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This index is alphabetical by author and hand-generated. (Sometime I've put books in a series in series order rather than alphabetical order.) You can also browse the book log chronologically in the archives. Let me know if I mis-linked something.

There are also a few posts about things other than specific books.

[ A - F | G - L | M - R | S - Z ]

• Douglas Adams
  • The first four Hitchhiker's books (audio)
  • Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (audio)
• After the King, edited by Martin H. Greenberg
• Aaron Allston, Doc Sidhe
• Catherine Asaro, "Walk in Silence" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novella)
• Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
• Kage Baker
  • "The Empress of Mars" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novella)
  • The Anvil of the World
• Mary Balogh, A Summer to Remember
• Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord
• Anne Bishop, The Pillars of the World
• Lawrence Block
  • Burglars Can't Be Choosers
  • No Score
  • The Thief Who Couldn't Sleep
  • The Topless Tulip Caper
  • The Burglar on the Prowl
• Suzanne Brockmann
  • Heart Throb
  • Hot Target, The Unsung Hero, and The Defiant Hero
  • Over the Edge
• Steven Brust
  • Issola (and a quick re-read)
  • The Phoenix Guards
  • Five Hundred Years After
  • The Viscount of Adrilankha:
    • The Paths of the Dead (and a very short note on a re-read)
    • The Lord of Castle Black
    • Sethra Lavode
  • With Emma Bull, Freedom and Necessity (and a sappy post from partway through re-reading)
• Bill Bryson
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself
  • Notes from a Small Island
  • A Walk in the Woods
  • A Short History of Nearly Everything
  • The Mother Tongue
  • In a Sunburned Country
• Lois McMaster Bujold
  • Komarr
  • A Civil Campaign
  • The Curse of Chalion (and a no-content re-read)
  • Diplomatic Immunity
  • Cetaganda
  • Paladin of Souls (also: discussion as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel; audio)
  • The Hallowed Hunt
• Emma Bull (with Steven Brust), Freedom and Necessity (and a sappy post from partway through re-reading)
• Michael A. Burstein, "Pay It Forward" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Short Story)
• Orson Scott Card, Ender's Shadow
• Sarah Caudwell, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Shortest Way to Hades, The Sirens Sang of Murder, and The Sibyl in Her Grave
• Agatha Christie
  • Death on the Nile (radio play)
• Cassandra Claire
  • Draco Dormiens, Draco Sinister, and Draco Veritas
  • "The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord"
• Tom Clancy, Red Storm Rising
• Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio
• Ted Conover, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing
• Patricia Cornwell, Post-Mortem
• Bruce Coville, Into the Land of the Unicorns and Song of the Wanderer
• Deborah Crombie, All Shall Be Well
• Jennifer Crusie
  • The Cinderella Deal
  • Trust Me on This
  • Fast Women
  • Faking It
• Charles de Lint, The Ivory and the Horn
• Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach (audio)
• Justine Dare, High Stakes
• Gail Dayton, The Compass Rose
• Carol Nelson Douglas, Catnap and Pussyfoot
• Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  • A Study in Scarlet
  • The Sign of Four
  • The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
  • The Return of Sherlock Holmes
  • The Valley of Fear
  • His Last Bow and The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
• Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
  • The Price of the Stars
  • Starpilot's Grave, By Honor Betray'd, and The Long Hunt
  • The Gathering Flame
  • The Stars Asunder
  • A Working of Stars
  • Circle of Magic series
  • Knight's Wyrd
• Diane Duane
  • So You Want To Be A Wizard (audio)
  • A Wizard Alone (and a short re-read)
  • High Wizardry
  • Wizard's Holiday
• S.N. Dyer, "Resolve and Resistance"
• Edward Eager
  • Magic by the Lake
  • Knight's Castle and The Time Garden
• David Eddings, The Belgariad and The Malloreon
• Teresa Edgerton
  • Goblin Moon
  • The Gnome's Engine
• Doris Egan
  • The Complete Ivory
  • City of Diamond (writing as Jane Emerson)
• P.N. Elrod
  • Bloodlist
  • Lifeblood
  • Bloodcircle
  • Art in the Blood
• Garth Ennis, Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits
• Jasper Fforde
  • The Eyre Affair
  • Lost in a Good Book
• Jeffrey Ford, "The Empire of Ice Cream" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• John M. Ford
  • The Last Hot Time
  • "110 Stories"

[ A - F | G - L | M - R | S - Z ]

