talents (#2) |
| 6 - | Synners |
| 3 - | The Girls from Alcyone (#1) |
| 9 - | Artifact Space (#1) |
| 7 - | Dark Currents (#1) |
| 9 - | Kushiel's Dart (#1) |
| 9 - | Kushiel's Chosen (#2) |
| 10 - | Kushiel's Avatar (#3) |
| 8 - | Kushiel's Scion (#4) |
| 9 - | Kushiel's Justice (#5) |
| 8 - | Kushiel's Mercy (#6) |
| 9 - | Naamah's Kiss (#1) |
| 9 - | Naamah's Curse (#2) |
| 7 - | Naamah's Blessing (#3) |
| 8 - | Santa Olivia (#1) |
| 6 - | Saints Astray (#2) |
| 7 - | Soulless (#1) |
| 9 - | The Fortunate Fall |
| 7 - | Emissaries from the Dead (#1) |
| 10 - | The Yiddish Policemen's Union |
| 8 - | To Be Taught, If Fortunate |
| 7 - | A Psalm for the Wild-Built (#1) |
| 7 - | A Prayer for the Crown-Shy (#2) |
| 9 - | The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (#1) |
| 9 - | A Closed and Common Orbit (#2) |
| 10 - | Record of a Spaceborn Few (#3) |
| 8 - | The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (#4) |
| 3 - | Walk to the End of the World (#1) |
| 6 - | Waypoint Kangaroo (#1) |
| 6 - | Downbelow Station (#1) |
| 10 - | Cyteen (#1) |
| 9 - | Regenesis (#2) |
| 5 - | Gate of Ivrel (#1) |
| 5 - | Well of Shiuan (#2) |
| 7 - | Fires of Azeroth (#3) |
| 7 - | The Unbroken (#1) |
| 6 - | A Dead Djinn in Cairo |
| 7 - | The Haunting of Tram Car 015 |
| 7 - | A Master of Djinn (#1) |
| 6 - | The City and the Stars |
| 8 - | The Fountains of Paradise |
| 3 - | Rendezvous with Rama (#1) |
| 8 - | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell |
| 6 - | Piranesi |
| 6 - | Skeen's Leap (#1) |
| 3 - | The Forever Machine |
| 5 - | Artemis Fowl (#1) |
| 8 - | The Hunger Games (#1) |
| 7 - | Catching Fire (#2) |
| 9 - | Mockingjay (#3) |
| 2 - | The Dragon Never Sleeps |
| 7 - | Over Sea, Under Stone (#1) |
| 8 - | The Dark is Rising (#2) |
| 5 - | Greenwitch (#3) |
| 7 - | The Grey King (#4) |
| 7 - | Silver on the Tree (#5) |
| 7 - | Leviathan Wakes (#1) |
| 7 - | Caliban's War (#2) |
| 6 - | Abaddon's Gate (#3) |
| 8 - | Little, Big |
| 8 - | Survival (#1) |
| 9 - | Migration (#2) |
| 9 - | Regeneration (#3) |
| 7 - | A Thousand Words for Stranger (#1) |
| 6 - | Ties of Power (#2) |
| 7 - | To Trade the Stars (#3) |
| 7 - | Reap the Wild Wind (#1) |
| 6 - | Riders of the Storm (#2) |
| 5 - | Rift in the Sky (#3) |
| 7 - | Beholder's Eye (#1) |
| 7 - | Changing Vision (#2) |
| 7 - | Hidden in Sight (#3) |
| 6 - | The Ill-Made Mute (#1) |
| 6 - | The Lady of the Sorrows (#2) |
| 6 - | The Battle of Evernight (#3) |
| 7 - | Tam Lin |
| 6 - | The Secret Country (#1) |
| 6 - | The Hidden Land (#2) |
| 8 - | The Whim of the Dragon (#3) |
| 7 - | Babel-17 |
| 5 - | The Einstein Intersection |
| 6 - | Mulengro |
| 8 - | Waifs and Strays |
| 7 - | Jack, the Giant-Killer (#1) |
| 7 - | Dreams Underfoot |
| 10 - | Someplace to be Flying |
| 5 - | Moonheart (#1) |
| 7 - | The Man in the High Castle |
| 7 - | Little Brother |
| 8 - | Black Wine |
| 7 - | So You Want to Be a Wizard (#1) |
| 5 - | Pawn of Prophecy (#1) |
| 6 - | Queen of Sorcery (#2) |
| 8 - | Magician's Gambit (#3) |
| 6 - | Castle of Wizardry (#4) |
| 7 - | Enchanters' End Game (#5) |
| 6 - | Guardians of the West (#1) |
| 4 - | King of the Murgos (#2) |
| 3 - | Demon Lord of Karanda (#3) |
| 6 - | Sorceress of Darshiva (#4) |
| 3 - | The Seeress of Kell (#5) |
| 3 - | The Zork Chronicles |
| 6 - | When Gravity Fails (#1) |
| 6 - | Servant Mage |
| 8 - | Cold Magic (#1) |
| 7 - | Cold Fire (#2) |
| 6 - | Cold Steel (#3) |
| 7 - | Unconquerable Sun (#1) |
| 7 - | This Is How You Lose the Time War |
| 7 - | City of Diamond |
| 7 - | A Half-Built Garden |
| 7 - | The Mount |
| 9 - | Solitaire |
| 2 - | To Your Scattered Bodies Go (#1) |
| 5 - | Water Witch |
