TOP SHELF Reviews from 2013
- Twelve Best of the US (retrospective on greatest American novels)
- July 25, 2013: Blood Meridian
- August 1, 2013: Beloved
- August 8, 2013: The House on Mango Street
- August 15, 2013: Bless Me, Ultima
- August 23, 2013: The Left Hand of Darkness
- August 30, 2013: To Kill a Mockingbird
- September 5, 2013: Invisible Man
- September 12, 2013: The Grapes of Wrath
- December 5, 2013: As I Lay Dying
- December 12, 2013: The Sun Also Rises
- December 19, 2013: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- December 26, 2013: Moby Dick
- November 21, 2013: Unbelievably Fantastic Saga
- November 14, 2013: 2014 Texas Lone Star Reading List
- November 7, 2013: Artisans of Michoacán
- October 31, 2013: Poets Play with Myth and Legend
- October 24, 2013: Body and Bread
- October 17, 2013: Two Houston Poets
- October 10, 2013: North Dixie Highway
- October 3, 2013: King Keeps on Shining
- September 26, 2013: Two More Texas Laureates
- September 19, 2013: Three Texas Laureates
- July 18, 2013: Ghost Writing for Mother
- July 12, 2013: Horns of a Dilemma
- July 4, 2013: Abaddon’s Gate
- June 27, 2013: The Most Dangerous Game
- June 13, 2013: Imperfection as Our Native Speech
- June 6, 2013: A Wild Childhood
- May 30, 2013: An Inspiring, Tireless Advocate
- May 23, 2013: The Haunting of an Unreliable Narrator
- May 16, 2013: Established Latino Poets and a Newcomer
- May 9, 2013: Our Lost Border
- May 2, 2013: Discovering Aztec Philosophy
- April 25, 2013: Two Beautiful Poetry Books
- April 18, 2013: Mystery and Prosody
- April 11, 2013: A Close Look at Narrative Poetry
- April 4, 2013: Female Poets Explore Roots
- March 28, 2013: Edie & the Low-Hung Hands
- March 21, 2013: Fantasy wth a Middle-Eastern Flair
- March 14, 2013: Valley Books for Vacations
- March 7, 2013: Middle Grade Dystopia
- February 28, 2013: Facing Crime in LA and the RGV
- February 21, 2013: Dark, Tragic Verse
- February 14, 2013: Discovering the Secret of Love
- February 7, 2013: Brutal, Empathetic Noir
- January 31, 2013: Zombie Love
- January 24, 2013: An Unbearable Lightness of Vicodin and OCD
- January 17, 2013: Riding the Rails to the End of the World
- January 10, 2013: Returning to the Dark Tower
- January 3, 2013: Classical Recommendations for 2013, Part 2
