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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Yet Another Holmes!?!

As sure as the sun rises and sets there is sure to be another interpretation of Sherlock Holmes. With the recent big screen adaptation out today I thought it might be time for some pontification on that most memorable of detectives. While I thoroughly enjoyed Robert Downey Junior as Holmes with a cast rounded out by some wonderful BBC staples, I could always use another hit... though not the same kind as Holmes himself. I'm eagerly awaiting what, in the terms of geekdom, might be the most anticipated of collaborations. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are joining forces (yes that's me squealing in the background) to bring a new twist to Holmes. Sure they have been more recently tied up with Doctor Who, but that doesn't mean this will be anything like The Doctor... how about Moffat's Jekyll reimagining? Even if it is supposedly set in modern times, with Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Rupert Graves we have a cast that I am certain to love. The three 90 minute films are in production now and I just could only wish for a Tardis to jump on into the future to catch an episode. But the real question is, how does Steven Moffat have the time? With writing the new Tin Tin movie, being the new show-runner for Doctor Who and now this!?! Sheer multitasking genius!

All this talks of the new Holmeses leads me to a very important thought... who really is the definitive Holmes? Basil Rathbone or Jeremy Brett... how do they stack up against each other. And are we to factor in parodies? Because then we have Michael Caine facing Peter Cook! Also what if we factor in Holmes' history and take into account Ian Richardson on Murder Rooms (which if you haven't watched, you really must)? The truth is, each actor brings something unique and different to the role and that one can not be compared to another or even to how we view Holmes in our minds. Of course, this being me, I do have a favorite... from a love of Egyptology and being in love with the star at an impressionable age, Nicholas Rowe as Holmes in The Young Sherlock Holmes will always be my favorite. He does not detract from the original, but adds a new layer of awesomeness. I'm sorry Elizabeth had to die... but I did like you saying my name over and over even if you did cause me to have an unnatural fear of pastries.

The history of Holmes is fascinating in and of itself. Doyle never wrote the Deerstalker, that was an invention of the Illustrator. And when Doyle had Holmes killed off, he was brought back to life by mass consensus. There are societies and spin offs and scholars and every manner of devotion possible, it's no wonder there are so many adaptations!

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 3 comments

Labels: Arthur Conan Doyle, Doctor Who, Ian Richardson, Jeremy Brett, Mark Gatiss, Martin Freeman, Nicholas Rowe, Robert Downey Junior, Sherlock Holmes, Steven Moffat, The Doctor, The Young Sherlock Holmes

Monday, March 29, 2010

Tuesday Tomorrow

Changeless, The Parasol Protectorate Book 2 by Gail Carriger
Published by: Orbit
Publication Date: March 30th, 2010
Format: Paperback, 336 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"Alexia Tarabotti, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.

But Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can.

She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it."

Even more awesome then the first book, it leaves you desperately wanting Blameless now. As in right now, not September.

Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs
Published by: Ace
Publication Date: March 30th, 2010
Format: Hardcover, 336 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"When mechanic and shapeshifter Mercy Thompson attempts to return a powerful Fae book she'd previously borrowed in an act of desperation, she finds the bookstore locked up and closed down.

It seems the book contains secret knowledge-and the Fae will do just about anything to keep it out of the wrong hands. And if that doesn't take enough of Mercy's attention, her friend Samuel is struggling with his wolf side-leaving Mercy to cover for him, lest his own father declare Sam's life forfeit.

All in all, Mercy has had better days. And if she isn't careful, she might not have many more to live..."

Oh... and another book with werewolves! Yeah for werewolves! The 5th Mercy Thompson book is sure to please all those who've been desperate since the previous book came out last spring. Ah, so much good reading to look forward to!

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 2 comments

Labels: Changeless, Gail Carriger, Mercy Thompson, Patricia Briggs, Silver Borne, Soulless, The Parasol Protectorate, Tuesday Tomorrow

Friday, March 26, 2010

Book Review - Alan Bradley's The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley
Published by: Delacorte
Publication Date: March 9th, 2010
Format: Hardcover, 384 Pages
Challenge: Thriller and Suspense
Rating: ★★★★ 1/2★
To Buy

"Sanctified cyanide
Super-quick arsenic
Higgledy-piggledy
Into the Soup.
Put out the mourning lamps
Call for coffin clamps
Teach them to trifle with
Flavia de Luce!"

A mile from Buckshaw in the graveyard of Saint Tancred's, Flavia stumbles on a crying woman. Bent over a grave and weeping prodigiously. She turns out to be the beaten and bruised assistant to the famous puppeteer, Rupert Porson, who's show The Magic Kingdom, with Snoddy the Squirrel, is a huge hit for the BBC, not that Flavia would know, her father trusting televisions less then telephones. Their travelling show has hit a hitch. Their van has broken down and they have no money to repair it. The Vicar, Canon Richardson, being a huge fan of the show, suggests that they put on a performance for the parish in exchange for the ticket sales fixing their vehicle. An agreement reached, the details are ironed out, two shows on Saturday of Jack and the Beanstalk. Flavia, in more an inquisitive nature then out of kindness, agrees to help. She gets all the inside scoop on this strange puppeteer, who suffered Polio in his youth and is now a twisted man, outside and in, and avoids all the negatives of home life, mainly Feely and Daphne. Things seem to be going well, the show gets set up, and it is a little magical world where Flavia imagines sitting in Jack's mullioned windowed cottage brewing poisons... but then Flavia gets home and her Aunt Felicity is arriving the next day. So now committed to be in two places at once, Flavia does the next logical thing... gets up at dawn to help the puppeteers so as she can then meet her Aunt's train at the station later in the day. Flavia helps relocate Rupert and Nialla to Culverhouse Farm, where it will be more seemly for them to pitch their tent at the bottom of Jubilee Field, then amongst the dead at Saint Tancred's. But Culverhouse Farm holds misery and darkness. The owner's son Robin died tragically five years earlier, being hanged in Gibbet Wood, where the weird Mad Meg wanders. The fields are tended by a German POW obsessed with the Brontes and a Land Girl obsessed with him. But amongst the other eccentrics of the village, they hardly stand out.

The day of the performance shins bright and Flavia, astride trusty Gladys, whizzes to the Parish Hall. Rupert shows her a little of the magic behind the scenes with Jack and the Giant he will kill. But nothing prepares Flavia for how magical the show really is. She, and the whole audience are transported by Rupert and his puppets... one of which bares a striking resemblance to the dead Robin.... That night Flavia can't wait to see the show again. This time with her entire family in tow, put the show starts off differently. Instead of Rupert's fantastical Mozart introduction, the two old spinster's of the village who run the tea rooms, do their obligatory musical revue and then Jack and the Beanstalk commences. But just as Jack is to slew the Giant, a very dead Rupert Porson falls to the stage. With the whole village as witnesses, they are held and questioned for hours. At the end, it's no doubt that it's murder. But be sure Flavia is convinced of the police's inability to solve this case without her, and she might just be right.

Flavia is back and even more wonderful then in her first installment, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. She still is up to chemical machinations... but it's her ability to unsettle people and ask the questions that need asking and being silent when you need to be silent, that makes her the best detective Bishop's Lacey has ever seen, sorry Inspector Hewitt, you are going to have to step up your game. More fast paced, the pages just flew under my hungry eyes, I just could not put this book down. From Flavia's newest revenge on her sisters, to the Bronte loving Dieter... this book just sprang to life off the pages and made me a participant of the goings on at Bishop's Lacey. But aside from all the layers of intrigue and subplots and mysteries, it was the puppeteer who kept this book strung together.

While most people of my generation think of the Muppets when they think of puppets, the British have a much more storied tradition of puppetry. I'm mainly talking about Punch and Judy, that terrifying duo that embraces violence and hatred for laughs. Until now, I didn't think that anything would capture the malevolence of them like the "Destroying Angel" episode of Midsomer Murders, but I was wrong. Alan Bradley has succeeded where even, in my mind, Neil Gaiman failed. The thread of those two malevolent puppets that strings it's way through this story is just brilliant. I think it has to be said, that only with the knowledge of writing for television and writing for children could anyone have captured the underlying menace and messy lives of those people involved with British Broadcasting. Haven't you ever thought that the people behind such "innocent" fare, like the writer's of Camberwick Green, had to really be mentally disturbed to write that kind of show? That's why people latched onto that parody Life on Mars did... because it's secretly what we've always believed to be true! Puppetry, whilst funny and light, also has a dark, ominous, evil side that ties into the Punch and Judy zeitgeist, that Alan Bradley has tapped into here.