| 7 - | The Walls of Westernfort (#2) |
| 6 - | The Bone Doll's Twin (#1) |
| 6 - | Hidden Warrior (#2) |
| 7 - | Eifelheim |
| 6 - | The Dragon Waiting |
| 8 - | Growing Up Weightless |
| 8 - | This Alien Shore |
| 6 - | In Conquest Born (#1) |
| 4 - | The Wilding (#2) |
| 7 - | American Gods |
| 9 - | Anansi Boys |
| 7 - | Coraline |
| 7 - | The Graveyard Book |
| 8 - | Stardust |
| 5 - | Expendable (#1) |
| 7 - | Commitment Hour (#2) |
| 7 - | Ascending (#4) |
| 7 - | Neuromancer (#1) |
| 8 - | Three Parts Dead (#1) |
| 7 - | Two Serpents Rise (#2) |
| 4 - | Faith of the Fallen (#6) |
| 8 - | Ammonite |
| 9 - | Slow River |
| 8 - | Stamping Butterflies |
| 6 - | The Love Song of Numo and Hammerfist |
| 7 - | Camouflage |
| 7 - | Forever Peace |
| 7 - | The Forever War (#1) |
| 7 - | Daughters of the North |
| 6 - | Nightseer |
| 7 - | Cerulean Sins (#11) |
| 6 - | Incubus Dreams (#12) |
| 5 - | Micah (#13) |
| 8 - | Seduced by Moonlight (#3) |
| 8 - | A Stroke of Midnight (#4) |
| 6 - | Mistral's Kiss (#5) |
| 7 - | Mortal Love |
| 7 - | Dead Until Dark (#1) |
| 6 - | Dead Witch Walking (#1) |
| 7 - | Light (#1) |
| 8 - | The Once and Future Witches |
| 9 - | The Ten Thousand Doors of January |
| 8 - | A Spindle Splintered (#1) |
| 7 - | A Mirror Mended (#2) |
| 7 - | Seraphina (#1) |
| 4 - | Shadow Scale (#2) |
| 7 - | Tess of the Road (#1) |
| 5 - | The Town That Forgot How to Breathe |
| 6 - | Double Star |
| 3 - | Glory Road |
| 6 - | The Moon is a Harsh Mistress |
| 4 - | Starship Troopers |
| 8 - | A Just Determination (#1) |
| 8 - | Burden of Proof (#2) |
| 8 - | Rule of Evidence (#3) |
| 7 - | Against All Enemies (#4) |
| 7 - | Pilgrimage (#1) |
| 6 - | The People: No Different Flesh (#2) |
| 8 - | Dune (#1) |
| 7 - | A Fistful of Sky |
| 7 - | Zero Sum Game (#1) |
| 7 - | Half Life (#2) |
| 6 - | Russell's Attic Interstitials |
| 6 - | The Library of the Dead (#1) |
| 9 - | Bridge of Birds (#1) |
| 6 - | The Light Brigade |
| 6 - | Harmony |
| 7 - | The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (#1) |
| 7 - | The Broken Kingdoms (#2) |
| 8 - | The Kingdom of Gods (#3) |
| 8 - | The Fifth Season (#1) |
| 9 - | The Obelisk Gate (#2) |
| 9 - | The Stone Sky (#3) |
| 7 - | The City We Became (#1) |
| 8 - | The Space Between Worlds |
| 5 - | Hexwood |
| 7 - | The Tough Guide to Fantasyland |
| 7 - | Charmed Life (#1) |
| 7 - | The Lives of Christopher Chant (#4) |
| 4 - | White Queen (#1) |
| 9 - | Children of Earth and Sky |
| 9 - | The Last Light of the Sun |
| 8 - | Tigana |
| 7 - | Ysabel |
| 10 - | Under Heaven |
| 9 - | River of Stars |
| 9 - | Sailing to Sarantium (#1) |
| 10 - | Lord of Emperors (#2) |
| 6 - | Burn |
| 8 - | Flowers for Algernon |
| 4 - | Bright of the Sky (#1) |
| 7 - | A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking |
| 7 - | Nine Goblins |
| 8 - | The Raven and the Reindeer |
| 8 - | The Seventh Bride |
| 8 - | Summer in Orcus |
| 8 - | Swordheart |
| 8 - | Clockwork Boys (#1) |
| 8 - | The Wonder Engine (#2) |
| 8 - | Paladin's Grace (#1) |
| 7 - | Paladin's Strength (#2) |
| 8 - | The Steerswoman (#1) |
| 9 - | The Outskirter's Secret (#2) |
| 8 - | The Lost Steersman (#3) |
| 8 - | The Language of Power (#4) |
| 9 - | The House in the Cerulean Sea |
| 9 - | The Calculating Stars (#1) |
| 8 - | The Fated Sky (#2) |
| 7 - | The Relentless Moon (#3) |
| 7 - | Babel |
| 9 - | Thomas the Rhymer |
| 9 - | Swordspoint (#1) |
| 6 - | The Fall of the Kings (#2) |
| 4 - | Dissonance |
| 7 - | Arrows of the Queen (#1) |
| 4 - | Arrow's Flight (#2) |
| 4 - | Arrow's Fall (#3) |
| 5 - | Magic's Pawn (#1) |
| 8 - | Magic's Promise (#2) |
| 6 - | Magic's Price (#3) |
| 6 - | The Oathbound (#1) |
| 8 - | Oathbreakers (#2) |
