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Jean Rabe & Andre Norton
Return to Quag Keep

Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, editors
Sol's Children

Peter Rabe
Anatomy of a Killer
The Return of Marvin Palaver
A Shroud for Jesso
The Silent Wall

Irene Radford
Merlin's Descendants #3: Guardian of the Vision
Merlin's Descendants #4: Guardian of the Promise
Merlin's Descendants #5: Guardian of the Freedom
The Stargods #2: The Dragon Circle

Steven Raichlen
Island Apart

L.J. Ramsamugh-Knox
Buttercups

Frederick Ramsay
The Wolf & the Lamb

Brant Randall
Blood Harvest

Brant Randall & Bruce Cook
Tommy Gun Tango

David Randall
In the Shadow of the Bear, #2: Chandlefort

Kevin D. Randle
The Exploration Chronicles #1: Signals
The Exploration Chronicles #2: Starship

Robert Rankin
The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse

Melanie Rawn
Dragon Prince
Spellbinder

Kimberly Raye
The Devil's in the Details

Margaret Redfern
Flint

James P. Redwood
Two Ships

Robert Reed
The Cuckoo's Boys

W. Craig Reed
DNA

Douglas Reeman
High Water
The Hostile Shore
Royal Marines Saga #1: Badge of Glory
Royal Marines Saga #2: The First to Land
World War II: Dive in the Sun
World War II: For Valour
World War II: A Prayer for the Ship
World War II: A Ship Must Die
(Read reviews of books by Douglas Reeman's alter-ego, Alexander Kent.)

Celia Rees
Pirates!
Sorceress
Sovay
Witch Child

Philip Reeve
 Here Lies Arthur
Predator's Gold

Micky Zucker Reichert
The Books of Barakhai #1: The Beasts of Barakhai
The Books of Barakhai #2: The Lost Dragons of Barakhai
I, Robot: To Protect
The Return of Nightfall

Van Reid
Cordelia Underwood, or The Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League
Daniel Plainway, or The Holiday Haunting of the Moosepath League
Mollie Peer, or the Underground Adventure of the Moosepath League

Sue Reidy
The Visitation

Katya Reimann
The Tielmaran Chronicles, Book 1: Wind from a Foreign Sky

Dana Reinhardt
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life

Kristopher Reisz
Tripping to Somewhere

Mary Renault
The Charioteer
The Last of the Wine

Peter Rennebohm
French Creek

Shawna Reppert
Werewolves & Gaslight #2: Moon over London

Laura Resnick
Disappearing Nightly

Mike Resnick
The Other Teddy Roosevelts
Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future

Mike Resnick, editor
Men Writing Science Fiction as Women
New Voices in Science Fiction
Stars, with Janis Ian
Women Writing Science Fiction as Men

Paulo J. Reyes
Sledgehammer

Elizabeth Reynard
The Mutinous Wind

Alastair Reynolds
Absolution Gap
Chasm City
Redemption Ark
Revelation Space

Anne Rice
Blackwood Farm
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
Interview with the Vampire
Memnoch the Devil
The Queen of the Damned
The Vampire Lestat
Vittorio the Vampire
The Witching Hour

Susan Rich, editor
Half-Minute Horrors

Emilie Richards
The Parting Glass
Whiskey Island

Bill Richardson
Bachelor Brothers' Bed & Breakfast

Kat Richardson
Greywalker #1: Greywalker
Greywalker #2: Poltergeist
Greywalker #6: Downpour

Phil Rickman
The Man in the Moss

James E.F. Riley Sr.
Daydreams_n_Nightmares

Judith Merkle Riley
In Pursuit of the Green Lion
The Master of All Desires
The Serpent Garden
A Vision of Light

Laura Riley
Tell Me of Brave Women

Sandra Riley
Sisters of the Sea

Ann Rinaldi
A Break with Charity
Come Juneteenth

Rob Ritchie
Orphans of Winter

R.G. Roane
The Delphinus Chronicles

J.D. Robb, a.k.a. Nora Roberts
Creation in Death
Strangers in Death

Lorene Robbins
The Dead Detective

Tom Robbins
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Skinny Legs & All

