fiction reviews : rating index

unmissable 1

  • Jane Austen. • Pride and PrejudiceSense and Sensibility
  • William Shakespeare. • The Complete Works

    unmissable 1.5

  • Jane Austen. • EmmaPersuasion
  • Dorothy L. Sayers. • Busman's HoneymoonGaudy Night

    great stuff 2

  • Scott Adams. • Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy!Casual Day Has Gone Too FarFugitive from the Cubicle PoliceI'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-IdiotJourney to CubevilleStill Pumped from Using the Mouse
  • Jane Austen. • Mansfield ParkNorthanger Abbey
  • J. D. "Illiad" Frazer. • Even Grues Get FullEvil Geniuses in a NutshellThe Root of All EvilUser Friendly
  • Mark Haddon. • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
  • Randall Munroe. • xkcd volume 0
  • Dorothy L. Sayers. • Have His Carcase
  • Bill Watterson. • There's Treasure Everywhere

    great stuff 2.5

  • Scott Adams. • Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting MoronsBuild a Better Life by Stealing Office SuppliesIt's Obvious You Won't Survive By Your Wits AloneRandom Acts of ManagementShave the Whales
  • Jacky Fleming. • Be a Bloody Train DriverHello BoysNever Give Up
  • Laurie R. King. • A Monstrous Regiment of WomenThe Beekeper's ApprenticeThe Language of BeesThe Moor
  • A. A. Milne. • Winnie-the-Pooh
  • Dorothy L. Sayers. • Strong Poison
  • Bill Watterson. • Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995It's a Magical World

    worth reading 3

  • Scott Adams. • Don't Step in the LeadershipExcuse Me While I WagThe Dilbert Principle
  • Stephanie Barron. • Jane and the Man of the ClothJane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor
  • Sarah Caudwell. • The Shortest Way to HadesThe Sibyl in Her GraveThe Sirens Sang of MurderThus Was Adonis Murdered
  • Apostolos Doxiadis. • Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture
  • Jacky Fleming. • DementedFalling in Love
  • Paula Gosling. • A Running Duck
  • Laurie R. King. • A Letter of MaryJustice HallLocked RoomsO JerusalemThe GameThe God of the Hive
  • A. A. Milne. • The House at Pooh Corner
  • Stephen Notley. • Bob the Angry Flower: Dog Killer
  • Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh. • Thrones, Dominations
  • Zach Weiner. • Save Yourself, Mammal!

    worth reading 3.5

  • Scott Adams. • The Dilbert Future
  • Donna Andrews. • Murder with PeacocksRevenge of the Wrought-Iron Flamingos
  • Stephanie Barron. • Jane and the Wandering Eye
  • Arielle Eckstut. • Pride and Promiscuity
  • Janet Neel. • To Die For
  • Stephen Notley. • Everybody vs. Bob the Angry FlowerThe Ultimate Book of Perfect Energy
  • Kathy Reichs. • Deja Dead
  • Dorothy L. Sayers. • Striding Folly
  • Mary Stewart. • Airs Above the GroundMadam, Will You Talk?Nine Coaches WaitingThe Ivy Tree
  • Jill Paton Walsh. • The Attenbury Emeralds

    mind candy 4

  • Donna Andrews. • Crouching Buzzard, Leaping LoonMurder with Puffins
  • Stephanie Barron. • Jane and the Genius of the PlaceJane and the Prisoner of Wool HouseJane and the Stillroom Maid
  • Carole Nelson Douglas. • Catnap
  • Jacky Fleming. • Dear Katie
  • Janet Neel. • A Timely DeathO Gentle Death
  • Stephen Notley. • In Defence of Fascism
  • Sara Paretsky. • V. I. for Short
  • Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L. Sayers. • A Presumption of Death
  • Donald E. Westlake. • Trust Me on This

    mind candy 4.5

  • Stephanie Barron. • Jane and the Ghosts of Netley

    waste of time 5

  • William Golding. • Lord of the Flies