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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction published in 2011

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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
1 140 The Steampunk Bible: An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature NONFICTION Selena Chambers and Jeff VanderMeer
2 128 The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature NONFICTION Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn
3 128 As If: Modern Enchantment and the Literary PreHistory of Virtual Reality NONFICTION Michael Saler
4 120 Tolkien and the Study of His Sources: Critical Essays NONFICTION Jason Fisher
5 85 The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick NONFICTION Philip K. Dick
6 70 The Christian Goddess: Archetype and Theology in the Fantasies of George MacDonald NONFICTION Bonnie Gaarden
7 70 Critical Discourses of the Fantastic, 1712-1831 NONFICTION David Sandner
8 65 Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It NONFICTION Mike Ashley
9 65 The Art of the Hobbit NONFICTION Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull and J. R. R. Tolkien
10 51 Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art NONFICTION Arnie Fenner and Cathy Fenner
11 50 Green Suns and Faerie: Essays on J. R. R. Tolkien NONFICTION Verlyn Flieger
12 50 Tolkien and Wales: Language, Literature and Identity NONFICTION Carl Phelpstead
13 50 The Vampire Defanged: How the Embodiment of Evil Became a Romantic Hero NONFICTION Susannah Clements
14 50 Nos années "Strange" : 1970-1996 NONFICTION Sébastien Carletti and Jean-Marc Lainé
15 50 Super héros ! : la puissance des masques NONFICTION Jean-Marc Lainé
16 50
吾妻ひでお総特集ー失踪そして、不条理ナンセンス ギャグSF美少女?Azuma Hideo Sōtokushū: Shissō Soshite, Fujōri Nansensu Gyagu SF Bishōjo
Azuma Hideo Soutokushuu: Shissou Soshite, Fujouri Nansensu Gyagu SF Bishoujo
Azuma Hideo Sotokushu: Shisso Soshite, Fujori Nansensu Gyagu SF Bishojo
あずまひでおそうとくしゅうーしっそうそして、ふじょうりナンセンス ギャグSFびしょうじょ
NONFICTION
穴沢優子?あなざわゆうこ
Anazawa Yūko
Anazawa Yuuko
17 50 Stephen King: A Literary Companion NONFICTION Rocky Wood
18 50
近代日本奇想小説史 明治篇?きんだいにほんきそうしょうせつし めいじへん
Kindai Nihon Kisō Shōsetsushi: Meiji Hen
Kindai Nihon Kisou Shousetsushi: Meiji Hen
NONFICTION
横田順彌?よこたじゅんや
Yokota Junya
Yokota Jun'ya
19 50 Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being Human NONFICTION Grant Morrison
20 50 Blade Runner: Lo que Deckard no sabía NONFICTION Jesús Alonso Burgos
21 36 Masters of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art NONFICTION Karen Haber
22 35 Then Everything Changed: Stunning Alternate Histories of American Politics: JFK, RFK, Carter, Ford, Reagan NONFICTION Jeff Greenfield
23 35 The Unsilent Library: Essays on the Russell T. Davies Era of the New Doctor Who NONFICTION Simon Bradshaw and Tony Keen and Graham Sleight
24 35 Warriors of the Tao: The Best of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature NONFICTION Damien Broderick and Van Ikin
25 35 Starve Better NONFICTION Nick Mamatas
26 35 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies NONFICTION Matt Mogk
27 35 Fantômes, esprits et autres morts-vivants : essai de pneumatologie littéraire NONFICTION Daniel Sangsue
28 35 Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s NONFICTION Kim Newman
29 35 Monsters in the Movies NONFICTION John Landis
30 35 Becoming Ray Bradbury NONFICTION Jonathan R. Eller
31 35 The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media NONFICTION John C. Tibbetts
32 35 Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu NONFICTION Gary William Crawford and Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers
33 35 Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night NONFICTION Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
34 35 Studies in Terror: Landmarks of Horror Cinema NONFICTION Jonathan Rigby
35 35 BD de kiosque & science-fiction NONFICTION Dominik Vallet
36 35 Lest You Should Suffer Nightmares: A Biography of Herbert Van Thal NONFICTION Johnny Mains
37 35 James Whale: El padre de Frankenstein NONFICTION Juan A. Pedrero Santos
38 31 Musings and Meditations NONFICTION Robert Silverberg
39 30 The Twilight Zone NONFICTION Jordi Ardid and Álex Barba and Sergi Grau and Joan Renter and Tomás Fernández Valentí and Lluís Vilanova
40 30 In Other Worlds: SF and the Human Imagination NONFICTION Margaret Atwood
41 29 Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006 NONFICTION Gary K. Wolfe
42 29 A Tolkien Tapestry: Pictures to Accompany The Lord of the Rings NONFICTION Cor Blok
43 29 Tras los límites de lo real: Una definición de lo fantástico NONFICTION David Roas
44 28 Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm NONFICTION John Clute
45 28 Jar Jar Binks Must Die... and Other Observations About Science Fiction Movies NONFICTION Daniel M. Kimmel
46 28 Jeffrey Jones: A Life in Art NONFICTION Cliff Biggers and Jeff Jones
47 27 Velocity NONFICTION Stephan Martiniere
48 27 Nested Scrolls: A Writer's Life NONFICTION Rudy Rucker
49 27 Hardware: The Definitive SF Works of Chris Foss NONFICTION Chris Foss and Imogene Foss and Rian Hughes
50 26 Fantasy+ 3: Best Hand-Painted Illustrations NONFICTION Vincent Zhao
51 25 Alan Moore: Storyteller NONFICTION Gary Spencer Millidge
52 25 Denying Science: Conspiracy Theories, Media Distortions, and the War Against Reality NONFICTION John Grant
53 25 Exposé 9: The Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe NONFICTION Daniel Wade
54 25 On Conan Doyle: or, The Whole Art of Storytelling NONFICTION Michael Dirda
55 1
Les univers des fantastiques : dérives et hybridations?Les univers des fantastiques : derives et hybridations
NONFICTION Roger Bozzetto
56 1 Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them NONFICTION Deborah Stanish and Lynne M. Thomas
57 1 Mythe & super-héros NONFICTION Alex Nikolavitch
58 1 Carrie: Studies in the Horror Film NONFICTION Joe Aisenberg
59 1 Fright Night on Channel 9: Saturday Night Horror Films on New York's WOR-TV, 1973-1987 NONFICTION James Arena
60 1 Letters to James F. Morton NONFICTION H. P. Lovecraft
61 1 Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the Outer Realms NONFICTION Shade Rupe
62 1 Murray Leinster: The Life and Works NONFICTION Jo-an J. Evans and Billee J. Stallings
63 1 Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead NONFICTION Jovanka Vuckovic
64 1 American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 NONFICTION William F. Chase and Steve Joyce and Harry Long and Henry Nicolella and John T. Soister
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