** Two entries are physically 2 short books that make a complete story only when combined; on their own get a `9.7` rank.
*** rank `10.0` is for the first edition of Spellfire; later edition added way too much thus got a `9.2` rank.

** Two entries are physically 2 short books that make a complete story only when combined; on their own get a `9.7` rank.
*** rank `10.0` is for the first edition of Spellfire; later edition added way too much thus got a `9.2` rank.

    _ _Tom’s top 10s in books:   ___  

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ `title` (genre) by author _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
• `An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us` (NS) by Ed Yong.
• `Daughter of the Empire` (SFF) by R Feist + Janny Wurts.
• `No One Noticed the Cat` (SF) by Anne McCaffrey.
• `Dragonsong` + `Dragonsinger` (SF) by Anne McCaffrey **.
• `Minerva Wakes` (SF) by Holly Lisle.
• `Arrows of the Queen` (SF) by Mercedes Lackey.
• `Spellfire` (SFF, D&D) by Ed Greenwood ***.
• `Quiet: the Power of introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking` (NF) by Susan Cain.
• `Tarzan of the Apes` + `Son of Tarzan` (SF) by Edgar R Burroughs **.
• `Second Foundation` (SF) by Isaac Asimov.

Sorted reverse alphabetically by author's last name.
Rank ten is best on scale of one point zero to 10 point zero.  _ _  _ fyi: editor is switching desired colors... 

Genres:
• SFF = Fantasy sciFi;
• SF = ScienceFiction;
• NS = Nature Science;
• NF = NonFiction general;
• D&D = based on Role-Playing Games such as Dungeons and Dragons.