Book Reviews

 

You can find every book I have given a 5-star rating to here.

 

Joe Abercrombie

• Half a King

Katherine Addison

• The Goblin Emperor

Mark Adler

• Son of the Morning

Brian Anderson

• The Bard’s Blade

Kevin Anderson

• The Dark Between the Stars

Poul Anderson

• The High Crusade

Arlan Andrews

• Flow

Anthology

• Cirsova vol. 1
• Cirsova vol. 2
• Cirsova vol. 3
• Harlan County Horrors
• Old Venus
• Skelos vol. 1
• Tales from the Magician’s Skull vol. 1
• Women of Futures Past

Isaac Asimov

• Nightfall and Other Stories

Jon del Arroz

• For Steam and Country

R.J. Barker

• Age of Assassins

Luke Bauserman

• Some Dark Holler

Elizabeth Bear

• Karen Memory

Brad Beaulieu

• Of Sand and Malice Made (Song of Shattered Sands 0.5)
• Twelve Kings of Sharakhai (Song of Shattered Sands 1)

R.S. Belcher

• The Six-Gun Tarot (Golgotha 1)

Robyn Bennis

• The Guns Above (Signal Airship 1)
• By Fire Above (Signal Airship 2)

Alfred Bester

• The Demolished Man

Aliette de Bodard

• The House of Shattered Wings

Elizabeth Bonesteel

• The Cold Between

Ezekiel Boone

• The Hatching
• Skitter
• Zero Day

Leigh Brackett

• The Secret of Sinharat
• People of the Talisman

M.L. Brennan

• Generation V (Generation V 1)
• Iron Night (Generation V 2)
• Tainted Blood (Generation V 3)
• Dark Ascension (Generation V 4)

Maurice Broaddus

• King Maker

Brom

• Krampus: The Yule Lord

Max Brooks

• World War Z
• The Zombie Survival Guide

Edgar Rice Burroughs

• At the Earth’s Core (Pellucidar 1)
• Pirates of Venus (Amtor 1)

Jim Butcher

• The Cinder Spires: The Aeronaut’s Windlass
• Skin Game (Dresden Files 15)

Octavia Butler

• Fledgling

Miles Cameron

• Cold Iron (Masters & Mages 1)
• Dark Forge (Masters & Mages 2)
• Bright Steel (Masters & Mages 3)
• The Red Knight (Traitor Son 1)
• The Fell Sword (Traitor Son 2)
• The Dread Wyrm (Traitor Son 3)
• The Plague of Swords (Traitor Son 4)
• The Fall of Dragons (Traitor Son 5)

Melissa Caruso

• The Tethered Mage (Swords and Fire 1)

Beth Cato

• Breath of Earth
• The Clockwork Dagger (Clockwork Dagger 1)
• The Clockwork Crown (Clockwork Dagger 2)

Leonard Carpenter

• Conan the Hero

Lin Carter

• The Warrior of World’s End
• The Enchantress of World’s End
• The Immortal of World’s End
• The Barbarian of World’s End

Zen Cho

• Sorcerer to the Crown

Wes Chu

• The Lives of Tao (Tao 1)
• The Deaths of Tao (Tao 2)
• The Rebirths of Tao (Tao 3)
• The Days of Tao (Tao 3.5)
• Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Typhoon

Myke Cole

• Control Point (Shadow Ops 1)
• Fortress Frontier (Shadow Ops 2)
• Breach Zone (Shadow Ops 3)
• Gemini Cell (Shadow Ops 4)
• Javelin Rain (Shadow Ops 5)
• Siege Line (Shadow Ops 6)

Nick Cole

• CTRL ALT Revolt!

