Bookshelf

  1. Cover of Stories of Your Life and Others

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    by Ted Chiang
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    Stories of Your Life and Others

    by Ted Chiang
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    One of the most amazing and thought-provoking collections I have read in a long time. Ted Chiang has joined the ranks of my most cherished authors of fiction.
  2. Cover of His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)

    His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)

    by Philip Pullman
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  3. Cover of Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

    Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

    by Hugh Howey
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1)

    by Hugh Howey
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

    Imaginative, efficiently plotted, poignant.
  4. Cover of Steal This Plot: A Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism

    Steal This Plot: A Writer's Guide to Story Structure and Plagiarism

    by William Noble
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  5. Cover of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    The Swerve: How the World Became Modern

    by Stephen Greenblatt
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  6. Cover of The Hedge Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1)

    The Hedge Knight (The Tales of Dunk and Egg, #1)

    by Ben Avery
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  7. Cover of A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1)

    A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1)

    by Laurie R. King
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1)

    by Laurie R. King
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    The problem with rating a short story anthology is that some of the stories are great and some are decidedly less so. In particular, the Neil Gaiman story was excellent and original.
  8. Cover of The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)

    The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)

    by Ken Follett
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  9. Cover of Tenth of December

    Tenth of December

    by George Saunders
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    Tenth of December

    by George Saunders
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

    In many a ways, this book is pretty brilliant and filled with great stories. But in reading them in collected form, the same themes and stylistic elements are so ubiquitous that they get a bit tedious at times. I highly recommend reading Saunders, but maybe not the entire collection at once.
  10. Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

    Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

    by David Sedaris
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  11. Cover of Safeword (Y: The Last Man, #4)

    Safeword (Y: The Last Man, #4)

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  12. Cover of The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

    The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks

    by Max Brooks
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  13. Cover of Cat's Cradle

    Cat's Cradle

    by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  14. Cover of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

    by Susanna Clarke
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  15. Cover of The World Without Us

    The World Without Us

    by Alan Weisman
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

    The World Without Us

    by Alan Weisman
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

    An excellent book! But thoroughly, thoroughly depressing.
  16. Cover of Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)

    Characters and Viewpoint (Elements of Fiction Writing)

    by Orson Scott Card
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  17. Cover of A Short History of Nearly Everything

    A Short History of Nearly Everything

    by Bill Bryson
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  18. Cover of Cycles (Y: The Last Man, #2)

    Cycles (Y: The Last Man, #2)

    by Brian K. Vaughan
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  19. Cover of Inside Joss' Dollhouse: From Alpha to Rossum

    Inside Joss' Dollhouse: From Alpha to Rossum

    by Jane Espenson
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  20. Cover of Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)

    Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse (Wastelands #1)

    by John Joseph Adams
    ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
  21. Cover of Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

    Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction

    by Charles Baxter
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
  22. Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

    Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

    by Robert M. Pirsig
    ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