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Genre Guide: Lower Case abbreviations indicate a lesser genre content.

G

General Fiction Non-Genre, general fiction and literature.

H

Horror Supernatural fiction, supernatural horror and non-supernatural horror.

SF

Science Fiction Science fiction, science fantasy, speculative fiction, alternate history.

F

Fantasy Fantasy,surrealism and magic realism.

M

Mystery Crime, thrillers, mystery, suspense.

NF

Non-Fiction Non-Fiction, True Crime, Forteana, Reference

 

A

Abraham, Daniel A Shadow in Summer F sf

Ackroyd, Peter The Clerkenwell Tales (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G

Aczel, Amir The Artist and the Mathematician NF

Almond, Steve (Not That You Asked) NF

Amis, Martin Time's Arrow G h

Amos, Dorian The Good Life: Wilderness Adventures with Boris Lock (reviewed by Katie Dean) NF

Anderson, Kevin J.& Herbert, Brian Dune: The Butlerian Jihad SF

Anderson, Robert Little Fugue (reviewed by Stephanie Cage) G

Arensburg, Anne Incubus G H

Arvin, Reed The Last Goodbye (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Asher, Neal Africa Zero SF H

Asher, Neal Brass Man SF H f

Asher, Neal Cowl SF H f

Asher, Neal Gridlinked SF

Asher, Neal Gridlinked (reviewed by James Palmer) SF

Asher, Neal The Line of Polity SF H

Asher, Neal Polity Agent SF H

Asher, Neal Prador Moon SF H

Asher, Neal The Skinner SF H

Asher, Neal The Voyage of the Sable Keech SF H f

Atkinson, Kate Case Histories (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Atkinson, Kate Case Histories (reviewed by Nazalee Raja) M G

Atwood, Margaret Oryx and Crake (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) SF G

Aylett, Steve Lint G SF NF h f

B

Baker, Kage In the Garden of Iden SF F G

Baker, Kage Sky Coyote SF F G

Ballantyne, Tony Capacity SF

Ballantyne, Tony Divergence SF

Ballantyne, Tony Recursion SF

Banks, Iain M. The Algebraist SF

Banks, Iain M. Matter (reviewed by Richard Gingell) SF

Barclay, James Dawnthief Book One Chronicles of the Raven F h

Barclay, James Elfsorrow Legends of the Raven F h

Barclay, James Light Stealer F sf

Barclay, James Nightchild Book Three Chronicles of the Raven F h

Barclay, James Noonshade Book Two Chronicles of the Raven F h

Barker, Clive Abarat F

Barker, Clive Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War F H

Barker, Clive Shadows in Eden H NF

Barker, Clive The Thief of Always F H

Barker, Trey R Where the Southern Cross the Dog H

Barlough, Jeffrey E. The House in the High Wood H F

Barlow, Toby Sharp Teeth G F H

Barnes, Julian Arthur & George G M NF

Baxter, Stephen Coalescent SF G

Baxter, Stephen Riding the Rock SF

Bear, Elizabeth Hammered SF M

Bear, Greg Dead Lines H SF

Bender, Aimee An Invisble Sign of My Own G F

Bender, Aimee Willful Creatures F H G SF M

Bishop, KJ The Etched City F

Bisson, Terry Dear Abbey SF

Blackbourn, David Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in a Nineteenth Century German Village NF

Blackman, W. Haden The Field Guide to North American Monsters NF

Blaylock, James P. All the Bells on Earth H

Blaylock, James P. Doughnuts F H

Blaylock, James P. Homunculus F SF H

Blaylock, James P. Lord Kelvin's Machine SF F

Blevins, Meredith The Hummingbird Wizard G M

Blevins, Win So Wild a Dream G

Block, Lawrence The Burglar on the Prowl (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Blunt, Giles Forty Words for Sorrow (Reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M H

