2015 in Books. (Now with quotes and reviews!)
~~Every link leads to an entry with basic information about the book, my favourite quotes and my review:
~The image I use is the edition I read.
~I tag the year of publication, unless the era plays a major part in the story and is different (e.g. a book published about WWII in 2001), in which case I tag both.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
Non-Fiction:
♥ The Occult Significance of Blood by Rudolf Steiner. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis silvestris catus by Stephen Budiansky. (8.5/10)
♥ Taking Ourselves Seriously & Getting It Right by Harry G. Frankfurt. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Battle For History: Re-Fighting World War Two by John Keegan. (8/10)
♥♥♥ On Evil by Terry Eagleton. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Understanding Taoism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy texts, Sacred Places by Jennifer Oldstone-Moore. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman with Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Mehta, and Wendy Roth. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana: His Life and Work in the Charmed World of His Estate by Patricia Chute. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History, or is This a Game of 20 Questions? by Mark Kurlansky. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness by Thomas Jefferson (edited and compiled by Eric S. Petersen). (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. (7.5/10)
♥ Natural History of Religion by David Hume. (6/10)
♥♥♥ Hiroshima by John Hersey. (7.5/10)
Fiction:
~~~Novels:
♥♥♥ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Piercing by Ryu Murakami. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. (7.5/10)
♥ The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Twenty Jātaka Tales retold by Noor Inayat Khan. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Время Hочь, Людмила Петрушевская. (The Time: Night by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.) (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Month of Sundays by John Updike. (8.5/10)
♥ Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Moby Dick by Herman Melville. (10/10)
♥♥♥ Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. (7.5/10)
♥ Zoo by James Patterson (ghost-written by Michael Ledwidge). (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. (9/10)
♥ Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. (7.5/10)
♥ Paper Towns by John Green. (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ On the Beach by Nevil Shute. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (9/10)
♥ The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights by Ted Huges. (7.5/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews. (7.5/10)
♥ Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride. (7.5/10)
♥ Little Farm in the Ozarks by Roger Lea MacBride. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (9/10)
♥ Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery. (7.5/10)
♥ Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Gift Wrap by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Two Blondes by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Small-Town Wedding by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ If I Had a Hammer by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Playing Possum by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris. (6/10)
♥ Dead but not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Various, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner. (7.5/10)†
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♥ Dancers in the Dark by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)††
♥ Tacky by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Bacon by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Dahlia Underground by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ A Very Vampire Christmas by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Death by Dahlia by Charlaine Harris. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Colour of Magic by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8.5/10)
♥ The Light Fantastic by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8.5/10)
♥ Equal Rites by Sir Terry Pratchett. (7/10)
♥ Mort by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. (9/10)
♥ Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family by Felix Salten. (9/10)
♥♥♥ A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥ Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ Down at the Dinghy by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ Franny by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger. (9/10)
♥ Zooey by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥ Seymour - An Introduction by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ Hapworth 16, 1924 by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. (8/10)
♥ Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Ring ( PART 1--- PART 2), by Koji Suzuki. (8.5/10)
♥ Spiral by Koji Suzuki. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling. (10/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. (9.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. (8/10)
♥ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Voyage of the Dawntreader by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. (7.5/10)
♥ The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Outcast by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥ Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The First Collier by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. (9/10)
† - Stories written in the Sookie universe by other authors, chosen by and with permission from Charlaine Harris.
†† - While writing the Sookie novels, Harris wrote a few novellas and short stories taking place in the same universe, expanding on the characters that make only a minor appearance in the books.
