As we collectively navigate through various stages of lockdown during what was, and is still, an unprecedented year, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. Prepare to be gutted, to be intrigued, to be captivated, to be charmed, to be haunted; to have your mind blown, your breath stolen, your heart wrenched, your awe inspired, your thoughts provoked …
Read MoreThis collection is bookended by the author’s beautiful and visceral reflections on being an immigrant, and it’s in those spaces I found the most pleasure in this read. His melodic tone and luxurious use of language will lull the reader and pull them thoroughly into the moment.
Read MoreThe intricacies and layers to the world of the Scholomance, the school in which our protagonist and narrator, Galadriel, is locked in until she graduates, or dies, are vast. There is certainly no lack of imagination in this story, but it didn’t coalesce in a way that would have elevated it from a good read to a great read.
Read MoreMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan
Storied Life OF A.J. Fikry - Gabrielle Zevin
Bookshop On The Corner - Jennifer Colgan
Midnight At The Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew Sullivan
The Little Paris Bookshop - Nina George
Booked To Die - John Dunning
The Word Exchange - Alena Graedon
Bookish Life Of Nina Hill - Abbi Waxman
The Bookshop Of Yesterdays - Amy Meyerson
The Bookstore - Deborah Meyler
The Bookseller - Cynthia Swanson
Diary Of A Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
Lost For Words - Stephanie Butland
The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte
Escape From Mr.Lemoncello's Library - Chris Grabenstien
Ex-Libris - Ross King
A Novel Bookstore - Laurence Crosse
The Book Itch - Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Seven Kinds Of People You Find In Bookshops - Shaun Bythell
I Am Pilgrim - Terry Hayes (Spy/Espionage)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - John LeCarre (Spy/Espionage)
American Spy - Lauren Wilkinson (Spy/Espionage)
The Secrets We Kept - Lara Prescott (Spy/Espionage)
Coyotes Of Carthage - Steven Wright (Crime/Heist)
Safecracker - Ryan Wick (Crime/Heist)
Love & Theft - Stan Parish (Crime/Heist)
Blacktop Wasteland - S.A. Crosby (Crime/Heist)
The Assistants - Camille Perri (Crime/Heist)
Out - Natsuo Kirino (Noir)
And When She Was Good - Laura Lippman (Noir)
Stangers On A Train - Patricia Highsmith (Noir)
The Plotters - Un-su Kim (Noir)
A Simple Plan - Scott Smith (Noir)
He Started It - Samantha Downing (Thriller)
Tell No One - Harlen Coben (Thriller)
The Chain - Adrian McKinty (Thriller)
Freefall - Jessica Barry (Thriller)
This Story Is A Lie - Tom Pollock (Thriller)
Lucky You - Carl Hiaasen (Caper)
Burglars Can't Be Choosers - Lawrence Block (Caper)
Noir - Christopher Moore (Caper)
Hope Never Dies - Andrew Shaffer (Caper)
The Spellman Files - Lisa Lutz (Caper)
There we were, at the precipice of a New Millennium, posed to truly comprehend what the digital age could mean. We could wipe the sweat from our brows after surviving the stroke of midnight as it hurled us into Y2K and concentrate on building our social media personalities. What was happening in the book world you ask? Ambitious subjects were tackled and creative mythos built, encouraging a new level of acceptance to a more elastic definition of the truth in our reading.
Read MoreA funhouse mirror of a book, your likely seeing something entirely different than what you think you are with every reflection. This author executes spectacular feats of misdirection at every turn!
Read MoreThis was one of those reads you can find yourself wanting to gulp down in one ravenous sitting. I’ve seen a few of these corporate suspense novels in recent months and I can only hope more are on the way.
Read MoreWho doesn’t want the epiphanies of their life to come in short and snappy bites? No long meandering road of blah blah blah to get to the point of it all, no building of a clock to tell you the time, just a one or two liner and bam…enlightenment!
Read MoreTiny nightmares is a compilation of writings by dozens of renowned authors that asks of them the question; what scares you most? A perfect treat for the season!
Read MoreIf we are being honest, who among us hasn’t been in the vicinity of teens or pre-teens and wondered if they were possessed by demons? Seriously, have you been to a Starbucks lately? This is a love letter to horror fiction, friendship and all things 80’s!
Read MoreThis period of history saw the fade of the hippie and the rise of the yuppie. Baby boomers with a college education, a well-paying job and expensive tastes. While we may have suffered from some cultural bereavement with the endless boy bands and bad fashion that popped up like a nightmarish game of whack a mole, history was made both in the stories within the books written and by those that wrote them.
Read MoreLife is short. But afterlife isn’t. This is the ad campaign for a one of a kind con that our main character cooks up in order to try and repay fifty plus million dollars he lost as a spectacularly bad investor. Apparently, you can take it with you.
Read MoreThe Shining - Stepen King (When Your House Wants To Kill You)
Mapping The Interior - Stephen Graham Jones (When Your House Wants To Kill You)
The Supernatural Enhancements - Edgar Cantero (When Your House Wants To Kill You)
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Gothic)
White Is For Witching - Helen Oyeyemi (Gothic)
The Doll Factory - Elizabeth MacNeal (Gothic)
Cold Storage - David Koepp (Creature Feature)
Devolution - Max Brooks (Creature Feature)
The Strain - Guillermo Del Toro (Creature Feature)
Baby Teeth - Zoje Stage (Human Monsters)
The Patent - Jasper DeWitt (Human Monsters)
Violets Are Red - Mylo Carbia (Human Monsters)
Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill (Ghosts)
The Deep - Alma Katsu (Ghosts)
White Tears - Hari Kunzru (Ghosts)
The Ruins - Scott Smith (Ancient Evil)
The Only Good Indians - Stephen Graham Jones (Ancient Evil)
The Exorcist - William Peter Blatty (Ancient Evil)
Plain Bad Heriones - Emily Danfort (Scary Funny)
Meddling Kids - Edgar Cantero (Scary Funny)
Horrorstor - Grady Hendrix (Scary Funny)
Dear Hollywood,
Please make better choices when greenlighting movies. One’s that challenge our intellect as well as give us all the feels. Why, when we have clearly milked dry the creative genius of the past, are we not scooping up the rights to the endless bounty to be found in the pages of books?
Read MoreThe writing and characterization in this book had a Mr. Robot vibe…shrewd, unconventional and at times unrepentedly vicious and vile. A truly unique blend of savagery and tenderness. An unexpected delight of a book from a debut author!
Read MoreI’ve been lamenting the length of time since this author’s last book for grown-ups, and thankfully it did not disappoint! Hiaasen is a master of satire and leaves no contemporary predilection towards bad behavior unscathed. A perfect read for the moment we are in!
Read MoreThe story follows a couple with newborn twins who get a visit from a woman from the husband’s past. Something that never works out well for a marriage. This woman makes some accusations about the death of his first wife, among other things, and sews the seeds of distrust in the couple’s relationship.
Read MoreThe Woman In Cabin 10 - Ruth Ware (Locked Room)
Malice - Keigo Higashino (Locked Room)
No Exit - Taylor Adams (Locked Room)
The 7 1/2 Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle - Stuart Turton (Locked Room)
Death In The Family - Tessa Wegert (Locked Room)
Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz (Cozy)
Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman (Cozy)
Body In The Library - Agatha Christie (Cozy)
The No #1 Ladies Detective Agency - Alexander McCall Smith (Cozy)
Sweetness At The Bottom Of The Pie - Alan Bradly (Cozy)
The Missing American - Kwei Quartey (Private Eye)
Trouble Is What I Do - Walter Mosley (Private Eye)
Claire DeWitt & The City Of The Dead - Sara Gran (Private Eye)
Follow Her Home - Steph Cha (Private Eye)
Sleight Of Hand - Philip Margolin (Private Eye)
Enigma Of China - Qui Xialong (Police Procedural)
Rules Of Prey - John Sandford (Police Procedural)
The Black Echo - Michael Connolly (Police Procedural)
The Girl In The Ice - Robert Bryndza (Police Procedural)
The Searcher - Tana French (Police Procedural)
The Hypnotist - Lars Kepler (Suspense)
Framed - S.L. McInnis (Suspense)
Trust No One - Paul Cleave (Suspense)
The Woman In The Window - A.J. Finn (Suspense)
The Silent Patient - Alex Michaelides (Suspense)
The Sun Down Motel - Simone St.James (Amateur Sleuth)
Mr. Prenumbas 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan (Amateur Sleuth)
A Clue For The Puzzle Lady - Parnell Hall (Amateur Sleuth)
Primary Obsessions - Charles Demers (Amateur Sleuth)
Opium & Absinthe - Lydia Kang (Amateur Sleuth)
The Midnight Library - Matthew Haig
Evil Librarian - Michelle Knusden
This Book Is Overdue - Marilyn Johnson
The Book Of Speculation - Erika Swyler
The Shadow Of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafron
Nightbooks - J.A. White
The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova
The Library At Mount Char - Scott Hawkins
The Mystery Of Henri Pick - David Foenkinos
Something Wicked This Way Comes - Ray Bradbury
The Borrower - Rebecca Makkai
The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde
The Strange Library - Haruki Murakami
The Library Book - Susan Orlean
The Invisible Library - Genevieve Cogman
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu - Joshua Hammer
The Name Of The Rose - Umberto Eco
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Settenrield
The Giant's House - Elizabeth McCraken