| 7 - | Oathblood (#3) |
| 8 - | By the Sword (#4) |
| 6 - | Winds of Fate (#1) |
| 5 - | Winds of Change (#2) |
| 6 - | Winds of Fury (#3) |
| 5 - | The Black Gryphon (#1) |
| 7 - | When Fox Is a Thousand |
| 6 - | Mainspring (#1) |
| 4 - | Worlds of the Imperium (#1) |
| 8 - | Provenance |
| 8 - | The Raven Tower |
| 10 - | Ancillary Justice (#1) |
| 9 - | Ancillary Sword (#2) |
| 10 - | Ancillary Mercy (#3) |
| 7 - | Ninefox Gambit (#1) |
| 6 - | Raven Stratagem (#2) |
| 7 - | Revenant Gun (#3) |
| 8 - | The Dispossessed |
| 7 - | The Lathe of Heaven |
| 8 - | The Left Hand of Darkness |
| 6 - | The Telling |
| 7 - | Gifts (#1) |
| 10 - | Voices (#2) |
| 8 - | Powers (#3) |
| 6 - | A Wizard of Earthsea (#1) |
| 10 - | The Tombs of Atuan (#2) |
| 8 - | The Farthest Shore (#3) |
| 9 - | Tehanu (#4) |
| 7 - | Tales from Earthsea (#5) |
| 8 - | The Other Wind (#6) |
| 5 - | The Big Time |
| 4 - | The Wanderer |
| 6 - | A Wrinkle in Time (#1) |
| 6 - | A Wind in the Door (#2) |
| 6 - | Gun, With Occasional Music |
| 7 - | The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (#1) |
| 7 - | Prince Caspian (#2) |
| 9 - | The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (#3) |
| 6 - | The Silver Chair (#4) |
| 7 - | The Horse and His Boy (#5) |
| 9 - | The Magician's Nephew (#6) |
| 4 - | The Last Battle (#7) |
| 6 - | The Three-Body Problem (#1) |
| 7 - | Ash (#1) |
| 6 - | Warchild (#1) |
| 6 - | Through Struggle, The Stars (#1) |
| 8 - | The Lies of Locke Lamora (#1) |
| 6 - | Watchtower (#1) |
| 7 - | Learning the World |
| 6 - | Cosmonaut Keep (#1) |
| 6 - | The Star Fraction (#1) |
| 5 - | The Stone Canal (#2) |
| 8 - | Fire Logic (#1) |
| 7 - | Earth Logic (#2) |
| 7 - | Water Logic (#3) |
| 7 - | A Game of Thrones (#1) |
| 6 - | A Clash of Kings (#2) |
| 7 - | A Storm of Swords (#3) |
| 5 - | A Feast for Crows (#4) |
| 10 - | A Memory Called Empire (#1) |
| 8 - | A Desolation Called Peace (#2) |
| 7 - | The Many-Colored Land (#1) |
| 4 - | Fairyland |
| 6 - | The Engines of God (#1) |
| 6 - | Deepsix (#2) |
| 8 - | Chindi (#3) |
| 7 - | Omega (#4) |
| 6 - | Odyssey (#5) |
| 5 - | Cauldron (#6) |
| 7 - | A Talent for War (#1) |
| 7 - | Polaris (#2) |
| 8 - | Seeker (#3) |
| 7 - | The Devil's Eye (#4) |
| 8 - | Echo (#5) |
| 6 - | Firebird (#6) |
| 5 - | Coming Home (#7) |
| 7 - | Brasyl |
| 7 - | The Dervish House |
| 6 - | River of Gods |
| 4 - | Middlegame |
| 8 - | Rosemary and Rue (#1) |
| 7 - | A Local Habitation (#2) |
| 6 - | An Artificial Night (#3) |
| 7 - | Late Eclipses (#4) |
| 9 - | One Salt Sea (#5) |
| 8 - | Ashes of Honor (#6) |
| 8 - | Chimes at Midnight (#7) |
| 6 - | Full of Briars |
| 8 - | The Winter Long (#8) |
| 7 - | A Red-Rose Chain (#9) |
| 8 - | Once Broken Faith (#10) |
| 6 - | The Brightest Fell (#11) |
| 8 - | Night and Silence (#12) |
| 8 - | China Mountain Zhang |
| 7 - | Dreamsnake |
| 8 - | The Moon and the Sun |
| 6 - | The Riddle-Master of Hed (#1) |
| 6 - | Heir of Sea and Fire (#2) |
| 8 - | Harpist in the Wind (#3) |
| 7 - | Dragonhaven |
| 9 - | Sunshine |
| 8 - | The Blue Sword (#1) |
| 6 - | The Hero and the Crown (#2) |
| 4 - | Storm Born (#1) |
| 7 - | Succubus Blues (#1) |
| 8 - | Circe |
| 9 - | The City & The City |
| 9 - | Embassytown |
| 9 - | Perdido Street Station (#1) |
| 9 - | The Scar (#2) |
| 6 - | A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| 7 - | Lud-in-the-Mist |
| 7 - | Mélusine (#1) |
| 10 - | A Companion to Wolves |
| 9 - | The Speed of Dark |
| 8 - | Emerald Eyes (#1) |
| 9 - | The Long Run (#2) |
| 8 - | The Last Dancer (#3) |
| 7 - | Archangel Protocol (#1) |
| 7 - | Fallen Host (#2) |
| 6 - | Messiah Node (#3) |
| 7 - | Apocalypse Array (#4) |
| 7 - | Resurrection Code (#5) |
