Book List 2006, Publisher Analysis

Some of these are listed as imprints or lines rather than straight publishers, and many of the "publishers" belong to the same conglomerates. I went by what was on the spine of the book.

Ace—4
Same author
Completed all of them
Two 7s, two 8s

Amber Quill Press—3 plus the 4 Blue Silver stories that weren’t mine. I bought others but don’t like reading e-books that much
Completed all of them
One 7, two 8s

Atria—2
Same author
Finished one (8), not the other (6)

Avon—1
Completed, rated 8

Ballantine—6
4 authors
Completed all
Four 7s, two 9s

Bantam—1
Completed, rated 7
(Plus the one I neglected to track)

Berkley—11
One anthology, not completed because the stories were the same as published elsewhere, rated 7
9 other authors
2 not completed (a 4 and a 6)
One 7, three 8s, four 9s, and a 10

Bombshell (Silhouette)—54
13 not completed; of those, one 1, three 5s, four 6s, five 7s
41 completed; one 6, ten 7s, nine 8s, fifteen 9s, five 10s
40 different authors

Dell—1
Did not complete, rated 6

Dorchester—1
Completed, rated 8

Downtown Press—5
3 authors
Two not completed (a 6 and a 7)
One 8 and two 9s

Draumr—1
I hesitate to put this rating because she’ll know. But she won’t hold it against me. I hope. 7

Ellora’s Cave—1
Novella for contest, 8

Forge—1
Completed, 7

Harlequin—1
Did not complete, 5

HarperTorch—1
Did not complete, 7

HQN—2
Two authors, both completed, one 8 and one 9

Hyperion—1
10

Jove—4
All novellas, part of an anthology
Two not completed, both 6s
Two complete, an 8 and a 10

Kensington—1
Did not complete, 6

Leisure Historical—1
Gave that one a 10

Luna—4
3 authors
Completed all
7, 8, 9, 10

Meisha Merlin—1
Completed, 8

NAL—1
Completed, 7

Next—1
Did not complete, 6

Pocket—2
2 authors
Completed, 8 and 9

Putnam—2
Same author, 9 and 10

Red Dress Ink—1
Not completed, 5

Roc—2
Same author, completed, 8 and 10

Secrets—1
novella
Completed, 9

Science Fiction Book Club—1
One novella I read for a contest. That one got a 10.

Signet—1
Completed, 8

Simon and Schuster—1
Not completed, 6

St. Martin’s—5
3 authors
All completed
Two 7s, a 9 and two 10s

Titan Books—1
My only non-fiction book, 10

Warner—7
4 authors
Two incomplete, a 3 and a 6
A 7, an 8, two 9s and a 10

Whiskey Creek Press—1
Five, completed under duress (self-imposed)

William Morrow—1
Completed, 8<

Zebra—3
One not completed, 4
Two completed, 6s

How will I ever make my goal of 115 books this year without Bombshell? It will be very interesting to see my breakdown next year. Will I branch out more?

It shocks me that I have so many publishers/imprints out of which I only read one book. Ballantine and Warner aren’t surprising, as I’ve always known I liked their books, but I expected more from St. Martin’s, and a lot more from Bantam. That I read so many from Berkley surprises me, too.

Tomorrow I’ll post the 10s, with covers and links!