Bock, Charles Beautiful Children G M

Bothello,Richard Leah's Way(reviewed by Katie Dean) G

Bowden, Mark Finders Keepers NF M G

Bowden, Mark Killing Pablo NF m

Box, C. J. Blue Heaven (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Boyle,Gerry Pretty Dead (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Boyle, TC Drop City G

Boyle, TC Talk Talk G M h

Braunbeck,Destinations Unknown(reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H g m

Braunbeck,Gary Home Before Dark The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol.2(reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H F G m

Bradley, Marion Zimmer The Fall of Atlantis (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) F SF

Brill, Marius Making Love: A conspiracy of the heart (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) G F m sf

Brite, Poppy Z. Liquor (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G m

Broadbent, Tony The Smoke (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Brodrick, William The 6th Lamentation (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Brodrick, William The 6th Lamentation (reviewed by Katie Dean) M G

Brookmyre, Christopher A Big Boy Did It And Ran Away M

Brookmyre, Christopher The Sacred Art of Stealing M

Brown, Dan Deception Point (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) G sf

Brown, Eric A Writer's Life H SF

Brown, Eric The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne SF F G

Bruen, Ken The Guards (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Bruen, Ken The Killing of the Tinkers (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Burdett, John Bangkok 8 M G sf h

Burdett, John Bangkok Haunts M H G sf

Burdett, John Bangkok Tattoo M G sf h

Burns, Charles Black Hole H SF F

Butler, Jack Dreamer SF H M

 

C

Campbell, Ramsey The Influence H G

Campbell, Ramsey The One Safe Place H M

Campbell, Ramsey The Overnight H G

Campbell, Ramsey Secret Stories M H G

Card,Orson Scott The Crystal City (reviewed by Stephanie Cage) F G

Card,Orson Scott Posing as People (reviewed by Stephanie Cage) SF G

Carey, Peter My Life as a Fake (reviewed by Katie Dean) G M

Carr, A. A. Eye Killers H

Carr, Caleb The Alienist M H

Carr, Caleb The Angel of Darkness M H

Carrere, Emmanuel The Adversary NF M

Carter, Angela The Magic Toyshop G F h

Carter, Angela The Passion of New Eve SF G

Carroll, Jerry Jay Dog Eat Dog F G h

Carroll, Jerry Jay Inhuman Beings SF H M

Carroll, Jerry Jay Top Dog F G h

Carroll, Jonathan White Apples G F h

Cash,Steve The Meq (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) F

Chabon, Michael The Final Solution M G

Chadbourn, Mark Always Forever: The Age of Misrule Book Three H F

Chadbourn, Mark Darkest Hour: The Age of Misrule Book Two H F

Chadbourn, Mark The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke H F

Chadbourn, Mark Nocturne H

Chadbourn, Mark World's End: The Age of Misrule Book One H F

Chapman, Stepan Life on Earth SF G

Chapman, Stepan The Troika SF H

Chiang, Ted Stories of Your Life and Others (reviewed by Stephanie Cage) SF F H G

Chigas, Frank The Damp Chamber and other stories (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H SF

Child, Lee The Hard Way (reviewed by Terry Weyna) M G

Child, Lee The Hard Way (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Christensen, Kate The Epicure's Lament G H

Christensen, Kate The Great Man G

Cisco, Michael The Divinity Student H F G

Cisco, Michael The Tyrant H F SF G

Clark, Simon Darkness Demands H

Clark, Simon The Fall H SF

Clark, Simon Vampyrrhic H

Clarke, Susanna Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell F H SF G

Cleave, Chris Incendiary G sf h

Clinch, Jon Finn G h

Clowes, Daniel Ice Haven G M

Clute, John Appleseed SF G

Cockayne, Steve Wanderers and Islanders F

Coleman, Reed Farrel Redemption Street (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Collins, Nancy Walking Wolf H

Conard, Mark T. Dark as Night (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Conlon, Edward Blue Blood (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) NF M

Connelly, Michael The Lincoln Lawyer (reviewed by Terry Weyna) M

Connelly, Michael The Narrows(reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Connolly, John Bad Men(reviewed by Terry D'Auray) H M