If there's one wish for this book, it was that the ending was a little more... messy. It seemed to tie up a little too neatly. Things might not be as dark and foreboding as they look, and I kind of wanted them dark and foreboding. I am happy that Flavia did not get held hostage again, totally avoiding the cliche of damsel in distress, that brought the previous book down a star... but still, not quite perfect yet. I might have been willing to oversea the faults if Dieter had come in again at the end. You know... I think I might have fallen a little for that POW with the Bronte complex... I don't think I've even met a more fascinating man. Why does he have to be fictional?

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 0 comments

Labels: Alan Bradley, Bronte, Buckshaw, Camberwick Green, Flavia De Luce, Life on Mars, Midsomer Murders, Neil Gaiman, Puppets, Reading Challenge, Rupert Porson, The Weed That String's The Hangman's Bag

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Book Review - Alan Bradley's The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

Published by: Delacorte Press
Publication Date: April 28th, 2009
Format: Hardcover, 374 Pages
Challenge: Thriller and Suspense, 1st in Series
Rating: ★★★★
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At Buckshaw, the ancestral home of the de Luce's, Flavia spends her time lovingly researching poisons and thinking up ways to exact revenge on her two older sisters, Ophelia and Daphne. What else can one do with a distant philatelist father interested only in stamps, a dead mother, and sisters more concerned with reading and makeup then their youngest sibling? Add Mrs. Mullet, a cook who keeps plying them with her unwanted custard pies, and Dogger, the shell shocked comrade in arms who saved the Colonel in the war and is now the houses general dogsbody, and you can see why Flavia likes the uncomplicated world of chemistry to that of her fellow man. Lucky for Flavia, the long dead Tarquin de Luce had a fervent love of chemistry equal to hers, and she has inherited his envy inducing laboratory high in the attics of Buckshaw. But their peace is soon to be disturbed, and not by the shrieks of Feely as her pearls are disintegrated by Flavia, or the muffled sounds of Flavia trying to extricate herself from the closest where her sisters imprisoned her... no. Murder is about to strike Buckshaw, foreshadowed by a dead jack snipe with a postage stamp in it's beak.

In the middle of the night, Flavia is woken by her father arguing with a man in his study. She is taken back to bed by Dogger and she blasts music to lull herself to sleep rather than stewing in her discontented and inquisitive mindset, but not before she heard her father say they had murdered a man by the name of Twining twenty years ago. In the early dawn hours she awakens and goes out into the garden to find the intruder dead in the cucumber patch. The authorities are called and the investigation begins. But Flavia has her own investigations to conduct, starting at the public library and the death of this man named Twining. To her trusty steed, her bike Gladys, she races and off she peddles to the library. Which is closed... but soon a librarian approaches. The retired Miss Mountjoy, the bane of the village, has returned to help the current librarian. But her arrival is felicitous, she happens to be the niece of the murdered Twining, who was a teacher at Greyminster, the school Colonel de Luce attended. Twining committed suicide in front of all the students by jumping off the top of the school after a prize Penny Black stamp was taken from the headmaster and destroyed in front of his eyes. Flavia, intrigued, then goes to the inn, assuming that the mystery man had to be staying there. In his room she finds the stamp that was supposedly destroyed... and it's twin! But back at Buckshaw it might be too late... her father has been arrested!

What follows goes back many years into the history of the postal service and the issuance of stamps and their connection to revolutionary factions. But also into the boyhood of Colonel de Luce and his friendship with two very forceful students, Horace Bonepenny and Bob Stanley. Also residing in the past at Greyminster was Twinging, the optimistic teacher who thought creating a conjuring society and a philately club would open the boys minds, never thinking that it would end in his death. There is also the author, Pemberton, whose interest in Buckshaw seems oddly timed. Can Flavia figure this out before Inspector Hewitt and the other detectives? Can she save the day and her dad, or will she herself need saving? Will see even live to see her twelfth birthday?

The only way to describe this book would be the Addams Family meets Eloise. With Flavia being very much like the precocious Eloise, but with a fondness for the macabre that could only be seen by a member of the Addams clan. Bradley has created a great little world with overtones of Christie and Du Maurier, which I'm sure he would gladly embrace, not the least of which is that they were both great storytellers in the cozy genre. He has given us a wonderful mystery that reads like the best of the British whodunits but with a unique narrator in the guise of Flavia. Her family and their estate remind one of a dysfunctional Larkin family, they all have their little quirks and obsessions. Whether it's Flavia and her chemical compounds or Daffy and her books or the Colonel and his stamps, Bradley has created a myriad of interesting folk and their foibles who you can't help but love. But their bizarre personality quirks aren't just their for the sake of creating a semblance of depth in these people, they are integral to the plot and to the solving of the mystery. Only those with the experiences and backgrounds that the de Luce's possess would be able to see the greater picture.

Despite the feelings of Rebecca and the other grand dames of British whodunits, there are times when I did feel a little bit put out. There is occasionally a repetitive and simplistic thought process that Flavia goes through that could have been omitted. This results in the reader sometimes getting ahead of her and sporadically hoping she'd "get on with it". But this is a tendency of cozies, and this is Bradley's first foray into detective fiction. Christie is Christie because of what she contributed as a whole, not just her first attempt. So, if we take that into consideration, the fact that at times the father's reminisces are overly long and seem like just the biggest waste of time in order to establish the exposition, Bradley has so much more to offer besides this exemplary though mildly flawed first attempt. I, as I'm sure many, wait with baited breath for Flavia's return in March! Hoping, of course, she's not to much more mature, but that the writing style is just a hair!

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 1 comments

Labels: Agatha Christie, Alan Bradley, Bonepenny, Buckshaw, Daphne Du Maurier, Flavia, Penny Black, Philately, Reading Challenge, The Addams Family, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

Monday, March 22, 2010

Tuesday Tomorrow

Bite Me: A Love Story by Christopher Moore
Published by: William Morrow
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2010
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"Abigail Von Normal, nonperky, mysterious teen queen of the San Francisco night scene and backup mistress of Tommy, the unintentional Vampire is back to lead you through the 3rd book in the San Francisco Vampire trilogy. Learn what happens to Tommy, Jody, the Vampire Flood, Chet the Enormous Cat, The Smurfette, the Animals, and all your other favorites!"

I have yet to get around to this series, but seeing as it combines one of my favorite cities, San Francisco, and my love of Vampires, not to mention Chrisopher Moore's biting (haha) wit, I'm sure I'll love it. Plus, seeing as he's on tour while I'm on spring break... I might just head on over to Milwaukee and check this out for myself... maybe I'll see you there?

Author Tour:
Tuesday, March 23 at 7:00 PM
BOOKS INC. AT OPERA PLAZA (San Francisco, CA)

Wednesday, March 24 at 7:00 PM
UNIVERSITY BOOKS (Bellevue, WA)

Thursday, March 25 at 7:00PM
THIRD PLACE BOOKS (Lake Forest Park, WA)

Friday, March 26 at 7:00 PM
POWELL’S BOOKSTORE AT BAGDAD THEATER (Portland, OR)

Saturday, March 27 at 2:00 PM
POISONED PEN PHOENIX STORE (Phoenix, AZ)

Saturday, March 27 at 7:00 PM
CHANGING HANDS (Tempe, AZ)

Sunday, March 28 at 2:00 PM
TATTERED COVER BOOKSTORE (Denver, CO)

Tuesday, March 30 at 12:30 PM
BORDERS (Chicago, IL)

Tuesday, March 30 at 7:00 PM
ANDERSON’S NAPERVILLE (Naperville, IL)

Wednesday, March 31 at 7:00 PM
BOSWELL BOOK COMPANY (Milwaukee, WI)

Thursday, April 1 at 7:30 PM
THURBER HOUSE (Columbus, OH)

Friday, April 2 at 7:00 PM
BROOKLINE BOOKSMITH (Brookline, MA)

Saturday, April 3 at 6:00 PM
BORDERS (New York, NY)

Monday, April 5 at 6:30 PM
CHESTER COUNTY BOOKS (West Chester, PA)

Tuesday, April 6 at 6:30 PM
BORDERS (Baileys Crossroads, VA)

Wednesday, April 7 at 7:00 PM
POLITICS & PROSE (Washington, DC)

Friday, April 9 at 7:00 PM
VROMAN’S (Pasadena, CA)

Saturday, April 10 at 2:00 PM
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY BOOKS (San Diego, CA)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls by Steve Hockensmith
Published by: Quirk
Publication Date: March 23rd, 2010
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy

The official patter:
"With more than one million copies in print, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was the surprise publishing phenomenon of 2009. A best seller on three continents, PPZ has been translated into 21 languages and optioned to become a major motion picture.

In this terrifying and hilarious prequel, we witness the genesis of the zombie plague in early-nineteenth-century England. We watch Elizabeth Bennet evolve from a naïve young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead. We laugh as she begins her first clumsy training with nunchucks and katana swords and cry when her first blush with romance goes tragically awry. Written by acclaimed novelist (and Edgar Award nominee) Steve Hockensmith, Dawn of the Dreadfuls invites Austen fans to step back into Regency England, Land of the Undead!"

