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There are 66 books with a ranking of Good.

• Alphabet Of Thorn by Patricia McKillip (Fantasy) [2007-12-29]
  Deep inside a palace on the edge of the world, the orphan Nepenthe pores over books in the royal library, translating their languages and learning their secrets. Now sixteen, she knows little of the outside world -- except for the documents that traders and travelers bring her to interpret. Then, during the coronation of the new Queen of Raine, a young mage gives Nepenthe a book that has defied translation, written in an alphabet of thorns...
• Expendable Ascending by James Alan Gardner (SF) [2005-09-02]
• Liaden Balance Of Trade by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (SF) [2004-03-11]
• Blossom Of Erda by L A Taylor (SF, Romance)
  Senior Officer Maele Sorenlon thought her orders were fishy, and the more she found out, the more suspicious she became. Why would a routine scientific survey be marked Top Secret? Under Officer SanDreleccur concurred that the situation was likely to be dangerous, and was determined not to be left behind. But neither were prepared for what would happen between them.
• Newford Blue Girl by Charles de Lint (Fantasy) [2007-11-19]
  Seventeen-year-old Imogene jumps at the chance to lose her bad girl reputation when her family moves to a new town. She purposely lays low at Redding High, only making friends with Maxine, a shy, studious girl who is Imogene's opposite in every way. Despite a few run-ins with the ruling football jock and his cheerleader girlfriend, Imogene keeps her temper in check and even lends some of her bravado to Maxine, who begins to come out of her straight-A shell. Things are going well for the new friends--until the day Imogene meets Adrian, the benign ghost of a boy who died in the school's parking lot.
• Changeling Sea by Patricia McKillip (Fantasy)
• DShai (1) DShai by Joel Rosenberg (Fantasy) [2007-10-28]
  In feudal D'Shai, your birth determines your status -- and your own special magic. There is the Way of the Warrior, the Way of the Runner, and fifty other kazuh. Thus it has always been...
• Lost Fleet (1) Dauntless by Jack Campbell (SF) [2007-07-12]
  The Alliance has been fighting the Syndics for a century -- and losing badly. Now its fleet is crippled and stranded in enemy territory. Their only hope is a man who's emerged from a century-long hibernation to find he has been heroically idealized beyond belief...
• Deepwater (3) Deepwater Angels by Ken Catran (TeenKid, SF) [2001-09-20]
• Deepwater (1) Deepwater Black by Ken Catran (TeenKid, SF) [2001-09-20]
• Deepwater (2) Deepwater Landing by Ken Catran (TeenKid, SF) [2001-09-20]
  This continues the story of the spaceship Deepwater, the links between past and future, and the perils that must be overcome, both inside and outside.
• Doctor Who BBC Books NW Deviant Strain by Justin Richards (SF, Tie-In) [2006-01-15]
  The first Who novel I've read that's been named after a typeface.
• Honor Harrington (8) Echoes Of Honor by David Weber (SF)
• Elbow Room by Marion Zimmer Bradley (SF)
  I am glad that I love them; I'd hate to think that some psych-tech made me love them! Because they are sweet, dear, wonderful, lovable people. All of them. As long as I don't have to see them very often.
• Elements Of Style by William Strunk, E B White (Non-Fiction) [2009-07-31]
  The Little Book of English style.
• Honor Harrington (5) Flag In Exile by David Weber (SF)
• Flatland by Edwin Abbott (SF) [2007-09-09]
  Flatland: a romance of many dimensions.
• Forgotten Beasts Of Eld by Patricia McKillip (Fantasy)
• Bayern (1) Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (TeenKid, Fantasy) [2008-07-14]
  A re-telling of the fairy tale of the same name.
• Harry Potter (1) Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone by J K Rowling (TeenKid, Fantasy)
• Honor Harrington (6) Honor Among Enemies by David Weber (SF)
• Honor Harrington (2) Honor Of The Queen by David Weber (SF)
• Honor Harrington (7) In Enemy Hands by David Weber (SF)
• In Fury Born by David Weber (SF) [2007-11-16]
  From the time she graduated from high school, Alicia DeVries knew what she wanted to do with her life, and she did it well. But her dead have been betrayed in the name of political expediency. And then pirates murdered her family...
• Hawk Of May (2) Kingdom Of Summer by Gillian Bradshaw (Fantasy)
• Faery Rebels (1) Knife by R J Anderson (TeenKid, Fantasy) [2009-01-24]
  "Knife woke in a cold sweat, the torn edge of her wing sizzling with pain. How long had she lain unconscious? Her worst fears had come to pass: she was trapped, flightless, a prisoner. The humans had put her in a box, and now they had come to torment her..."
