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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction published in 2000

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Title Type Authors
1 152 At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub NONFICTION Bill Sheehan
2 136 On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft NONFICTION Stephen King
3 105 J. R. R. Tolkien and His Literary Resonances: View of Middle-Earth NONFICTION George Clark and Daniel Timmons
4 88 Transrealist Fiction: Writing in the Slipstream of Science NONFICTION Damien Broderick
5 85 Fairytale in the Ancient World NONFICTION Graham Anderson
6 85 Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-Earth NONFICTION Verlyn Flieger and Carl F. Hostetter
7 80 Greetings from Earth: The Art of Bob Eggleton NONFICTION Bob Eggleton and Nigel Suckling
8 70 Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader's Companion NONFICTION James Gifford
9 58 The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales NONFICTION Jack Zipes
10 53 Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature NONFICTION Andrew M. Butler and Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
11 51 Vast Alchemies: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake NONFICTION G. Peter Winnington
12 50
日本SF論争史?にほんSFろんそうし
Nihon SF Ronsōshi
Nihon SF Ronsoushi
NONFICTION
巽孝之?たつみたかゆき
Tatsumi Takayuki
13 50
もっとすごい科学で守ります!?Motto Sugoi Kagaku de Mamorimasu!
もっとすごいかがくでまもります!
NONFICTION
長谷川裕一?Hasegawa Yūichi
Hasegawa Yuuichi
Hasegawa Yuichi
はせがわゆういち
14 50 Paradojas: Ciencia en la ciencia-ficción NONFICTION Miquel Barceló
15 50 The Owl, the Raven & the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimms' Magic Fairy Tales NONFICTION G. Ronald Murphy
16 50 Spectrum 7: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art NONFICTION Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner
17 50 Dracula: Sense & Nonsense NONFICTION Elizabeth Miller
18 50 Wild Hairs NONFICTION David J. Schow
19 36 Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It NONFICTION Frank Kelly Freas and Laura Brodian Freas
20 36 Writing Horror NONFICTION Edo van Belkom
21 35 Tim Burton NONFICTION Mitch Le Blanc and Colin Odell
22 35 Entretiens avec Jules Verne NONFICTION
Daniel Compère?Daniel Compere
and Jean-Michel Margot
23 35 De Melmoth à Dracula : la littérature fantastique irlandaise au XIXe siècle NONFICTION Claude Fierobe
24 35
Alfred E. Van Vogt: Parcours d'une œuvre?Alfred E. Van Vogt: Parcours d'une oeuvre
NONFICTION Joseph Altairac
25 35 The Christian Imagination: G. K. Chesterton on the Arts NONFICTION Thomas C. Peters
26 35 Philosophie et science-fiction NONFICTION Gilbert Hottois
27 35 La scoperta dell'ombra NONFICTION Roberto Casati
28 35 La novela popular en España NONFICTION Fernando Eguidazu
29 35 The Crisis and the Quest: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Charles Williams NONFICTION Stephen M. Dunning
30 35 Algernon, Charlie, and I: A Writer's Journey NONFICTION Daniel Keyes
31 30 What If Our World Is Their Heaven? The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick NONFICTION Philip K. Dick and Gwen Lee and Doris Elaine Sauter
32 30 X-Men: El precio de un sueño NONFICTION Julián María Clemente and Lorenzo F. Díaz
33 29 Jack Vance: Critical Appreciations and a Bibliography NONFICTION A. E. Cunningham
34 29 The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 NONFICTION Mike Ashley
35 29 Exobiología: Manual de la flota estelar NONFICTION Manuel Á. González
36 28 Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History NONFICTION Ron Goulart
37 28 Putting It Together: Turning Sow's Ear Drafts Into Silk Purse Stories NONFICTION Mike Resnick
38 26 Inner Visions: The Art of Ron Walotsky NONFICTION Ron Walotsky
39 26 Man of Two Worlds: My Life in Science Fiction and Comics NONFICTION Julius Schwartz and Brian M. Thomsen
40 25 The Art of Rowena NONFICTION Rowena Morrill and Doris Vallejo
41 25 Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction NONFICTION Gary Westfahl
42 24 Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life NONFICTION Malcolm Yorke
43 22 Vertigo Visions: Artwork from the Cutting Edge of Comics NONFICTION Alisa Kwitney
44 22 The Strange Case of Edward Gorey NONFICTION Alexander Theroux
45 22 The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines NONFICTION Peter Haining
46 21 Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction 1820-1950 NONFICTION Neil Wilson
47 21 Critical Theory and Science Fiction NONFICTION Carl Freedman
48 20 French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction: A Guide to Cinema, Television, Radio, Animation, Comic Books and Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present NONFICTION Jean-Marc Lofficier and Randy Lofficier
49 20 Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore NONFICTION Stephen Gallagher and Chris Moore
50 18 The Artful Dodger: Images & Reflections NONFICTION Nick Bantock
51 1 The Sandman Companion: A Dreamer's Guide to the Award-Winning Comic Series NONFICTION Hy Bender
52 1 The Circus Fire: A True Story NONFICTION Stewart O'Nan
53 1 This Craft of Verse NONFICTION Jorge Luis Borges
54 1 Mass: The Art of John Harris NONFICTION John Harris and Ron Tiner
55 1 Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future NONFICTION Norman Brosterman
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