| 7 - | Altered Carbon (#1) |
| 7 - | Broken Angels (#2) |
| 8 - | Spin State (#1) |
| 9 - | Spin Control (#2) |
| 2 - | High Couch of Silistra (#1) |
| 5 - | Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower |
| 8 - | Gideon the Ninth (#1) |
| 9 - | Harrow the Ninth (#2) |
| 7 - | Nona the Ninth (#3) |
| 7 - | The Queen's Bastard (#1) |
| 7 - | Urban Shaman (#1) |
| 8 - | The Falling Woman |
| 6 - | The Future of Another Timeline |
| 8 - | The Time Traveler's Wife |
| 7 - | Ringworld (#1) |
| 6 - | Fleet of Worlds (#1) |
| 7 - | The Borrowers (#1) |
| 8 - | Spinning Silver |
| 8 - | Uprooted |
| 7 - | His Majesty's Dragon (#1) |
| 6 - | Throne of Jade (#2) |
| 7 - | Black Powder War (#3) |
| 6 - | Empire of Ivory (#4) |
| 9 - | A Deadly Education (#1) |
| 10 - | The Last Graduate (#2) |
| 10 - | The Golden Enclaves (#3) |
| 6 - | The Mimicking of Known Successes (#1) |
| 7 - | Riot Baby |
| 9 - | Animal Farm |
| 4 - | Architects of Memory (#1) |
| 9 - | Emergence |
| 7 - | Finder (#1) |
| 5 - | Rite of Passage |
| 6 - | The Annunciate |
| 7 - | She Who Became the Sun (#1) |
| 5 - | Woman on the Edge of Time |
| 6 - | A Song for a New Day |
| 8 - | Black Blade Blues (#1) |
| 7 - | Honeyed Words (#2) |
| 6 - | Slave Ship |
| 6 - | The Space Merchants (#1) |
| 6 - | Embers of War (#1) |
| 5 - | Declare |
| 6 - | The Colour of Magic (#1) |
| 6 - | The Light Fantastic (#2) |
| 7 - | Equal Rites (#3) |
| 7 - | Mort (#4) |
| 8 - | Sourcery (#5) |
| 7 - | Wyrd Sisters (#6) |
| 6 - | Pyramids (#7) |
| 7 - | Guards! Guards! (#8) |
| 7 - | Eric (#9) |
| 8 - | Moving Pictures (#10) |
| 7 - | Reaper Man (#11) |
| 8 - | Witches Abroad (#12) |
| 7 - | Small Gods (#13) |
| 7 - | Lords and Ladies (#14) |
| 8 - | Men at Arms (#15) |
| 7 - | Soul Music (#16) |
| 6 - | Interesting Times (#17) |
| 8 - | Maskerade (#18) |
| 8 - | Feet of Clay (#19) |
| 7 - | Hogfather (#20) |
| 8 - | Jingo (#21) |
| 5 - | The Last Continent (#22) |
| 7 - | Carpe Jugulum (#23) |
| 8 - | The Fifth Elephant (#24) |
| 8 - | The Truth (#25) |
| 8 - | Thief of Time (#26) |
| 7 - | The Last Hero (#27) |
| 8 - | The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (#28) |
| 10 - | Night Watch (#29) |
| 8 - | Boneshaker |
| 8 - | The Golden Compass (#1) |
| 7 - | The Subtle Knife (#2) |
| 7 - | The Amber Spyglass (#3) |
| 3 - | Systems |
| 6 - | Peacekeeper (#1) |
| 7 - | Blue Remembered Earth (#1) |
| 6 - | Revelation Space (#1) |
| 4 - | Black Sun (#1) |
| 4 - | Trail of Lightning (#1) |
| 7 - | Sword-Dancer (#1) |
| 6 - | Sword-Singer (#2) |
| 7 - | Sword-Maker (#3) |
| 7 - | Sword-Breaker (#4) |
| 8 - | Sword-Born (#5) |
| 7 - | Sword-Sworn (#6) |
| 7 - | A Spaceship Repair Girl Supposedly Named Rachel |
| 5 - | 2312 |
| 6 - | New York 2140 |
| 6 - | The Years of Rice and Salt |
| 5 - | Red Mars (#1) |
| 6 - | Green Mars (#2) |
| 5 - | Blue Mars (#3) |
| 8 - | Keeping It Real (#1) |
| 6 - | Beyond Shame (#1) |
| 4 - | Things That Never Were |
| 3 - | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (#1) |
| 2 - | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (#2) |
| 4 - | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (#3) |
| 3 - | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (#4) |
| 3 - | Software (#1) |
| 10 - | Set This House in Order |
| 6 - | The Female Man |
| 8 - | The Sparrow (#1) |
| 10 - | Air |
| 7 - | Empire of the East (#1) |
| 5 - | Ardneh's Sword (#2) |
| 5 - | The First Book of Swords (#1) |
| 6 - | The Second Book of Swords (#2) |
| 7 - | The Third Book of Swords (#3) |
| 4 - | Thorn (#4) |
| 6 - | Contact |
| 7 - | Memoirs of an Invisible Man |
| 4 - | Homeland (#1) |
| 6 - | Rollback |
| 2 - | The Terminal Experiment |
| 6 - | Agent to the Stars |
