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Midnight Riot, Ben Aaronovitch
The End of Everything, Megan Abbott
Reading Angel: The TV Spin-Off with a Soul, ed. Stacey Abbott
The Husbands and Wives Club, Laurie J. Abraham
American Furies, Sasha Abramsky
The Lambs of London, Peter Ackroyd
Thames: Sacred River, Peter Ackroyd
The Girl in a Swing, Richard Adams
The Goblin Emperor, Katherine Addison
Americanah, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Purple Hibiscus, Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Runaways, Brian Vaughn and Adrian Adolpha
River of Darkness, Rennie Airth
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
The War That Killed Achilles, Caroline Alexander
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
Survival Pending Revolution: The History of the Black Panther Party, Paul Alkebulan
Poppy Shakespeare, Clare Allan
The Savage, David Almond and Dave McKean
Which Brings Me to You, Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott
Games without Rules, Tamim Ansary
Life after Life, Kate Atkinson
The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
Stealing History: Tomb Raiders, Smugglers, and the Looting of the Ancience World, Roger Atwood
The Brooklyn Follies, Paul Auster
100 Bullets: The Counterfifth Detective, Bill Azzarello et. al.
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The Door to Time, Pierdomenico Baccalorio
The Twisted Thread, Charlotte Bacon
Which Brings Me to You, Steve Almond and Julianna Baggott
Can Any Mother Help Me?, Jenna Bailey
The Incident Report, Martha Baillie
In the Garden of Iden, Kage Baker
Mendoza in Hollywood, Kage Baker
The Anthologist, Nicholson Baker
Silence Once Begun, Jesse Ball
Dark Quartet, Lynne Reid Banks
the Griffin and Sabine trilogy, Nick Bantock
The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Alison Anderson (trans.)
The Elfish Gene, Mark Barrowcliffe
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Teleportation Accident, Ned Beauman
The Magicians and Mrs. Quent, Galen Beckett
No Bone Unturned, Jeff Benedict
The Habit of Art, Alan Bennett
The Uses of Enchantment, Bruno Bettelheim
Well Wished, Franny Billingsley
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette, Jeanne Birdsall
Daughter of the Blood, Anne Bishop
The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, Holly Black
Virgin: An Untouched History, Hanne Blank
The Elementals, Francesca Lia Block
The Creation of Anne Boleyn, Susan Bordo
The Children of Green Knowe, L.M. Boston
Gig, eds. John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter
On the Origin of Stories, Brian Boyd
I’m Looking Through You, Jennifer Finney Boylan
The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury
Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Sweet Far Thing, Libba Bray
Midnight Never Come, Marie Brennan
A Star Shall Fall, Marie Brennan
Children of the Waters, Carleen Brice
Broken Glass Park, Alina Bronsky, translated by Tim Mohr
The Hottest Dishes in the Tartar Cuisine, Alina Bronsky
Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
Robert Browning & Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s letters
Tell the Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt
The Necromancer’s House, Christopher Buehlman
A Curse as Dark as Gold, Elizabeth Bunce
The Head of the House of Coombe, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Robin, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Children’s Book, A.S. Byatt
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A Charmed Life: Growing up in Macbeth’s Castle, Liza Campbell
Ender’s Game, Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Shadow, Orson Scott Card
The Unwritten, Vol. 1, Mike Carey and Peter Goss; praises further sung here
The Moonflower Vine, Jetta Carleton
Antigonick, translated by Anne Carson
Thus Was Adonis Murdered, Sarah Caudwell
Manhood for Amateurs, Michael Chabon
Stolen Voices, Zlata Filipovic & Melanie Challenger, eds.
