Magehound (Counselors & Kings book 1) By Elaine Cunningham Read this book if: You’re a fan of the Forgotten Realms and you want a political/magic thriller set in a lesser explored corner of the realms. #booksky #fantasybooks #bookreview #forgottenrealms #sffbooks

The King in Yellow (Story #anthology) By Robert W. Chambers Read if: You want late 19th century horror that was foundational for, Lovecraftian #horror in the coming decades. Plus a random story set in the siege of Paris and a couple of love stories to round out the collection? #booksky #lovecraft

Assassins Quest (Farseer trilogy book 3) By Robin Hobb Read this book if: You enjoyed the first two, and want a twisting sequel that more deeply explores the magic, and ends on an epic note that feels both surprising but inevitable. #fantasybooks #bookreview #booksky #sffbooks #farseer

Casino Royale By Ian Fleming Read this if: You’re a Bond fan and want to see where it all started, or if you’re just desperate to learn about Baccarat. But overall a solid spy story in the post WW2 era #bookreview #bond #spynovel #booksky

The Silverblood Promise By James Logan Read this book if: You want a fun fantasy epic about a clueless rogue who stumbles into a vast political conspiracy, caught between thieves on one side and magical monsters on the other. #booksky #fantasybooks #bookreview #Sffbooks

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow By Tom King Art by: Matheus Lopes Read this if: You want a fun sci-fi epic featuring a character you probably know about but haven’t read/seen; that is far deeper than you ever expected. #supergirl #bookreview #comicreview #booksky

Fae - The Wild Hunt By Graham Austin-King Read this book if: You want an early medieval tale about (not) Britain caught between Viking raids and the loss of the old Druidic traditions that held back the horrors of the Fae #bookreview #indybooks #fantasybooms #fae #booksky

A Crow Named Torment By Silas A. Bischott Read this if: You want an unpredictable wonderland style journey into the mind and dreamworld of a sentient crow (plus a vampire and a woman stuck in the crow’s head). #bookreviews #indybooks #fantasybooks #sffbooks #booksky

Mushroom Blues By Adrian M Gibson Read this if: You want a traditional police procedural in the most non-traditional setting possible. A book that feels like a fun 8 episode Netflix series where they spent unfathomable amounts of money on special effects. Do not read if you hate mushrooms. #SFF

(Apologies for the bulk posting, realized I’d not been updating here; so I’ve got a small backlog to get through)

Blood of Heirs By Alicia Wanstall-Burke Read this if: You want a fun fantasy novel that has great characters and masterfully integrated world building. Read this if you need a reminder that there are absolute gems in independent publishing. #fantasybooks #booksky #bookreview #indypress #indybooks

Acharnians By Aristophanes Translated by Jeffrey Henderson (A reread after 20 years) Read this if: You want to see how questions of war and peace were discussed 2500 years ago in the Greek equivalent of Southpark. #bookreview #booksky #greekplays #greekliterature

Invisible Man By Ralph Ellison Read this if: You want an unparalleled look into life as a black man in the 1950s, and the way he is pulled in every direction by White and Black society in the North and South. A fascinating insight into the shades/effects of racism from all ends of the spectrum.

The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive Book 1) By Brandon Sanderson Note: British edition split one book across two volumes Read this if: You have a lot of time, and want a truly epic fantasy series that is intended to be the magnum opus of one of the greatest living fantasy authors.