Ok, so I admit, I still haven't finished slogging my way through Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It's just not my thing. I thought it would be, but it wasn't able to strike out on it's own enough and just bastardized what was there. Good news though for haters of the original, apparently this one is good! Maybe not being belaboured with the original plot has let this thankfully new writer be uninhibited and break free and make something fun. So I think I might just give this a try.

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 2 comments

Labels: Bite Me, Boswell Books, Christopher Moore, Milwaukee, Pride and Prejudice, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, Steve Hockensmith, Vampires

Friday, March 19, 2010

Fire Up the Quatro

Gene Genie will return April 2nd! The press release has been pressed and set free into the wilds of the interweb! After last seasons cliffhanger I've been waiting with baited breath. Will all really be revealed about Gene? How are Alex, Gene and Sam connected? Will Sam make an appearance? Or even Annie? Gah! It's so hard waiting and to think of the eight weeks as this unfolds... sheer excitement is the only thing to be said! As it says on Philip's website: "It's time to get into the Eighties mood for the very last time because the award-winning BBC One drama, Ashes to Ashes, is back for Spring 2010. The highly-anticipated finale sees Philip and Keeley Hawes reprise their roles as that most un-PC of policeman, DCI Gene Hunt, and his sassy partner DI Alex Drake, along with Dean Andrews as DI Ray Carling, Marshall Lancaster as DC Chris Skelton and Montserrat Lombard as WPC Sharon 'Shaz' Granger."

To tide you over for the next two weeks, Sport Relief did a little golf parody video. While it's not as magnificent as a new episode, or even 2008's stupendous Top Gear cross over, and the Tiger Woods joke is unfortunate (see, this is what happens when public opinion can change in an instant), Gene Hunt golfing is a site worth seeing.

And as for 2008's excellence:

Posted by Miss Eliza at 6:18 PM 0 comments

Labels: Alex Drake, Comic Relief, Gene Genie, Gene Hunt, Golf, John Simm, Keeley Hawes, Life on Mars, Philip Glenister, Sam Tyler, Sport Relief, Top Gear

Cover Your Books!

So you say you're a book collector? Do you cover your dust jackets? Do you go that extra mile to protect what is in essence something that is designed to protect your books anyway? Well I sure as hell do! I like having that extra security blanket that is an extra level of clear acid-free polyester. I have a tendency to be clumsy and let me say these come in handy. While reorganizing during your Spring Cleaning you may drop or bump your books and more than once a torn dust jacket incident was averted due to my careful covering of my books in a bibliomanical frenzy (I think it took a week to cover them all). There are many places you can get these covers online, but there are some features I personally like to avoid. The covers fall into two basic categories: those with paper and plastic and those that are just plastic. I do not recommend the ones that have paper. Now while they are nice because they have paper to protect the inside of the dust jacket giving it a full 360 degrees of protection the paper is affixed to the plastic via a glue substance. While the glue substance is supposedly acid free, the main problem I have is say, what if your room where you keep your books got hades hot and then the glue started to run and, god forbid, got all over that book you were trying to keep extra safe to begin with!?! I say better to avoid the possibility, I mean it's hard enough if you are a true bibliomanic trying to adhere to proper book care guidelines, where books have to have the right humidity and temperature, just the right level of low sunlight, not to even mention that bookshelves are only to be on inner walls due to outer walls having too many temperature variables... best to keep stress at a minimum. And that is what I'm here to help do! Reduce your stress. I like to buy from General Book Covers. They have great products with lots of sizes at reasonable prices and with good customer service and speedy delivery. Not to mention they are also local-ish, they operate out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and that makes a Wisconsinite proud. So if your books need a little extra something something, head on over to there site and take care of your book needs! They also have a great interactive step by step to show you how to cover your books, the only thing I might add is it's good to have a ruler or something with a hard edge to get the extra nice crease at the bottom.

Posted by Miss Eliza at 12:00 AM 3 comments

Labels: Bibliomanical, Book Collector, Book Covers, Cover Your Book, Dust Jacket, Easu Claire, General Book Covers, Spring Cleaning, Wisconsinite

Thursday, March 18, 2010

In My Mailbox!

Ok, so yes, you're probably all beyond jealous that this just showed up in my mailbox. Yes I'm going to go read it immediately and forsake all others, all homework, laundry and food... well, maybe not the laundry and the food... there comes a point... But I just had to do a little happy dance and a little gloat for those who would understand how awesome this is seeing as I'm sure you all have March 30th circled in red on your calenders. But you too could own it now and not later! How you ask? Well... I did already spill the beans to a few of my other blogger buddies, but turns out Barnes & Noble is shipping NOW! Yes, now! This second! It could be on it's way to you and you, like me, could be having some Alexa Tarabotti fun this weekend, versus having a social life. But what's spring in Wisconsin without the forecasted 5" of snow after a near 70 degree day? Well... what are you waiting for? Go Buy!

Posted by Miss Eliza at 2:15 PM 4 comments

Labels: Alexia Tarabotti, Barnes and Noble, Changeless, Gail Carriger, Parasol, Soulless, The Parasol Protectorate, Wisconsin

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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games #2) - Suzanne Collins

MARCH
Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games #0.5) - Suzanne Collins

James - Percival Everett

FEBRUARY
The Spy Wore Silk (Mrs. Merlin’s Academy for Extraordinary Young Ladies #1) - Brian Selznick

Run Away with Me - Brian Selznick

Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3) - Rebecca Yarros

JANUARY
The Christmas Jigsaw Murders - Alexandra Benedict

Best Reads 2024

DECEMBER
Half Spent Was the Night (Witches of New York #2) - Ami McKay

Spectregraph #4 - James Tynion IV

NOVEMBER

OCTOBER
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier #2) - T. Kingfisher

Affinity - Sarah Waters

The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

Where the Body Was - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

SEPTEMBER
Spectregraph #3 - James Tynion IV

Helen of Wyndhorn #5 - Tom King

Helen of Wyndhorn #4 - Tom King

Something is Killing the Children #40 - James Tynion IV

The Magician's Land (The Magicians #3) - Lev Grossman

The Magician King (The Magicians #2) - Lev Grossman

AUGUST
The Magicians (The Magicians #1) - Lev Grossman

Iron Flame (The Empyrean #2) - Rebecca Yarros

Something is Killing the Children #39 - James Tynion IV

JULY
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) - Rebecca Yarros

Middle of the Night - Riley Sager

JUNE
The St. Ambrose School for Girls - Jessica Ward

Winter Lost (Merch Thompson #14) - Cari Thomas

Shadowstitch (The Language of Magic #2) - Cari Thomas

The Masquerades of Spring - Ben Aaronovitch

MAY
Dying Inside FCBD 2024 Preview - Pete Wentz

Threadneedle (The Language of Magic #1) - Cari Thomas

The Black God's Drums - P. Djèlí Clark

Helen of Wyndhorn #2 - Tom King

Helen of Wyndhorn #1 - Tom King

APRIL
Death by Misadventure (Lady Emily #18) - Tasha Alexander

What Time the Sexton's Spade Doth Rust (Flavia de Luce #11) - Alan Bradley

Death at Morning House - Maureen Johnson

MARCH
Bookshops & Bonedust (Legends and Lattes #0) - Travis Baldree

FEBRUARY
Death at the Dress Rehearsal - Stuart Douglas

Home Time, Vol. 2: Beyond the Weaving (Home Time #2) - Campbell Whyte

Home Time, Vol. 1: Under the River (Home Time #1) - Campbell Whyte

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 7 - James Tynion IV

JANUARY
The Great Deceiver (The Brighton Mysteries #7) - Elly Griffiths

The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights - Various

Auld Acquaintance - Sofia Slater

Best Reads 2023

DECEMBER
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village - Maureen Johnson

The Christmas Guest - Peter Swanson

The Brothers Hawthorne (The Inheritance Games #4) - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

NOVEMBER
Legends and Lattes - Travis Baldree

A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Hand

From Hell: Master Edition - Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

The Ghost Writer - John Harwood

OCTOBER
The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games #2) - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

SEPTEMBER
Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London #9) - Ben Aaronovitch

AUGUST
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose - Nancy Springer

The Great British Bump-Off #4 - John Allison

The Great British Bump-Off #3 - John Allison

The Great British Bump-Off #2 - John Allison

The Great British Bump-Off #1 - John Allison

Something is Killing the Children #32 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children #31 - James IV Tynion

Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer - Casey Gilly

Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne - Katherine Rundell

JULY
The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London #6) - Ben Aaronovitch