| 6 - | An Election |
| 8 - | The God Engines |
| 6 - | How I Proposed to My Wife |
| 7 - | Judge Sn Goes Golfing |
| 2 - | The Kaiju Preservation Society |
| 4 - | Muse of Fire |
| 7 - | Redshirts |
| 7 - | The Collapsing Empire (#1) |
| 7 - | The Consuming Fire (#2) |
| 8 - | The Last Emperox (#3) |
| 6 - | Old Man's War (#1) |
| 5 - | Questions for a Soldier |
| 6 - | The Ghost Brigades (#2) |
| 7 - | The Last Colony (#3) |
| 8 - | Zoe's Tale (#4) |
| 8 - | The Healer's War |
| 7 - | Nothing Sacred (#1) |
| 6 - | Telzey Amberdon |
| 10 - | Lady of Mazes |
| 7 - | Lockstep |
| 6 - | The Million |
| 9 - | Permanence |
| 7 - | Ventus |
| 7 - | Sun of Suns (#1) |
| 8 - | Queen of Candesce (#2) |
| 7 - | Pirate Sun (#3) |
| 8 - | The Sunless Countries (#4) |
| 7 - | Ashes of Candesce (#5) |
| 8 - | Five-Twelfths of Heaven (#1) |
| 9 - | Silence in Solitude (#2) |
| 7 - | The Empress of Earth (#3) |
| 7 - | Brother to Dragons |
| 7 - | Jenna Starborn |
| 8 - | Archangel (#1) |
| 6 - | Jovah's Angel (#2) |
| 5 - | A Time of Changes |
| 8 - | Way Station |
| 10 - | Hyperion (#1) |
| 8 - | The Fall of Hyperion (#2) |
| 7 - | Endymion (#3) |
| 9 - | The Rise of Endymion (#4) |
| 7 - | Ilium (#1) |
| 8 - | Olympos (#2) |
| 5 - | Tik-Tok |
| 9 - | Only Forward |
| 7 - | Stoneskin (#0) |
| 6 - | The Void Captain's Tale |
| 7 - | Grand Central Arena (#1) |
| 5 - | Spheres of Influence (#2) |
| 8 - | Larque on the Wing |
| 6 - | And Shall Machines Surrender (#1) |
| 7 - | When You Reach Me |
| 6 - | Barbary Station (#1) |
| 5 - | Galaxy Blues |
| 9 - | Anathem |
| 7 - | The Diamond Age |
| 9 - | Snow Crash |
| 8 - | Nobody's Son |
| 6 - | Passion Play |
| 8 - | Accelerando |
| 9 - | Glasshouse |
| 7 - | Halting State |
| 7 - | Saturn's Children (#1) |
| 8 - | Neptune's Brood (#2) |
| 7 - | Singularity Sky (#1) |
| 8 - | Iron Sunrise (#2) |
| 7 - | The Atrocity Archives (#1) |
| 6 - | More Than Human |
| 6 - | Bones of the Earth |
| 6 - | Stations of the Tide |
| 7 - | Elder Race |
| 6 - | A Plague of Angels |
| 6 - | Beauty |
| 6 - | Grass |
| 6 - | The 13 Clocks |
| 6 - | The Children of Húrin |
| 6 - | Mary Poppins (#1) |
| 8 - | City of Pearl (#1) |
| 9 - | Crossing the Line (#2) |
| 7 - | The World Before (#3) |
| 7 - | Matriarch (#4) |
| 8 - | Ally (#5) |
| 9 - | Judge (#6) |
| 6 - | Baba Yaga Laid an Egg |
| 7 - | Palimpsest |
| 7 - | The Past is Red |
| 3 - | Space Opera |
| 3 - | The Dying Earth (#1) |
| 7 - | Norse Code |
| 4 - | Titan (#1) |
| 6 - | The Snow Queen (#1) |
| 6 - | Rainbows End |
| 7 - | A Fire Upon the Deep (#1) |
| 8 - | A Deepness in the Sky (#2) |
| 7 - | The Empress of Salt and Fortune (#1) |
| 6 - | Behind the Throne (#1) |
| 9 - | Hench |
| 10 - | Among Others |
| 7 - | Lent |
| 8 - | Lifelode |
| 9 - | My Real Children |
| 9 - | Tooth and Claw |
| 8 - | Farthing (#1) |
| 9 - | Ha'penny (#2) |
| 9 - | Half a Crown (#3) |
| 7 - | The Just City (#1) |
| 9 - | The Philosopher Kings (#2) |
| 7 - | Necessity (#3) |
| 6 - | The King's Peace (#1) |
| 7 - | The King's Name (#2) |
| 7 - | Blindsight |
| 3 - | On Basilisk Station (#1) |
| 6 - | The Time Machine |
| 8 - | All Systems Red (#1) |
| 8 - | Artificial Condition (#2) |
| 7 - | Rogue Protocol (#3) |
| 9 - | Exit Strategy (#4) |
| 9 - | Network Effect (#5) |
| 8 - | Fugitive Telemetry (#6) |
| 6 - | Hospital Station (#1) |
| 6 - | Star Surgeon (#2) |
| 6 - | Major Operation (#3) |
| 6 - | Ambulance Ship (#4) |
| 6 - | Sector General (#5) |
| 7 - | Star Healer (#6) |
| 5 - | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang |
| 7 - | Metropolitan (#1) |
| 8 - | City on Fire (#2) |
| 6 - | All About Emily |
| 8 - | Bellwether |
| 8 - | Doomsday Book |
| 7 - | Fire Watch |
