Review Index

Here is a list of all the authors whose stories/nonfiction I have reviewed.

For a list of my In-Depth Fiction reviews, click here.

This list was last updated on 4/22/2021, with ‘Unsouled’ by Will Wight

 

Aaron, Rachel

• Minimum Wage Magic
• 000 to 10000: How to Write Faster, Write Better, and Write More of What You Love

Aaronovitch, Ben

• Midnight Riot By Ben Aaronovitch
• Moon over Soho
• Broken Homes
• Foxglove Summer
• The Hanging Tree
• Whispers Under Ground
• Midnight Riot second Review
• Lies Sleeping
• Body Work
• Night Witch
• Black Mould
• Detective Stories
• Water Weed
• The October Man
• Cry Fox
• False Value
• Action at a Distance

Abraham, Daniel

• The Dragon’s Path
• A Shadow in Summer

Adrian, Matt

• The Mincing Mockingbird Guide to Troubled Birds by Matt Adrian

Ahmed, Saladin

• Throne of the Crescent Moon
• Canto Bight

Aiken, Joan

• Furry Night

Albala, Ken

• Food: A Cultural Culinary History by Ken Albala

Alter, Jonathan

• The Defining Moment

Archer, Winnie

• The Walking Bread

Arden, Katherine

• The Bear and the Nightingale

Armstrong, Karen

• The Great Transformation

Baily, Chris

• Hyperfocus
• Hyperfocus

Bancroft, Josiah

• Senlin Ascends

Barnhart, Edwin

• Maya to Aztec: A History of Mesoamerica Revealed

Barr, Nevada

• Track of the Cat

Barr, Brandon

• Rogue Mage

Bass, Rick

• Fires

Bear, Elizabeth

• Shattered Pillars
• Steles of the Sky
• Range of Ghosts

Beard, Mary

• SPQR

Beaulieu, Bradley P.

• Of Sand and Malice Made By Bradley P. Beaulieu
• With Blood Upon the Sand by Bradley P. Beaulieu
• The Straits of Galahesh
• A Veil of Spears
• Flames of Shadam Khoreh
• Twelve Kings in Sharhakai
• Beneath the Twisted Trees

Bennett, Robert Jackson

• City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
• City of Swords

Berkson, Mark

• Cultural Literacy for Religion

Berg, Carol

• Transformation

Bodard, Aliette de

• The Tea Master and the Detective
• Harbinger of the Storm
• Master of the House of Darts
• Servant of the Underworld

Bogle, John

• The Little Book of Common Sense Investing by John Bogle

Bradbury, Ray

• The Great Wide World Over There

Bright, Matthew

• The Library of Lost Things

Broaddus, Maurice

• El is a Spaceship Melody

Brody, Jessica

• Save the Cat! Writes a Novel

Brooks, Robert

• A Thousand Years of War by Robert Brooks

Brooks, Terry

• The Sword of Shannara

Browne, Renni

• A Review of ‘Self-Editing for Fiction Writers’ by Renni Browne and Dave King

Brust, Steven

• Jhereg

Bujold, Lois McMaster

• Winterfair Gifts
• Penric’s Demon
• Penric and the Shaman
• Penric’s Fox
• The Curse of Chalion
• Mira’s Last Dance
• The Flowers of Vashnoi
• Paladin of Souls
• The Prisoner of Limnos
• ‘Penric’s Demon’ by Lois McMaster Bujold
• The Curse of Chalion

Burg, David F

• Almanac of World War I by David F. Burg and L. Edward Purcell

Butcher, Jim

• Academ’s Fury by Jim Butcher
• Cursor’s Fury
• Captain’s Fury
• A Fistful of Warlocks
• B is for Bigfoot
• Brief Cases
• Princeps’ Fury
• First Lord’s Fury
• Storm Front
• Dog Men
• Battle Ground
• Peace Talks
• Summer Knight
• Grave Peril
• Fool Moon

Butler, Octavia E.

• Childfinder

Cain, Susan

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking

Carey, Jaqueline

• Miranda and Caliban by Jaqueline Carey
• Kushiel’s Dart

Carmichael, Jane

• First World War Photographers by Jane Carmichael

Carriger, Gail

• Soulless
• A Review of ‘The Heroine’s Journey’ by Gail Carriger

Carson, Jo-Ann

• Death by Seance

Casteel, Seth

• Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel

Cearns, Alex

• Zen Dogs

Chakraborty, S. A.

• The City of Brass
• Kingdom of Copper

Chambers, Becky

• The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Cho, Zen

• The Terracotta Bride
• The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water

Chu, Michael

• Overwatch: Bastet

Cogman, Genevive

• The Invisible Library by Genevive Cogman

Cole, Myke

• Legion Vs Phalanx

Cunliffe, Barry

• The Celts

Curzan, Anne

• How Conversation Works  by Anne Curzan

Dabbs, James McBride Dabbs

• Heroes, Rogues and Lovers by James McBride Dabbs

Daniels, Tony

• Eye of the Beholder

Davis, Lawrence

• Blunt Force Magic
• Destruction of Justice

DeGennaro, Ramon P.

• How the Stock Market Works

Dickinson, Seth

• The Traitor Baru Cormorant

Doescher, Ian

• William Shakespeare’s: The Force Doth Awaken

Donnelly, Lara Elena

• Amberlough by Lara Elena Donnelly
• Armistice

Doyle, Sr. Arthur Conan

• A Study in Scarlet By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Sign of Four
• Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Red Headed League
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Doyle, Tom

• American Craftsmen

Dozois, Gardner

• The Book of Swords
• Morning Child

Drake, David

• Cadet Cruise

Drayden, Nicky

• The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden
• Guilds of Ravnica
• Escaping Exodus

Duhigg, Charles

• The Power of Habit By Charles Duhigg

Lord Dunsany

• The King of Elfland’s Daughter

Eames, Nicholas

• Kings of the Wyld

Eddings, David

• Pawn of Prophecy

Ellison, Harlan

• The City on the Edge of Forever

Elliott, Kate

• Chronicle of Bolas

El-Mohtar, Amal

• This is How You Lose the Time War
• This is How you Lose the Time War

Erikson, Steven

• Malazan: Book of the Fallen, Book 1 ‘Gardens of the Moon’ By Steven Erikson
• Deadhouse Gates

Feist, Raymond E.

• Daughter of the Empire

Fernandes, Kelvyn

• Peter and Fi

Ferry, David

• Gilgamesh

Finke, Michael

• Money Management Skills

Fox, Chris

• 5000 Words Per Hour

Franzetta, Frank

• The Fantastic Art of Frank Franzetta

Fussell, Paul

• The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell

Gaimen, Neil

• I, Cthulhu
• Norse Mythology
• Chivalry

Galbraith, Roberth

• The Cuckoo’s Calling

Garcia, Santiago

• Beowulf

Gerber, Daryl Wood

• A Souffle of Suspicon

Gillen, Kieron

• The Wicked + The Divine: The Faust Act
• The Wicked + The Divine: Fandemonium
• Commercial Suicide

Gilman, Dorothy

• The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax By Dorothy Gilman

George, Zak

• Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution by Zak George and Dina Roth Port

Gladstone, Max

• Full Fathom Five by Max Gladstone
• Body Problems
• Three Parts Dead
• Last First Snow
• Two Serpents Rise
• Four Roads Cross
• This is How You Lose the Time War
• Full Fathom Five
• This is How you Lose the Time War
• The Ruin of Angels

Goh, Jaymee

• The Last Cheng Beng Gift

Golden, Christie

• Before the Storm: Warcraft

Gorodischer, Angelica

• Trafalgar by Angelica Gorodischer

Grahame, Kenneth

• The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Graves, Robert

• Goodbye To All That By Robert Graves

Green, Simon

• Blue Moon Rising

Greene, Daniel B.

• A Review of ‘Breach of Peace’ by Daniel B. Greene

Grubb, Jeff

• Loran’s Smile

Hale, John R.

