- Against Empathy (2016) - Paul Bloom (1963-)
- Apocalypse World (2010) - D. Vincent Baker
- Assassin’s Apprentice (1995) - Robin Hobb (1952-)
- Berserk Deluxe Volume 1 (2019) - Kentaro Miura (1966-)
- Circe (2018) - Madeline Miller (1978-)
- Congo: The Epic History of a People (2014) - David Van Reybrouck (1971)
- Creativity, Inc. (2009) - Ed Catmull (1945-)
- Cyberpunk (1988) Mike Pondsmith (1954)
- D&D Essentials Kit (2019) - Wizards of the Coast
- Delta Green: Agent’s Handbook (2016) - Dennis Detwiller (1972-)
- Dungeon Crawl Classics (2012) - Joseph Goodman
- Flatland (1884) - Edwin A. Abbott (1838-1926)
- Forbidden Lands Player’s Handbook (2018) - Tomas Härenstam
- Fountain of Age (2012) - Nancy Kress (1948-)
- From Poop To Gold (2017) - Chris Jones
- Game Angry (2018) - Scott Rehm
- Give and Take (2013) - Adam Grant (1981-)
- How to Write Adventure Modules That Don’t Suck (2017) - Jobe Bittman
- Interpreter of Maladies (1999) - Jhumpa Lahiri (1967-)
- Kitchen Table Tarot (2017) - Melissa Cynova
- Microscope (2011) - Ben Robbins
- Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (2018) - Wizards of the Coast
- Mortal Engines (2001) - Philip Reeve (1966-)
- Pump Six and Other Stories (2006) - Paolo Bacigalupi (1972-)
- 67 Sailors on the Starless Sea (L0) (2012) - Harley Stroh
- Sharpe’s Tiger (1997) - Bernard Cornwell (1944-)
- Spark Roleplaying Game (2013) - Jason Pitre
- Swords and Deviltry (1970) - Fritz Leiber (1910-1992)
- Tenth of December (2013) - George Saunders (1958-)
- The Broken Lands (1968) - Fred Saberhagen (1930-2007)
- The Caine Mutiny (1951) - Herman Wouk (1915-2019)
- The Culture Code (2017) - Daniel Coyle
- The Drawing of the Three (1987) - Stephen King (1947-)
- The Fifth Risk (2018) - Michael Lewis (1960-)
- The Moviegoer (1961) - Walker Percy (1916-1990)
- The Thing Around Your Neck (2008) - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (1977-)
- The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Guns (2015) - Chad Shellabarger
- The View from Flyover Country (2015) - Sarah Kendzior (1978-)
- The Waste Lands (1991) - Stephen King (1947-)
- The Way to Love (1991) - Anthony de Mello (1931-1982)
- Warhammer, City of Chaos (1991) - Carl Sargent (1952-2018)
- When China Rules the World (2009) - Martin Jacques (1945-)
2019 YEAR END TOTALS:
| type | total | % |
|---|
| gnr: | 10 | 23.8% |
| lit: | 7 | 16.7% |
| mm: | 0 | |
| pol: | 3 | 7.1% |
| his: | 3 | 7.1% |
| rpg: | 13 | 31% |
| sci: | 3 | 7.1% |
| wis: | 2 | 4.8% |
| biz: | 1 | 2.4% |
- Total Fiction: 17 (40.5%)
- Total Heavies (pol/his/sci): 9 (21.4%)
- Total Work (wis/biz): 3 (7.1%)
Last Decade Totals
| type | ‘19 | ‘18 | ‘17 | ‘16 | ‘15 | ‘14 | ‘13 | ‘12 | ‘11 | ‘10 | TTL | % |
|---|
| gnr: | 10 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 93 | 28.5% |
| lit: | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 12.3% |
| mm: | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.8% |
| pol: | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3.7% |
| his: | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 12.9% |
| rpg: | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10.7% |
| sci: | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 5.8% |
| wis: | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 8.0% |
| biz: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 53 | 16.3% |
| TTL: | 42 | 42 | 64 | 30 | 38 | 28 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 26 | 326 | |
- Total Fiction: 139 (42.6%)
- Total Heavies (pol/his/sci): 73 (22.4%)
- Total Work (wis/biz): 79 (24.2%)
Last Decade Percentages
| ‘19 | ‘18 | ‘17 | ‘16 | ‘15 | ‘14 | ‘13 | ‘12 | ‘11 | ‘10 |
|---|
| Fiction | 40.5% | 38.1% | 54.7% | 46.7% | 31.6% | 64.3% | 66.7% | 13.3% | 18.2% | 11.5% |
| Heavies | 21.4% | 21.4% | 32.8% | 26.7% | 26.3% | 17.9% | 16.7% | 0.0% | 18.2% | 15.4% |
| Work | 7.1% | 14.3% | 4.7% | 13.3% | 36.8% | 17.9% | 16.7% | 86.7% | 63.6% | 73.1% |
LEGEND
- gnr - (fiction): genre (sff/hor/mys)
- lit - (fiction): literature
- mm - (fiction): mass market
- pol - geopolitics (eco/pol/soc)
- his - history (bio/rel/war)
- rpg - roleplaying games
- sci - science (chem/phy/psych)
- wis - wisdom/self-help/spiritual
- biz - work (craft/mar/copy)
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