| 7 - | Lincoln's Dreams |
| 7 - | To Say Nothing of the Dog |
| 6 - | Julian Comstock |
| 7 - | Spin (#1) |
| 8 - | The Shadow of the Torturer (#1) |
| 8 - | The Claw of the Conciliator (#2) |
| 7 - | The Sword of the Lictor (#3) |
| 7 - | The Citadel of the Autarch (#4) |
| 5 - | The Urth of the New Sun (#5) |
| 7 - | Sorcery and Cecelia (#1) |
| 6 - | The Pyramid Waltz (#1) |
| 6 - | Cards of Grief |
| 7 - | Lord of Light |
| 7 - | This Immortal |
| 5 - | Nine Princes in Amber (#1) |
| 6 - | The Guns of Avalon (#2) |
| 7 - | Sign of the Unicorn (#3) |
| 7 - | The Hand of Oberon (#4) |
| 5 - | The Courts of Chaos (#5) |
| 7 - | Kingdom of Cages |
| 2 - | Neverness |
| 4 - | Forward |
| 7 - | 2014 Hugos: Short Story Nominees |
| 6 - | 2014 Hugos: Novelettes |
| 6 - | Black Stars |
| 7 - | Azumanga Daioh: The Omnibus |
| 7 - | Yotsuba&! 1 (#1) |
| 7 - | Yotsuba&! 2 (#2) |
| 7 - | Yotsuba&! 3 (#3) |
| 6 - | Yotsuba&! 4 (#4) |
| 6 - | Yotsuba&! 5 (#5) |
| 6 - | Yotsuba&! 6 (#6) |
| 7 - | Ultimate Fantastic Four Volume 1 |
| 6 - | Ultimate Marvel Team-Up |
| 7 - | Ultimate Spider-Man Collection |
| 6 - | Politically... Incorrect |
| 10 - | Hyperbole and a Half |
| 8 - | Solutions and Other Problems |
| 6 - | The Sandman: The Dream Hunters |
| 6 - | Neil Gaiman's Midnight Days |
| 7 - | The Sandman: Endless Nights |
| 9 - | The Gashlycrumb Tinies |
| 7 - | Finnish Nightmares |
| 6 - | The Hard Goodbye (#1) |
| 8 - | V for Vendetta |
| 6 - | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume 1 (#1) |
| 9 - | The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage |
| 7 - | Cerebus (#1) |
| 7 - | Nimona |
| 7 - | Death: At Death's Door |
| 9 - | Digger |
| 7 - | On a Sunbeam |
| 9 - | Always Human |
| 7 - | Aerial Magic Season 1 (#1) |
| 5 - | Serenity: Those Left Behind |
| 7 - | Fables: Legends in Exile (#1) |
| 9 - | A Coffin for Dimitrios |
| 8 - | Pride and Prejudice |
| 7 - | Sense and Sensibility |
| 10 - | A Man Called Ove |
| 10 - | My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (#1) |
| 6 - | Dark Lies the Island |
| 3 - | Distant Star |
| 6 - | The Da Vinci Code (#2) |
| 6 - | The Rice-Sprout Song |
| 6 - | The Rouge of the North |
| 8 - | Shōgun |
| 7 - | Ordinary Jack (#1) |
| 8 - | Absolute Zero (#2) |
| 7 - | Bagthorpes Unlimited (#3) |
| 7 - | Bagthorpes V. the World (#4) |
| 8 - | Bagthorpes Abroad (#5) |
| 8 - | Bagthorpes Haunted (#6) |
| 8 - | Landing |
| 7 - | Wakulla Springs |
| 7 - | Wasted Heart |
| 5 - | So Lucky |
| 9 - | The Blue Place (#1) |
| 10 - | Stay (#2) |
| 9 - | Always (#3) |
| 8 - | Hild (#1) |
| 4 - | Matrix |
| 8 - | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| 7 - | Catch-22 (#1) |
| 7 - | These Old Shades |
| 8 - | The Dot & the Line |
| 10 - | The Phantom Tollbooth |
| 8 - | The Green Glass Sea |
| 9 - | And Playing the Role of Herself |
| 7 - | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (#1) |
| 9 - | To Kill a Mockingbird |
| 6 - | Familiar |
| 6 - | The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril |
| 7 - | Saving Francesca (#1) |
| 9 - | The Piper's Son (#2) |
| 9 - | Life of Pi |
| 6 - | Runaway |
| 7 - | The Story of the Treasure Seekers |
| 8 - | The Death of Bees |
| 6 - | Keep the Aspidistra Flying |
| 9 - | The Dogs of Babel |
| 9 - | The Shell Seekers |
| 8 - | The Westing Game |
| 10 - | The King's Last Song |
| 10 - | Bambi |
| 6 - | The Nine Tailors (#11) |
| 8 - | Black Beauty |
| 6 - | The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (#1) |
| 8 - | I Capture the Castle |
| 5 - | The Hundred and One Dalmatians (#1) |
| 7 - | The Starlight Barking (#2) |
| 5 - | The Big U |
| 9 - | Cryptonomicon |
| 7 - | Zodiac |
| 5 - | Quicksilver (#1) |
