Outstanding books from the SFBC and Alabama Alumni Magazine

Today, I give you two book-related items all in one post.

Today’s post includes the Top 20 books from the Science Fiction Book Club’s July bulletin and the featured books from the Summer issue of Alabama Alumni Magazine.

My copy of the Science Fiction Book Club’s July bulletin arrived in the mail this afternoon, and my favorite item in each of these bulletins is the SFBC’s Top 20.

Books that made the SFBC’s Top 20 list include the following titles:

1. Pale Demon by Kim Harrison
2. The Castings Trilogy by Paula Freeman
3. Double the Odd, written by Dean Koontz and illustrated by Queenie Chan
4. Bearers of the Black Staff by Terry Brooks
5. River Marked by Patricia Briggs
6. Masques & Wolfsbane by Patricia Briggs
7. The Lost Gate by Orson Scott Card
8. Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
9. The Griffin Mage Trilogy by Rachel Neumeier
10. Halo: Cryptum by Greg Beard
11. Faeries: Deluxe Collector’s Edition, illustrated by Brian Froud and Alan Lee
12. Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn – The Deluxe Edition by Grant Morrison; illustrated by Frank Quitely and Philip Tan
13. Waking the Witch by Kelley Armstrong
14. Dragongirl by Todd McCaffrey
15. DC Comics Year by Year by DC Comics
16. Side Jobs by Jim Butcher
17. Batman: R.I.P. by Grant Morrison; illustrated by Tony S. Daniel
18. Bullet by Laurell K. Hamilton
19. The Icewind Dale Trilogy by R.A. Salvatore
20. The DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, updated by Daniel Wallace

For more information about these books and to view the SFBC’s Top 100 list, visit www.sfbc.com.

Also arriving in my mailbox this afternoon was the Summer issue of Alabama Alumni Magazine. A regular feature in this outstanding magazine is its “Bookshelf” feature, which provides reviews and descriptions of new books with Alabama connections.

Books mentioned in the latest installment of “Bookshelf” include the following titles:

1. Georgia Bottoms by Mark Childress
2. Steel Magnolias by Debra Shriver
3. Yvon’s Paris by Robert Stevens
4. Dictionary of Louisiana French, contributed to by Dr. Michael D. Picone
5. Stories from the Hart by Anne Hart Preus
6. Butterflies of Alabama, text by Paulette Haywood Ogard, photographs by Sara Bright
7. Mosquito Soldiers by Andrew McIlwaine Bell
8. When Universities Are Destroyed by Dr. Jack Kushner
9. Nature Journal by L.J. Davenport

For more information about Alabama Alumni Magazine, visit alumni.ua.edu/publications/alabama-alumni-magazine.

In the end, how many of the books mentioned above have you had a chance to read? Which did you like or dislike? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.