Stiletto (The Checquy Files #2) - Daniel O'Malley

JUNE
House of Slaughter #15 - James IV Tynion

House of Slaughter #14 - James IV Tynion

The Rook (The Checquy Files #1) - Daniel O'Malley

The Furthest Station (Rivers of London #5.5) - Ben Aaronovitch

What Abigail Did That Summer (Rivers of London #5.3) - Ben Aaronovitch

MAY
Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2) - Ben Aaronovitch

A Radical Act of Free Magic (The Shadow Histories #2) - H.G. Parry

APRIL
The Great British Bump-Off #1 - John Allison

Scales and Sensibility (Regency Dragons #1) - Stephanie Burgis

MARCH
A Cold Highland Wind (Lady Emily Mysteries #17) - Tasha Alexander

FEBRUARY
The Case of the Simple Soul (Bad Machinery #3) - John Allison

Silverwolf (Rowankind #2) - Jacey Bedford

Winterwood (Rowankind #1) - Jacey Bedford

The Ill-Kept Oath - C.C. Aune

JANUARY
Thornbound (The Harwood Spellbook #2) - Stephanie Burgis

Book of Slaughter #1 - James IV Tynion

The Ghost in You (Reckless #4) - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Destroy All Monsters (Reckless #3) - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Friend of the Devil (Reckless #2) - Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Best Reads 2022

DECEMBER
A Wallflower Christmas (Wallflowers #4.5) - Lisa Kleypas

NOVEMBER
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) - Tamsyn Muir

Star Wars: Hidden Empire #1 - Charles Soule

Even Though I Knew the End - C.L. Polk

OCTOBER
Afterlife With Archie #6: The Nether-Realm - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Afterlife with Archie, Vol. 1: Escape from Riverdale - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

Chilling Adventure of Salem - Cullen Bunn

The Creeping Shadow (Lockwood & Co. #4) - Jonathan Stroud

Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club - Mike Mignola

The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co. #3) - Jonathan Stroud

SEPTEMBER
The Hacienda - Isabel Cañas

Secrets of the Nile (Lady Emily #16) - Tasha Alexander

AUGUST
Angel #8 - Christopher Cantwell

A Swirl of Shadows (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #7) - Andrea Penrose

The Doll's House (The Sandman #2) - Neil Gaiman

Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes #8) - Nancy Springer

Uncommon Charm - Emily Bergslien and Kat Weaver

Soul Taken (Mercy Thompson #13) - Patricia Briggs

JULY
Fables #153 - Bill Willingham

Angel #7 - Christopher Cantwell

Smoke and Lies (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #4) - Andrea Penrose

The Cocoa Conspiracy (A Lady Arianna Regency Mystery #2) - Andrea Penrose

The Lonesome Hunters #1 - Tyler Crook

All-New Firefly #5 - David M. Booher

JUNE
It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons #7) - Julia Quinn

The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry

When He Was Wicked (Bridgertons #6) - Julia Quinn

Sanditon and Other Stories - Jane Austen

MAY
Harrow County Library Edition Volume 2 - Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook

Harrow County Library Edition Volume 1 - Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook

Something is Killing the Children #20 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children #19 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children #18 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children #17 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children #16- James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children Vol. 3 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children Vol. 2 - James IV Tynion

Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 - James IV Tynion

APRIL
The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious #3) - Maureen Johnson

The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) - Maureen Johnson

Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor (Jane Austen Mysteries #1) - Stephanie Barron

Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) - Maureen Johnson

The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation #12) - Lauren Willig

MARCH
Devil in Winter (Wallflowers #3) - Lisa Kleypas

My American Duchess - Eloisa James

Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #4 - Casey Gilly

Star Wars: Crimson Reign #3 - Charles Soule

The Nice House on the Lake #7 - James Tynion IV

The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 - James Tynion IV

Manor Black: Fire in the Blood #2 - Cullen Bunn

Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers #1) - Lisa Kleypas

FEBRUARY
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation #11) - Lauren Willig

Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #3 - Casey Gilly Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

Manor Black - Cullen Bunn

Manor Black: Fire in the Blood #1 - Cullen Bunn

Bunny and Biscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine's Day (Pink Carnation #6.1) - Lauren Willig

Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake (Love By Numbers #1) - Sarah MacLean

JANUARY
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation #10) - Lauren Willig

Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #2 - Casey Gilly

Best Reads 2021

DECEMBER
All I Want for Christmas is a Dragon - Seana Kelly

Catt Out of the Bag - Clifford Witting

Night of the Ghoul #3 - Scott Snyder

Night of the Ghoul #2 - Scott Snyder

Night of the Ghoul #1 - Scott Snyder

Ivy and Intrigue: A Very Selwick Christmas - Lauren Willig

Star Wars: Crimson Reign #1 - Charles Soule

The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood and Co #1) - Jonathan Stroud

NOVEMBER
The Nice House on the Lake #6 - James Tynion IV

The Vanishing Box (The Brighton Mysteries #4) - Elly Griffiths

The Blood Card (The Brighton Mysteries #3) - Elly Griffiths

The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation #9) - Lauren Willig

The Me You Love In The Dark #4 - Skottie Young

OCTOBER
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #7 - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

The Dead Don't Drink at Lafitte's (Sam Quinn #2) - Seana Kelly

The Nice House on the Lake #5 - James Tynion IV

Locke and Key/Sandman: Hell and Gone #2 - Joe Hill

Star Wars #17 - Charles Soule

Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #3 - Cullen Bunn

The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation #8) - Lauren Willig

SEPTEMBER
The West Wing - Edward Gorey

Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - Boushh #1 - Alyssa Wong

Star Wars: Darth Vader #16 - Greg Pak

Doctor Aphra #14 - Alyssa Wong

Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters #4 - Charles Soule

The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #5 - Chris Roberson

The Nice House on the Lake #4 - James Tynion IV

The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy: A Parody - Paul Magrs

Smoke and Mirrors (The Brighton Mysteries #2) - Elly Griffiths

Star Wars #16 - Charles Soule

Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters #3 - Charles Soule

Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #2 - Cullen Bunn

V.E. Schwab's ExtraOrdinary #3 - V.E. Schwab

AUGUST
Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (Enola Holmes #7) - Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes and the Boy in Buttons (Enola Holmes #6.5) - Nancy Springer

The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye (Enola Holmes #6) - Nancy Springer

The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas (Pink Carnation #7) - Lauren Willig

The Nice House on the Lake #3 - James Tynion IV

The Nice House on the Lake #2 - James Tynion IV

The Nice House on the Lake #1 - James Tynion IV

The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #4 - Chris Roberson

The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Enola Holmes #4) - Nancy Springer

The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Enola Holmes #3) - Nancy Springer

The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes #2) - Nancy Springer

The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1) - Nancy Springer

Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters - 4-Lom & Zuckuss #1 - Daniel José Older

Tales from Harrow County: Fair Folk #1 - Cullen Bunn

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation #6) - Lauren Willig

JULY
Star Wars #14 - Charles Soule

Star Wars: Darth Vader #12 - Greg Pak

Star Wars: War Of The Bounty Hunters #1 - Charles Soule

The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #3 - Chris Roberson

Buffy the Vampires Slayer: Tea Time #1 - Mirka Andolfo

JUNE
The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry

The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #2 - Chris Roberson

Buffy the Vampires Slayer #25 - Jeremy Lambert

The House of Lost Horizons: A Sarah Jewell Mystery #1 - Chris Roberson

Locke and Key/Sandman: Hell and Gone #0 - Joe Hill

Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons #4) - Julia Quinn

Lakewood - Megan Giddings

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation #4) - Lauren Willig

MAY
The Viscount Who Loved Me (Bridgertons #2) - Julia Quinn

The Duke and I (Bridgertons #1) - Julia Quinn

The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) - Lauren Willig

APRIL
Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) - Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) - Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows (Six of Crows #1) - Leigh Bardugo

