Veniss Underground is dark and weird and gross and unsettling and rich and beautiful and hypnotic and lyrical in the way that only Jeff VanderMeer novels are.

I want to write stories that hold up light and courage and hope. Those are things I aspire to in my own life. I think sometimes we don't have enough heroes.

Arlo’s a decorated agent of the British Bureau for the Arcane, but due to his heritage, many want him dead, including members of his family. Care for more?

The Green Bone Saga is perfect if you love Asian culture, martial arts, and are looking for a story with rich world building and characters that make you weep.

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Full of death, metal, moshing, and a dose of unexpected found friendship, Death Metal Bard and his lute companion jump off the page in this riotous novella

The Yawning Gap is an enjoyable read with heartwarming characters. If you’re a fan of classic fantasy and you’ve been missing that vibe, I recommend it.

Some things are worse than death… or high school. Fourteen-year-old Xenia Findlay survived the crash that claimed her parents and her best friend Bethany.

From Kratos and God of War to Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption, Sekiro to The Last of Us, Z.B. Steele gives book recommendations based on your favorite games.

A brutal, Acadamy-based story with enough ankle-breaking twists to keep even the most experienced fantasy/sci-fi reader guessing until the final pages.

I devoured this in a matter of days and have thought about it since.There are little nods for fae and folklore lovers and plenty more to make it unique.

Sandstorm is a fun, fast read, perfect for fans of big adventure stories with a splash of ancient mystery. It’s packed with enough thrills to keep you hooked.

Hypatia and Alexandra, sisters, one of flesh, one of metal. One day, a bug takes out all electronics, sending them scrambling for survival. Care for more?

Despite a boring first half, Sanderson creates an epically satisfying experience that sets the stage for a massive finale with Cosmere-wide implications.

Come for the imaginative world, stay for the compelling characters. Walker’s debut novel is a mesmerizing epic full of mystery, heart, and so much more.

Leon Quinn, haunted by his past, returns to Mezeldwelf, where a deadly scheme forces him to confront the ruins of his old life and protect the city he now calls home.

Cristóbal is a capitán, setting out into a new land to gain a fraction of the glory of Pizzaro and Cortéz. But his own men are against him. Care for more?

After Revance's fall, Ryza and the conscripts clear molten flux, but what lies beneath changes everything he thought he knew about the flux and himself.

Once, Temerity had brothers and a father, until they went adventuring in a dungeon. She decides to follow them to learn of their fate. Care to know more?

While The Trials of Empire is still well-written and enjoyable, it feels like two disparate stories that could have benefited from being split into two books.