Larry Corriea

• The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent
• Hard Magic (Grimnoir Chronicles 1)
• Spellbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 2)
• Warbound (Grimnoir Chronicles 3)

Indra Das

• The Devourers

Milton Davis

• Changa’s Safari vol. 1

L. Sprague de Camp

• The Tritonian Ring

Jason Denzel

• Mystic

J. Danielle Dorn

• Devil’s Call

Rachel Dunne

• In the Shadow of the Gods
• The Bones of the Earth
• The Shattered Sun

Raymond Feist

• The Riftwar Saga
• The Empire Trilogy

Declan Finn

• Honor at Stake

C.A. Fletcher

• A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World

S.C. Flynn

• Children of the Different

Emily Foster

• The Drowning Eyes

Sarah Gailey

• The River of Teeth

Neil Gaimon

• American Gods

Charles Gannon

• Fire With Fire

Max Gladstone

• Three Parts Dead (Craft Sequence 1)

Graphic Novels

• The Autumnlands vol. 1
• The Divine
• Hawkeye vol. 1
• Lesbian Zombies from Outer Space
• Moonshine vol. 1
• Ms. Marvel vol. 1
• Ms. Marvel vol. 2
• Ms. Marvel vol. 3
• Ms. Marvel vol. 4
• Ms. Marvel vol. 5
• Ms. Marvel vol. 6
• Rat Queens vol. 1
• Rat Queens vol. 2
• Rat Queens vol. 3
• Rat Queens vol. 4
• Rat Queens vol. 5
• Saga vol. 1
• Saga vol. 2
• Saga vol. 3
• Saga vol. 4
• Saga vol. 5
• Sex Criminals vol. 1
• Star Wars: Darth Vader vol. 1
• Star Wars: Darth Vader vol. 2
• Star Wars: Darth Vader vol. 3
• Star Wars: Darth Vader vol. 4
• The Walking Dead compendium 3
• The Walking Dead compendium 4
• The Walking Dead vol. 25
• The Walking Dead vol. 26
• The Walking Dead vol. 27
• The Walking Dead vol. 28
• The Walking Dead vol. 29
• The Walking Dead vol. 30
• The Walking Dead vol. 31
• Zombie Nation vol. 2

Roland Green

• Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza

H. Rider Haggard

• She

Joe Haldeman

• The Forever War

A.J. Hartley

• Steeplejack
• Firebrand

Michael Haspil

• Graveyard Shift

Lian Hearn

• Emperor of the Eight Islands (Tale of Shikanoko 1)
• Autumn Princess, Dragon Child (Tale of Shikanoko 2)
• Lord of the Darkwood (Tale of Shikanoko 3)
• The Tengu’s Game of Go (Tale of Shikanoko 4)

Kevin Hearne

• A Plague of Giants

Robert Heinlein

• Double Star
• Have Space Suit—Will Travel
• Space Cadet

Frank Herbert

• Dune

Schuyler Hernstrom

• Mortu and Kyrus in the White City
• Thune’s Vision

Mitchell Hogan

• A Crucible of Souls
• Blood of Innocents
• A Shattered Empire

Jason M. Hough

• Zero World

Robert E. Howard

• The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
• The Bloody Crown of Conan
• The Conquering Sword of Conan
• The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard (part 1, part 2, part 3)
• The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane

Daniel Humphreys

• A Place Outside the Wild (Z-Day 1)
• A Place Called Hope (Z-Day 2)
• A Place For War (Z-Day 3)

D.B. Jackson

• Thieftaker (Thieftaker Chronicles 1)
• Thieves’ Quarry (Thieftaker Chronicles 2)
• A Plunder of Souls (Thieftaker Chronicles 3)
• Dead Man’s Reach (Thieftaker Chronicles 4)
• Tales of the Thieftaker

Holly Jennings

• Arena (Arena 1)
• Gauntlet (Arena 2)

N.K. Jemisin

• The Fifth Season

Robert Jordan

• The Conan Chronicles
• The Further Chronicles of Conan
• Warrior of the Altaii
• New Spring (Wheel of Time 0.5)
• The Eye of the World (Wheel of Time 1)
• The Great Hunt (Wheel of Time 2)
• The Dragon Reborn (Wheel of Time 3)
• The Shadow Rising (Wheel of Time 4)
• The Fires of Heaven (Wheel of Time 5)
• Lord of Chaos (Wheel of Time 6)
• A Crown of Swords (Wheel of Time 7)
• The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time 8)
• Winter’s Heart (Wheel of Time 9)
• Crossroads of Twilight (Wheel of Time 10)
• Knife of Dreams (Wheel of Time 11)
• The Gathering Storm (with Brandon Sanderson, Wheel of Time 12)
• Towers of Midnight (with Brandon Sanderson, Wheel of Time 13)
• A Memory of Light (with Brandon Sanderson, Wheel of Time 14)