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7.5/10)
♥ Just Before the War with the Eskimos by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Laughing Man by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The New Catacomb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ For Esmé - with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Case of Lady Sannox by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7.5/10)
♥ Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ The Terror of Blue John Gap by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥ De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ The Brazilian Cat by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Teddy by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥ The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Such a Pretty Little Picture by Dorothy Parker. (8/10)*
♥♥♥ The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor. (7.5/10)*
♥♥♥ Too Bad by Dorothy Parker. (8/10)*
♥ The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥ Mr. Durant by Dorothy Parker. (7/10)
♥ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. (7/10)
♥ A Certain Lady by Dorothy Parker. (6.5/10)
♥ View of the Woods by Flannery O'Connor. (7/10)
♥ The Secret of Macarger's Gulch by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥ Empty House by Algernon Blackwood. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Wonderful Old Gentleman by Dorothy Parker. (7.5/10)
♥ The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Enduring Chill by Flannery O'Connor. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Haunted Island by Algernon Blackwood. (8/10)
♥ Dialogue at Three in the Morning by Dorothy Parker. (6/10)
♥♥♥ A Psychological Shipwreck by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Keeping His Promise by Algernon Blackwood. (7.5/10)
♥ The Last Tea by Dorothy Parker. (7/10)
♥♥♥ A Holy Terror by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥ Oh! He's Charming! by Dorothy Parker. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ John Bartine's Watch by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥ Beyond the Wall by Ambrose Bierce. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Invader by Alice & Claude Askew. (8.5/10)
♥ The Stranger by Alice & Claude Askew. (8/10)
♥ Lady Green-Sleeves by Alice & Claude Askew. (7.5/10)
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. (8/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ Pastorals by Alexander Pope. (7.5/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ Batman: Noël by Lee Bermejo. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Boy & A Girl by Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat. (8/10)
♥ Bite Club by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, and David Hahn. (7/10)
♥ The Art of War by Kelly Roman with Sun Tzu and Michael DeWeese. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, and Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman, and Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. (8/10)
♥ The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman, and Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III and Charles Vess. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman, and Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Charles Vess, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, and P. Craig Russell. (9/10)
♥ The Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman, and Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, George Pratt, Stan Woch, and Dick Giordano. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman, and Jill Thompson and Vince Locke. (9/10)
♥ The Sandman: World's End by Neil Gaiman, and Michael Allred, Gary Amaro, Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano, Tony Harris, Steve Leialoha, Vince Locke, Shea Anton Pensa, Alec Stevens, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, and Michael Zulli. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman, and Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ornston and Kevin Nowlan. (8/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Wake by Neil Gaiman, and Michael Zulli, Jon J Muth, and Charles Vess. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, and Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Frank Quitely, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barron Storey. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey, and Scott Hampton, Chris Weston, James Hodgkins, Warren Pleece and Dean Ormston. (8/10) ╰☆╮
♥ Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, Ryan Kelly, and Dean Ormston. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (9/10)
Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8/10)
Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
Transmetropolitan: The New Scum by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
Transmetropolitan: Lonely City by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Bone: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥ Bone: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥ Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. (8/10)
♥ The Walking Dead: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (7.5/10)
╰☆╮ - A mostly-independent spin-off from the Sandman series with occasional overlapping plots and taking place in the same universe.
PREVIOUS YEARS:
2009-2010/ 2010/ 2011/ 2012/ 2013/ 2014/
~The image I use is the edition I read.
~I tag the year of publication, unless the era plays a major part in the story and is different (e.g. a book published about WWII in 2001), in which case I tag both.
♥♥♥ = Personal favourites I recommend.
