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  • Sidekick - Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy 3): by Suzanne Collins book cover
  • Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy book cover
  • Making the Monster: The Science Behind Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Bloomsbury Sigma) book cover
  • On Writing and Worldbuilding: Volume I book cover
  • Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones book cover
  • Worldbuilding For Fantasy Fans And Authors (Forging Fantasy Realms Book 1) book cover
  • The Weird and the Eerie book cover
  • The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves, the Words Behind World-Building book cover
  • Snape: A Definitive Reading book cover
  • Time Travel: A History book cover
  • The Life and Lies of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore book cover
  • The Hidden Story of Narnia: A Book-By-Book Guide to C. S. Lewis' Spiritual Themes book cover
  • Jack: A Life of C. S. Lewis book cover
  • CliffsNotes on Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides) book cover
  • The Complete Tolkien Companion book cover
  • Kim Stanley Robinson (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) book cover
  • The Cyberpunk Nexus: Exploring the Blade Runner Universe book cover
  • Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity book cover
  • Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture book cover
  • Applied Ballardianism: Memoir from a Parallel Universe (Urbanomic / K-Pulp Book 1) book cover
  • The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy: Hogwarts for Muggles (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Book 22) book cover
  • And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life book cover
  • It Is Known: An Analysis of Thrones, Vol. I book cover
  • Inviting Interruptions: Wonder Tales in the Twenty-First Century (Series in Fairy-Tale Studies) book cover
  • The Road Goes Ever On: A Christian Journey Through The Lord of the Rings book cover
  • The Dark Powers of Tolkien: An illustrated Exploration of Tolkien's Portrayal of Evil, and the Sources that Inspired his… book cover
  • Zen in the Art of Writing book cover
  • From Barsoom to Malacandra: Musings on Things Past and Things to Come book cover
  • Analysis of Mockingjay (Hunger Games Trilogy 3): AfterRead to the Suzanne Collins Book book cover
  • One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Marquez (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide… book cover
  • Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert book cover
  • J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century book cover
  • Star Wars Psychology: Dark Side of the Mind (Popular Culture Psychology Book 2) book cover
  • The Magical Teachers of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Teaching Styles Unraveled book cover
  • The Symbolism and Sources of Outlander: The Scottish Fairies, Folklore, Ballads, Magic and Meanings That Inspired the… book cover
  • The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology book cover
  • The Proverbs of Middle-earth book cover
  • Savage Scrolls: Volume One: Scholarship from the Hyborian Age book cover
  • Western Weirdness and Voodoo Vengeance: An Informal Guide to Robert E. Howard's American Horrors book cover
  • Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth book cover
  • Fahrenheit 451 SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) book cover
  • Deciphering the Text Foundations of Traveller: and Other Essays book cover
  • Shadowhunters and Downworlders: A Mortal Instruments Reader book cover
  • Discovering H.P. Lovecraft book cover
  • Contemporary Dystopian Fiction for Young Adults: Brave New Teenagers (Children's Literature and Culture Book 93) book cover
  • Creating Life - The Podcast Transcripts (The Art of World Building Book 4) book cover
  • Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction book cover
  • In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination book cover
  • 1984 SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series Book 11) book cover
  • The Culture Series of Iain M. Banks: A Critical Introduction book cover
  • The Lament of Prometheus: An Examination of David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus book cover
  • The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination book cover
  • C. S. Lewis Goes to Heaven: A Reader's Guide to The Great Divorce book cover
  • The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, Third Edition book cover
  • Gene Wolfe's The Book of the New Sun: A Chapter Guide book cover
  • The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft And Extraterrestial Pop Culture: H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture book cover
  • Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings book cover
  • The Heroes of Tolkien: An Exploration of Tolkien's Heroic Characters, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from Myth… book cover
  • Dune and Philosophy: Weirding Way of the Mentat (Popular Culture and Philosophy Book 56) book cover
  • The Panem Companion: An Unofficial Guide to Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games, From Mellark Bakery to Mockingjays book cover
  • Stay book cover
  • Tolkien's Library: An Annotated Checklist book cover
  • The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus book cover
  • Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction (Univocal) book cover
  • The Hobbits of Tolkien: An Illustrated Exploration of Tolkien's Hobbits, and the Sources that Inspired his Work from… book cover
  • Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" book cover
  • Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation book cover
  • The Battles of Tolkien: An Illustrate Exploration of the Battles of Tolkien's World, and the Sources that Inspired his… book cover
  • Strokes book cover
  • In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft book cover
  • The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot book cover
  • Magic(al) Realism (The New Critical Idiom) book cover
  • The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (Cambridge Companions to Literature) book cover
  • Demigods and Monsters: Your Favorite Authors on Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series book cover
  • A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction book cover
  • The Flame Imperishable: Tolkien, St. Thomas, and the Metaphysics of Faerie book cover
  • Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance, Revised and Updated book cover
  • Summary and Analysis of The Handmaid's Tale: Based on the Book by Margaret Atwood (Smart Summaries) book cover
  • Lord of the Rings and the Eucharist book cover
  • Transhuman and Subhuman: Essays on Science Fiction and Awful Truth book cover
  • The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature (Cambridge Companions to Literature) book cover
  • The Inklings and King Arthur: J. R. R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, C. S. Lewis, and Owen Barfield on the Matter of… book cover
  • Black Madness: : Mad Blackness book cover
  • Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology (Forerunners: Ideas First) book cover
  • The Science Fiction In Traveller: A Reader’s Guide to Traveller Role-Playing Fiction book cover
  • Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery book cover
  • Heinlein in Reflection: Robert A. Heinlein in the 21st Century book cover
  • Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985 – 2010 book cover
  • 100 Prompts for Science Fiction Writers (Writer's Muse) book cover
  • Ray Bradbury: The Last Interview: And other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) book cover
  • Race for the Iron Throne: Political and Historical Analysis of A Game of Thrones book cover
  • The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works book cover
  • Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race, and Gender in Black Women's Speculative Fiction book cover
  • Further Up & Further In: Understanding Narnia book cover
  • Technophobia!: Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology book cover
  • The X-Files (TV Milestones Series) book cover
  • Somewhere Beyond the Heavens: Exploring Battlestar Galactica book cover
  • The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide… book cover
  • The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams book cover
  • Fringe Science: Parallel Universes, White Tulips, and Mad Scientists book cover
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10 authors with more than one book:

  • 4 - David Day
  • 3 - John C. Wright
  • 2 - Katherine R. Miller
  • 2 - Ray Bradbury
  • 2 - Bright Summaries
  • 2 - Fred Blosser
  • 2 - SparkNotes
  • 2 - Michael Andre-Driussi
  • 2 - John Clute
  • 2 - Edward James

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Series & Titles

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Popular Words

Words used 3 times or more:

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Words used 3 times or more excluding series name:

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Series in the chart

  • Forging Fantasy Realms (Book 1)
  • The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series (Book 22)
  • Popular Culture Psychology (Book 2)
  • The Art of World Building (Book 4)
  • SparkNotes Literature Guide Series (Book 11)
  • Popular Culture and Philosophy (Book 56)

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