Jennifer Roberson
Sword-Dancer
Sword-Singer
Sword-Maker
Sword-Breaker
Sword-Sworn

Katee Robert
Crimson Sails #1: Hunt on Dark Waters

John Maddox Roberts
Hannibal's Children
The Seven Hills

Keith Roberts
Pavane

Kenneth Roberts
The Battle of Cowpens

Nora Roberts, writing as J.D. Robb
Creation in Death
Strangers in Death

Craig Robertson
Murderabilia

R. Garcia y Robertson
Firebird
The Spiral Dance

Lane Robins
Sins & Shadows (as Lyn Benedict)

Madeleine E. Robins
Point of Honour

Barbara Robinson
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Elizabeth Robinson
The True & Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters (audiobook)

Kim Stanley Robinson
Antarctica
Forty Signs of Rain
Nebula Awards Showcase 2002: The Year's Best SF & Fantasy (editor)
Red Mars
The Years of Rice & Salt

Peter Robinson
Before the Poison

Spider Robinson
Callahan's Crosstime Saloon
The Crazy Years: Reflections from a Science Fiction Original
The Free Lunch

Justina Robson
Quantum Gravity #1: Keeping It Real

Erika Robuck
The House of Hawthorne

Stefan Rochfort
God Shock

Peter Roderick
Araujo's Stone

Michaela Roessner
The Stars Dispose

Cameron Rogers
The Music of Razors

Dan Ronco
Unholy Domain

Craig Rondinone
Ten Tales to Make Your Head Explode

Jimmy Root Jr.
The Lightning Chronicles I: Distant Thunder

David Rose
The Viking Sagas: Godiva

M.J. Rose
The Reincarnationist
The Venus Fix

Selina Rosen
Strange Robby

Mary Rosenblum
Horizons

Ross Rosenfeld
The Stolen Kingdom

Philip Roth
The Plot Against America

Brian Rouff
Dice Angel

Cameo Rowe
Defenders of the Realm: The Mystic Arts Tournament

Lawrence Lee Rowe Jr.
Tempus Fugit

Rebecca K. Rowe
Forbidden Cargo

Christopher Rowley
Doom's Break: The Third Book of Arna

J.K. Rowling
The Casual Vacancy
Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows
Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them
Quidditch Through the Ages

Priscilla Royal
Satan's Lullaby

Greg Rucka
Patriot Acts

Matt Ruff
Bad Monkeys

Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Consequences
The Disappeared
Extremes

Salman Rushdie
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
Haroun & the Sea of Stories
Luka & the Fire of Life
The Moor's Last Sigh
Shame

Patricia H. Rushford
Grave Matters

Mary Doria Russell
The Sparrow

S. Thomas Russell
Charles Hayden #1: Under Enemy Colors
Charles Hayden #2: A Battle Won
Charles Hayden #3: Take, Burn or Destroy
Charles Hayden #4: Until the Sea Shall Give Up Her Dead

W. Clark Russell
The Wreck of the Grosvenor
The Yarn of Old Harbour Town

Richard Russo
Bridge of Sighs
Empire Falls
Nobody's Fool
Straight Man
That Old Cape Magic

Richard Paul Russo
Ship of Fools

Edward Rutherfurd
China
New York
The Rebels of Ireland

Alan Peter Ryan
The Back of Beyond

Jessica Rydill
Children of the Shaman

Cynthia Rylant
Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season, illustrated by S.D. Schindler

Geoff Ryman
Was

Geoff Ryman & Nalo Hopkinson, editors
Tesseracts Nine

mini index
Don Sakers
Al Sarrantonio
John Scalzi
David J. Schow
Lucius Shepard
Delia Sherman
Will Shetterly
Sharon Shinn
Anita Shreve
Steven H. Silver
Lemony Snicket
Midori Snyder
Nicholas Sparks
Wen Spencer
Nancy Springer
Neal Stephenson
Bruce Sterling
Sean Stewart
S.M. Stirling









general fantasy
contemporary fantasy
science fiction
horror
mystery
humor
historical
children's
young adult
short stories