• Exploring the Roots of Religion

Haldeman, Joe

• The Forever War

Hamburg, Gary

• The Rise and Fall of Soviet Communism: A History of 20th Century Russia

Hardy, Grant

• Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition by Grant Hardy

Harrar, George

• The 5:22

Harris, Joe

• The X-Files: Cold Cases

Hawkins, Scott

• The Library at Mount Char By Scott Hawkins

Hayes, Drew

• The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous tales of Fred the Vampire Accountant
• Undeath and Taxes

Hazelgrove, William

• Madam President

Heinrichs, Ann

• Voices of World War I: Stories from the Trenches By Ann Heinrichs

Hemingway, Ernest

• The Sun Also Rises

Hester, Patrick

• Into the Fire by Patrick Hester

Hillerman, Tony

• Dance Hall of the Dead

Hobb, Robin

• Her Father’s Sword

Hodges, Samm

• Downward Dog

Hopkinson, Nalo

• The Salt Roads By Nalo Hopkinson
• Money Tree

Horn, Alistair

• The Price of Glory By Alistair Horn

Howard, Michael

• The First World War by Michael Howard

Hynes, James

• Writing Great Fiction

Islington, James

• The Shadow of What Was Lost

Jaskerina, V. K.

• Larkspur: A Necromancer’s Romance by V. K. Jaskerina

Jemisin, N. K.

• The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

Jordan, Robert

• The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
• The Great Hunt
• The Dragon Reborn
• The Shadow Rising

Junger, Ernst

• Storm of Steel

Kay, Guy Gavriel

• Tigana

Keegan, John

• An Illustrated History of the First World War By John Keegan

Kelly, Diane

• The Long Paw of the Law
• Paw of the Jungle

Khaw, Cassandra

• Unbowed

Kimball, Charles

• A Review of ‘Comparative Religion’; by Charles Kimball

King, Stephen

• The Gunslinger by Stephen King
• A Review of ‘On Writing’ by Stephen King

King, Dave

• A Review of ‘Self-Editing for Fiction Writers’ by Renni Browne and Dave King

Kowal, Mary Robinette

• Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal

Koike, Kazuo

• Lone Wolf and Cub vol1

Kreines, Kimberley J.

• Rivals of Ixalan

Kuang, R. F.

• The Poppy War
• A Literary Analysis of ‘The Dragon Republic’ by R. F. Kuang, Book 2 in the Poppy War series
• A Review of ‘The Dragon Republic’ by R. F. Kuang, Book 2 in the Poppy War series

Kubica, Jeremy

• The CS Detective by Jeremy Kubica

Lawrence, Mark

• Red Sister
• Grey Sister
• Holy Sister

Leckie, Ann

• Ancillary Justice By Ann Leckie
• The Raven Tower

LeGuin, Ursula K

• A Wizard of Earthsea
• The Fliers of Gy

Lee, Fonda

• Jade City

Lerer, Seth

• History of the English Language by Seth Lerer

Liu, Cixin

• The Three Body Problem By Liu Cixin

Liu, Ken

• The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
• The Paper Menagerie
• Mono no Aware

Liulevicius, Vejas

• World War 1: The ‘Great War’ by Vejas Liulevicius

Luhrs, Alison

• The Yahenni Trilogy

Lynch, Scott

• The Lies of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch

McCarthy, Sarah O.

• Denver’s Washington Park

McClellan, Brian

• The Autumn Republic By Brian McClellan
• Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan
• Forsworn 
• Servant of the Crown
• Murder at the Kinen Hotel
• Wrath of Empire
• Ghosts of Tristan Basin
• War Cry
• Promise of Blood
• Blood of Empire

McDonald, Ed

• Blackwing

McKee, Robert

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

McKillip, Patricia A.

• Fool’s Run by Patricia McKillip
• The Tower at Stony Wood By Patricia McKillip
• The Forgotten Beasts of Eld
• Ombria In Shadow
• The Riddle-Master of Hed
• Heir of Sea and Fire
• Harpist in the Wind
• Od Magic

McKinley, Robin

• Sunshine by Robin McKinley

MacKinnon, A. J.