| 6 - | The Confusion (#2) |
| 5 - | The System of the World (#3) |
| 7 - | Kidnapped (#1) |
| 7 - | And Four to Go (#30) |
| 7 - | A Patchwork Planet |
| 10 - | Code Name Verity |
| 7 - | The Warrior's Path (#1) |
| 8 - | A Journey of the Heart (#2) |
| 8 - | A Hero's Tale (#3) |
| 7 - | Periodic Tales |
| 9 - | Getting Things Done |
| 7 - | Ready for Anything |
| 7 - | Kanban |
| 6 - | A History of God |
| 8 - | Bull by the Horns |
| 6 - | Getting Back to Full Employment |
| 6 - | Rise of the Warrior Cop |
| 7 - | Bright Earth |
| 6 - | Learning React |
| 6 - | Linked |
| 8 - | The City of Falling Angels |
| 6 - | Against the Gods |
| 8 - | Virgin |
| 9 - | Effective Java, Second Edition |
| 8 - | Solar Labyrinth |
| 6 - | Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels: 1985–2010 |
| 6 - | Make It Stick |
| 8 - | The Mother Tongue |
| 7 - | Kleptopia |
| 9 - | Quiet |
| 5 - | Don't Sweat the Small Stuff |
| 9 - | Bad Blood |
| 6 - | Your Day, Your Way |
| 6 - | Devil Take the Hindmost |
| 9 - | Algorithms to Live By |
| 6 - | Coding Freedom |
| 9 - | Perl Best Practices |
| 7 - | In Pursuit of the Traveling Salesman |
| 9 - | Flow |
| 9 - | Once Upon a Tome |
| 9 - | The Knowledge |
| 7 - | True Porn Clerk Stories |
| 9 - | About Writing |
| 6 - | Silent Interviews |
| 7 - | The Hare with Amber Eyes |
| 7 - | Happy Ever After |
| 8 - | Higher Order Perl |
| 7 - | I Didn't Do the Thing Today |
| 8 - | Golden Gates |
| 9 - | Dreyer's English |
| 6 - | The Power of Habit |
| 9 - | The Music of the Primes |
| 8 - | Thinking in Java |
| 7 - | Roads and Bridges |
| 7 - | Working Effectively with Legacy Code |
| 9 - | Cryptography Engineering |
| 9 - | Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! |
| 7 - | What Do You Care What Other People Think? |
| 7 - | A Grand and Bold Thing |
| 9 - | JavaScript: The Definitive Guide |
| 10 - | Do It Tomorrow |
| 8 - | Get Everything Done |
| 5 - | How to Make Your Dreams Come True |
| 7 - | The Pathway to Awesomeness |
| 9 - | Secrets of Productive People |
| 9 - | The Affluent Society |
| 6 - | Design Patterns |
| 9 - | One Two Three... Infinity |
| 9 - | The Tipping Point |
| 7 - | Faster |
| 10 - | Bad Science |
| 8 - | Bad Pharma |
| 9 - | Debt |
| 5 - | The Footnote |
| 8 - | Night Moves |
| 9 - | The Elegant Universe |
| 8 - | Empires of EVE |
| 7 - | How Doctors Think |
| 10 - | On the Clock |
| 6 - | Letter to a Christian Nation |
| 8 - | Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| 7 - | Lost in Math |
| 8 - | Shady Characters |
| 9 - | They Had to Go Out |
| 7 - | A People's History of the Supreme Court |
| 8 - | Super Pumped |
| 8 - | Cities and the Wealth of Nations |
| 8 - | Dark Age Ahead |
| 9 - | The Death and Life of Great American Cities |
| 7 - | The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction |
| 8 - | Postwar |
| 7 - | Thinking, Fast and Slow |
| 7 - | Nice Guys Finish Seventh |
| 8 - | Scrum and XP from the Trenches |
| 7 - | The Biggest Bluff |
| 6 - | Salt: A World History |
| 7 - | The Complete Critical Assembly |
| 7 - | The SEX Column |
| 9 - | The Silence of the Langford |
| 8 - | Up Through an Empty House of Stars |
| 7 - | The Effective Engineer |
| 9 - | Let's Pretend This Never Happened |
| 7 - | Furiously Happy |
| 6 - | The Making of the Indebted Man |
| 7 - | Freakonomics |
| 8 - | God's Crucible |
| 8 - | The Big Short |
| 7 - | The Blind Side |
| 10 - | The Fifth Risk |
| 7 - | Liar's Poker |
| 9 - | Moneyball |
| 8 - | The New New Thing |
| 7 - | Panic |
| 10 - | Time Management for System Administrators |
| 8 - | Founders at Work |
| 8 - | Fukushima |
| 8 - | A Mathematician's Lament |
| 7 - | Why We Fail |
| 5 - | Breakfast in the Ruins |