S

Fred Saberhagen
Ariadne's Web

Jon Saboe
The Days of Peleg

Lynn Veach Sadler
Foot Ways
Not Dreamt of in Your Philosophy

Nick Sagan
Edenborn
Idlewild

Riley Sager
The Only One Left

SF Said
Varjak Paw, illustrated by Dave McKean

Don Sakers
The Curse of the Zwilling
Dance for the Ivory Madonna
The Leaves of October
A Voice in Every Wind: Two Tales of the Scattered Worlds

R.A. Salvatore
Spearwielder's Tale

Mark Salzman
The Laughing Sutra

Carl Sandburg
Sandburg Out Loud

C.J. Sansom
Dark Fire

Pamela Sargent, editor
Conqueror Fantastic

Al Sarrantonio
Hallows Eve
Hornets & Others
Redshift (editor)

John Saul
House of Reckoning
Midnight Voices

George Saunders
The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip

Andrea Savitch
Envy of the Gods #1: If the Reward were Right

Clyde Lynwood Sawyer Jr. & Frances Witlin
An Uncertain Currency

Robert J. Sawyer
Hominids

Suza Scalora
The Fairies

John Scalzi
The Android's Dream
Ghost Brigades
The Last Colony
Old Man's War
Redshirts
The Sagan Diary

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
Channeling Cleopatra
Cleopatra 7.2

Regis Schilken
The Island Off Stony Point
The Oculi Incident

Cathleen Schine
She is Me (audiobook)

James Schmerer
Twisted Shadows

Heidi Jon Schmidt
The Harbormaster's Daughter

Peter Carpenter Schneider
Shining City

Jon Scieszka
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Ezra Scott
Angel Up My Sleeve

Jennifer Scott
The Sister Season

Michael Scott
The Last of the Fianna
Vampyres of Hollywood, with Adrienne Barbeau

David J. Schow
Gun Work
Havoc Swims Jaded
Rock Breaks Scissors Cut
Zombie Jam

Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones

David Sedaris, editor
Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Marcus Sedgwick
My Swordhand is Singing

Adam Selzer
I Kissed a Zombie, and I Liked It

Brian Selznick
The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Maurice Sendak
Outside Over There

John A. Senneff
The Apastron Reports: Quest for Life

Marcia Sewall
The Green Mist

Elif Shafak
The Architect's Apprentice

William Shakespeare & Courtney Carbone
OMG Shakespeare: Macbeth #killingit

William Shakespeare & Brett Wright
OMG Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night #nofilter

Terry Shames
 Guilt Strikes at Granger's Store

Darren Shan
Zom-B
Zom-B #2: Zom-B Underground

Charles P. Shanks
A Mythical Man

Lorelei Shannon
Rags & Old Iron

Patrick Shannon
Letters from Wheatfield

Terence Shannon
What Happened to the Indians

Rich Shapero
Wild Animus

Rochelle Jewel Shapiro
Miriam the Medium

Charles Sheffield
Transvergence

Rick Shelley
Spec Ops Squad: Deep Strike
Spec Ops Squad: Sucker Punch

Lucius Shepard
Colonel Rutherford's Colt
A Handbook of American Prayer
Liar's House
Valentine

Mike Shepherd
Kris Longknife: Mutineer

Delia Sherman
The Essential Bordertown, with Terri Windling (editors)
The Fall of the Kings, with Ellen Kushner
Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing, with Theodora Goss (editors)

Josepha Sherman
The Horse of Flame
Windleaf

Ben Sherwood
The Death & Life of Charlie St. Cloud

Will Shetterly
Chimera
Dogland
Elsewhere
The Gospel of the Knife
Nevernever
Shadow Unit: Season One

Sharon Shinn
Angelica
Angel-Seeker
Jenna Starborn
Samaria Trilogy, Book 1: Archangel

Anita Shreve
The Pilot's Wife
Sea Glass
Sea Glass (audiobook)

Lionel Shriver
We Need to Talk About Kevin

Kory M. Shrum
Dying for a Living

Neal Shusterman
Everlost

James Siegel
Deceit (audiobook)
Derailed (audiobook)
Detour (audiobook)