The Lives of Saints - Leigh Bardugo

The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic - Leigh Bardugo

Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Trilogy #3) - Leigh Bardugo

MARCH
Siege and Storm (The Grisha Trilogy #2) - Leigh Bardugo

Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) - Leigh Bardugo

Lore - Alexandra Bracken

The House of Whispers - Laura Purcell

The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) - Lauren Willig

FEBRUARY
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1) - Lauren Willig

JANUARY
Black Magick: The First Book of Shadows - Greg Rucka

The Portable Dorothy Parker - Dorothy Parker

Best Reads 2020

DECEMBER

Plunge #5 - Joe Hill

Plunge #4 - Joe Hill

Plunge #2 - Joe Hill

Plunge #1 - Joe Hill

The Low, Low Woods #5 - Maria Carmen Machado

Basketful of Heads #7 - Joe Hill

The Dollhouse Family #6 - Mike Carey

Christmassy Tales - Paul Magrs

Murder on a Midnight Clear (High Society Lady Detective #6) - Sara Rosett

Locke and Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #2 - Joe Hill

Locke and Key: ...In Pale Battalions Go... #1 - Joe Hill

Doctor Aphra #6 - Alyssa Wong

Doctor Aphra #5 - Alyssa Wong

Doctor Aphra #3 - Alyssa Wong

Doctor Aphra #2 - Alyssa Wong

Doctor Aphra #1 - Alyssa Wong

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #5 - Mariko Tamaki

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #4 - Mariko Tamaki

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #3 - Mariko Tamaki

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #2 - Mariko Tamaki

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow #1 - Mariko Tamaki

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #14 - Jordie Bellaire

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb #1) - Tamsyn Muir

NOVEMBER

The Black God's Drums - P. Djèlí Clark

The Dark Heart of Florence (Lady Emily Book 15) - Tasha Alexander

The Battle for WondLa (WondLa #3) - Tony TiDerlizzi

A Hero for WondLa (WondLa #2) - Tony TiDerlizzi

The Search for WondLa (WondLa #1) - Tony TiDerlizzi

OCTOBER
The Sittaford Mystery - Agatha Christie

SEPTEMBER
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager

AUGUST
The Luminaries - Eleanor Catton

JULY
Caddie Woodlawn's Family (Caddie Woodlawn #2) - Carol Ryrie Brink

Home Before Dark - Riley Sager

Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn #1) - Carol Ryrie Brink

The Marvels - Brian Selznick

JUNE
Criminal #11 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #10 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #8 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #6 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #5 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #3 - Ed Brubaker

Criminal #2 - Ed Brubaker

Night of Knives #4 - V.E. Schwab

Night of Knives #3 - V.E. Schwab

Night of Knives #2 - V.E. Schwab

Night of Knives #1 - V.E. Schwab

Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #4 - Cullen Bunn

Wicked Things #1 - John Allison

The Dollhouse Family #5 - Mike Carey

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #1 - Alyssa Wong

MAY
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #40 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #39 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #38 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #37 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #36 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #33 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #32 - Simon Spurrier

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 5: Worst Among Equals - Simon Spurrier

Ghosted in L.A. #9 - Sina Grace

APRIL
Ghosted in L.A. #8 - Sina Grace

Ghosted in L.A. #7 - Sina Grace

Ghosted in L.A. #6 - Sina Grace

Ghosted in L.A. #5 - Sina Grace

The Consuming Fire (The Interdependency #2) - John Scalzi

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency #1) - John Scalzi

MARCH
Smoke Bitten (Mercy Thompson #12) - Patricia Briggs

Bernard Pepperlin - Cara Hoffman

FEBRUARY
Plunge # 1 - Joe Hill

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton

The Dollhouse Family #4 - Mike Carey

The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2) - Tana French

JANUARY
Angel #8 - Bryan Hill Edward

Basketful of Heads #3 - Joe Hill

In the Shadow of Vesuvius (Lady Emily Book 14) - Tasha Alexander

Best Reads 2019

DECEMBER
Addams' Apple: The New York Cartoons of Charles Addams - Charles Addams

Tales from Harrow County: Death's Choir #1 - Cullen Bunn

Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas - Lillian and Russell Hoban

Stumptown, Vol. 4: The Case of the Cup of Joe - Greg Rucka

The Dollhouse Family - Mike Carey

NOVEMBER
Basketful of Heads #1 - Joe Hill

Locke and Key: Dog Days - Joe Hill

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

Upon the Midnight Clear (Lady Emily Book 13.5) - Tasha Alexander

OCTOBER
Darth Vader, Vol. 4 End of Games - Kieron Gillen

Star Wars, Vol. 3: Rebel Jail - Jason Aaron

Star Wars: Vader Down - Jason Aaron

Stumptown, Vol. 1: The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo (But Left Her Mini) - Greg Rucka

The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust Book 2) - Philip Pullman

Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials Book 3) - Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman

SEPTEMBER
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman

La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman

Harley Merlin and the Secret Cover (Harley Merlin Book 1) - Bella Forrest

Uzumaki - Junji Ito

Hilda and the Mountain King (Hilda Book 6) - Luke Pearson

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling

Sleepless, Vol. 2 - Sarah Vaughn

Sleepless, Vol. 1 - Sarah Vaughn

The Woods, Vol. 7: The Black City - James Tynion IV

AUGUST
Angel #4 - Bryan Edward Hill

Angel #3 - Bryan Edward Hill

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 4: The Catastrophe Con - Kieron Gillen

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 3: Remastered - Kieron Gillen

The Woods, Vol. 4: Movie Night - James Tynion IV

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling

JULY
Stiletto (The Checquy Files Book 2) - Daniel O'Malley

Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, Vol. 1: Aphra - Kieron Gillen

Amphigorey Again - Edward Gorey

The New Deadwardians - Dan Abnett

The Escapists - Brian K. Vaughan

Elephant House: of, the Home of Edward Gorey - Kevin McDermott

The Rook (The Checquy Files Book 1) - Daniel O'Malley

JUNE
The Thousand-Dollar Tan Line - Rob Thomas

The Iron Tonic - Edward Gorey

Amphigorey Also - Edward Gorey

Amphigorey Too - Edward Gorey

Amphigorey - Edward Gorey

The Glass Ocean - Lauren Willig, Karen White, and Beatriz Williams

MAY
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie

Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Storm Cursed (Mercy Thompson Book 11) - Patricia Briggs

APRIL
The High Street - Alice Melvin

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 - Jordie Bellaire

Giant Days #49 - John Allison

The Dark Days Deceit - Alison Goodman

The Dark Days Pact - Alison Goodman

Lusus Naturae - Alison Goodman

The Dark Days Club - Alison Goodman

The True Queen - Zen Cho

MARCH
Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3 - Jordie Bellaire

Lethal White (Cormoran Strike #4) - Robert Galbraith

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2 - Jordie Bellaire

FEBRUARY
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 - Jordie Bellaire

Dark Triumph - Robin LaFevers

Grave Mercy - Robin LaFevers

JANUARY
Locke and Key - Joe Hill

The Summer Country - Lauren Willig

Miss Mink: Life Lessons for a Cat Countess - Janet Hill

The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang

Firefly #1-2 - Greg Pak

Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince #1-3 - V.E. Schwab

Best Reads 2018

DECEMBER
The Decemberist by George Mann

The Consuming Fire (The Interdependecy Book #2) - John Scalzi

Kill or be Killed, Vol. 4 - Ed Brubaker

The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependecy Book #1) - John Scalzi

NOVEMBER
Uneasy Lies the Crown (Lady Emily Book #13) - Tasha Alexander

Amid the Winter's Snow (Lady Emily Book #12.5) - Tasha Alexander

Death in St. Petersburg (Lady Emily Book #12) - Tasha Alexander

A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily Book #11) - Tasha Alexander

That Silent Night (Lady Emily Book #10.5) - Tasha Alexander

The Adventuress (Lady Emily Book #10) - Tasha Alexander

Star of the East (Lady Emily Book #9.5) - Tasha Alexander

The Counterfeit Heiress (Lady Emily Book #9) - Tasha Alexander

OCTOBER
Behind the Shattered Glass (Lady Emily Book #8) - Tasha Alexander

Death in the Floating City (Lady Emily Book #7) - Tasha Alexander

A Crimson Warning (Lady Emily Book #6) - Tasha Alexander

Dangerous to Know (Lady Emily Book #5) - Tasha Alexander

SEPTEMBER
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I and II - John Tiffany

The Hogwarts Library - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Book #7) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter Book #6) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter Book #5) - J.K. Rowling

AUGUST
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter Book #4) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter Book #3) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter Book #2) - J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter Book #1) - J.K. Rowling

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay - J.K. Rowling

Tears of Pearl (Lady Emily Book #4) - Tasha Alexander

JULY
Career of Evil (Cormoran Strike #3) - Robert Galbraith

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: Future Shock, Part 3 - Joss Whedon

Monstress #18 - Marjorie Liu

The Bridal Strain: Emily and Colin's Wedding (Lady Emily Book #3.5) - Tasha Alexander

A Fatal Waltz (Lady Emily Book #3) - Tasha Alexander

The Secret Life of Mrs. London - Rebecca Rosenberg

JUNE
Locke and Key: Small World - Joe Hill

Harrow Country #32 - Cullen Bunn

Locke and Key Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega - Joe Hill

The Grave's a Find and Private Place (Flavia De Luce #9) - Alan Bradley

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning, Part 1 - Joss Whedon

Monstress #17 - Marjorie Liu

Giants Days #39 - John Allison

Locke and Key Vol. 5: Clockworks - Joe Hill

Locke and Key Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows - Joe Hill

Locke and Key Vol. 2: Head Games - Joe Hill

MAY
And Poisoned Season (Lady Emily Book #2) - Tasha Alexander

Locke and Key Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft - Joe Hill

Hilda and the Stone Forest (Hilda Book 5) - Luke Pearson

Hilda and the Black Hound (Hilda Book 4) - Luke Pearson

Hilda and the Bird Parade (Hilda Book 3) - Luke Pearson

Hilda and the Midnight Giant (Hilda Book 2) - Luke Pearson

Hildafolk (Hilda Book 1) - Luke Pearson

And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander

Monstress #16 - Marjorie Liu

I'll Be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara

Stack the Cats - Susie Ghahremani

Giant Days # 38 - John Allison

APRIL
Mother of Souls (Alpennia Book #3) - Heather Rose Jones

A Gathering of Shadows - V.E. Schwab

Giant Days # 37 - John Allison

MARCH
A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo - Jill Twiss

Monstress #14-15 - Marjorie Liu

Harrow Country #29 - Cullen Bunn

Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Coronation #1-2 - Simon Spurrier

Murder, Magic, and What We Wore - Kelly Jones

Home Time - Campbell Whyte

Giants Days #36 - John Allison

FEBRUARY
The Princess Bride - William Goldman

Monstress #13 - Marjorie Liu

Snotgirl # 9 - Bryan Lee O'Malley

Giant Days #35 - John Allison

JANUARY
The Tea Dragon Society - Katie O'Neill

Giant Days #28-33 - John Allison

Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary

Best Reads 2017

DECEMBER
Envious Casca - Georgette Heyer

Giant Days #25 - John Allison

Burn Bright (Alpha and Omega Book 5) - Patricia Brigg

Brian Kesinger's Penned Dragons - Brian Kesinger

Brian Kesinger's Inked Tails - Brian Kesinger

Bandette, Volume 3: The House of the Green Mask - Paul Tobin

Bandette, Volume 2: Stealers Keepers! - Paul Tobin

Bandette, Volume 1: Presto! - Paul Tobin

Herding Cats - Sarah Andersen

NOVEMBER
FukuFuku: Kitten Tales 2 - Kanata Konami

The Bedlam Stacks - Natasha Pulley

The Man in the High Castle - Philip K. Dick

OCTOBER
La Bell Sauvage (The Book of Dust Book 1) - Philip Pullman

Lyra's Oxford - Philip Pullman

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Book 2) - Philip Pullman

Harrow County Volume 6: Hedge Magic - Cullen Bunn

In The Pines - Erik Kriek

SEPTEMBER
Once Upon a Time in the North - Philip Pullman

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Book 1) - Philip Pullman

The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood

AUGUST
Wylding Hall - Elizabeth Hand

The English Wife - Lauren Willig

JULY
We Are In a Book - Mo Willems

Persuasion - Jane Austen

JUNE
Emma - Jane Austen

Harrow County Volume 4: Family Tree - Cullen Bunn

The Circle - Dave Eggers

MAY
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen

APRIL
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

MARCH
Lovers' Lane: The Hall-Mills Mystery - Rick Geary

A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic Book 1) - V.E. Schwab

Silence Fallen (Mercy Thompson Book 10) - Patricia Briggs

FEBRUARY
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

JANUARY
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

The Pirates! in an Adventure with Ahab (The Pirates! Book 2) - Gideon Defoe

The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics (The Pirates! Book 5) - Gideon Defoe

Creature Comforts - Charles Addams

Best Reads 2016

DECEMBER
Frenchman's Creek - Daphne Du Maurier

Big Mushy Happy Lump - Sarah Andersen

Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

The Earthsea Trilogy - Ursula K. Le Guin

Adulthood Is a Myth - Sarah Andersen

NOVEMBER
Adventures of Blanche - Rick Geary

Ghosts - Raina Telgemeier

Harrow County Volume 2: Twice Told - Cullen Bunn

OCTOBER
Bridget Jones's Baby: The Diaries - Helen Fielding

A Bride's Story Volume 8 - Kaoru Mori

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

SEPTEMBER
Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies - J.K. Rowling

Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire - Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley

Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide - J.K. Rowling

Mata Hari's Last Dance - Michelle Moran

AUGUST
Ghost Talkers - Mary Robinette Kowal

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - J.K. Rowling

JULY
Star Wars: Bloodline - Claudia Gray

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Napoleon (The Pirates! Book 4) - Gideon Defoe

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Communists (The Pirates! Book 3) - Gideon Defoe

JUNE
Fatale, Vol. 5: Curse the Demon - Ed Brubaker

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists & The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab (The Pirates! Books 1 and 2) - Gideon Defoe

The Master of Heathcrest Hall (Mrs. Quent Book 3) - Galen Beckett

MAY
The Fade Out, Vol. 2: Act Two - Ed Brubaker

The Fade Out, Vol. 1: Act One - Ed Brubaker

APRIL
The House on Durrow Street (Mrs. Quent Book 2) - Galen Beckett

The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (Mrs. Quent Book 1) - Galen Beckett

Matilda - Roald Dahl

MARCH
Margaret Dashwood and the Enchanted Atlas (Regency Magic Book 2) - Beth Deitchman

Mary Bennet and the Bloomsbury Coven (Regency Magic Book 1) - Beth Deitchman

Courtship and Curses (Leland Sisters Book 3) - Marissa Doyle

Betraying Season (Leland Sisters Book 2) - Marissa Doyle

Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 12 - Kanata Konami

Fatale, Vol. 2: The Devil's Business - Ed Brubaker

FukuFuku: Kitten Tales - Kanata Konami

Bewitching Season (Leland Sisters Book 1) - Marissa Doyle

FEBRUARY
Heart-Shaped Box - Joe Hill

Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho

JANUARY
The Lake House - Kate Morton

Best Reads 2015

DECEMBER
Nimona - Noelle Stevenson

Fatale, Vol. 1: Death Chases Me - Ed Brubaker

NOVEMBER
Welcome Home, Bernard Socks - Paul Magrs

Nimona - Noelle Stevenson

The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes - David Pirie

Let's Pretend This Never Happened - Jenny Lawson

OCTOBER
Basil of Baker Street (Basil of Baker Street Book 1) - Eve Titus

The Mysterious Howling (The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place Book 1) - Maryrose Wood

SEPTEMBER
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

Buffy Comic Season 10: I Wish - Joss Whedon

Buffy Comic Season 9: The Core - Joss Whedon

Willow: Wonderland - Joss Whedon

Buffy Comic Season 8: No Future for You, Wolves at the Gate, and Time of Your Life - Joss Whedon

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Nail Gaiman

I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld Book 38) - Terry Pratchett

AUGUST
A Room with a View - E.M. Forster

Angel and Faith Comic Season 10 - Christos Gage

A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes Book 1) - Arthur Conan Doyle

The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation Book 12) - Lauren Willig

The Martian - Andy Weir

Day Shift (Midnight, Texas Book 2) - Charlaine Harris

JULY
The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig

The Lure of the Moonflower (Pink Carnation Book 12) - Lauren Willig

Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11) - Lauren Willig

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia De Luce Book 1) - Alan Bradley

JUNE
High Rising - Angela Thirkell

Nine Coaches Waiting - Mary Stewart

Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly - Patricia Briggs

MAY
The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig

The Other Daughter - Lauren Willig

Congo - Michael Crichton

The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig

Lost on Mars - Paul Magrs

APRIL
Rising Sun - Michael Crichton

Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal

How to Be a Woman - Caitlin Moran

Valour and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal

Without a Summer (Glamourist Histories Book 3) - Mary Robinette Kowal

Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal

Shades of Milk and Honey (Glamourist Histories Book 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal

MARCH
The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation Book 8) - Lauren Willig

The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation Book 6) - Lauren Willig

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation Book 4) - Lauren Willig

Courting Magic - Stephanie Burgis

Stolen Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 3) - Stephanie Burgis

FEBRUARY
Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible Book 2) - Stephanie Burgis

Kat, Incorrigible (Kat, Incorrigible Book 1) - Stephanie Burgis

Chi's Sweet Home, Volume 11 - Kanata Konami

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke

The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation Book 3) - Lauren Willig

JANUARY
Fairest - Marissa Meyer

The Fortune Hunter - Daisy Goodwin

Cavendon Hall - Barbara Taylor Bradford

Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley

Sphere - Michael Crichton

Best Reads 2014

DECEMBER
The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable (Discworld Book 27) - Terry Pratchett