• Diana Gabaldon
  • Outlander
  • Dragonfly in Amber
  • Voyager
  • Drums of Autumn
  • The Outlandish Companion
  • The Fiery Cross (plus a post from partway through the re-read, and thoughts after the re-read)
  • Lord John and the Private Matter
  • "Lord John and the Succubus," in Legends II
• Neil Gaiman
  • American Gods
  • Coraline
  • Sandman
  • The Sandman: Endless Nights
  • "The Monarch of the Glen," in Legends II
  • "A Study in Emerald" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Short Story)
  • With Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (and another post about it)
  • The Books of Magic
• Randall Garrett, Lord Darcy
• Jonathan Gash, The Judas Pair
• Laura Anne Gilman, Staying Dead
• Edward Gorey, Amphigorey
• Joe Haldeman, "Four Short Novels" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Short Story)
• A.J. Hall, Lust Over Pendle
• Laurell K. Hamilton, the first six chapters of Narcissus in Chains
• Georgette Heyer
  • Arabella
  • The Grand Sophy
  • The Toll-Gate
  • The Foundling
  • Venetia and The Unknown Ajax
• Carl Hiaasen, Hoot (audio)
• Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda
• Linda Howard, Open Season
• Deborah and James Howe, Bunnicula
• Barry Hughart
  • Bridge of Birds
  • The Story of the Stone
• Iris Johansen, Face of Deception
• Diana Wynne Jones
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Year of the Griffin
  • Deep Secret
• Janet Kagan
  • Mirabile (and a re-read)
  • Hellspark
• Guy Gavriel Kay, The Sarantine Mosaic
• Carla Kelly, Miss Grimsley's Oxford Career
• James Patrick Kelly, "Bernardo's House" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• Laurie R. King
  • The Beekeeper's Apprentice, A Monstrous Regiment of Women, A Letter of Mary, and The Moor
  • O Jerusalem, Justice Hall, and The Game
  • Locked Rooms
• Stephen King
  • On Writing (audio)
  • "L.T.'s Theory of Pets" (audio)
  • The Eyes of the Dragon
  • "The Things They Left Behind", in Transgressions, edited by Ed McBain
• Jayne Ann Krentz, Lost and Found
• Mercedes Lackey
  • Storm Rising and Storm Breaking
  • Arrows of the Queen
  • Take a Thief
• Jay Lake, "Into the Gardens of Sweet Night" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• Sharon Lee and Steve Miller
  • Partners in Necessity
  • Plan B
  • "Changeling"
  • Pilots Choice
  • I Dare (and a quick re-read)
  • The Tomorrow Log
  • Balance of Trade
• David D. Levine, "The Tale of the Golden Eagle" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Short Story)
• Roy Lewis, The Evolution Man, Or, How I Ate My Father
• Alan Lightman, Einstein's Dreams
• Jane Lindskold, Through Wolf's Eyes
• Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger, Apollo 13
• Rebecca Lickiss, Never After

[ A - F | G - L | M - R | S - Z ]

• George MacDonald, The Gray Wolf
• James D. Macdonald
  • The Apocalypse Door
  • "Stealing God" (with Debra Doyle)
  • "Selling the Devil" (with Debra Doyle)
  • "Sleeping Kings" (with Debra Doyle)
  • As Douglas Morgan, Tiger Cruise
• Anne McCaffrey, The Skies of Pern
• Robin McKinley
  • Spindle's End
  • The Blue Sword
  • The Door in the Hedge
  • The Stone Fey
  • A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories
  • Deerskin
• Maya, Draco Malfoy the Amazing Bouncing . . . Rat?
• Kazuya Minekura, Saiyuki (volume 1)
• L.M. Montgomery, Pat of Silver Bush and Mistress Pat
• Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (and a quick re-read)
• Douglas Morgan (a.k.a. James D. Macdonald), Tiger Cruise
• Naked Came the Phoenix, edited by Marcia Talley
• Patrick Nielsen Hayden (editor), New Skies
• Garth Nix, Sabriel
• Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander (audio)
• Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• Ovid, Amores
• Elizabeth Peters
  • Crocodile on the Sandbank, The Curse of the Pharoahs, The Mummy Case, Lion in the Valley (audio)
  • The Deeds of the Disturber
• Ellis Peters
  • A Morbid Taste for Bones
  • One Corpse Too Many
  • Monk's Hood
  • St. Peter's Fair
  • The Leper of Saint Giles
  • The Virgin in the Ice
  • The Sanctuary Sparrow
  • The Devil's Novice
  • Dead Man's Ransom
  • The Pilgrim of Hate
  • An Excellent Mystery
  • The Raven in the Foregate
  • A Rare Benedictine
• Tamora Pierce
  • Circle of Magic: Daja's Book
  • The audio versions of all four Circle of Magic books
  • Street Magic
  • Cold Fire
  • First Test, Page, and Squire
  • Lady Knight
  • Shatterglass
  • Trickster's Choice
  • Trickster's Queen
• Daniel Pinkwater, The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
• Terry Pratchett
  • With Neil Gaiman, Good Omens (and another post about it)
  • With Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, The Science of Discworld
  • The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
  • The Bromeliad (Truckers, Diggers, Wings)
  • The Carpet People
  • The Last Hero
  • Thief of Time (and a quick re-read)
  • Lords and Ladies
  • Night Watch
  • Guards! Guards!
  • Men at Arms
  • Feet of Clay
  • The Wee Free Men
  • Monstrous Regiment
  • Equal Rites
  • A Hat Full of Sky
  • Going Postal (text and audio) and The Truth
• Robert Reed, "Hexagons" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• Mike Resnick, "Robots Don't Cry" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Short Story)
• J.D. Robb
  • Holiday in Death
  • "Interlude in Death"
  • Seduction in Death
  • Reunion in Death
  • Purity in Death
  • Portrait in Death
  • With Nora Roberts, Remember When
  • Imitation in Death
  • Divided in Death
  • Visions in Death
  • Survivor in Death
  • Origin in Death
• Nora Roberts
  • Inner Harbor
  • Three Fates
  • Chesapeake Blue
  • With J.D. Robb, Remember When
  • Birthright
  • Northern Lights
• Kate Ross, Cut to the Quick, A Broken Vessel, Whom the Gods Love, and The Devil in Music
• J.K. Rowling
  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