• The Well at World’s End: One Man’s Epic Cross-Continental Quest for the Fountain of Youth by A J Mackinnon

Mack, David

• The Midnight Front

Madden, Thomas F

• A Review of ‘Empire of Gold’ by Thomas F. Madden

Mann, Charles C.

• ‘1491’ by Charles C. Mann

Martin, George R. R.

• A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
• Across the Wall

Masefield, John

• The War and the Future by John Masefield

Martell, Nick

• The Kingdom of Liars

Marzioli, Samuel

• Multo

Mendez, Tessa

• The Wonders of the World by Tessa, Pepe and Linda Mendez

Mertz, Barbara

• Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs

Messenger, Bill

• Elements of Jazz

Mieville, China

• The City and the City By China Mieville

Miller, Frank

• Batman: Year One

Miller, Sam J

• The Future of Hunger in the Age of Programmable Matter

Miller, Madeline

• Circe

Mirrlees, Hope

• Lud-In-The-Mist

Moon, Elizabeth

• A Literary Analysis of ‘The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter’ by Elizabeth Moon, 
• A Review of ‘The Sheepfarmer’s Daughter’ by Elizabeth Moon

Moreno-Garcia, Silvia

• Gods of Jade and Shadow

Morris, Cass

• From Unseen Fire

Mueller, Robert S III

• The Mueller Report

Muesse, Mark W.

• Religions of the Axial Age

Murakami, Haruki

• The Second Bakery Attack

Murray, Elizabeth A.

• Trails of Evidence: How Forensic Science Works

Myer, Illana C.

• Last Song Before Night By Ilana C. Myer

Neiderriter, Ted

• Spells of the Curtain: Court Mage

Nix, Garth

• Goldenhand by Garth Nix
• Sabriel
• Lirael
• Angel Mage
• Abhorsen

Novik, Naomi

• His Majesty’s Dragon
• Throne of Jade
• Black Powder War
• Empire of Ivory

NPR

• NPR American Chronicles: World War 1 by NPR

Nuldan, Sherwin B.

• Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography

O’Brian, Patrick

• Master and Commander

Oak, Raven

• Amaskan’s Blood

Okorafor, Nnedi

• Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
• Binti

Olivier, Charles

• Christmas Eve 1914

Parker, K. J.

• The Best Man Wins

Peters, Elizabeth

• Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs

Pike, J. Zachary

• Orconomics

Pierce, Tamora

• Tempests and Slaughter
• Sandry’s Book
• Briar’s Book
• Tortall: A Spy’s Guide
• Battle Magic
• Tris’s Book
• Daja’s Book
• Melting Stones
• Alanna: The First Adventure
• Terrier

Pohl, Fred

• Gateway by Fred Pohl

Pollan, Michael

• Caffeine: How Caffeine Created the Modern World

Powers, Melvin

• A Practical Guide to Self Hypnosis

Pratchett, Sr. Terry

• The Art of Discworld by Sir Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby
• Eric

Reid, Rob

• Year Zero

Remarque, Erich Maria

• All Quiet on the Western Front

Roanhorse, Rebecca

• Welcome to your Authentic Indian Experience
• Trail of Lightning
• A Review of ‘Black Sun’ by Rebecca Roanhorse, Book 1 in the Between Earth and Sky Series
• Storm of Locusts

Robson, Stuart

• The First World War: Seminar Studies by Stuart Robson

Rossabi, Morris

• The Mongols

Rothfuss, Patrick

• The Name of the Wind

Rowe, Andrew

• Sufficiently Advanced Magic
• On the Shoulders of Titans

Rowling, J K

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• The Cuckoo’s Calling

Rufin, Jean-Cristophe

• The Red Collar by Jean-Christophe Rufin

Ruff, Matt

• Lovecraft Country

Ryall, Chris

• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency: The Interconnectedness of All Kings by Chris Ryall, Tony Akins and Ilias Kyriazis

Saadawi, Ahmed

• Frankenstein in Baghdad

Salisbury, Joyce E.