The Slow Regard of Silent Things - Patrick Rothfuss

The Scapegoat - Daphne Du Maurier

Traveling with Your Octopus - Brian Kesinger

Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier

NOVEMBER
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier

Ghosts of Manhattan (Ghosts Book 1) - George Mann

Paradox Lost - George Mann

The Executioner's Heart (Newbury and Hobbes Book 4) - George Mann

The Immorality Engine (Newbury and Hobbes Book 3) - George Mann

The Story of Fester Cat - Paul Magrs

OCTOBER
The Osiris Ritual (Newbury and Hobbes Book 2) - George Mann

The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll

The Masque of the Black Tulip (Pink Carnation Book 2) - Lauren Willig

As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust (Flavia De Luce Book 7) - Alan Bradley

Burial Rites - Hannah Kent

SEPTEMBER
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation Book 1)- Lauren Willig

Frankenstein - Mary Shelley

Seconds - Bryan Lee O'Malley

My Crowd - Charles Addams

Top 10 (Volumes 1 and 2) - Alan Moore

Lost at Sea - Bryan Lee O'Malley

AUGUST
The Pretenders (Cemetery Girl Trilogy Book 1) - Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden

Fairest in All the Land - Bill Willingham

Necromancer (Necromancer Book 0.5) - Lish McBride

White Cat (The Curse Workers Book 1) - Holly Black

Letter from New York: BBC Woman's Hour Broadcasts - Helene Hanff

JULY
That Summer - Lauren Willig

The Spellman Files (The Spellman Files Book 1) - Lisa Lutz

JUNE
Wither (The Chemical Garden Book 1) - Lauren DeStefano

Ruin and Rising (The Grisha Book 3) - Leigh Bardugo

Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla (Pink Carnation Book 11) - Lauren Willig

Siege and Storm (Grisha Book 2) - Leigh Bardugo

MAY
Shadow and Bone (Grisha Book 1) - Leigh Bardugo

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Bronte

Mary Barton - Elizabeth Gaskell

Middlemarch - George Eliot

APRIL
A Perfect Proposal - Katie Fforde

MARCH
That Summer - Lauren Willig

Of Noble Family (Glamourist Histories Book 5) - Mary Robinette Kowal

The Undomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella

Night Broken (Mercy Thompson Book 8) - Patricia Briggs

Highland Fling - Nancy Mitford

FEBRUARY
Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles Book 3) - Marissa Meyer

JANUARY
Color: A Natural History of the Palette - Victoria Finlay

The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City Book 9) - Armistead Maupin

Ravenscliffe (Netherwood Book 2) - Jane Sanderson

St. Trinian's: The Entire Appalling Business - Ronald Searle

Best Reads 2013

DECEMBER
Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons

The Mischief of the Mistletoe (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Bridget Jones Book 3) - Helen Fielding

NOVEMBER
From Wildthyme with Love - Paul Magrs

Enter Wildthyme - Paul Magrs

The Silent Stars Go By - Dan Abnett

Valor and Vanity (Glamourist Histories Book 4) - Mary Robinette Kowal

OCTOBER
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Bridget Jones Book 2) - Helen Fielding

The Iron Wyrn Affair (Bannon and Clare Book 1) - Lilith Saintcrow

Last of the Gaderene - Mark Gatiss

SEPTEMBER
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches (Flavia De Luce Book 6) - Alan Bradley

Netherwood (Netherwood Book 1) - Jane Sanderson

The American Heiress - Daisy Goodwin

AUGUST
Simon's Cat vs. The World - Simon Tofield

Flying too High (Phyrne Fisher Book 2) - Kerry Greenwood

The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan - Beatrix Potter

Murder on the Flying Scotsman (Daisy Dalrymple Book 4) - Carola Dunn

JULY
Requiem for a Mezzo (Daisy Dalrymple Book 3) - Carola Dunn

Brenda and Effie Forever (Brenda and Effie Book 6) - Paul Magrs

How to Negotiate Everything - Lisa Lutz

The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Neil Gaiman

The Return of Captain John Emmett (Laurence Bartram Book 1) - Elizabeth Speller

JUNE
The Shining (The Shining Book 1) - Stpehen King

Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery (Roger Sheringham Book 3) - Anthony Berkeley

The Long War (The Long Earth Book 2) - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

Isabel Spellman's Guide to Etiquette: What is Wrong with You People - Isabel Spellman with Lisa Lutz

The Red House Mystery - A.A. Milne

Walking Your Octopus: A Guidebook to the Domesticated Cephlapod - Brian Kesinger

MAY
The Mystery of The Fool and The Vanisher - David Ellwand

The White Cottage Mystery - Margery Allingham

Dead Ever After (Sookie Stackhouse Book 13) - Charlaine Harris

The Murder on the Links - Agatha Christie

APRIL
A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn

The Passion of the Purple Plumeria (Pink Carnation Book 10) - Lauren Willig

The Last Word (The Spellmans Book 6) - Lisa Lutz

MARCH
The Flame Trees of Thika - Elspeth Huxley

The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton

Frost Burned (Mercy Thompson Book 7) - Patricia Briggs

Wigs on the Green - Nancy Mitford

FEBRUARY
Death in Kenya - MM Kaye

Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking - Jessica Mitford

Love in a Cold Climate - Nancy Mitford

The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford

Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin Book 2) - Robin (R.L. LaFevers)

JANUARY
Fables Volume 18: Cubs in Toyland - Bill Willingham

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book 1) - Robin (R.L.) LaFevers

The Ashford Affair - Lauren Willig

Best Reads 2012

DECEMBER
Peter and Max: A Fables Novel - Bill Willingham

Days of Blood and Starlight (Daughter of Smoke and Bone Book 1) - Laini Talor

Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Book 2) - Deanna Raybourn

NOVEMBER
The Dangerous Alphabet - Neil Gaiman

Speaking from Among the Bones (Flavia De Luce Book 5) - Alan Bradley

OCTOBER
The Ninnies - Paul Magrs

The Angel's Kiss: A Melody Malone Mystery - Justin Richards

SEPTEMBER
The Affinity Bridge (Newbury and Hobbes Book 1) - George Mann

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

AUGUST
Cranford - Elizabeth Gaskell

Hell's Belles (Brenda and Effie Book 4) - Paul Magrs

JULY
Conjugal Rites (Brenda and Effie Book 3) - Paul Magrs

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall - Bill Willingham

The Long Earth - Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter

JUNE
Phoenix Rising (Ministry of Peculiar Occurances 1) - Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris

MAY
Princess Academy (Princess Academy 1) - Shannon Hale

Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Aunt Dimity Book 2) - Nancy Atherton

Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse Book 12) - Charlaine Harris

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirl Gently Book 1) - Douglas Adams

APRIL
Glamour in Glass (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 2) - Mary Robinette Kowal

MARCH
Coraline - Neil Gaiman

Sparkling Cyanide - Agatha Christie

A Feast of Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 4) - George R R Martin

Soulless: The Manga Vol. 1 - Gail Carriger

Fair Game (Alpha and Omega Book 3) - Patricia Briggs

The Sandman Vol. 5: A Game of You - Neil Gaiman

FEBRUARY
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire Book 3) - George R R Martin

Timeless (Parasol Protectorate Book #5) - Gail Carriger

Bunny & Buscuits: A Very Dorrington Valentine's Day - Lauren Willig

JANUARY
And Only to Deceive (Lady Emily Book #1) - Tasha Alexander

Shades of Milk and Honey (Shades of Milk and Honey Book 1) - Mary Robinette Kowal

Sweet Revenge (A Lady Arianna Regency Msyerty Book #1) - Andrea Penrose

Cinder (Lunar Chronicles Book #1) - Marissa Meyer

Something Borrowed (Brenda and Effie Book #2) - Paul Magrs

Best Reads 2011

DECEMBER
Never the Bride (Bredna and Effie Book #1) - Paul Magrs

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin Book #1) - Robin LaFevers

NOVEMBER
You Might as Well Die (Algonquin Round Table Mystery #2) - J.J. Murphy

Trail of the Spellmans (Spellmans #5) - Lisa Lutz

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz - L. Frank Baum

It Ends with Revelations - Dodie Smith

OCTOBER
The Charles Addams Mother Goose - Charles Addams

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

Never Learn Anything From History - Kate Beaton

The Garden Intrigue (Pink Carnation Book 9) - Lauren Willig

SEPTEMBER
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick

A Charmed Death (A Bewitching Mystery Book 2) - Madelyn Alt

My Sister's Song - Gail Carriger

AUGUST
Q's Legacy - Helene Hanff

I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows (Flavia De Luce Mystery 4) - Alan Bradley

A Clash of Kings (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 2) - George R R Martin

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Fire and Ice Book 1) - George R R Martin

JULY
Away in a Manger: A Very Turnip Wedding Night - Lauren Willig

The Truth (Discworld Book 25) - Terry Pratchett

JUNE
The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle Book 2) - Patrick Rothfuss

