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The Nyrdcast Book Shelf – Reviews

We read a lot around here…from comics to novels to autobiographies, we read a little bit of everything. This is your spot to check for reviews.

Fiction

Blade Itself, The (The First Law Book 1)
Fireballer, The: A Novel
Martian, The
Network Effect (Murderbot Book 5)
Star Wars: Lost Stars

Non-Fiction

Best.Movie.Year.Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
Fahrenheit-182
Follow The Buzzards: Pro Wrestling In The Age of Covid-19
Major League Debuts 2023
Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, NoFX, and the ’90s Punk Explosion
Too Sweet: Inside The Indie Wrestling Revolution
The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife

Quick Hit Reviews

These are just little blurbs I wrote up, mainly for year end book lists. It gives you just enough to see why I liked them.

11/22/63: A Novel
IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Ahead of the Curve: Inside The Baseball Revolution
Anansi Boys
Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of A 20-Year Losing Streak
Color Of Magic, The (Discworld Book 1)
Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
Dune
Feast of Crows, A (A Game Of Thrones Book 4)
Firefly: The Magnificent Nine
From Staircase To Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
Killing The Business: From Backyards to the Big Leagues
Light Fantastic, The (Discworld Book 2)
MVP Machine, The: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
Office, The: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s
Princess Bride, The
Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
Star Wars: Dooku – Jedi Lost
Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason
Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy – Chaos Rising
Thanksgiving For Werewolves and Other Monstrous Tales

Graphic Novels

Anything with * is a quick hit review; I’ve reviewed comics as part of an old best of what I read each month, something I’m going to be starting back up in 2026.

100 Bullets Vol 1: First Shot, Last Call (DC/Vertigo)
Alex and Ada Vol 1-3 (Image)
Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol 17: Kraven’s Last Hunt (Marvel)*
Batman: White Knight (DC/Black Label)
Black Science Vol 1: How to Fall Forever (Image)
Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Comics)*
Cowboy Ninja Viking Vol 1-2 (Image)
Criminal Vol 1: Coward (Image)
Doctor 13: Architecture & Morality (DC)*
Eternaut, The (Fantagraphic Books)*
Falling In Love On The Path To Hell Vol 1 (Image)*
Ghost Fleet: The Whole Goddamned Thing (Image)*
In (Mariner Books)*
Local Man Vol 1: Heartland (Image)
Near Death (Image)
New Mutants: Demon Bear (Marvel)*
One Hand & The Six Fingers, The (Image)*
Paper Girls Vol 1 (Image)
Phonogram Vol 1: Rue Britannia (Image)
Prophet Vol 1: Remission (Image)*
Punk Rock Jesus (DC/Vertigo)*
Rick Grimes 2000 (Image)*
Road, The: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Abrams)*
Sex Criminals Vol. 1-2 (Image)*
Shazam!: Origins (DC)
Shirtless Bear-Fighter! Vol 1 (Image)*
Space-Mullet Vol 1: One Gamble at a Time (Image)*
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC)*
Time Before Time Vol 1 (Image)*
Ultramega Vol 1 (Image)*
Usagi Yojimbo Vol 1: The Ronin (Fantagraphics)*
Usagi Yojimbo Vol 2: Samurai (Fantagraphics)*
Usagi Yojimbo Vol 3: The Wanderer’s Road (Fantagraphics)*
Usagi Yojimbo Vol 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (Fantagraphics)*
Usagi Yojimbo Vol 5: Lone Goat And Kid (Fantagraphics)*
Usagi Yojimbo: Special Edition #2 (Fantagraphics)*
We Called Them Giants (Image)*
Weapon X: The First Class (Marvel)

Individual Comic Books

Anything with * is a quick hit review; I’ve reviewed comics as part of the old weekly This Week… comic series (noting everything coming out on the DC and Marvel apps) and an old weekly review column.

Note: Anything listed as Marvel Unlimited or DC Universe Infinite are app exclusive comics.

The Nyrdcast Book Shelf – Reviews

Fiction

Non-Fiction

Quick Hit Reviews

Graphic Novels

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