Staff Pick Archives

December 2001/January 2002

The Dragon Queen, by Alice Borchardt
Mort, by Terry Pratchett
Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light, by Tanya Huff
A Field Guide to Demons, by Carol K. and Dinah Mack
Santa Cows, by Cooper Edens
Black Dog, by Stephen Booth
Bad Karma, by Andrew Harper
The Organ Grinders, by Bill Fitzhugh
A Graveyard for Lunatics, by Ray Bradbury
No Rest For the Wicked, by Brian Keene
Who Is Angela?, by Thomas J. Doyle
Brief Candles, by Manning Coles
The Sunset Lounge, by Gene Cox
A Dead Man's Honor, by Frankie Y. Bailey
The White Plague, by Frank Herbert

November 2001

The Long Good Boy by Carol Lea Benjamin
In A Strange City by Laura Lippman
Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Sharyn McCrumb
The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver
Heartlight by T. A. Barron
Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
Everybody Smokes in Hell by John Ridley
Lost by Gregory Maguire

October 2001

Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
The Eleventh Commandment by Jeffrey Archer
The Divided Child by Ekaterine Nikas
The Alpine Legacy by Mary Daheim
The Rock by Robert Doherty
The Getaway by Jim Thompson
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk
Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Grandpa's Teeth, by Rod Clement
Bureau 13: Doomsday Exam, by Nick Pollotta
Hoodwinked, by Arthur Howard
Enchanter: Book Two of the Wayfarer Redemption, by Sara Douglass

September 2001

Pet Boy by Keith Graves
Daughter of the Blood - Book 1 of the Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
War For the Oaks by Emma Bull
The Big U by Neal Stephenson
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Neuromancer by William Gibson
Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Bad Chili by Joe Lansdale
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
The Halloween Man by Douglas Clegg
House of Pain by Sephera Giron
Out of the Light by Holly Newstein and Ralph Bieber
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
Wil's Bones by Kevin Bowen
Olivia by Ian Falconer
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver

August 2001

Mrs. Pollifax And The Whirling Dervish by Dorothy Gilman
Callie & the dealer & a Dog Named Jake by Wendy Howell Mills
Off Season by Philip R. Craig
Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
Permed to Death by Nancy J. Cohen
The Shining, by Stephen King
Radio Free Albemuth, by Philip K. Dick
Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
The Blind Assassin, by Margaret Atwood
The Organ Grinders by Bill Fitzhugh
The Quorum by Kim Newman
Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore
Down on Ponce by Fred Willard
The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
The Color of Magic, by Terry Pratchett
Lirael by Garth Nix
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey

July 2001

Big Trouble by Dave Barry
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon by Jules Bass
Asylum by Patrick McGrath
Corrupting Dr Nice by John Kessel
Edgeworks Vol. 1: Over the Edge and An Edge in My Voice
by Harlan Ellison
Nothing Burns in Hell by Philip Jose Farmer
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
It by Stephen King
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Guilty Mind by Irene Marcuse
Do or Die by Barbara Fradkin
Innkeeping with Murder by Tim Myers
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Irene's Last Waltz by Carole Nelson Douglas

June 2001

Blue Limbo by Terence M. Green
The Throat by Peter Straub
Shoot the Piano Player by David Goodis
The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
L.A. Noir by James Ellroy
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite
Pest Control by Bill Fitzhugh
Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore
Anonymous Rex by Eric Garcia
Lord Demon by Roger Zelazny
The Mummy Returns by Max Allan Collins
Prowlers by Christopher Golden
High Five by Janet Evanovich
Protector of the Small: First Test by Tamora Pierce
Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters
Northern Winters Are Murder by Lou Allin
Three Dirty Women and the Bitter Brew by Julie Wray Herman
Foggy Mountain Breakdown by Sharyn McCrumb
Winter Moon by Dean Koontz
A Breach of Promise by Anne Perry

April-May 2001

Interface by Stephen Bury
The Big U by Neal Stephenson
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler
Black Money by Ross MacDonald
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander
Wild Magic: The Immortals Book One by Tamora Pierce
Daggerspell by Katharine Kerr
Sword-Dancer by Jennifer Roberson
The Fairies by Suza Scalora
The Soulforge by Margaret Weis
Lord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
On A Pale Horse by Piers Anthony
The Wayfarer Redemption by Sara Douglass
Lords of the Sky by Angus Wells
Midnight Hour by Mary Saums
Dancing With Mr. D by Lisa Kleinholz
Little White Lies by Ron and Janet Benrey
100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association (ed. Jim Huang)
Murder in Four Part Harmony by Lorie Ham

March 2001

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Kingless Land by Ed Greenwood
A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The Hashish Man by Lord Dunsany
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
Cinderella Skeleton by Robert D. San Souci
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials Book One by Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials Book Two by Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials Book Three by Philip Pullman
The Summer Tree: The Fionavar Tapestry Book One
by Guy Gavriel Kay
On Night's Shore by Randall Silvis
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Stir of Echoes by Richard Matheson
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Revenge of the Cootie Girls by Sparkle Hayter
Evans Above by Rhys Bowen
In the Spirit of Murder by Laura Belgrave
Bum Steer by Nancy Pickard
Cornish Conundrum by Gene Stratton

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