| 6 - | The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck |
| 8 - | Turn the Ship Around! |
| 0 - | Code Complete, Second Edition |
| 9 - | Because Internet |
| 9 - | The Smartest Guys in the Room |
| 8 - | All the Devils Are Here |
| 8 - | Lower Ed |
| 9 - | Thick |
| 5 - | The Fed Unbound |
| 4 - | Air Apparent |
| 6 - | How to Lie with Maps |
| 7 - | Twisty Little Passages |
| 8 - | Wizardry & Wild Romance |
| 7 - | Playing in the Dark |
| 10 - | What If? |
| 7 - | Allow Me to Retort |
| 6 - | An Imaginary Tale |
| 7 - | A World Without Email |
| 8 - | Deep Work |
| 6 - | Digital Minimalism |
| 8 - | So Good They Can't Ignore You |
| 8 - | Making Book |
| 6 - | The Design of Everyday Things |
| 8 - | I Beat the Odds |
| 8 - | Pound Foolish |
| 5 - | Overdue |
| 9 - | Homage to Catalonia |
| 8 - | The Road to Wigan Pier |
| 9 - | An Age Like This (1920–1940) (#1) |
| 7 - | My Country Right or Left (1940–1943) (#2) |
| 9 - | As I Please (1943–1945) (#3) |
| 9 - | In Front of Your Nose (1945–1950) (#4) |
| 7 - | The Nordic Theory of Everything |
| 4 - | The Peter Principle (#1) |
| 8 - | Can't Even |
| 9 - | Anti-Social |
| 9 - | James Tiptree, Jr. |
| 9 - | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (#1) |
| 8 - | Lila (#2) |
| 8 - | The Last Goodbye |
| 6 - | Laziness Does Not Exist |
| 6 - | The Book on the Edge of Forever |
| 9 - | Due Diligence |
| 8 - | Dr. Riemann's Zeros |
| 7 - | Lean In |
| 3 - | Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? |
| 8 - | Applied Cryptography |
| 8 - | Liars and Outliers |
| 7 - | Overwhelmed |
| 6 - | Agile Project Management with Scrum |
| 6 - | The Secret Barrister |
| 10 - | Coders at Work |
| 8 - | Hidden Figures |
| 8 - | Beyond the Galaxy |
| 6 - | Fermat's Enigma |
| 6 - | Effective Python |
| 8 - | The Trouble with Physics |
| 8 - | A Paradise Built in Hell |
| 7 - | Building Trust |
| 5 - | Advanced Perl Programming |
| 7 - | Marking Time |
| 6 - | Some Remarks |
| 8 - | With Charity for All |
| 10 - | The Places in Between |
| 10 - | The Prince of the Marshes |
| 7 - | Thanks for the Feedback |
| 10 - | The Elements of Style |
| 9 - | The Black Swan |
| 9 - | Fooled by Randomness |
| 3 - | Move Fast and Break Things |
| 8 - | Programming Ruby |
| 5 - | Zero Bugs and Program Faster |
| 7 - | The Lost Heart of Asia |
| 8 - | Hand to Mouth |
| 8 - | The Nine |
| 7 - | The Oath |
| 8 - | The Run of His Life |
| 8 - | Crashed |
| 7 - | Shutdown |
| 7 - | Eats, Shoots & Leaves |
| 9 - | Twitter and Tear Gas |
| 8 - | Envisioning Information |
| 8 - | Visual Explanations |
| 9 - | The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint |
| 8 - | Getting Started with Dwarf Fortress |
| 7 - | The Emergency Sasquatch Ordinance |
| 9 - | Why We Sleep |
| 6 - | An Informal History of the Hugos |
| 8 - | What Makes This Book So Great |
| 7 - | Out of Office |
| 6 - | Still Not Safe |
| 5 - | The Problem with Work |
| 7 - | The Odd Clauses |
| 7 - | Billion Dollar Loser |
| 6 - | Four Colors Suffice |
| 7 - | Soundings |
| 8 - | Democracy at Work |
| 8 - | A People's History of the United States |
| 7 - | Hero System 5th Edition |
| 6 - | AADA Road Atlas: The East Coast (#1) |
| 9 - | Eclipse Phase |
Note that ratings for books that I actually like will be between 5 and 10; a rating of 5 indicates that I felt neutral about the book after having read it. Anything below 5 means that I considered reading the book to be a waste of my time. As such, an "average" good book will get a 7. Since I mostly read books that I have some reason to believe I'll like, you won't see many ratings below a 5. Books I didn't finish will have a 0 next to them as a rating.
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