Book Reviews & Recommendations
Stuart Turton returns with another brain-teasing, genre-bending puzzle that asks a wicked question: can you solve a murder in time to save the last pocket of humanity? Set on an isolated island protected from a planet-wide, lethal fog, The Last Murder at […]
If there is one author who can make you laugh, wince, and question the very nature of existence all at once, it’s Chuck Tingle. In Lucky Day, the celebrated and wildly original mind behind Bury Your Gays delivers a surreal, heartfelt, and […]
In Exiles, Mason Coile pseudonym for the late and great Andrew Pyper delivers a chilling fusion of science fiction, psychological horror, and locked-room mystery set against the desolate backdrop of Mars. The novel grips you from the very first page, unraveling a […]
In Kaiju No. 8 Vol. 1, Naoya Matsumoto reimagines the classic monster-battle manga through a fresh and surprisingly heartfelt lens. Set in a Japan plagued by relentless kaiju attacks, the story introduces us to Kafka Hibino, a man who once dreamed of […]
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 […]
Arkady Martine follows her Hugo winning debut with a sequel that is bigger, stranger, and, in many ways, even more satisfying. A Desolation Called Peace expands the Teixcalaan saga from palace intrigue to the terrifying edge of known space, where a fleet […]
Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars is a novel that defies categorization. It’s part science fiction, part fantasy, part contemporary drama and entirely original. It’s a story about a violin teacher who owes her soul to the devil, a runaway transgender prodigy […]
Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise is a sprawling, audacious literary project that attempts to capture the evolution of love, loss, and the search for utopia across three centuries of alternate Americas. Following the international acclaim of A Little Life, Yanagihara returns with a […]
Ryan La Sala’s The Dead of Summer is a chilling, atmospheric, and surprisingly heartfelt young adult horror novel that blends supernatural suspense with coming-of-age themes. Imagine We Were Liars meeting The Fog, with a touch of Holly Jackson’s narrative sharpness and a […]
Django Wexler’s How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying is what happens when epic fantasy crashes into Groundhog Day and Deadpool. It’s chaotic, clever, and absolutely bursting with energy. This is a story that gleefully mocks fantasy tropes while still […]