Jan Siegel
Prospero's Children
The Dragon Charmer

Alan Silberberg
Meet the Latkes

Daniel Silva
The Rembrandt Affair

Steven H. Silver & Martin H. Greenberg, editors
Horrible Beginnings
Magical Beginnings
Wondrous Beginnings

Victoria Silver
Death of a Harvard Freshman

Robert Silverberg
Blood on the Mink
The Book of Skulls
The Collected Stories, Vol. 2: To the Dark Star, 1962-69
Downward to the Earth

Dan Simmons
A Winter Haunting

Clea Simon
A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir: Kittens Can Kill
A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir: Panthers Play for Keeps

Jacqueline Church Simonds
Captain Mary, Buccaneer

Louise Simonson
The Gauntlet

Kassandra Sims
Falling Upwards

Susan Sizemore
Laws of the Blood: Deceptions
Laws of the Blood: Heroes

Susan Slater
Rollover: A Dan Mahoney Mystery

Diana Reed Slattery
The Maze Game

Traci L. Slatton
Immortal

Joan Slonczewski
The Children Star
Still Forms on Foxfield

Jeffrey Small
The Breath of God

Lisa Smedman
The Apparition Trail

A.D. Howden Smith
Porto Bello Gold

April Smith
A Star for Mrs. Blake

Barry H. Smith
Twilight Dynasty: Courting Evil

Dean Wesley Smith
All Eve's Hallows

Gary E. Smith
A Collection of Short Stories & Poems

Joan Smith
Escapade

Julie Smith
Murder on Magazine

Scott Smith
The Ruins

Sherwood Smith
A Posse of Princesses
Wren to the Rescue

W. Gordon Smith, editor
Fallen Angels, paintings by Jack Vettriano

Jeri Smith-Ready
Wicked Game

B.P. Smythe
Sow & You Shall Reap

Lauraine Snelling
A Dream to Follow

Lemony Snicket
• #1: The Bad Beginning
• #2: The Reptile Room
• #3: The Wide Window
• #7: The Vile Village
The Beatrice Letters

Maria V. Snyder
Poison Study

Midori Snyder
The Flight of Michael McBride
Hannah's Garden
The Innamorati

Jenna Solitaire
Daughter of Destiny #3: Keeper of the Flames
Daughter of Destiny #4: Keeper of the Earth

Jose Carlos Somoza
Zig Zag

Justin Somper
Vampirates #1: Demons of the Ocean

Robert D. San Souci
Brave Margaret, illustrated by Sally Wern Comport

Kerrelyn Sparks
Love at Stake #1: How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire

Nicholas Sparks
At First Sight (audiobook)
Nights in Rodanthe (audiobook)
The Notebook (audiobook)
The Wedding (audiobook)

Elizabeth George Speare
The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Wen Spencer
Bitter Waters
Dog Warrior
Tainted Trail
Tinker

William Browning Spencer
The Ocean & All Its Devices

Vila SpiderHawk
Hidden Passages: Tales to Honor the Crones

Mickey Spillane
From the Files of Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins
Complex 90
The Consummata
King of the Weeds
Lady, Go Die

Laura Spinella
Perfect Timing

Norman Spinrad
The Druid King

Nancy Springer
Apocalypse
Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess
Fair Peril
The Hex Witch of Seldom
I am Mordred
Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest
The Silver Sun
The White Hart

Patricia Sprinkle
When Will the Dead Lady Sing?

Susan Squires
Danelaw

Dana Stabenow, editor
Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy

Eddie Stack
The West, with Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Michael A. Stackpole
Battletech/MechWarrior: Ghost War

Suzanne Fisher Staples
Shiva's Fire

Boris Starling
Messiah

Jason Starr
Fake I.D.

