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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction published in 2005

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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
1 105 Interrupted Music: The Making of Tolkien's Mythology NONFICTION Verlyn Flieger
2 105 Perilous Realms: Celtic and Norse in Tolkien's Middle-Earth NONFICTION Marjorie J. Burns
3 85 Horror: Another 100 Best Books NONFICTION Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
4 79 Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 NONFICTION Gary K. Wolfe
5 70 Les voitures volantes : souvenirs d'un future rêvé NONFICTION Patrick J. Gyger
6 70 The Lure of the Vampire: Gender, Fiction and Fandom from Bram Stoker to Buffy NONFICTION Milly Williamson
7 50 Storyteller: Writing Lessons and More from 27 Years of the Clarion Writers' Workshop NONFICTION Kate Wilhelm
8 50 Blood Obsession: Vampires, Serial Murder, and the Popular Imagination NONFICTION
Jörg Waltje?Jorg Waltje
9 50 Writing the Other: A Practical Approach NONFICTION Nisi Shawl and Cynthia Ward
10 50 Spectrum 12: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art NONFICTION Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner
11 50 Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos NONFICTION Kerry Gammill and J. David Spurlock
12 50 The Shadow-Walkers: Jacob Grimm's Mythology of the Monstrous NONFICTION Tom Shippey
13 50 The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Reader's Guide NONFICTION Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
14 50 The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion NONFICTION Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
15 50 Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia NONFICTION Stefan Dziemianowicz and S. T. Joshi
16 35 Lexikon der deutschen Science-Fiction und Fantasy 1870 - 1918 NONFICTION Klaus Geus
17 35 Ferocious Minds: Polymathy and the new Enlightenment NONFICTION Damien Broderick
18 35 Australian Speculative Fiction: A Genre Overview NONFICTION Donna Maree Hanson
19 35 Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer NONFICTION Rhonda V. Wilcox
20 35 The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis NONFICTION Alan Jacobs
21 35 Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientists and the Cinema NONFICTION Christopher Frayling
22 35 Science-Fiction NONFICTION Thomas P. Weber
23 35 L'Atlantide : petite histoire d'un mythe platonicien NONFICTION Pierre Vidal-Naquet
24 35 Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970 NONFICTION Mike Ashley
25 35 The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury NONFICTION Sam Weller
26 35 Jabberwock 1: Anuario de ensayo fantástico NONFICTION Arturo Villarrubia
27 30 The SEX Column and Other Misprints NONFICTION David Langford
28 30 Ed Wood: Platillos volantes y jerseys de angora NONFICTION David G. Panadero and Miguel Ángel Parra
29 29 Imago NONFICTION Jim Burns
30 29 Paradojas II: Ciencia en la ciencia ficción NONFICTION Miquel Barceló
31 28 Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits NONFICTION Gary Westfahl
32 28 Tim Burton: Diario de un soñador NONFICTION David G. Panadero and Miguel Ángel Parra
33 23 Kiddography: The Art and Life of Tom Kidd NONFICTION Tom Kidd
34 20 The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod NONFICTION Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn
35 1 The Art of Ray Harryhausen NONFICTION Tony Dalton and Ray Harryhausen
36 1 Beating the Devil: The Making of Night of the Demon NONFICTION Tony Earnshaw
37 1 Earth Vs. the Sci-Fi Filmmakers: 20 Interviews NONFICTION Tom Weaver
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