During the 1990s and 2000s, I did a lot of book reviews. I only review books I want to nowadays, and when I have the time. (Yes, this page is screwed up. I’ve been working on straightening it out, but WordPress, which makes it so easy to use, makes it difficult to tweak, especially someone else’s plugins.)
These books are listed by their title and author
Comics & Graphic Novels authors titles
History authors titles
Hollywood authors titles
Humor authors titles
Literary Fiction authors titles
Mysteries & Thrillers authors titles
Paperback Fiction authors titles
Popular Fiction authors titles
Reference authors titles
Romance authors titles
Science Fiction & Fantasy authors titles
True Crime authors titles
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Beahm, George
The Stephen King Story.
Bryson, Bill
Shakespeare: The World as Stage.
Collins, Ronald and David Skover
The Trials of Lenny Bruce.
Duncan, Dayton and Ward, Geoffrey C.
Mark Twain.
Dangerfield, Rodney
It’s Not Easy Being Me: A Lifetime of No Respect.
Freeman, Judith
The Long Embrace.
Hirshenson, Janet and Jane Jenkins
A Star is Found.
James, Eloisa
Paris in Love. (Travel memoir)
O’Toole, Peter
Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice.
Reynolds, Barbara
Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Work.
Thompson, Dino
Greek Boy. (Memoir, Jewish, 1950s, South Carolina)
Thomson, David
Nicole Kidman.
Vaill, Amanda
They Were Beautiful Once, and Young. (Gerald and Sara Murphy)
Wolcott, James
Lucking Out. (’70s memoir)
Biography Titles
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Dorothy L. Sayers: Her Life and Soul
Barbara Reynolds
Greek Boy (Memoir, Jewish, 1950s, South Carolina)
Dino Thompson
It’s Not Easy Being Me:
A Lifetime of No Respect
Rodney Dangerfield
Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice
Peter O’Toole
The Long Embrace
Judith Freeman
Lucking Out. (’70s memoir)
James Wolcott
Mark Twain
Dayton Duncan and Geoffrey C. Ward
Nicole Kidman
David Thomson
Paris in Love (Travel memoir)
Eloisa James
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
Bill Bryson
A Star is Found
Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
The Stephen King Story
George Beahm
They Were Beautiful Once, and Young
(Gerald and Sara Murphy)
Amanda Vaill
The Trials of Lenny Bruce
Ronald Collins and David Skover
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS AUTHORS
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Columbia, Al
Pim & Francie
Foster, Hal
Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938
Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale
Rapunzel’s Revenge
COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS TITLES
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Pim & Francie
Al Columbia
Prince Valiant Vol. 1: 1937-1938
Hal Foster
Rapunzel’s Revenge
Shannon and Dean Hale
HISTORY AUTHORS
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Baxter, John
Carnal Knowledge: Baxter’s Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex
Brackett, D.W.
Holy Terror (Aum Shinri Kyo cult)
Burrows, Edwin G.
and Mike Wallace
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Conolly, Peter and Hazel Dodge
The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome
Connolly, S.J.
The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Johnson, Clint
Civil War Blunders
Keegan, John
The Iraq War
Lopate, Phillip
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology
Silverman, David P.
Ancient Egypt
Spitz, Bob
The Beatles
Thomas, Samuel N. Jr., Jason H. Silverman and David Jackson Logan
A Rising Star Of Promise: The Wartime Diary And Letter Of David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina Volunteers 1861-1864
HISTORY TITLES
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The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome
Peter Connolly and Hazel Dodge
Ancient Egypt
David P. Silverman
The Beatles
Bob Spitz
Carnal Knowledge: Baxter’s Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex
John Baxter
Civil War Blunders
Clint Johnson
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898
Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
Holy Terror (Aum Shinri Kyo cult)
D.W. Brackett
The Iraq War
John Keegan
The Oxford Companion to Irish History
S.J. Connolly (editor)
A Rising Star Of Promise: The Wartime Diary And Letter Of David Jackson Logan, 17th South Carolina Volunteers 1861-1864
Samuel N. Thomas Jr., Jason H. Silverman and David Jackson Logan
Writing New York: A Literary Anthology
Phillip Lopate (editor)
HOLLYWOOD AUTHORS
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Hirshenson, Janet and Jane Jenkins
A Star is Found.