An Inconvenient Wife, Megan Chance
The Children’s War, Monique Charlesworth
The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers
9 of 1: A Window to the World, Oliver Chin
City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
The Hills at Home, Nancy Clark
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coehlo
Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
The Shooting Party, Isabel Colegate
The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly
Three Black Swans, Caroline B. Cooney
An Accident in August, Laurence Cosse
The Fire Fighter, Francis Cottam
Eleanor Rigby, Douglas Coupland
Miss Wyoming, Douglas Coupland
The Meaning of Night, Michael Cox
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Iran: A People Interrupted, Hamid Dabashi
The Different Girl, Gordon Dahlquist
House of Leaves, Mark L. Danielewski
Breath, Eyes, Memory, Edwidge Danticat
The Rebel Angels, Robertson Davies
Juniper, Gentian, and Rosemary, Pamela Dean
Diary of a Provincial Lady, E. M. Delafield
Love Walked In, Marisa de los Santos
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion
The Rescue Artist, Edward Dolnick
The Mapmaker’s War, Ronlyn Domingue
The Mercy of Thin Air, Ronlyn Domingue
The Sealed Letter, Emma Donoghue
The Stolen Child, Keith Donohue
Enlightened Sexism, Susan Douglas
My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier
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The Semi-Attached Couple, Emily Eden
The Semi-Detached House, Emily Eden
Half-Blood Blues, Esi Edugyan (and on the podcast)
A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan (on the podcast)
The Virgins, Pamela Erens (on the podcast)
Fanpire: The Twilight Saga and the Women Who Love It, Tanya Erzen
Their Finest Hour and a Half, Lissa Evans
Don’t Sleep There Are Snakes, Daniel Everett
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At Large and at Small, Anne Fadiman
You Know When the Men Are Gone, Siobhan Fallon
The Siege of Krishnapur, J.G. Farrell
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde
Stolen Voices, Zlata Filipovic & Melanie Challenger, eds.
Delusions of Gender, Cordelia Fine
Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh
Shadows Return, Lynn Flewelling
The White Road, Lynn Flewelling
Shards of Time, Lynn Flewelling
Moonwalking with Einstein, Joshua Foer
The Trials of Oscar Wilde: Deviance, Morality, and Late-Victorian Society, Michael Foldy
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, Karen Joy Fowler (on the podcast)
Watching the English, Kate Fox
Hawkeye: My Life as a Weapon, Matt Fraction
Better than Running at Night, Hilary Frank
Sex and the Soul, Donna Freitas
The Robe of Skulls, Vivian French
Fictitious Dishes, Dinah Fried
Yes Means Yes!, eds. Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller
The Lady’s Not for Burning, Christopher Fry
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Death: The High Cost of Living, Neil Gaiman
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, Neil Gaiman & Michael Zulli
The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Odd and the Frost Giants, Neil Gaiman
Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes, Neil Gaiman
Sandman: The Doll’s House, Neil Gaiman
Sandman: Dream Country, Neil Gaiman
Sandman: Season of Mists, Neil Gaiman
The Patron Saint of Butterflies, Cecilia Galante
The Cuckoo’s Calling, Robert Galbraith
The Metropolis Case, Matthew Gallaway
The Trick is to Keep Breathing, Janice Galloway
Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him, Danielle Ganek
The Valley of the Wolves, Laura Gallego García
Overpaid, Oversexed, and Over Here, Juliet Gardiner
Wartime: Britain, 1939-1945, Juliet Gardiner
The Case of Madeleine Smith, Rick Geary
Nightingale Wood, Stella Gibbon
Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
After the Falls, Catherine Gildiner
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven, Susan Jane Gilman
Buffy comics up to Time of Your Life, by all sorts of people including Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
An Episode of Sparrows, Rumer Godden
Listen to the Nightingale, Rumer Godden (on the podcast)
The Peacock Spring, Rumer Godden
Thursday’s Children, Rumer Godden
Unfinished Desires, Gail Godwin
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
The Night Villa, Carol Goodman
The Unwritten, Vol. 1, Mike Carey and Peter Goss; praises also sung here
The Thorn and the Blossom, Theodora Goss
A Woman Entangled, Cecilia Grant
Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy
Three Empires on the Nile: Egypt 1869-1899, Dominic Green
An Abundance of Katherines, John Green
Looking for Alaska, John Green
The Devil’s Alphabet, Daryl Gregory
Raising Stony Mayhall, Daryl Gregory
We Are All Completely Fine, Daryl Gregory
Feeling Like a Kid, Jerry Griswold
The Magician King, Lev Grossman
Children Who See Too Much, Betsy McAlister Groves
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
The Madwoman in the Attic, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar
Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson (on the podcast)
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Those Who Hunt the Night, Barbara Hambly
Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography, Ian Hamilton
The Camel Bookmobile, Masha Hamilton
Why We Broke Up, Maira Kalman and Daniel Handler
84 Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street, Helene Hanff
The Gone-Away World, Nick Harkaway
Five Quarters of the Orange, Joanne Harris
Gentlemen and Players, Joanne Harris
Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity, William V. Harris
Sister Citizen, Melissa Harris-Perry
The Secret of Lost Things, Sheridan Hay
I’ll Be Seeing You, Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan
The Sixteen Pleasures, Robert Hellenga
Pride of Vaughan, Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon
Love and Rockets, the Hernandez Brothers
The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer
In the Springtime of the Year, Susan Hill
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland, ed.