Daniel Stashower
The Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Dime Museum Murders
The Harry Houdini Mysteries: The Floating Lady Murder

John Steakley
Vampire$

Allen Steele
Coyote

Ellen Steiber
The Raven Queen (Voyage of the Basset #2), with Terri Windling
A Rumor of Gems

Jeanne C. Stein
The Anna Strong Chronicles #1: The Becoming
The Anna Strong Chronicles #3: The Watcher

Andrew Steinmetz
Eva's Threepenny Theatre

Charlie Stella
Eddie's World
Johnny Porno
Rough Riders

Lily G. Stephen
The Tenth Muse

John Stephens
Books of Beginning: The Emerald Atlas

Reed Stephens, a.k.a. Stephen R. Donaldson
The Man Who Risked His Partner
The Man Who Tried to Get Away

Neal Stephenson
The Baroque Cycle #2: The Confusion
Cryptonomicon
The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (audiobook)
Snow Crash (audiobook)

Bruce Sterling
The Difference Engine, with William Gibson
Holy Fire
Visionary in Residence
The Zenith Angle

Sutton Stern
The Commissioner's Rifles
Sail & Steam #1: Robby Run

Shane Stevens
By Reason of Insanity

Taylor Stevens
The Mask

James Stevens-Arce
Soulsaver

Robert Louis Stevenson
Treasure Island

Bart Stewart
Tales of Real & Dream Worlds

Mary Stewart
The Crystal Cave
The Wicked Day

Sean Stewart
Galveston
Mockingbird
The Night Watch
Resurrection Man

John Stiles
The Insolent Boy

David Stinebeck & Scannell Gill
A Civil General

Christopher Stires
Rebel Nation

S.M. Stirling
Conquistador
The Peshawar Lancers
Worlds That Weren't, with Harry Turtledove, et al

Kathryn Stockett
The Help

Warren Stockholm
Scorpion Magazine, No. 1: The Sting of the Scorpion

Julian Stockwin
Thomas Kydd #1: Kydd
Thomas Kydd #2: Artemis
Thomas Kydd #3: Seaflower
Thomas Kydd #4: Mutiny
Thomas Kydd #5: Quarterdeck
Thomas Kydd #6: Tenacious
Thomas Kydd #7: Command
Thomas Kydd #8: The Admiral's Daughter
Thomas Kydd #9: The Privateer's Revenge
Thomas Kydd #10: Invasion
Thomas Kydd #11: Victory
Thomas Kydd #12: Conquest
Thomas Kydd #13: Betrayal
Thomas Kydd #14: Caribbee
Thomas Kydd #15: Pasha
Thomas Kydd #16: Tyger
Thomas Kydd #17: Inferno

James Stoddard
The False House
The High House

Robert Stone
Bay of Souls

Jonathan Strahan, editor
Best Short Novels 2004

Peter Straub
Black House, with Stephen King
Koko
Pork Pie Hat
Shadowland
The Talisman, with Stephen King

Whitley Strieber
From the Borderlands: Stories of Terror & Madness

Kay Marshall Strom
Once Blind: The Life of John Newton

Martin L. Strong
SEAL Strike! Book One: Death Before Dawn

Charles Stross
Iron Sunrise
Singularity Sky

Jonathan Stroud
Bartimaeus Trilogy #3: Ptolemy's Gate

V.A. Stuart
Phillip Hazard #1: The Valiant Sailors
Phillip Hazard #2: The Brave Captains
Phillip Hazard #3: Hazard's Command
Phillip Hazard #4: Hazard of Huntress
Phillip Hazard #5: Hazard in Circassia

David Sturm
Welcome to Breezewood

Marie Stuttard & Denese Moore
The Sacred Cat

Barbara Sullivan
Ripping Abigail
Unraveling Ada

Dee Sullivan
Deadly Behavior

Laura L. Sullivan
Ladies in Waiting

Tricia Sullivan
Dreaming in Smoke
Someone To Watch Over Me

Tamara Summers
Never Bite a Boy on the First Date

Ellen Sussman
On a Night Like This (audiobook)

S. Andrew Swann
Broken Crescent

Stan Swanson
The Misadventures of Hobart Hucklebuck

Michael Swanwick
Bones of the Earth

Duane Swierczynski
The Blonde
Severance Package
The Wheelman

Mitzi Szereto
Darker Edge of Desire
Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classics
Pride & Prejudice: Hidden Lusts
Red Velvet & Absinthe