[ A - F | G - L | M - R | S - Z ]

• Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
• Dorothy Sayers
  • Whose Body? (radio play)
  • Clouds of Witness
  • Unnatural Death
  • The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club
  • Lord Peter Views the Body
  • Strong Poison (and a re-read, along with The Five Red Herriings)
  • The Five Red Herrings
  • Gaudy Night
  • Busman's Honeymoon
• James H. Schmitz, The Witches of Karres
• Karl Schroeder, Ventus
• Robert Silverberg, editor, Legends II
• Dan Simmons, Ilium (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel)
• Alexander McCall Smith, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (audio)
• Sherwood Smith
  • Wren to the Rescue, Wren's Quest, Wren's War
  • Crown Duel
• Sherwood Smith and Dave Trowbridge
  • The Phoenix in Flight
  • Ruler of Naught
  • A Prison Unsought
  • The Rifter's Covenant
  • The Thrones of Kronos
• Lemony Snicket
  • The Bad Beginning
  • The Reptile Room
  • The Wide Window
  • The Miserable Mill, The Austere Academy, and The Ersatz Elevator
  • The Vile Village
  • The Hostile Hospital
• Wen Spencer
  • Alien Taste, Tainted Trail, and Bitter Waters
  • Dog Warrior
• Richard Stark (Donald Westlake), The Outfit
• Caroline Stevermer
  • When the King Comes Home
  • A College of Magics
  • The Serpent's Egg
  • A Scholar of Magics
  • With Patricia C. Wrede
    • Sorcery and Cecelia, or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
    • The Grand Tour
• Rex Stout
  • Novels
    • And Be a Villain
    • The Second Confession
    • In the Best Families
    • Where There's a Will
    • A Family Affair
    • Gambit
  • Collections
    • Black Orchids
    • Not Quite Dead Enough
    • Trouble in Triplicate
    • Three Doors to Death
    • Curtains for Three
    • Homicide Trinity
• Charlie Stross
  • Singularity Sky (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel)
  • "Nightfall" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• Michael Swanwick, "Legions in Time" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novelette)
• J.R.R. Tolkien
  • The movie version of The Fellowship of the Ring (and some further thoughts)
  • The Silmarillion
  • The Hobbit (audio)
• Vernor Vinge, "The Cookie Monster" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novella)
• Jo Walton
  • The King's Peace and The King's Name
  • The Prize in the Game
  • Tooth and Claw
  • Farthing
• Lawrence Watt-Evans, Touched by the Gods
• Manly Wade Wellman, John the Balladeer
• Martha Wells
  • Death of a Necromancer (and a very quick re-read)
  • The Element of Fire (and a re-read)
• Donald Westlake
  • Bad News
  • Good Behavior
  • Don't Ask
  • The Hot Rock
  • Thieves' Dozen
  • Road to Ruin
  • What's the Worst That Could Happen?
  • Put A Lid On It
  • As Richard Stark, The Outfit
  • Watch Your Back! and "Walking Around Money", in Transgressions, edited by Ed McBain
• James White
  • Beginning Operations
  • Alien Emergencies
  • General Practice
• Walter Jon Williams, "The Green Leopard Plague" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novella)
• Connie Willis, "Just Like the Ones We Used to Know" (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novella)
• Robert Charles Wilson, Blind Lake (as part of the 2004 Hugo Nominees for Novel)
• P.G. Wodehouse, Something Fresh
• Patricia C. Wrede
  • Mairelon the Magician and Magician's Ward
  • The Raven Ring
  • With Caroline Stevermer
    • Sorcery and Cecelia, or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot
    • The Grand Tour
  • Book of Enchantments
• Roger Zelazny, A Night in the Lonesome October

General comments on fiction:

• The romance rules, and a short addendum (written in relation to particular books, but with a wider application)
• How I started reading Harry Potter fanfic, plus some thoughts on fanfic and slash
• The 2004 Hugo Award Nominees:
  • Novel
  • Novella
  • Novelette
  • Short Story

Posts about this book log:

• Two-month summary and statistics
• 2001 wrap-up
• One year anniversary

Completely off-topic posts:

• The day of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks
• The day after
• And the day after that
• On a much, much happier note: Reader, I married him

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