The Book of Lies, Mary Horlock
Mother Come Home, Paul Hornschemeier
Rereading Sex, Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Katherine Howe
Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, Sean Howe
The Society of S, Susan Hubbard
Slave and Citizen: A Life of Frederick Douglass, Nathan Irvin Huggins & Oscar Handlin
The Court of the Air, Stephen Hunt
Unnatural Selection, Mara Hvistendahl
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The Morning Gift, Eva Ibbotson
The Queen of Spells, Dahlov Ipcar
A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood
A Pale View of Hills, Kazuo Ishiguro
The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
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The Bird’s Nest, Shirley Jackson
The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle, Shirley Jackson
The Year of Living Biblically, A.J. Jacobs
The Best of Everything, Rona Jaffe
The Aspern Papers, Henry James
Talking about Detective Fiction, P. D. James
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, N. K. Jemisin
The Broken Kingdoms, N. K. Jemisin
The First Part Last, Angela Johnson
Suite Scarlett, Maureen Johnson
Archer’s Goon, Diana Wynne Jones
(Chrestomanci) The Lives of Christopher Chant, Diana Wynne Jones
(Chrestomanci) Conrad’s Fate, Diana Wynne Jones
(Chrestomanci) Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones
(Chrestomanci) Witch Week, Diana Wynne Jones
(Dalemark) Cart and Cwidder, Diana Wynne Jones
(Dalemark) Drowned Ammet, Diana Wynne Jones
(Dalemark) The Spellcoats, Diana Wynne Jones
(Dalemark) The Crown of Dalemark, Diana Wynne Jones
The Dark Lord of Derkholm, Diana Wynne Jones
Deep Secret, Diana Wynne Jones
Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones
Fire and Hemlock, Diana Wynne Jones
House of Many Ways, Diana Wynne Jones
Power of Three, Diana Wynne Jones
Year of the Griffin, Diana Wynne Jones
The Juniper Game, Sherryl Jordan
Some Kind of Fairy Tale, Graham Joyce
The Uses of Enchantment, Heidi Julavits
The Exception, Christian Jungersen
You Disappear, Christian Jungersen
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Is Everyone Hanging out without Me?, and Other Concerns, Mindy Kaling
Why We Broke Up, Maira Kalman and Daniel Handler
Why I’m Like This, Cynthia Kaplan
The Ordinary Princess, M. M. Kaye
The Shadow of the Moon, M. M. Kaye
I Kill Giants, Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura
The Sirens of Baghdad, Yasmin Khadra
The Last Illusion, Porochista Khakpour
The Memory Effect, edited by Russell Kilbourn and Eleanor Ty
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Laurie R. King
Green Grass Running Water, Thomas King
The Inconvenient Indian, Thomas King
When We Were Romans, Matthew Kneale
The Vintner’s Luck, Elizabeth Knox
Journey to an 800 Number, E.L. Konigsburg
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Ordinary Victories, Manu Larcenet
Ordinary Victories: What Is Precious, Manu Larcenet
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
Give Me Everything You Have, James Lasdun
Little Boy Lost, Marghanita Laski
Heck Superhero, Martine Leavitt
Keturah and Lord Death, Martine Leavitt
The Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Leguin
The Dancers of Sycamore Street, Julie L’Enfant
Inventing George Washington, Edward G. Lengel
The English Governess at the Siamese Court, Anna Leonowens
The Little Ottleys, Ada Leverson
Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares, David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, Rachel Cohn & David Levithan
Female Chauvinist Pigs, Ariel Levy
C.S. Lewis: Letters to Children
The Latin Letters of C.S. Lewis, ed. and trans. Martin Moynihan
Out of the Silent Planet, C.S. Lewis
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, C.S. Lewis
Travel Far, Pay No Fare, Anne Lindbergh
Black Water Rising, Attica Locke
The Cutting Season, Attica Locke
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
Bayou, Volume 1, Jeremy Love & Patrick Morgan
Legend and Prodigy, Marie Lu
The Oracle of Stamboul, Michael David Lukas
Love and Friendship, Alison Lurie
Becoming Shakespeare, Jack Lynch
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Not Quite Dead, John MacLachlan
The Rock and the River, Kekla Magoon
Cuckoo in the Nest, Michelle Magorian
The Crime of Sheila McGough, Janet Malcolm
In the Freud Archives, Janet Malcolm
The Silent Woman, Janet Malcolm
Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, Janet Malcolm