• Languages Of Pao by Jack Vance (SF) [2008-08-06]
  The people of Pao were docile - much too much so for their own good. Because they were always easy marks for space pirates and glib-tongued businessmen from commercial worlds. When finally one particularly nasty band of ruthless conquerors came down and simply took over the whole planet, the last survivor of Pao's monarchy sought assistance from the scientific wizards of the planet Breakness.
• Maria And The Tree by Timothy Jones (SF) [2008-05-07]
  Nobody knew how the tree got started in the bleak, dusty little courtyard, but it soon became the most important thing in Maria's life. Important enough to devote part of her water ration to its growth--even important enough to commit fraud for extra water to keep it alive. She's taking a dreadful risk for every cupful or water she gives the tree ....
• Doctor Who Missing Adventures Millennial Rites by Craig Hinton (SF, Tie-In) [1995]
• Liaden Mouse and Dragon by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (SF)
  Aelliana Caylon has endured much, and finally, she appears to have won all: a spaceship, comrades, friends - and the love of a pilot she adores. Even better that her lover - the man who was destined for her, a man as much a loner as she - is also the Delm of Korval, arguably the most powerful person on all of Liad. He has the power to remove her and protect her from the toxic environment of her home Clan. Best of all, he agrees to sit as her co-pilot and her partner in a courier business. Even happy endings sometimes show a few flaws. Such as Aelliana's home clan being not as agreeable to letting her go as it had first seemed. And the fact that someone is stealing pilots in the Low Port, which falls within the Delm of Korval's honour. Oh, and the revelation that the man she loves isn't entirely the man she thought he was. And finally, she discovers that even the lift from Liad she'd so fervently desired is part of a larger plan, a plan requiring her to be someone she never thought she was or could be.
• Dahak (1) Mutineers Moon by David Weber (SF) [2007-10-06]
  For Lt. Commander Colin Maclntyre, it began as a routine training flight over the Moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial battleship, it began millennia ago when that powerful artificial intelligence underwent a mutiny in the face of the enemy. The mutiny was never resolved-Dahak was forced to maroon not just the mutineers but the entire crew on prehistoric Earth.
• Nearly Infinite Possibilities Of Junk by Stephen L Burns (SF) [2008-03-18]
  The good people of the asteroid Fred's Ball work hard and play hard. Their economy is based on mining the Ball, sweeping the Belt, and income from Hartman's Junkyard. But when lawyer Elmo Luckless arrives carrying papers from AllMine Corporation evicting the residents of the Ball, only Vance Hartman's inspiration as to how to build a new kind of sp...
• No1 Ladies Detective Agency (1) No1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith (Mystery) [2007-10-19]
  Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. Curious conmen. If you've got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's only -- and finest -- female private detective.
• Noteworthy Courtship by Laura Sanchez (Historical, Romance) [2010-03-14]
  What if the Netherfield party had not left Hertfordshire immediately following the Netherfield ball? What if Mr. Darcy in particular had given himself inducement to remain?
• BennyNA Oh No It Isnt by Paul Cornell (SF) [1997]
• Old Mans War (1) Old Mans War by John Scalzi (SF) [2008-12-11]
  John Perry did two things on his seventy-fifth birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
• Omnilingual by H Beam Piper (SF)
• Pandoras Legions by Christopher Anvil (SF) [2004-04-04]
• Agent Of Change (1) Partners In Necessity by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (SF)
  Omnibus of "Conflict of Honors", "Agent of Change" and "Carpe Diem"
• Poison Study (1) Poison Study by Maria V Snyder (Fantasy) [2007-09-15 2006-11-03]
  About to be executed for murder, Yelena is offered an extraordinary reprieve. As a food taster, she'll eat the best meals, have rooms in the palace -- and risk assassination by anyone trying to kill the Commander of Ixia.
• Project Farcry by Pauline Ashwell (SF)
  Richard Jordan is a telepath, but his psychic gifts have brought him nothing but trouble. For years he's been hiding his mental powers, considering them a curse, until First Contact with an unusual alien species awakens him to the full potential of his abilities.
• Foundation Psychohistorical Crisis by Donald Kingsbury (SF) [2008-01-26]
  Eron Osa had faced the ultimate penalty: the removal of his "fam". Without the augmentation of his brain by his electronic familiar, he can barely function amidst the bewildering complexities of everyday life on Splendid Wisdom. What was worse, he had lost many of his memories and skills. He was being punished for a crime he could no longer remember committing.
• Ravishing The Heiress by Sherry Thomas ? (Historical, Romance)
• Faery Rebels (2) Rebel by R J Anderson (TeenKid, Fantasy) [2010-10-03]
  Linden's cage glowed with fiery heat, burning her fingers when she tried to cling to the bars. She fluttered helplessly in midair, wing muscles aching with the effort, knowing that she couldn't hover much longer before her strength gave out - and that the moment it did, she would die...