O’Toole, Peter
Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice.
Ryder, Rob
Hollywood Jock.
HOLLYWOOD TITLES
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Hollywood Jock
Rob Ryder
Loitering With Intent: The Apprentice
Peter O’Toole
A Star is Found
Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
HUMOR AUTHORS
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Dangerfield, Rodney
It’s Not Easy Being Me: A Lifetime of No Respect
Ventura, Varla
The Book of the Bizarre
HUMOR TITLES
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The Book of the Bizarre
Varla Ventura
It’s Not Easy Being Me: A Lifetime of No Respect
Rodney Dangerfield
LITERARY FICTION AUTHORS
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Esquivel, Laura
Malinche
Foer, Jonathan Safran
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Library of America
Crime Novels of the 1930s and ’40s / Crime Novels of the 1950s
McCarthy, Cormac
No Country for Old Men
Murakami, Haruki
Sputnik Sweetheart
Nabokov, Vladimir
Library of America multi-volume set
Raphael, Lev
The German Money
Secret Anniversaries of the Heart
O’Brian, Flann
The Third Policeman
Payne, Daivd
Early From the Dance
Ravenel, Shannon
New Voices From the South
Wallace, Daniel
Big Fish
Wenzel, Kurt
Lit Life
LITERARY FICTION TITLES
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Big Fish
Daniel Wallace
Crime Novels of the 1930s and ’40s / Crime Novels of the 1950s
Library of America
Early From the Dance
David Payne
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer
Lit Life
Kurt Wenzel
Malinche
Laura Esquivel
The German Money
Lev Raphael
Nabokov (multi-volume edition)
Vladimir Nabokov
New Voices From the South
Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy
Secret Anniversaries of the Heart
Lev Raphael
Sputnik Sweetheart
Haruki Murakami
The Third Policeman
Flann O’Brien
Mysteries & Thrillers Authors
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Mysteries & Thrillers Titles
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Adams, Mark
Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Beckerman, Marty
Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots
Bradley, Ian
The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
Browning, W.R.F.
The Dictionary of the Bible
Corriher, Shirley
Cookwise
Darwin, Charles
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp: The Evolution of an Idea
Hirshenson, Janet and Jane Jenkins
A Star is Found.
Jenkins, Emyl
From Storebought to Homemade
Largo, Michael
Genius and Heroin
Linenger, Jerry
Off the Planet
Mayle, Peter
French Lessons
Provence A-Z
Mental Floss
Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress A Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
Reynolds, David West
Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space
Ryder, Rob
Hollywood Jock.
Shaw, Tucker
Everything I Ate: A Year In The Life Of My Mouth
Stringer, Jenny
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
Walt Disney Corp.
Pocahontas
Since the World Began
Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real
OTHER NON-FICTION TITLES
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Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress A Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
Mental Floss
The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
Ian Bradley
Cookwise
Shirley Corriher
Darwin: The Indelible Stamp: The Evolution of an Idea
Charles Darwin
The Dictionary of the Bible
W.R.F. Browning
Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots
Marty Beckerman
Everything I Ate: A Year In The Life Of My Mouth
Tucker Shaw
French Lessons
Peter Mayle
Genius and Heroin
Michael Largo
Hollywood Jock
Rob Ryder
Kennedy Space Center: Gateway to Space
David West Reynolds
Off the Planet
Jerry Linenger
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
Jenny Stringer (ed.)
Pocahontas
Walt Disney Corp.
Provence A-Z
Peter Mayle
Since the World Began
Walt Disney Corp.
A Star is Found
Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins
From Storebought to Homemade
Emyl Jenkins
Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Mark Adams
Walt Disney Imagineering: A Behind the Dreams Look at Making More Magic Real
Walt Disney Corp.
PAPERBACK FICTION AUTHORS
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Holt, Tom
Expecting Someone Taller
Rose, M.J.
The Venus Fix
PAPERBACK FICTION TITLES
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Expecting Someone Taller
Tom Holt
The Venus Fix
M.J. Rose
POPULAR FICTION AUTHORS
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Archer, Jeffrey
False Impression
Blachman, Jeremy
Anonymous Lawyer
Carter, Stephen L.
The Emperor of Ocean Park
Dias, Dexter
Error of Judgment
Fraser, George Macdonald
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
Goldsmith, Olivia
The Bestseller
Grisham, John
Skipping Christmas
Hiaasen, Carl
Nature Girl
Skinny Dip
Kanon, Joseph
Los Alamos
Kennedy, Joseph
The Big Picture
Lerner, Eric
Pinkerton in Love
Malmont, Paul
The Chinatown Death-Cloud Peril
Rubenfeld, Jed
The Interpretation of Murder
Thompson, Wille
Scratch Golfer
POPULAR FICTION TITLES
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Anonymous Lawyer
Jeremy Blachman
The Bestseller
Olivia Goldsmith
The Big Picture
Joseph Kennedy
The Chinatown Death-Cloud Peril
Paul Malmont
The Emperor of Ocean Park
Stephen L. Carter
Error of Judgment
Dexter Dias
False Impression
Jeffrey Archer
Flashman and the Mountain of Light
George Macdonald Fraser
The Interpretation of Murder
Jed Rubenfeld
Los Alamos
Joseph Kanon
Nature Girl
Carl Hiaasen
Pinkerton in Love
Eric Lerner
Scratch Golfer
Wille Thompson
Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen
Skipping Christmas
John Grisham
Reference Authors
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Baxter, John
Carnal Knowledge: Baxter’s Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex
Largo, Michael
Genius and Heroin
Mental Floss
Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress A Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
Ventura, Varla
The Book of the Bizarre
Reference Titles
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Be Amazing: Glow in the Dark, Control the Weather, Perform Your Own Surgery, Get Out of Jury Duty, Identify a Witch, Colonize a Nation, Impress A Girl, Make a Zombie, Start Your Own Religion
Mental Floss
The Book of the Bizarre
Varla Ventura
Carnal Knowledge: Baxter’s Concise Encyclopedia of Modern Sex
John Baxter
Genius and Heroin
Michael Largo
ROMANCE AUTHORS
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Quick, Amanda
Wait Until Midnight
ROMANCE TITLES
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Wait Until Midnight
Amanda Quick
SCIENCE FICTION
& FANTASY AUTHORS
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Adams, Douglas
Mostly Harmless
Gaiman, Neil
Fragile Things
Goldberg, Lee
Dead Space (a.k.a. Beyond the Beyond)
Heinlein, Robert
Space Cadet
Holt, Tom
Expecting Someone Taller
Robinson, Spider
Callahan’s Legacy
Scalzi, John
Old Man’s War
SCIENCE FICTION
& FANTASY TITLES
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Callahan’s Legacy
Spider Robinson
Dead Space (a.k.a. Beyond the Beyond)
Lee Goldberg
Expecting Someone Taller
Tom Holt
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
Mostly Harmless
Douglas Adams
Old Man’s War
John Scalzi
Space Cadet
Robert Heinlein
TRUE CRIME AUTHORS
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Bass Bill and Jon Jefferson
Beyond the Body Farm
Finney, Jack
Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Forgotten Stories
Hannigan, William J.
New York Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archive
Mauriello, Thomas P.
The Dollhouse Murders
Sante, Luc
Evidence
TRUE CRIME WRITERS
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Beyond the Body Farm
Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
The Dollhouse Murders
Thomas P. Mauriello
Evidence
Luc Sante
Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Forgotten Stories
Jack Finney
New York Noir: Crime Photos from the Daily News Archives
William J. Hannigan