Censoring an Iranian Love Story, Shahriar Mandanipour
How Shakespeare Changed Everything, Stephen Marche
Jellicoe Road, Melina Marchetta
Quintana of Charyn, Melina Marchetta
West with the Night, Beryl Markham
A Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin
the second, third, and fourth books in the Song of Ice and Fire series
The Ghost of the Mary Celeste, Valerie Martin
A Beautiful Truth, Colin McAdam
Let the Great World Spin, Colum McCann
The Land of Decoration, Grace McCleen
Reinventing Comics, Scott McCloud
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud (also discussed on the podcast here)
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Elizabeth McCracken
Greensleeves, Eloise Jarvis McGraw
The Exiles and The Exiles at Home, Hilary McKay
The Savage, David Almond and Dave McKean
Winter Rose, Patricia McKillip
One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding, Rebecca Mead
Time Was Soft There, Jeremy Mercer
The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
Smoke and Mirrors, Barbara Michaels
Baltimore, or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
The Heiress Effect, Courtney Milan
The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf, Martin Millar
Lonely Werewolf Girl, Martin Millar
Curse of the Wolf Girl, Martin Millar
Milk, Sulphate, and Alby Starvation, Martin Millar
Ruby and the Stoneage Diet, Martin Millar
Suzy, Led Zeppelin, and Me, Martin Millar
The Year of the Gadfly, Jennifer Miller
The Magician’s Book, Laura Miller
The Song of Achilles, Madeleine Miller
A Canticle for Leibowitz, Walter M. Miller, Jr.
The Secret to Lying, Todd Mitchell
Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery
Emily’s Quest, L.M. Montgomery
Falling into the Fire, Christine Montross
Watchmen, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore
Bayou, Volume 1, Jeremy Love & Patrick Morgan
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern
The Quest of the Fair Unknown, Gerald Morris
The Squire’s Tale, Gerald Morris
The Forgotten Garden, Kate Morton
The House at Riverton, Kate Morton
The Secret Keeper, Kate Morton
The Girl You Left Behind, Jojo Moyes
The Latin Letters of C.S. Lewis, ed. and trans. Martin Moynihan
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013, edited by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi
(Chaos Walking) The Knife of Never Letting Go, Patrick Ness
(Chaos Walking) The Ask and the Answer, Patrick Ness
(Chaos Walking) Monsters of Men, Patrick Ness
The Crash of Hennington, Patrick Ness
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge, Josh Neufeld
The Shell House, Linda Newbery
Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger
The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
I Kill Giants, Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura
His Majesty’s Dragon, Naomi Novik
Victory of Eagles, Naomi Novik
A Beautiful Place to Die, Malla Nunn
Dead from the Waist Down, A. D. Nuttall
The Stoic in Love, A. D. Nuttall
I’ll Be Seeing You, Suzanne Hayes and Loretta Nyhan
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The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama, ed. Peter C. Rollins & John E. O’Connor
After You’d Gone, Maggie O’Farrell
The Hand That First Held Mine, Maggie O’Farrell
Instructions for a Heatwave, Maggie O’Farrell
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, Maggie O’Farrell
Let’s Kill Uncle, Rohan O’Grady
Who Fears Death, Nnedi Okorafor
In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje
Waiting for Daisy, Peggy Orenstein
Time at the Top, Edward Ormondroyd
Boy, Snow, Bird, Helen Oyeyemi
The Icarus Girl, Helen Oyeyemi
The Opposite House, Helen Oyeyemi
White is for Witching, Helen Oyeyemi
A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki
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The Quincunx, Charles Palliser
Devices and Desires, K. J. Parker
The Fencer Trilogy, K. J. Parker
Purple and Black, K. J. Parker
The Nobodies Album, Carolyn Parkhurst
The Sky Is Falling, Kit Pearson
Looking at the Moon, Kit Pearson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary Pearson
The Sunne in Splendour, Sharon Kay Penman
The Invisible Ones, Stef Penney
Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Marisha Pessl
Night Film, Marisha Pessl (and on the podcast)
Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters
Devil-May-Care, Elizabeth Peters
