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FICTION

Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - 2000
A Clash of Kings
Clash of Kings
10/09/05

The Traveler
The Traveler
12/11/05

Cell
Cell - 01/29/06
Eye of the World
Eye of the World
02/27/06
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
04/26/06
The Last Kingdom
The Last Kingdom
09/15/06
The Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
09/16/06
Ladies of Grace Adieu
Ladies of Grace Adieu 10/12/06
World War Z
World War Z
10/29/06
Next
Next - 12/06/06
The Pale Horseman
The Pale Horseman
12/06/06
Lords of the North
Lords of the North
12/09/06
The Ruins
The Ruins
12/21/06
The Eagle
The Eagle
01/05/07
Forty Signs of Rain
Forty Signs of Rain - 01/21/07
The Historian
The Historian
01/21/07
Wizard of Earthsea
A Wizard of Earthsea 01/21/07
The Great and Secret ShowGreat and Secret Show 02/13/07
Ahab's WifeAhab's Wife
02/17/07
FledglingFledgling
02/22/07
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
03/27/07
Fifty Degrees BelowFifty Degrees Below - 04/05/07
Heart-Shaped BoxHeart-Shaped Box - 04/08/07
Sixty Days and CountingSixty Days and Counting 04/08/07
Seed to Harvest
Seed to Harvest
04/14/07
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Yiddish Policemen's Union
04/29/07
Ysabel
Ysabel
06/01/07
Sally's Hair
Sally's Hair
06/01/07
Blaze
Blaze
06/14/07
Devil You Know
Devil You Know
06/23/07

The Swarm
Swarm
07/18/07

Acacia
Acacia
08/09/07
Mainspring
Mainspring
08/15/07
Stalin's Ghost
Stalin's Ghost
08/17/07

Death and the Devil
Death and the Devil 08/17/07

God is Dead
God is Dead
08/17/07

The Dark River
The Dark River- 09/08/07

Weaveworld
Weaveworld 10/04/07
Now and Forever
Now and Forever 09/08/07
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 09/08/07
Halloween Tree
Halloween Tree
10/12/07
From the Dust Returned
From the Dust Returned
10/23/07
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
10/26/07
Mister B. Gone
Mister B. Gone
11/10/07
Gentlemen of the Road
Gentlemen of the Road
11/12/07
Dreamsongs Volume I
Dreamsongs Volume I
11/16/07
Best American Short Stories 2007
Best American Short Stories 2007
11/24/07
Wizard's First Rule
Wizard's First Rule
12/02/07
Dreamsongs VOlume II
Dreamsongs Volume II
12/15/07
Sword Song
Sword Song
01/27/08
Duma Key
Duma Key
01/27/08
World Without End
World Without End
03/02/08
Infected
Infected
03/29/08
The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy
04/25/08
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
04/25/08
The Boys Are Back in Town
The Boys Are Back in Town
05/01/08
After Dark
After Dark
05/01/08
Hyperion
Hyperion
05/05/08
Sword at Sunset
Sword at Sunset
07/11/08
The Betrayal
The Betrayal
07/11/08
Cathedral of the Sea
Cathedral of the Sea
08/16/08
Victory of Eagles
Victory of Eagles
10/02/08
Saturn's Children
Saturn's Children
10/09/08
The Living Dead
The Living Dead
10/09/08
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Conversations with Dead People
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Conversations With Dead People
10/10/08
Cretaceous Dawn
Cretaceous Dawn
10/24/08
Elantris
Elantris
11/07/08
Mistborn: The Final Empire
Mistborn: The Final Empire
11/08/08
Fast Ships Black Sails
Fast Ships Black Sails
11/21/08
The Well of Ascension
The Well of Ascension
11/24/08
The Hero of Ages
The Hero of Ages
11/28/08
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Wastelands
12/04/08
The 7th Victim
The 7th Victim
12/19/08
Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset
11/19/08
The Terror
The Terror
01/10/09
The Enchantress of Florence
The Enchantress of Florence
01/18/09
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
01/24/09
Daemon
Daemon
02/08/09
The Somnambulist
The Somnambulist
02/21/09
Death's Daughter
Death's Daughter
02/22/09
Drood
Drood
02/23/09
Agincourt
Agincourt
03/10/09
The Black Mirror and Other Stories
The Black Mirror & Other Stories
03/15/09
Contagious
Contagious
03/16/09
     


NONFICTION

The Bounty
The Bounty
03/19/05
Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven
03/30/05
Will in the World
Will in the World
05/08/05
Conversations at the Edge of Apocalypse
Conversations on the Edge of Apocalypse
05/20/05
The Long Emergency
The Long Emergency
05/20/05
The Planets
The Planets
04/26/06
Guns, Germs and Steel
Guns, Germs, and Steel
07/22/06
God Delusion
God Delusion
12/21/06