Chronicles of Prydain series By Lloyd Alexander Books read: (1-3 of 5) 1) Book of Three 2) The Black Cauldron 3) The Castle of Llyr Part of YAnuary A reread after 30 years:🧵 #WelshMythology #YAfantasy #review #bookreview #Prydain #BlackCouldron

The Three-body problem By Cixin Liu Read this if: You want a very non-Western hard SciFi tale that takes a different perspective on the utopian/dystopian outlook sci-fi usually has, and underpins the whole story with math/science just on the periphery of what people comprehend. #sff #booksky 🪐📚

Cranford By Elizabeth Gaskell Read this if: You want an 19th century version of what modern authors would call a “cozy slice-of-life” novel, featuring the poor upper class in a tiny English village. #booksky #bookreview #victorian #review

Dragons of Winter Night By Weis & Hickman Read this book if: You liked the first, and want to understand some of the foundational lore building for early D&D nerds. Additionally, you can see as the series progresses the improvement in the writing and storytelling skills of the authors #Dragonlance

The Wallace By Blind Harry Read this if: You want the Venn diagram between Canterbury Tales and Braveheart. This is 15th Century poetry in Scots about how William Wallace was the best ever and the English deserved to get killed by him. #Review #booksky #Scotland #Scots #poetry #bookreview

A Separate Peace By John Knowles Read if: You want a mid-century coming of age book that parallels the loss of innocence with the every growing shadow of the War. A solid choice if you’re in a fancy book club. (Bonus: I last read this book 25 years ago, and stole it from my HS library) #bookreview

The Dispossessed By Ursela K. Le Guin Read this book if: You want a seminal work of Sci-Fi that gives beautiful and complex insights into society, freedom, barriers, suffering, and personal choice; while never feeling like the author is trying to shove an interpretation upon you #bookreview #sff 🪐📖

Assassin’s Apprentice Farseer Trilogy #1 By Robin Hobb Read this if: You have a desire for classic fantasy with political intrigue, that has the twist and turns of a big saga but without the grittiness and darkness of other modern fantasy. #booksky #fantasybooks #sffbookreview #bookreview

An Anthology of Scottish Folktales Read this if: You enjoy the odd nature of folk tales, & want to read some through a #Scottish lens; covering everything from myths to morality plays. Also good if you want a set of slightly bizarre bedtime stories to read to a child #booksky #review #folklore

Last Argument of Kings The First Law book 3 By Joe Abercrombie Read this book if: You’re a fan of the series and want to see the grittiness all culminate in an epic, driven by deeply flawed but interesting characters. #booksky #FantasyBooks #bookreview #sffbooks #books #review

Under Milk Wood By Dylan Thomas Read this book if: You want a play that shows a slice of life in midcentury rural Wales, described in vivid & evocative poetry by the greatest Welsh poet since Dafydd ap Gwilym. #booksky #bookreview #poetry #DylanThomas

Bone Silence Revenger book 3 By Alastair Reynolds Read this book if: You’ve enjoyed the first two in the series, and want to see a story that started off about space pirates end with revelations about the entire origins of civilization #Booksky #bookreview #Scifibooks 🪐📖 #books #SFFbooks #sff

Mort Discworld bk 4 By Terry Pratchett Read this if: You’re a fan of Pratchett & want to dive into the Death series. It’s fun, silly, and lays the foundation for lots of great lore later on. Probably not where to start reading Pratchett, but a good one to go back to #booksky #sffbooks #bookreview

Had a few unplanned additions to the pile in Aug/September, and some things got shuffled. Here’s the current #TBR pile that should last the rest of the year: #Booksky #Readinglist #SFF #SFFbooks

I try to branch out and read stuff outside of my usual lane, and I vaguely remembered people talking about The Horus Heresy from #Warhammer 40k as being good. I have a passing knowledge of Warhammer, so I thought I’d take a look, maybe get a new trilogy! A 64 BOOK SERIES?!? #WH40k #booksky

Tehanu Earthsea book 4 Ursula K. le Guin Read this book if: You’ve read the first three Earthsea books, and want a conclusion to the story that gives a more grounded coda to the epic. Imagine “scouring of the shire” as a sequel novel. #booksky #bookreview #fantasybooks #review #earthsea

The Pearl By John Steinbeck Read this book if: You want a quick read, but a harrowing tale that will depress you & stick with you for decades. It’s been 25 years since I last read it, I remembered no details, just how bleak I felt after (and I feel that way again now). This is Steinbeck at his best