The Laughter of Dead Kings, Elizabeth Peters
The Love Talker, Elizabeth Peters
River in the Sky, Elizabeth Peters
Life As We Knew It, Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Egyptologist, Arthur Phillips
The Well and the Mine, Gin Phillips
James Tiptree Jr., Julie Phillips
My Sister’s Keeper, Jodi Picoult
Nineteen Minutes, Jodi Picoult
The Tenth Circle, Jodi Picoult
The Fates Will Find Their Way, Hannah Pittard
In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan
Accidentally on Purpose, Mary Pols
The Art Prophets, Richard Polsky
The Stress of Her Regard, Tim Powers
The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett
Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror, Chris Priestley
The Ruby in the Smoke, Philip Pullman
The Shadow in the North, Philip Pullman
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The Why of Things, Peter Rabin
Silent in the Grave, Deanna Raybourn
Here Lies Arthur, Philip Reeve
Forbidden Fruit, Mark D. Regnerus
The Charioteer, Mary Renault and again
Fire from Heaven, Mary Renault
Kind Are Her Answers, Mary Renault
The Mask of Apollo, Mary Renault and a guest review by Mumsy
Promises of Love, Mary Renault
Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, Ruth Rendell
From Doon to Death, Ruth Rendell
An Unkindness of Ravens, Ruth Rendell
Vanity Dies Hard, Ruth Rendell
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899 – 1936, ed. Barbara Reynolds
Trying to Get Some Dignity: Stories of Triumph Over Childhood Abuse, Richard & Ginger Rhodes
The Death Collector, Justin Richards
The River of No Return, Bee Ridgway
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
Why She Left Us, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Still Life with Woodpecker, Tom Robbins
Angels of Albion, Jane Robinson
Brown: The Last Discovery of America, Richard Rodriguez
The West Wing: The American Presidency as Television Drama, ed. Peter C. Rollins & John E. O’Connor
The Unlikely Disciple, Kevin Roose
Eleanor and Park, Rainbow Rowell (on the podcast)
A Casual Vacancy, J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J.K. Rowling
The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie
The Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie
Shalimar the Clown, Salman Rushdie
The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell
Sleep Donation, Karen Russell (on the podcast)
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, adapted & illustrated by P. Craig Russell
The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan
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The Imposter’s Daughter, Laurie Sandell
Chicken with Plums, Marjane Satrapi
Have His Carcase, Dorothy Sayers and here also
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1899 – 1936, ed. Barbara Reynolds
Murder Must Advertise, Dorothy Sayers
The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Dorothy Sayers
The Wednesday Wars, Gary D. Schmidt
Disturbances in the Field, Lynne Sharon Schwartz
The Jewel in the Crown, Paul Scott
Broadcasts from the Blitz, Philip Seib
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris
The Genie of Sutton Place, George Selden
Where’d You Go, Bernadette, Maria Semple
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
The Caliph’s House, Tahir Shah
The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part I, William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part II, William Shakespeare
Henry VI, Part III, William Shakespeare
Richard III, William Shakespeare
Titus Andronicus, William Shakespeare
A Long, Long Sleep, Anna Sheehan
Fighting for Their Lives, Susannah Sheffer
The Josie Gambit, Mary Frances Shura
Gunnerkrigg Court, Tom Siddell
Sisterhood Interrupted, Deborah Siegel
Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, Helen Simonson
What Happened in Hamelin, Gloria Skurzynski
It Ends with Revelations, Dodie Smith
The New Moon with the Old, Dodie Smith
The Town in Bloom, Dodie Smith
The Servants, Michael Marshall Smith
Walking Through Walls, Philip Smith
Who Could That Be at This Hour?, Lemony Snicket
The House at Tyneford, Natasha Solomons
Regarding the Pain of Others, Susan Sontag
The Fall of Rome, Martha Southgate
A Far Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark
The Child that Books Built, Francis Spufford
Sima’s Undergarments for Women, Ilana Stanger-Ross
Pride of Vaughan, Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon
Saga, by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Sorcery and Cecelia, Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
The Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Lee Stewart
The Dream Thieves, Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys, Maggie Stiefvater
The Future of the Past, Alexander Stille
White is for Magic, Laurie faria Stolarz
Blue is for Nightmares, Laurie faria Stolarz
The Seagulls Woke Me, Mary Stolz
Arcadia, Tom Stoppard and here also
Marcelo in the Real World, Francisco X. Stork
The Night Flower, Sarah Stovell
Beyond the Vicarage, Noel Streatfeild
Mothering Sunday, Noel Streatfeild
Tennis Shoes, Noel Streatfeild
A Vicarage Family and On Tour, Noel Streatfeild
When the Sirens Wailed, Noel Streatfeild
Gig, eds. John Bowe, Marisa Bowe, and Sabin Streeter
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, Kate Summerscale
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Talking from 9 to 5, Deborah Tannen
The Secret History, Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt (on the podcast)
Rules for Saying Goodbye, Katherine Taylor
Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Laini Taylor
Days of Blood and Starlight, Laini Taylor
Dreams of Gods and Monsters, Laini Taylor
The End of Mr. Y, Scarlett Thomas
The Tapestry of Love, Rosy Thornton
Brightness Falls from the Air, James Tiptree Jr.
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews
The Thief, Megan Whalen Turner
The Queen of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
The King of Attolia, Megan Whalen Turner
A Conspiracy of Kings, Megan Whalen Turner
Guard Your Daughters, Diana Tutton
The Diaries of Adam and Eve, Mark Twain
The Memory Effect, edited by Russell Kilbourn and Eleanor Ty
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Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente
The Purity Myth, Jessica Valenti
Yes Means Yes!, eds. Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti
The Girls at the Kingfisher Club, Genevieve Valentine
Strangers at the Feast, Jennifer Vanderbes
Saga, Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples
Runaways, Brian Vaughn and Adrian Adolpha
A Dark-Adapted Eye, Barbara Vine
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut
The Wordy Pilgrims, Sarah Vowell
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The Kings and Queens of Roam, Daniel Wallace
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
The Age of Miracles, Karen Thompson Walker
The Book of Blood and Shadow, Robin Wasserman
The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters
Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters
Before I Go to Sleep, S. J. Watson
Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein
Buffy comics up to Time of Your Life, by all sorts of people including Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard
Serenity: The Shepherd’s Tale, the Brothers Whedon
the Last Policeman series, Ben Winters
In Great Waters, Kit Whitfield
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, adapted & illustrated by P. Craig Russell
Fables: All the Other Ones, Bill Willingham et. al.
Fables: The Mean Seasons, Bill Willingham et. al.
Fables: Arabian Nights (and Days), Bill Willingham
Peter and Max, Bill Willingham
The Interloper, Antoine Wilson
The Coachman Rat, David Henry Wilson
More than Just Race, William Julius Wilson
Forever Amber, Kathleen Winsor
Alfred Douglas: A Poet’s Life and His Finest Work, Caspar Wintermans
Joy Street, Michael T. Wise, ed.
Thank You, Jeeves, P.G. Wodehouse
The Bellwether Revivals, Benjamin Wood
The Flame and the Flower, Kathleen Woodiwiss
Magician’s Ward, Patricia C. Wrede
Mairelon the Magician, Patricia C. Wrede
Sorcery and Cecelia, Patricia C. Wrede & Caroline Stevermer
The Thirteenth Child, Patricia C. Wrede
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright
Clara Callan, Richard B. Wright
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The People in the Trees, Hanya Yanagihara (and on the podcast)
Boxers and Saints, Gene Luen Yang
Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
Sister Light, Sister Dark, Jane Yolen
The Replacement, Brenna Yovanoff
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The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafon, trans. Lucia Graves
The Lucy Variations, Sara Zarr
The Lucifer Effect, Philip Zimbardo
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch, Neil Gaiman & Michael Zulli