Non-Fiction:
♥ The Occult Significance of Blood by Rudolf Steiner. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson. (8/10)
♥♥♥ The Character of Cats: The Origins, Intelligence, Behavior, and Stratagems of Felis silvestris catus by Stephen Budiansky. (8.5/10)
♥ Taking Ourselves Seriously & Getting It Right by Harry G. Frankfurt. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Battle For History: Re-Fighting World War Two by John Keegan. (8/10)
♥♥♥ On Evil by Terry Eagleton. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Understanding Taoism: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy texts, Sacred Places by Jennifer Oldstone-Moore. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman with Cybelle Fox, David J. Harding, Jal Mehta, and Wendy Roth. (9/10)
♥♥♥ Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Tolstoy at Yasnaya Polyana: His Life and Work in the Charmed World of His Estate by Patricia Chute. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ What?: Are These the 20 Most Important Questions in Human History, or is This a Game of 20 Questions? by Mark Kurlansky. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Light and Liberty: Reflections on the Pursuit of Happiness by Thomas Jefferson (edited and compiled by Eric S. Petersen). (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. (7.5/10)
♥ Natural History of Religion by David Hume. (6/10)
♥♥♥ Hiroshima by John Hersey. (7.5/10)
Fiction:
~~~Novels:
♥♥♥ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Piercing by Ryu Murakami. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy. (7.5/10)
♥ The Iron Man by Ted Hughes. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Twenty Jātaka Tales retold by Noor Inayat Khan. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Время Hочь, Людмила Петрушевская. (The Time: Night by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.) (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Month of Sundays by John Updike. (8.5/10)
♥ Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Moby Dick by Herman Melville. (10/10)
♥♥♥ Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James. (7.5/10)
♥ Zoo by James Patterson (ghost-written by Michael Ledwidge). (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. (9/10)
♥ Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata. (7.5/10)
♥ Paper Towns by John Green. (5.5/10)
♥♥♥ On the Beach by Nevil Shute. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant. (8/10)
♥♥♥ North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. (9/10)
♥ The Iron Man: A Children's Story in Five Nights by Ted Huges. (7.5/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ Seeds of Yesterday by V.C. Andrews. (7.5/10)
♥ Garden of Shadows by V.C. Andrews. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Little House on Rocky Ridge by Roger Lea MacBride. (7.5/10)
♥ Little Farm in the Ozarks by Roger Lea MacBride. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ Chronicles of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery. (9/10)
♥ Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery. (8/10)
♥ Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery. (7.5/10)
♥ Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery. (8.5/10)
♥ From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Gift Wrap by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Two Blondes by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Small-Town Wedding by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ Dead Reckoning by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Dead Ever After by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ If I Had a Hammer by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Playing Possum by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Charlaine Harris. (6/10)
♥ Dead but not Forgotten: Stories from the World of Sookie Stackhouse by Various, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner. (7.5/10)†
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♥ Dancers in the Dark by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)††
♥ Tacky by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Bacon by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ The Britlingens Go to Hell by Charlaine Harris. (8/10)
♥ Dahlia Underground by Charlaine Harris. (7.5/10)
♥ A Very Vampire Christmas by Charlaine Harris. (7/10)
♥ Death by Dahlia by Charlaine Harris. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Colour of Magic by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8.5/10)
♥ The Light Fantastic by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8.5/10)
♥ Equal Rites by Sir Terry Pratchett. (7/10)
♥ Mort by Sir Terry Pratchett. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten. (9/10)
♥ Bambi's Children: The Story of a Forest Family by Felix Salten. (9/10)
♥♥♥ A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥ Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ Down at the Dinghy by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ Franny by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥ Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger. (9/10)
♥ Zooey by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥ Seymour - An Introduction by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ Hapworth 16, 1924 by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. (8/10)
♥ Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Ring ( PART 1--- PART 2), by Koji Suzuki. (8.5/10)
♥ Spiral by Koji Suzuki. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling. (10/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling. (9.5/10)
♥ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis. (8/10)
♥ The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Voyage of the Dawntreader by C.S. Lewis. (8.5/10)
♥ The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis. (7.5/10)
♥ The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The Outcast by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥ Guardians of Ga'Hoole: The First Collier by Kathryn Lasky. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket. (9/10)
† - Stories written in the Sookie universe by other authors, chosen by and with permission from Charlaine Harris.
†† - While writing the Sookie novels, Harris wrote a few novellas and short stories taking place in the same universe, expanding on the characters that make only a minor appearance in the books.
