2017 Books

Num Rating Author Title Category
1 **** Clarke, Arthur C. Astounding Days [Biography]
2 **** Evans, Kate Red Rosa [Comics / Biography]
3 **** McCarry, Charles The Tears of Autumn [Fiction]
4 **** Pakenham, Valerie Out in the Noonday Sun [History]
5 ** Cornwell, Bernard The Fort [Fiction]
6 U Wendt, Lloyd & Kogan, Herman Lords of the Levee [History]
7 *** Dear, Ian Escape and Evasion [History]
8 **** Austen, Jane Persuasion [Fiction]
9 **** Pohl, Frederik & Kornbluth, Cyril M. Search the Sky [Fiction]
10 ***** Blegvad, Peter Kew. Rhone. [Music]
11 ***** Barry, Lynda Syllabus [Comics / Art]
12 ***** Dirda, Michael On Conan Doyle, or, the Whole Art of Storytelling [Literary Criticism]
13 *** Baring-Gould, William S. Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street [Fiction]
14 ***** James, Lawrence The Rise and Fall of the British Empire [History]
15 *** Burroughs, Edgar Rice At the Earth's Core [Fiction]
16 *** Niven, Larry The Patchwork Girl [Fiction]
17 *** Silverberg, Robert Reflections and Refractions [Literary Criticism / Biography]
18 ***** Allbeury, Ted The Twentieth Day of January [Fiction]
19 ** Farmer, Philip José Escape from Loki [Fiction]
20 **** Bryson, Bill A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail [Travel / Humor]
21 **** Doyle, Arthur Conan Through the Magic Door [Bibliography / Memoir]
22 ***** Wyndham, John The Chrysalids [Fiction]
23 *** Standiford, Les Last Train to Paradise [History]
24 **** Fies, Brian Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? [Comics]
25 **** Macintyre, Ben Rogue Heroes [History]
26 *** Williams, Sam & Stallman, Richard Free as in Freedom 2.0 [Biography]
27 ***** Green, Benny P.G. Wodehouse: A Literary Biography [Biography]
28 **** Farmer, Philip José Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke [Fiction]
29 *** Wodehouse, P.G. Jill the Reckless [Fiction]
30 *** Kornbluth, C.M. Takeoff [Fiction]
31 *** Garfinkel, Simson L. Architects of the Information Society [History / Computing]
32 **** Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich [History]
33 **** Cazalet-Keir, Thelma Homage to P.G. Wodehouse [Literary Criticism]
34 **** Shaw, Bob A Wreath of Stars [Fiction]
35 ***** Wodehouse, P.G. Cocktail Time [Fiction]
36 **** Lewis, John March: Book One [Comics / Biography]
37 ***** Berry, Jeff Potions of the Caribbean [Cooking / History]
38 **** Lewis, John March: Book Two [Comics / Biography]
39 **** Lewis, John March: Book Two [Comics / Biography]
40 *** Farmer, Philip José Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life [Fiction]
41 **** Hammond, Wayne G. & Scull, Christina J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator [Art]
42 **** Brackett, Leigh The Secret of Sinharat [Fiction]
43 **** Lewis, John March: Book Three [Comics / Biography]
44 ***** Winder, Simon The Man Who Saved Britain [History]
45 ** Blish, James There Shall Be No Darkness [Fiction]
46 ***** Hermes, Will Love Goes to Buildings on Fire [Music]
47 *** Harness, Charles L. The Paradox Men [Fiction]
48 ** Buchan, John The Dancing Floor [Fiction]
49 *** Lycett, Andrew Ian Fleming [Biography]
50 **** Amis, Kingsley The James Bond Dossier [Literary Criticism]
51 **** Vance, Jack Big Planet [Fiction]
52 *** Heinlein, Robert A. To Sail Beyond the Sunset [Fiction]
53 ***** Bryson, Bill The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir [Biography]
54 U Winkless, Laurie Science and the City [Science]
55 **** Coles, Manning Let the Tiger Die [Fiction]
56 *** Sutherland, John Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction [History]
57 *** Hartwell, David G. Age of Wonder [Literary Criticism]
58 **** Merwin, Samuel The Road to Frontenac [Fiction]
59 ** Rucker, Rudy The Hollow Earth [Fiction]
60 ***** Strachan, Hew The First World War [History]
61 **** Clarke, Arthur C. A Fall of Moondust [Fiction]
62 *** O'Brian, Patrick The Commodore [Fiction]
63 **** Oakley, J. Ronald God's Country: America in the Fifties [History]
64 *** Sasgen, Peter T. Stalking the Red Bear [Memoir]
65 **** Wergin, Joseph Petrus How to Win at Cribbage [Games]
66 *** Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry Footfall [Fiction]
67 **** Shaw, Bob Medusa's Children [Fiction]
68 **** McCarry, Charles The Secret Lovers [Fiction]
69 ***** Wodehouse, P.G. Picadilly Jim [Fiction]
70 *** Weigel, David The Show That Never Ends [Music]
71 *** Blair, Michael & Bucciero, Joe Colossal Youth [Music]
72 ***** Leacock, Stephen Charles Dickens: The Life and Work [Biography]
73 *** Cockburn, Claud Bestseller: The Books That Everyone Read: 1900-1939 [History / Literary Criticism]
74 **** Doyle, Arthur Conan The Poison Belt [Fiction]
75 **** Weir, Andy Artemis [Fiction]
76 ** Van Vogt, A. E. The World of Null-A [Fiction]

Keith Waclena
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