Vikings, Saxons, and Celts
Vikings, Saxons, and Celts
02/03/07

The Invisible Sex
The Invisible Sex
02/11/07
Death by Black Hole
Death by Black Hole - 02/17/07
Spain in Mind
Spain in Mind
03/29/07
The History of the Ancient World
History of the Ancient World
04/05/07
Field Notes From a Catastrophe
Notes From a Catastrophe
04/28/07
Collapse
Collapse
05/20/07
God is Not Great
God is Not Great
06/09/07
1000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die
1000 Places to See in USA & Canada Before You Die
06/14/07
Empires, Wars, and Battles
Empires, Wars, and Battles
06/28/07
Einstein
Einstein
07/08/07
Republic of Pirates
Republic of Pirates
07/08/07
Wild Trees
Wild Trees
07/13/07
Letters to eBay
Letters to eBay
08/15/07
An Ocean of Air
An Ocean of Air
08/15/07
Empire of Blue Water
Empire of Blue Water
08/17/07
The World is Flat
The World is Flat
09/13/07
Notes From the Holocene
Notes From the Holocene
10/12/07
The Cave Painters
The Cave Painters
10/20/07
Born Standing Up
Born Standing Up
10/21/07
Best American Science Writing 2007
Best American Science Writing 2007
10/21/07
Genesis Chapter and Verse
Genesis Chapter and Verse
11/27/07
Star Wars Vault
Star Wars Vault
11/29/07
Landmark Herodotus
Landmark Herodotus
12/29/07
Little Book of Atheist Spirituality
Little Book of Atheist Spirituality
02/09/08
Boeing Versus Airbus
Boeing Versus Airbus
02/09/08
The Ball is Round
The Ball is Round
02/16/08
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
02/16/08
God's Crucible
God's Crucible
03/01/08
Near Death on the High Seas
Near Death Death on the High Seas
03/15/08
World That Made New Orleans
World the Made New Orleans
03/16/08
The World From Beginnings to 4000 BCE
The World From Beginnings to 4000 BCE
03/01/08
Portable Atheist
Portable Atheist
04/05/08
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
04/05/08
McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes
McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes
04/25/08
Bonk
Bonk
04/26/08
The Pessimist's Guide to History
The Pessimist's Guide to History
05/10/08
The Age of Sutton Hoo
The Age of Sutton Hoo
05/10/08
Bonk
Why We Left Islam
05/16/08
Your Inner Fish
Your Inner Fish
05/30/08
Post-American World
Post-American World
06/20/08
Panic in Level 4
Panic in Level 4
04/26/08
Standing Up to the Madness
Standing Up to the Madness
07/11/08
Bryson's Dictionary For Writers and Editors
Bryson's Dictionary for Writers and Editors
07/11/08
San Francisco Giants: 50 Years
San Francisco Giants: 50 Years
07/26/08
Clapton: The Autobiography
Clapton: The Autobiography
07/26/08
Barbarians to Angels
Barbarians to Angels
10/07/08
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing
10/10/08
Reinventing the Sacred
Reinventing the Sacred
10/20/08
Europe Between the Seas
Europe Between the Oceans
11/21/08
Born to be Good
Born to be Good
01/03/09
How to Live
How to Live
01/30/09
The Thing About Life is that One Day You'll be Dead
The Thing About Life is That One Day You'll be Dead
03/10/09
The Hunt for Planet X
The Hunt for Planet X
03/27/09
 

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Amulet of Samarkand
Bartimaeus
09/28/04

Eldest
Eldest - 07/08/05
Invention of Hugo Cabret
Invention of Hugo Cabret
04/28/07
Harry Potter and the Deahthly Hallows
Harry Potter &
the Deathly
Hallows

07/22/07
M is For Magic
M is For Magic
09/13/07
Interworld
Interworld
09/13/07
Golden Compass
Golden Compass
09/13/07
The Wall
The Wall
12/02/07
Once Upon a Time in the North
Once Upon a Time in the North
04/11/08
The Dangerous Alphabet
The Dangerous Alphabet
05/28/08
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book
11/09/08
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
12/06/08
   

 


GRAPHIC NOVELS

Pyongyang
Pyongyang
08/06
9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation
911 Report
06/16/06

Pride of Baghdad
Pride of Baghdad
10/12/06

Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
1001 Nights
of Snowfall

12/20/06
Clive Barker's The Great and Secret ShowGreat and Secret Show
04/05/07
Heart-Shaped Box
Neverwhere
04/14/07
Preacher Volume 1
Preacher Vol. 1
06/28/07
Preacher Volume 2
Preacher Vol. 2
07/15/07
Stardust
Stardust
08/17/07
Runaways Volume 1
Runaways
Vol. 1
09/13/07
The Arrival
The Arrival
12/02/07
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume1: The Long Way Home
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 1
12/06/07
Serenity: Those Left Behind
Serenity: Those Left Behind
12/06/07
Complete Clive Barker's Great and Secret Show
Complete Clive Barker's Great and Secret Show
12/22/07
Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy
01/14/08
The Island
The Island
04/25/08
A People's History of American Empire
A People's History of American Empire
07/26/08
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 2: No Future For You
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 2: No Future For You
07/26/08
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch
The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss FInch
07/26/08
The Rabbi's Cat 2
The Rabbi's Cat 2
08/29/08
Penny Arcade Volume 5
Penny Arcade Volume 5: The Case of the Mummy's Gold
10/07/08
Northlanders, Volume 1
Northlanders
11/12/08
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8, Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate
01/10/08
Rasl
Rasl
02/03/09
I Saw You . . .
I Saw You . . .
03/09/09