Heartless (The Parasol Protectorate Book 4) - Gail Carriger

The Doll Short Stories - Daphne Du Maurier

Murder Your Darlings (Algonquin Road Tavle Mystery #1) - J.J. Murphy

MAY
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte

Dead Reckoning (Southern Vampire Book 11) - Charlaine Harris

Dead in the Family (Southern Vampire Book 10) - Charlaine Harris

Castle Waiting - Linda Medley

APRIL
Chi's Sweet Home - Konami Kanata

MARCH
The Fifth Elephant (Discworld Book 24) - Terry Pratchett

Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale

River Marked (Mercy Thompson Book 6) - Patricia Briggs

The Children of Green Knowe (Green Knowe Book 1) - L.M. Boston

The Name of the Wind (Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1) - Patrick Rothfuss

FEBRUARY
The Unicorn's Tale (Nathaniel Fludd Beastologist Book 4) - R.L. LaFevers

Madame Tussaud - Michelle Moran

JANUARY
Cry Wolf (Alpha and Omega Book 1) - Patricia Briggs

Bone Crossed (Mercy Thompson Book 4) - Patricia Briggs

Theodosia and the Last Paraoh (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 4) - R.L. LaFevers

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers

Heads You Lose - Lisa Lutz & David Hayward

Best Reads 2010

DECEMBER
The Mischief of the Mistletoe: A Pink Carnation Christmas - Lauren Willig

Iron Kissed (Mercy Thompson Book 3) - Patricia Briggs

Blood Bound (Mercy Thompson Book 2) - Patricia Briggs

NOVEMBER
The Winter Garden Mystery (Daisy Dalrymple Book 2) - Carola Dunn

The Orchid Affair (Pink Carnation Book 7) - Lauren Willig

Mary Ann in Autumn (Tales of the City Book 8) - Armistead Maupin

The Birds and Other Stories - Daphne Du Maurier

OCTOBER
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation Book 4) - Lauren Willig

SEPTEMBER
The Wyvern's Treasure (Nathanial Fuldd Beastologist Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation Book 1) - Lauren Willig

AUGUST
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate Book 3) - Gail Carriger

I Shall Wear Midnight (Discworld Book 38) - Terry Pratchett

Wintersmith (Discworld Book 35) - Terry Pratchett

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Bryan Lee O'Malley

A Hat Full of Sly (Discworld Book 32) - Terry Pratchett

JULY
The Wee Free Men (Discworld Book 30) - Terry Pratchett

Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier

Carpe Jugulum (Discworld Book 23) - Terry Pratchett

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter Year 7) - J.K. Rowling

Tales of Beedle the Bard - J.K. Rowling

JUNE
The Mischief of the Mistletoe, A Pink Carnation Christmas - Lauren Willig

Haunt Me Still - Jennifer Lee Carrell

Death at Wentwater Court (Daisy Dalrymple Book 1) - Carola Dunn

The Haunting of Andrew Sharpai - Jerome Peterson

APRIL
From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse Book 8) - Charlaine Harris

MARCH
Lion in the Valley (Amelia Peabody Book 4) - Elizabeth Peters

Changeless (Parasol Protectorate Book 2) - Gail Carriger

Hons and Rebels - Jessica Mitford

The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag (Flavia de Luce Book 2) - Alan Bradley

Jingo (Discworld Book 21) - Terry Pratchett

FEBRUARY
Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 2) - R. L. LaFevers

Theodosia and the Eyes of Horus (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 3) - R.L. LaFevers

Shades of Grey Book 1: The Road to High Saffron - Jasper Fforde

JANUARY
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton Book 1) - R.L. LaFevers

Letter from New York: BBC Woman's Hour Broadcasts - Helene Hanff

Nightcrawlers - Charles Addams

Homebodies - Charles Addams

Monster Rally - Charles Addams

Best Reads 2009

DECEMBER
Shades of Grey Book 1: The Road to High Saffron - Jasper Fforde

NOVEMBER
The Spellman Files (The Spellman's Book 1) - Lisa Lutz

Curse of the Spellmans (The Spellman's Book 2) - Lisa Lutz

Revenge of the Spellmans (The Spellman's Book 3) - Lisa Lutz

The Spellmans Strike Again (The Spellman's Book 4) - Lisa Lutz

OCTOBER
The Curse of the Pharaohs (Amelia Peabody Book 2) - Elizabeth Peters

Soulless (Parasol Protectorate Book 1) - Gail Carriger

SEPTEMBER
Odd and the Frost Giants - Neil Gaiman

The Betrayal of the Blood Lily (Pink Carnation #6) - Lauren Willig

Catching Fire (The Hunger Games Book 2) - Suzanne Collins

AUGUST
Addams and Evil - Charles Addams

The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street - Helene Hanff

JULY
Hogfather (Discworld Book 20) - Terry Pratchett

Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody Book 1) - Elizabeth Peters

River Secrets (Bayern Book 3) - Shannon Hale

JUNE
The Uncommon Reader - Alan Bennett

Candleford Green - Flora Thompson

Goose Girl (Bayern Book 1) - Shannon Hale

Enna Burning (Bayern Book 2) - Shannon Hale

MAY
Fray - Joss Whedon

Significant Others (Tales of the City Vol. 5) - Armistead Maupin

Sure of You (Tales of the City Vol. 6) - Armistead Maupin

APRIL
Feet of Clay (Discworld #19) - Terry Pratchett

Dead and Gone (Southern Vampire #9) - Charlaine Harris

FEBRUARY
Monster Rally - Charles Addams

Drawn and Quartered - Charles Addams

Black Maria - Charles Addams

Favorite Haunts - Charles Addams

JANUARY
Babycakes (Tales of the City Vol. 4) - Armistead Maupin

The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman

Best Reads 2008

DECEMBER
The Revenge of the Spellmans (Spellmans #3) - Lisa Lutz

Tales of Beedle the Bard - J. K. Rowling

NOVEMBER
The Temptation of the Night Jasmine (Pink Carnation #5) - Lauren Willig

JULY
Maskerade (Discworld #18) - Terry Pratchett

Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris (Theodosia Throckmorton #2) - R. L. LaFevers

JUNE
Stop in the Name of Pants! (Georgia Nicolson #9) - Louise Rennison

Inkdeath (Inkworld #3) - Cornelia Funke

MAY
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Books 3-8 - Charlaine Harris

APRIL
Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Books 1-2 - Charlaine Harris

MARCH
The Rest Falls Away (Gardella Vampire Chronicles #1) - Colleen Gleason

Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 1) - Armistead Maupin

More Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 2) - Armistead Maupin

Further Tales of the City (Tales of the City Vol. 3) - Armistead Maupin

FEBRUARY
The Spiderwick Chronicles 1-5 - Holly Black

Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding

JANUARY
Small Gods (Discworld #13) - Terry Pratchett

Lords and Ladies (Discworld #14) - Terry Pratchett

Men at Arms (Discworld # 15) - Terry Pratchett

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick

Best Read 2007

DECEMBER
Curse of the Spellmans (Spellmans #2) - Lisa Lutz

Inkspell (Inkworld #2) - Cornelia Funke

NOVEMBER
The Seduction of the Crimson Rose (Pink Carnation #4) - Lauren Willig

Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) - Terry Pratchett

OCTOBER
Slam - Nick Hornby

Reaper Man (Discworld #11) - Terry Pratchett

SEPTEMBER
Coraline - Neil Gaiman

An Ice Cold Grave (Haper Connelly #3) - Charlaine Harris

The Deception of the Emerald Ring (Pink Carnation #3) - Lauren Willig

Book of a Thousand Days - Shannon Hale

AUGUST
The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear - Walter Moers

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book #7) - J. K. Rowling

JULY
Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next #2) - Jasper Fforde

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book #7) - J. K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book #6) - J. K. Rowling

Love is a Many Trousered Thing (Georgia Nicolson #8) - Louise Rennison

JUNE
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Chuck Barris

MAY
The Spellman Files (Spellmans #1) - Lisa Lutz

Pyramids (Discworld #7) - Terry Pratchett

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation #1) - Lauren Willig

The Masque of the Blank Tulip (Pink Carnation #2) - Lauren Willig

All Together Dead (Southern Vampire #7) - Charlaine Harris

APRIL
Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos (Theodosia Throckmorton #1) - R. L. LaFevers

MARCH
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen

Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen

Persuasion - Jane Austen

Eragon (Inheritance #1) - Christopher Paolini

Eldest (Inheritance #2) - Christopher Paolini

FEBRUARY
Matilda - Roald Dahl

JANUARY
Mort (Discworld #4) - Terry Pratchett

Jane Austen - Carol Sheilds

Sorcery and Cecelia - Caroline Stevermer & Patricia C. Wrede

Storm Front (The Dresden Files #1) - Jim Butcher

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