• The History of Spain: Land on a Crossroad

Sapkovski, Andrej

• Blood of Elves by Andrej Sapkovski

Sanderson, Brandon

• Words of Radiance By Brandon Sanderson
• The Emperor’s Soul
• The Hope of Elantris
• Oathbringer
• White Sand
• Mistborn: Secret History
• Arcanum Unbound
• White Sand Volume 2
• Shadows of Self
• The Bands of Morning
• The Way of Kings
• Children of the Nameless

Saunders, George

• Lincoln in the Bardo

Schoenfeld, Brad

• The MAX Muscle Plan

Schneck, Bradley W.

• Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom

Shakespeare, William

• The Tempest by William Shakespeare

Shannon, Samantha

• The Priory of the Orange Tree

Shawl, Nisi

• Everfair by Nisi Shawl
• Black Betty

Shepherd, Sandy

• Myths and Legends from Around the World by Sandy Shepherd

Shiga, Jason

• Meanwhile

Silberman, Steve

• ‘NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity’ by Steve Silberman

Soule, Charles

• A Review of ‘Light of The Jedi’ by Charles Soule

Steinbeck, John

• Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck

Steinberg, Mark D.

• A History of Russia: From Peter the Great to Gorbachev by Mark D Steinberg

Stevens, Scott P

• Games People Play

Stevenson, Noelle

• Nimona

Stout, Rex

• If Death Ever Slept by Rex Stout
• Champagne for One
• And be a Villain

Strachan, Hew

• The First World War By Hew Strachan

Strathern, Paul

• Descartes in 90 Minutes

Suri, Tasha

• Empire of Sand

Sullivan, Michael J.

• Theft of Swords

Sykes, Sam

• The City Stained Red By Sam Sykes
• Seven Blades in Black

Tartt, Donna

• The Secret History

Titchener, Frances

• A  History of Ancient Rome

Tolkein, J. R. R.

• The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkein
• Roverandom
• The Story of Kullervo

Tuck, Steven L.

• Experiencing Rome: A Visual Exploration of Antiquity’s Greatest Empire

Tucker, Aviezer

• Plato For Everyone

Tuckman, Barbara

• The Guns of August by Barbara Tuckman

Underwood, Michael R.

• Genrenauts: The Shootout Solution by Michael R Underwood

VanderMeer, Jeff

• This World is Full of Monsters
• Annihilation

Vaughan, Brian

• Saga vol 1
• Saga Vol 2

Wallace, Daniel

• Sea Girls

Walters, Mac

• Mass Effect: Foundation

Weeks, Brent

• The Black Prism
• The Blinding Knife

Wells, Dan

• Partials By Dan Wells
• Zero G

Wells, Martha

• The Cloud Roads
• Return to Dominaria
• Murderbot: All Systems Red

Wendig, Chuck

• Aftermath: Empire’s End By Chuck Wendig

Wendler, Jim

• 5/3/1 by Jim Wendler

Weisman, Greg

• War of the Spark: Ravnica

Wexler, Django

• The Price of Valour by Django Wexler
• Shadow of Elysium by Django Wexler
• The Guns of Empire
• The Infernal Battalion
• The Penitent Damned
• A Literary Discussion of ‘Ashes of the Sun’ by Django Wexler
• A Review of ‘Ashes of the Sun’ by Django Wexler
• The Gathering Storm

Whedon, Joss

• Serenity: Better Days

Wiggin, Kate Douglas

• Arabian Nights

Williams, Tad

• The Dragonbone Chair

Wilson, G. Willow

• Alif the Unseen

Wilson, Andrew R.

• Masters of War

Winkowski, Frederic

• Trench Talk/Trench Life

Winter, Evan

• The Rage of Dragons

Wrede, Patricia C

• Dealing with Dragons
• Searching for Dragons

Wight, Will

• Unsouled

Wurts, Janny

• Daughter of the Empire

Wyatt, James

• Plane Shift: Ixalan
• Plane Shift: Dominaria

Wynne Jones, Diana

• The Pinhoe Egg
• Howl’s Moving Castle

Yang, JY

• The Black Tides of Heaven

Zahn, Timothy

• Starcraft: Evolution By Timothy Zahn

Zelazny, Roger

• Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny