Non-fiction
The Bloody Sunday Report, Volume VI (2010)
First Generation, by Mary Tamm (2019) [Doctor Who-related autobiography]
Amy Dillwyn, by David Painting (2023)
Non-genre
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (2015)
The Way by Swann’s, by Marcel Proust (2018)
The Rebecca Rioter, by Amy Dillwyn (2023)
SF
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by Diana Wynne Jones (2004)
Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs (2007)
Deathbird Stories, by Harlan Ellison (2007)
Making Money, by Terry Pratchett (2009)
Speed of Dark, by Elizabeth Moon (2012)
The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester (2016)
Doctor Who
Doctor Who: the Visual Dictionary, by Andrew Darling, Kerrie Dougherty, David John, Simon Beecroft, and Amy Junor (2007) [First to Tenth Doctors]
Revolution Man, by Paul Leonard (2011) [Eighth Doctor, spinoff novel]
So Vile a Sin, by Ben Aaronovitch and Kate Orman (2014) [Seventh Doctor, spinoff novel]
Doctor Who and the Vortex Crystal, by William H. Keith, Jr (2015) [Fourth Doctor, game book]
Doctor Who and the Rebel’s Gamble, by William H. Keith, Jr (2015) [Sixth Doctor, game book]
The Ultimate Treasure, by Christopher Bulis (2024) [Fifth Doctor, spinoff novel]
Comics
Albion, by Alan Moore, Leah Moore and John Reppion (2007)
Shattered Visage, by Dean Motter and Mark Askwith (2009)
The best
Yeah, I’m sorry, I’m going to go with the critical consensus and nominate The Way by Swann’s, also known as Swann’s Way, originally Du Côté de chez Swann, by Marcel Proust. I find that in general I enjoy the great modernist writers, and I found the descriptions of children’s perceptions of the world of grownups, and of what it is like to be a man in love, simply superb. Also, more girl-on-girl action than I had expected. (Review; get it here.)
Honorable mentions
I’m giving you three quirky extras today.
Speed of Dark, by Elizabeth Moon, won the 2003 Nebula for Best Novel. It’s about a high-functioning autistic chap in a near-future world; I don’t think it hits all the notes perfectly, but I’m glad it was done. (Review; get it here)
The Tough Guide to Fantasyland, by the late great Diana Wynne Jones, is a hilarious dissection of the tropes of fantasy novels; she knew a thing or two about that subject. (Review; get it here)
The Dorling Kindersley Visual Dictionary for Doctor Who is rather glorious. (The more recent BBC publication of the same title equally so.) (Review; get it here)
The ones you haven’t heard of
My distant cousin Amy Dillwyn wrote a number of novels in the 1890s, the first of which was The Rebecca Rioter, a story of industrial unrest in South Wales a few decades before. There is also a nice recent biography of her by the late David Painting. (Review of both; get The Rebecca Rioter here; get David Painting’s biography here.)
The one to avoid
Actually I’m leaving this blank today; none of the above is awful. I guess I was least impressed with The Ultimate Treasure, a below-par Sixth Doctor story. (Review; get it here)