Connolly, John Bad Men H M

Connolly, John Dark Hollow(reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M H

Connolly, John Nocturnes (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H M G

Coover, Robert Stepmother F G h

Corbett, David The Devil's Redhead (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Corbett, David Done for a Dime M G

Costikyan, Greg First Contract SF

Coupland, Douglas Hey Nostradamus! G M H sf

Couzens, Gary Editor Extended Play (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) G M H SF F

Cox, Andy Crimewave 7 M H G

Crace, Jim The Pesthouse G SF F

Crais, Robert The Last Detective (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Crichton, Michael State of Fear G SF

Crouch, Blake Desert Places M H G

Crowther,Peter Darkness, Darkness: Forever Twilight Book One H SF

Crowther,Peter The Land at the End of the Working Day (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H SF M F G

Cullin, Mitch A Slight Trick of the Mind M G

Czuchlewski, David Empire of Light G M H

 

 

D

Danielewski, Mark Z. House of Leaves The Remastered Full-Color Edition G H F sf

Danielewski, Mark Z. Only Revolutions G F

Danvers, Dennis (writing as Robert Sydney) The Bright Spot SF M

Dart-Thornton, Cecilia The Iron Tree (reviewed by Stephanie Cage) F

Datlow, Ellen A Whisper of Blood H F

Davis, Mike Ecology of Fear NF

De Bernières, Louis Birds Without Wings (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G

Dee, Ed The Con Man's Daughter (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Delafield, E. M. Consequences (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G

De Lint, Charles Spirits in the Wires F H SF G

De Lint, Charles Spirits in the Wires (reviewed by James M. Palmer) F H SF G

DeMarinis, Rick A Clod of Wayward Marl (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M SF H

DeMarinis, Rick Sky Full of Sand G M

Deutschman,Alan A Tale of Two Valleys NF

Dexter, Pete Train G M

Di Filippo, Paul A Year In The Linear City F SF

Disch, Thomas M. The Voyage of the Proteus : An Eyewitness Account of the End of the World F G

Divakaruni, Chitra Bannerjee Queen of Dreams (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G F

Doctorow, Cory Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom SF

Doctorow, Cory Eastern Standard Tribe SF G

Doctorow, Cory Overclocked SF G H

Doctorow, Cory Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town F G H SF

Doherty, Paul The Haunting H

Doherty, Paul The Rose Demon H

Donohue, Keith The Stolen Child F G sf h

Doolittle, Sean Burn M

Douglas John & Olshaeker Mark Mindhunter NF M

Duffy, Steve & Rodwell, Ian The Five Quarters H

Dyson, George Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship NF SF

 

E

Edelman, David Louis Infoquake SF

Egan, Jennifer The Keep M G H SF

Epperson, S.K. Dumford Blood H M

Erickson, Steve Our Ecstatic Days G SF f

Erickson, Steve The Sea Came In At Midnight G SF f

Erikson, Steven Blood Follows F H sf m

Erikson, Steve The Healthy Dead F H sf

Etchison, Dennis Double Edge H M

Everett, Percival American Desert (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) F H G

F

Ferris,Timothy Seeing in the Dark: How Backyard Stargazers Are Probing Deep Space and Guarding Earth from Interplanetary Peril NF sf

Fforde, Jasper The Eyre Affair SF M G

Fforde, Jasper Lost In A Good Book SF M G

Fforde, Jasper Something Rotten SF M G

Fforde, Jasper The Big Over Easy M F G SF

Fforde, Jasper The Well of Lost Plots M G

Fielding, Helen Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination G M F SF

Findley, Timothy Headhunter H M F G

Finlay, Peter (DBC Pierre) Vernon God Little (Reviewed by Nazalee Raja) G M

Ford, Jeffrey The Beyond F SF h g

Ford, Jeffrey The Empire of Ice Cream (reviewed by Terry Weyna) F SF h g m

Ford, Jeffrey The Girl in the Glass G M H F

Ford, Jeffrey Memoranda F SF h g

Ford, Jeffrey The Physiognomy F SF h g

Ford, Jeffrey The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque G M F H