Bleak House By Charles Dickens Read if: You want a long twisting tale that feels disjointed at the start, but eventually pulls together to form one giant & complete narrative. Dickens has some of his most extreme and fun/despicable characters in this, & knows how to use them #booksky #review #books

Slow Bullets By Alastair Reynolds Read this book if: You want a quick, easy sci-fi novella with great world-building, and a fresh take on a well-worn trope of being the last survivors of a civilization. #booksky #bookreviews #scifibooks #review #novella #books 🪐📖 #scifibookreview

Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance Chronicles bk 1) By Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman Read this book if: You have nostalgia for a classic fantasy story that had the boys from Stranger Things as its target audience. #booksky #classicfantasy #bookreview #fantasybooks #review #dnd

The Turn of the Screw By Henry James Read this book if: you want a classic gothic/horror story that uses ambiguity to fuel the psychological tension. This book is short enough that it would be best read in one sitting, preferably in a large empty manor in the autumn #booksky #horrorbooks #review

Remember and Rehearse By J.T. English Read this book if: You have a scattering of Bible knowledge, but don’t have a clear view for the themes that tie the entire Bible together #booksky #bookreview #theologybooks

Before they are Hanged (The First Law Bk 2) By Joe Abercrombie Read this book if: You want a gritty fantasy story about bad people trying to do their best in awful situations #bookreview #fantasybooks #booksky #reviews #FirstLaw

Well, it’s officially happening. Gotta go swear allegiance to the king. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ukcitizenship

Redshirts By John Scalzi Read this book if: You’re a fan of Star Trek, and want to read a fun story about those poor unnamed crew who die before the commercial break, but now are fully aware of their role #bookreview #booksky #scifi #Scifibooks #Startrek #reviews 🪐📖

In case you were wondering how I do my world building for #dnd

Exit Strategy (Murderbot book 4) By Martha Wells Read this book if: You’re a fan of the Murderbot series, and want to see a conclusion to the larger story that started in the first volume #booksky #books #reviews #scifibookreviews #scifi #bookreviews

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The Haunting of Hill House By Shirley Jackson Read this book if: You want to read the definitive haunted house story that threads the line between real and imaginary #booksky #bookreview #horrorbooks #review #hauntedhouse

Current bedside #TBR pile. This year my writing output has stagnated, but I’m really pleased how much I’ve been able to keep up my reading; probably the most I’ve read since I was 14. This stack should last me through Sept! #readinglist #books #booksky #Fantasybooks #SFF

Shadow Captain (Revenger book 2) By Alasdair Reynolds Read this book if: You’re a fan of the first book, and want to read more space swashbuckling adventures, this time with more intrigue and a bit of western/noir vibes. #scifibookreviews #books #bookstagram #review #writingtips✏️

Heir of Novron Riyria Revelations bk 3 By Michael J Sullivan Read this book if: You have read the first two in the series and want a fun and satisfying conclusion to a popcorn fantasy epic. #booksky #bookreview #fantasybooks #reviews

The Intentional Father by Jon Tyson Read this book if: You’re a dad with a son around age 10-12, and you want to start planning how to raise him as a teen #Fatherhood #bookreviews #books #booksky

Fahrenheit 451 By Ray Bradbury Read this book if: You want a classic sci-fi tale about the descent of humanity away from literature and critical thinking, in a story that feels more relevant every year since it was written. #booksky #bookreview #writersofbooksky #books #scifibooks #literature

The Blade Itself (The First Law trilogy Bk 1) By Joe Abercrombie Read the is book if: You want a gritty fantasy story where deep (and flawed) characters struggling with their own journeys get pulled into a wider adventure against their will. #bookreviews #fantasybooks #booksky #review #books

A Praying Life by Paul E Miller Read this book if: You want a good view on prayer that threads the needle between the extremes of “prayer is just for you, it doesn’t actually do anything” on one side, and “God is a vending machine who will do anything if you put in enough prayer coins” on the other