• Sand Reckoner by Gillian Bradshaw (Historical)
  A slice from the life of Archemedes.
• Sharing Knife (1) Sharing Knife Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold (Fantasy) [2009-06-13]
  Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. Dag Redwing is a Lakewalker patroller weighted down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities. Little do they know that, very soon, their fates will be entangled.
• Honor Harrington (3) Short Victorious War by David Weber (SF)
• Theirs Not To Reason Why (1) Soldiers Duty by Jean Johnson (Military, SF)
  Ia is a precog, blessed - or cursed - with visions of the future. She has witnessed the devastation of her home galaxy three hundred years in the future, long after she is gone, but believes she can prevent it. But only if she becomes a soldier, on the right ship, the right company and the right place, to earn a reputation that will inspire those who follow.
• Sorcery And Cecelia (1) Sorcery And Cecelia Or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot by Patricia C Wrede, Caroline Stevermer (Fantasy) [2008-03-13]
  Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country
• Alexia Tarabotti (1) Soulless by Gail Carriger (Fantasy)
  Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette.
• Star Surgeon by Alan E Nourse (SF) [2008-05-08]
  Alan E. Nourse (1928-1992) was an American science fiction author and physician, noted especially for his SF works (such as Star Surgeon) combining both his interests.
• Dresden Files (1) Storm Front by Jim Butcher (Fantasy) [2007-12-04]
  Harry Dresden, wizard for hire. Fantasy Noir.
• Sons Of Destiny (1) Sword by Jean Johnson (Fantasy, Romance)
  The first of the Sons of Destiny
• Alex Benedict (1) Talent For War by Jack McDevitt (SF) [2007-07-15]
  Everyone knew the legend of Christopher Sim. Sim changed mankind's history forever when he forged a ragtag group of misfits into the weapon that broke the back of the alien Ashiyur. But now, Alex Benedict has found a startling bit of information, long buried in an ancient computer file. If it is true, then Christopher Sim was a fraud. For his own sake, for the sake of history, Alex Benedict must find out.
• Harry Potter (7a) Tales Of Beedle The Bard by J K Rowling (TeenKid, Fantasy)
  The Tales of Beedle the Bard contains five richly diverse fairy tales, each with its own magical character, that will variously bring delight, laughter and the thrill of mortal peril.
• Tinker (1) Tinker by Wen Spencer (Science-Fantasy) [2007-12-11]
  Inventor, girl genius Tinker lives in a near-future Pittsburgh which now exists mostly in the land of the elves.
• Tomorrow Log by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller (SF) [2008-07-16]
• Worldwalker (1) Truthseeker by C E Murphy (Fantasy)
  Gifted with uncanny intuition, Lara Jansen nonetheless thinks there is nothing particularly special about her. All that changes when a handsome but mysterious man enters her life and begs for her help. He says she is a Truthseeker, and the only one who can prove that he didn't murder his brother. The catch? Dafydd is a prince of Faerie, and he wants her to come with him to the barrow-lands.
• Two Princesses Of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine (TeenKid, Fantasy) [2008-04-24]
• Pride and Prejudice Unexpected Miss Bennet by Patrice Sarath (Historical, Romance)
  It is a comforting belief among much of society, that a plain girl with a small fortune must have no more interest in matrimony than matrimony has in her...
• Vorkosiverse (3) Warriors Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold (SF) [1995-04-23]
• Warslayer by Rosemary Edghill (Fantasy) [2004-05-02]
  Gloria "Glory" McArdle plays Vixen the Slayer in a straight-to-syndication TV show where even the fans say the villain is the better actress. The wizards of Erchanen have been searching all the worlds to find a hero, and Vixen the Slayer is the last name on their list.
• Worldwalker (2) Wayfinder by C E Murphy (Fantasy)
  Lara Jansen is a truthseeker, gifted - or cursed - with the magical ability to tell honesty from lies. Once she was a tailor in Boston, but now she has crossed from Earth to the Barrow-lands, a Faerie world embroiled in a bloody civil war between Seelie and Unseelie. She seeks the Faerie prince Daffyd ap Caerwyn, whom she last saw near death. But he is missing. Armed with a magical staff both powerful and perilous, she seeks both him and the truth; but will that truth save the Barrow-lands or destroy them?
• Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw (Historical, Fantasy)
  Historical fantastic; Mediaeval politics, faithfulness, and were-wolves.
• Tinker (2) Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer (Fantasy) [2008-07-16]
  Wolf Who Rules finds himself besieged from all sides in this sequel to Tinker.
• Zones by Damien Broderick, Rory Barnes (TeenKid, SF) [2000-01-22]