Book Reviews & Recommendations
Stephen King has always been the undisputed master of storytelling, but with You Like It Darker, he invites readers to explore a deeper, more intimate darkness. This 2024 collection of twelve short stories, which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Readers’ Favorite […]
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Leigh Bardugo’s Hell Bent, the highly anticipated sequel to Ninth House, dives even deeper into the shadows of Yale’s secret societies, where wealth, power, and the occult collide. Winner of the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy, this dark […]
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) Alaina Urquhart’s The Butcher and the Wren enters the crowded field of true crime–inspired thrillers with a premise that promises chills and forensic authenticity. As the co-host of the popular Morbid podcast, Urquhart brings her real-life experience as an […]
In Heather Gudenkauf’s The Overnight Guest, isolation becomes both a refuge and a nightmare. Set against the merciless backdrop of a deadly blizzard, this psychological thriller grips you from the first page and refuses to let go until the chilling final scene. […]
Liann Zhang’s debut novel Julie Chan Is Dead is a wickedly sharp and unhinged thriller that dives headfirst into the glittering, grotesque world of social media fame. Equal parts satire and psychological suspense, it’s a story about envy, deception, and the dangerous […]
Stephen King has always been the master of storytelling that transcends boundaries between horror and hope, fantasy and fear, the ordinary and the extraordinary. In Fairy Tale, King opens a new door into a realm where reality and imagination collide. It is […]
Joe Abercrombie cracks open a new sandbox with The Devils, an irreverent, blood-slick epic that trades the familiar First Law world for an alternate medieval Europe where popes are queens, Troy won its war, Carthage outmuscled Rome, and elves are not ethereal […]
Kate Alice Marshall’s What Lies in the Woods is a haunting, beautifully layered thriller that examines childhood trauma, buried secrets, and the heavy cost of truth. It is both a mystery and a meditation on memory, guilt, and the scars both visible […]
Sarah Pekkanen returns with The Locked Ward, a chilling psychological thriller that explores the darkest corners of sisterhood, family secrets, and the fragile line between sanity and manipulation. With her signature mix of emotional depth and suspense, Pekkanen crafts a story that […]
Ashley Audrain’s debut is the kind of novel you start for the thrills and finish with your heart in your throat. The Push is a psychological drama that interrogates the myths of motherhood, the ache of being dismissed, and the uneasy line […]