Book Reviews

Below you will find the links to all (or most) of my book reviews, sorted out by (sub)genre.

If you’re looking for comic book/graphic novel reviews, click here.

Fantasy

Grimdark:

• The Black Company by Glen Cook;
• Half a King by Joe Abercrombie;
• City of Kings by Rob J. Hayes;
• Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson;
• The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie;
• The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan;
• The Shadow Saint by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan;
• The Heart of Stone by Ben Galley;
• The Warded Man by Peter V. Brett;

Sword and Sorcery:

• The Time of the Dark by Barbara Hambly;
• The Ladies of Mandrygin by Barbara Hambly;
• The Walls of Air by Barbara Hambly;

Epic:

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson;
Kingshold by D. P. Woolliscroft;

Flintlock:

• Sins of Empire by Brian McClellan;
• Wrath of Empire by Brian McClellan;

Military

• Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K. J. Parker.

Urban:

• Fool Moon (Dresden Files #2) by Jim Butcher;

Asian-Inspired:

• Crown of the Sundered Empire by J. C. Kang;

Terry Pratchett

• Men-At-Arms;

Fairy Tale-inspired

• Uprooted by Naomi Novik;
• Finding Baba Yaga by Jane Yolen;

Literary Fantasy

• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow;

Novellas

• The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson;
• Thorn of the Night Blossoms (Scions of the Black Lotus #1) by J. C. Kang;
• Prosper’s Demons by K. J. Parker;
• A Stranger at the Hearth by Katherine Buel;

Short Story Collections

• Unnatural Creatures, Part 1, by Neil Gaiman

Science Fiction

• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Dystopia)
• Will Save the Galaxy for Food by Yahtzee Croshaw (Comedy, Space Adventure)
• Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer (New Weird)
• The Man in The High Castle by Philip K. Dick (Dystopic, Alternate History)
• Neuromancer by William Gibson (Dystopia, Cyberpunk)
• The Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Classic)
• 11/22/63 by Stephen King (Difficult to Label)
• Starsight by Brandon Sanderson (Young Adult, Space Adventure, Space Opera);
• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny;

Novellas

• Binti by Nnedi Okorafor;

Superhero

• Ch05en: Ivy by William Dickstein;

Literary Fiction

• Martin Eden by Jack London;
• Outline by Rachel Cusk;

Contemporary Fiction

• Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami;

Classics

• Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut;

Science Fantasy

• Star Wars: Ahsoka by E. K. Johnston;
• Star Wars: Master and Apprentice by Claudia Gray;
• Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny;

Graphic Novels

• Doctor Aphra, Vol. 01 — “Aphra” by Kieron Gillen
• Die Vol. 01: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans;
• Monstress Vol. 01: Awakening by Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda;

Non-Fiction:

• A Slip of the Keyboard by Terry Pratchet (Chosen essays on Things that Matter)
• Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming;
• So, Anyway. . .  by John Cleese  (Autobiography)
• The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer;
• What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami;

Children’s Books:

• The Devil’s Apprentice by Kenneth B. Andersen;
• The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips.