2014 Books

Num Rating Author Title Category
1 **** Pringle, David Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels [Literary Criticism]
2 ***** Thompson, Harry To the Edge of the World [Fiction]
3 ** Clareson, Thomas D. (ed.) Voices for the Future, Volume Two [Literary Criticism]
4 *** Seabrook, Jack Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown [Literary Criticism]
5 **** Loxton, Daniel & Donald R. Prothero Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids [Science]
6 ** Bretnor, Reginald (ed.) Modern Science Fiction: Its Meaning and its Future [Literary Criticism]
7 ***** Winder, Simon Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe [History]
8 *** Simak, Clifford D. Empire [Fiction]
9 ** Brown, Chester The Playboy [Comics]
10 ***** Rabagliati, Michel Paul Joins the Scouts [Comics]
11 **** Yang, Gene Luen Boxers [Comics]
12 **** Yang, Gene Luen Saints [Comics]
13 * Willis, Connie Blackout [Fiction]
14 ** Dingle, A.E. Gold Out of Celebes [FIction]
15 **** O'Brian, Patrick H.M.S. Surprise [Fiction]
16 ***** Blum, Howard Dark Invasion [History]
17 **** Harrison, Harry Worlds of Wonder [Fiction]
18 **** Blish, James The Quincunx of Time [Fiction]
19 ** Blish, James Spock Must Die! [Fiction]
20 *** de Camp, L. Sprague Rogue Queen [Fiction]
21 ***** Pohl, Frederik The Way the Future Was [Biography]
22 *** Delany, Samuel R. The Jewels of Aptor [Fiction]
23 * Lanza, Joseph Cocktail [History]
24 ***** Robinson, Derek Goshawk Squadron [Fiction]
25 **** Sandlin, Lee Wicked River: The Mississippi When it Last Ran Wild [History]
26 ** Blish, James The Star Dwellers [Fiction]
27 **** Cooper, Susan Over Sea, Under Stone [Fiction]
28 **** Ransome, Arthur The Big Six [Fiction]
29 *** Roberts, Adam The History of Science Fiction [Literary Criticism]
30 ** Bould, Mark & Vint, Sherry The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction [Literary Criticism]
31 U Dorff, Pat File... Don't Pile! [Non-fiction]
32 ***** Knight, Damon In Search of Wonder [Literary Criticism]
33 ***** Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of the American Revolution [History]
34 ** Christopher, John The Caves of Night [Fiction]
35 ***** Coles, Manning Without Lawful Authority [Fiction]
36 U Moore, Alan Aqualung [Music]
37 ***** Baines,Phil Penguin By Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005 [Art]
38 **** Buchan, John Huntingtower [Fiction]
39 **** Courrier, Kevin Trout Mask Replica [Music]
40 *** Patterson, William H. Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century: Volume 2: The Man Who Learned Better [Biography]
41 ***** Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of World War I [History]
42 **** Ambler, Eric State of Siege [Fiction]
43 **** Bertozzi, Nick The Salon [Comics]
44 *** Steele, Allen Coyote [Fiction]
45 ***** Stokesbury, James L. A Short History of the Korean War [History]
46 *** Anderson, Poul The Man Who Counts [Fiction]
47 ***** Heinlein, Robert A. Friday [Fiction]
48 **** O'Brian, Patrick The Mauritius Command [Fiction]
49 **** Louvish, Simon Monkey Business: The Lives and Legends of The Marx Brothers [Biography]
50 *** Wylie, Philip Gladiator [Fiction]
51 *** Downing, David Jack of Spies [Fiction]
52 **** White, W.L. They Were Expendable [Memoir]
53 ***** Macintyre, Ben A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal [History]
54 ***** Shaw, Bob Orbitsville [Fiction]
55 **** Coles, Manning Green Hazard [Fiction]
56 **** Hislop, Codman The Mohawk [History]
57 *** Sheffield, Charles The Billion Dollar Boy [Fiction]
58 *** Buchan, John John Macnab [Fiction]
59 *** Schneider, Paul The Adirondacks [History]
60 ***** Shaw, Bob The Ragged Astronauts [Fiction]
61 ***** Stafford, David The Silent Game: The Real World of Imaginary Spies [Literary Criticism]
62 **** Deighton, Len XPD [Fiction]
63 *** McCormick, Donald Who's Who in Spy Fiction [Literary Criticism]
64 *** De Camp, L. Sprague Science-Fiction Handbook [Literary Criticism]
65 **** Fraser, George MacDonald Flashman on the March [Fiction]
66 ***** Munroe, Randall What If? [Science]
67 ** Ackroyd, Peter London Under [History]
68 *** Buchan, John The Thirty-Nine Steps [Fiction]
69 *** Ottaviani, Jim & Johnston, Janine Levitation: Physics and Psychology in the Service of Deception [Magic]
70 ** Jones, Raymond F. The Colonists [Fiction]
71 ***** Walker, Michael What You Want is in the Limo [Music]
72 * Heinlein, Robert A. I Will Fear No Evil [Fiction]
73 **** De Camp, L. Sprague Time & Chance [Biography]
74 ***** Hale, Nathan Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood [Comics / History]
75 * Henty, G.A. For Name and Fame [Fiction]
76 ** Blackwood, Algernon Three John Silence Stories [Fiction]
77 **** Walker, Michael Laurel Canyon [History]
78 ***** O'Brian, Patrick Desolation Island [Fiction]
79 **** Conant, Jennet 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos [History]
80 *** Jackson, Sourdough That Old Science Fiction [Literary Criticism]
81 **** White, James All Judgment Fled [Fiction]
82 ** Pangborn, Edgar West of the Sun [Fiction]
83 ***** Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry The Mote in God's Eye [Fiction]
84 U Goldstein, Richard Helluva Town [History]
85 ***** Solomonson, David & Solomonson, Lesley Jacobs The 12 Bottle Bar [Cooking]
86 **** Glidden, Sarah How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less [Comics]

Keith Waclena
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