~~~Short Stories:
♥♥♥ The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7.5/10)
♥ Just Before the War with the Eskimos by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥ The Leather Funnel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Laughing Man by J.D. Salinger. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The New Catacomb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ For Esmé - with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ The Case of Lady Sannox by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7.5/10)
♥ Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ The Terror of Blue John Gap by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥ De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period by J.D. Salinger. (7.5/10)
♥ The Brazilian Cat by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (7/10)
♥♥♥ Teddy by J.D. Salinger. (8/10)
♥ The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce. (6/10)
♥♥♥ The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Such a Pretty Little Picture by Dorothy Parker. (8/10)*
♥♥♥ The Boarded Window by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor. (7.5/10)*
♥♥♥ Too Bad by Dorothy Parker. (8/10)*
♥ The Man and the Snake by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥ Mr. Durant by Dorothy Parker. (7/10)
♥ The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. (7/10)
♥ A Certain Lady by Dorothy Parker. (6.5/10)
♥ View of the Woods by Flannery O'Connor. (7/10)
♥ The Secret of Macarger's Gulch by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥ Empty House by Algernon Blackwood. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Wonderful Old Gentleman by Dorothy Parker. (7.5/10)
♥ The Middle Toe of the Right Foot by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
♥♥♥ The Enduring Chill by Flannery O'Connor. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Haunted Island by Algernon Blackwood. (8/10)
♥ Dialogue at Three in the Morning by Dorothy Parker. (6/10)
♥♥♥ A Psychological Shipwreck by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥♥♥ Keeping His Promise by Algernon Blackwood. (7.5/10)
♥ The Last Tea by Dorothy Parker. (7/10)
♥♥♥ A Holy Terror by Ambrose Bierce. (8/10)
♥ Oh! He's Charming! by Dorothy Parker. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ John Bartine's Watch by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥ Beyond the Wall by Ambrose Bierce. (6.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Watcher by the Dead by Ambrose Bierce. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ Moxon's Master by Ambrose Bierce. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Invader by Alice & Claude Askew. (8.5/10)
♥ The Stranger by Alice & Claude Askew. (8/10)
♥ Lady Green-Sleeves by Alice & Claude Askew. (7.5/10)
~~~Plays:
♥♥♥ A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. (8/10)
~~~Poetry:
♥♥♥ Pastorals by Alexander Pope. (7.5/10)
Graphic Novels:
♥♥♥ Batman: Noël by Lee Bermejo. (7.5/10)
♥♥♥ A Boy & A Girl by Jamie S. Rich and Natalie Nourigat. (8/10)
♥ Bite Club by Howard Chaykin and David Tischman, and David Hahn. (7/10)
♥ The Art of War by Kelly Roman with Sun Tzu and Michael DeWeese. (7/10)
Series and Sequeled Works:
♥♥♥ The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman, and Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Doll's House by Neil Gaiman, and Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg and Malcolm Jones III. (8/10)
♥ The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman, and Kelley Jones, Malcolm Jones III and Charles Vess. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman, and Kelley Jones, Mike Dringenberg, Charles Vess, Malcolm Jones III, Matt Wagner, Dick Giordano, George Pratt, and P. Craig Russell. (9/10)
♥ The Sandman: A Game of You by Neil Gaiman, and Shawn McManus, Colleen Doran, Bryan Talbot, George Pratt, Stan Woch, and Dick Giordano. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman, and Jill Thompson and Vince Locke. (9/10)
♥ The Sandman: World's End by Neil Gaiman, and Michael Allred, Gary Amaro, Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano, Tony Harris, Steve Leialoha, Vince Locke, Shea Anton Pensa, Alec Stevens, Bryan Talbot, John Watkiss, and Michael Zulli. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman, and Marc Hempel, Richard Case, D Israeli, Teddy Kristiansen, Glyn Dillon, Charles Vess, Dean Ornston and Kevin Nowlan. (8/10)
♥ The Sandman: The Wake by Neil Gaiman, and Michael Zulli, Jon J Muth, and Charles Vess. (8.5/10)
♥ The Sandman: Endless Nights by Neil Gaiman, and Glenn Fabry, Milo Manara, Miguelanxo Prado, Frank Quitely, P. Craig Russell, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barron Storey. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey, and Scott Hampton, Chris Weston, James Hodgkins, Warren Pleece and Dean Ormston. (8/10) ╰☆╮
♥ Lucifer: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey and Peter Gross, Ryan Kelly, and Dean Ormston. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (9/10)
Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8/10)
Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
Transmetropolitan: The New Scum by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
Transmetropolitan: Lonely City by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson. (8.5/10)
♥♥♥ Bone: Out From Boneville by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥ Bone: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥ Bone: Eyes of the Storm by Jeff Smith. (9/10)
♥♥♥ The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. (8/10)
♥ The Walking Dead: Miles Behind Us by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. (7.5/10)
╰☆╮ - A mostly-independent spin-off from the Sandman series with occasional overlapping plots and taking place in the same universe.
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