Ford, G. M. Red Tide (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Ford, Richard The Lay of the Land G

Ford, Richard The Sportswriter G

Fowler, Christopher Full Dark House M G H

Franklin, Tom Hell at the Breech (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Franzen, Jonathan The Corrections G sf

Frazier, Charles Thirteen Moons G

French, Tana In the Woods (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M G

Frey, James A Million Little Pieces NF G H

Frey, James My Friend Leonard NF G

Friedman, Stanton T. TOP SECRET/MAJIC NF SF

Frost, Gregory Attack of the Jazz Giants (reviewed by Terry Weyna) SF H F G

Fukui, Isamu Truancy G SF

G

Gaiman, Neil American Gods F H

Gaiman, Neil Anansi Boys F G H M SF

Gaiman, Neil Coraline H SF F G

Gaiman, Neil / Matuszak, Dagmara Melinda G F

Gaiman, Neil A Screenplay F H NF

Gaiman, Neil (& Vess, Charles) Stardust F H

Gallagher, Stephen Red, Red Robin M H

Garland, Alex The Coma G H

Garnett, David Bikini Planet SF

Garton, Ray 411 H M

Garton, Ray Biofire H SF

Garton, Ray Dark Channel H

Garton, Ray Lot Lizards H

Gaskin, John The Long Retreating Day (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H G SF

Gavin, Richard Omens (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H

Gay, William I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down G M H

Gay, William The Long Home G H

Gay, William Provinces of Night G H

Gentle, Mary Ash: A Secret History F SF g nf

Gentle, Mary Worlds That Weren't: The Logistics of Carthage F SF

George, Jon Faces of Mist and Flame SF F H G

Giambastiani, Kurt R. A. The Spirit of Thunder (reviewed by Katie Dean) SF

Gibson, Gary Angel Stations SF

Gibson, William Spook Country SF G M

Gischler, Victor Gun Monkeys (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M H

Gira, M. The Consumer H g

Glaspel, Susan Fidelity (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) G

Goddard, Ken First Evidence M H SF

Goingback, Owl Crota H

Gold, Glen David Carter Beats the Devil (reviewed by Rick Kleffel) G

Gold, Glen David Carter Beats the Devil (reviewed by Katie Dean) G

Goldberg, Myla Wickett's Remedy G sf

Goldberg, Tod Living Dead Girl (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M H G

Goodkind, Terry Naked Empire F

Goodweather, Hartley Dreadfulwater Shows Up (reviewed by Terry 'Auray) M

Goonan, Kathleen Ann In War Times SF G nf

Gorman, Ed Different Kinds of Dead (Reviewed by Mario Guslandi) M H SF F G

Goss Theodora In the Forest of Forgetting (Reviewed by Terry Weyna) F H SF G

Gould, Joan Spinning Straw Into Gold (reviewed by Serena Trowbridge) NF F

Gower, Daniel The Orpheus Process H

Grant, Gavin & Link, Kelly The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (reviewed by Mario Guslandi) H M F SF NF G

Gray, Muriel The Ancient H

Gray, Muriel Furnace H

Green, Norman Way Past Legal (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) M

Green, Simon R. Agents of Light and Darkness H M F SF

Green, Simon R. Drinking Midnight Wine H F

Green, Simon R. Nightingale's Lament H M F SF

Green, Simon R. Something from the Nightside H M F SF

Green, Simon R. Something from the Nightside (reviewed by Terry D'Auray) H M F SF

Greene, Brian Icarus at the Edge of Time SF NF

Greenwood, Gary The Dreaming Pool H

Greenwood, Gary Jigsaw Men H M SF F

Greenwood, Gary The King Never Dies H SF

Grimwood, Jon Courtenay 9Tail Fox M G H SF

Grimwood, Jon Courtenay Effendi: The Second Arabesk SF M

Grimwood, Jon Courtenay End of the World Blues