Richard Kadrey

• The Everything Box (Another Coop Heist 1)
• The Wrong Dead Guy (Another Coop Heist 2)
• Killing Pretty (Sandman Slim 7)

Guy Gavriel Kay

• Children of Earth and Sky

Brian Keene

• King of the Bastards (with Stephen L. Shrewbury)
• Throne of the Bastards (with Stephen L. Shrewbury)
• The Rising

Stephen King

• The Stand

Tom Kratman

• Big Boys Don’t Cry

Jay Kristoff

• Nevernight
• Stormdancer

Rob Kroese

• The Dream of the Iron Dragon (Saga of the Iron Dragon 1)

Paul Krueger

• Steel Crow Saga

M.D. Lachlan

• Wolfsangel

Sterling Lanier

• Hiero’s Journey

Tracy Lawson

• Counteract (Resistance 1)
• Resist (Resistance 2)

Ann Leckie

• Ancillary Justice
• Ancillary Sword

Cixin Liu

• The Three-Body Problem
• The Dark Forest
• Death’s End

Ken Liu

• The Grace of Kings
• The Wall of Storms

Michael Livingston

• The Shards of Heaven

Ken Lizzi

• Thick as Thieves

Scott Lynch

• The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentlemen Bastards 1)
• Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentlemen Bastards 2)
• The Republic of Thieves (Gentlement Bastards 3)

Nick Mamatas

• Sabbath

Juliet Marillier

• The Harp of Kings

George R.R. Martin

• A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
• A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire 1)
• A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire 2)
• A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire 3)
• A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire 4)
• A Dance with Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire 5)

Elizabeth Massie

• Desper Hollow

Brian McClellan

• Promise of Blood (Powder Mage 1)
• The Crimson Campaign (Powder Mage 2)
• The Autumn Republic (Powder Mage 3)
• Sins of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder 1)
• Wrath of Empire (Gods of Blood and Powder 2)

Ed McDonald

• Blackwing (Raven’s Mark 1)
• Ravencry (Raven’s Mark 2)

Paul Melko

• The Walls of the Universe
• The Broken Universe

Yakov Merkin

• The Dragon Hand

C.L. Moore

• Northwest Smith

Linda Nagata

• First Light (The Red 1)
• The Trials (The Red 2)
• Going Dark (The Red 3)

Andre Norton

• The Beast Master (Hosteen Storm 1)
• Lord of Thunder (Hosteen Storm 2)

Naomi Novik

• His Majesty’s Dragon (Temeraire 1)
• Throne of Jade (Temeraire 2)
• Black Powder War (Temeraire 3)
• Uprooted

Nnedi Okorafor

• Binti

Malka Older

• Infomocracy

Anthony O’Neill

• The Dark Side

George Orwell

• 1984 (part 1, part 2)

Suzanne Palmieri

• The Witch of Bourbon Street

David Pedreira

• Gunpowder Moon

L. Penelope

• Song of Blood & Stone

Bernd Perplies

• Black Leviathan

Steve Perry

• Conan the Fearless

Daniel Polansky

• The Builders

William Campbell Powell

• Expiration Day

Alexis Radcliffe

• A Vanishing Glow

Scott Reardon

• The Dark Continent

Alter Reiss

• Sunset Mantle

Alastair Reynolds

• Slow Bullets

Jason Ridler

• Hex-Rated

K. Arsenault Rivera

• The Tiger’s Daughter

John Maddox Roberts

• Conan the Champion
• Conan the Bold
• Conan and the Amazon

Salman Rushdie

• Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights

Brandon Sanderson

• Mistborn (Mistborn 1)
• The Well of Ascension (Mistborn 2)
• The Hero of the Ages (Mistborn 3)
• The Alloy of Law (Mistborn 4)
• Shadows of Self (Mistborn 5)
• The Perfect State
• The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archives 1)
• Words of Radiance (Stormlight Archive 2)
• Edgedancer (Stormlight Archive 2.5)
• Oathbringer (Stormlight Archive 3)

John Sandford

• Saturn Run (with Ctein)

Courtney Schafer

• The Whitefire Crossing
• The Tainted City

Adrian Selby

• Snakewood

Bradley Schenck

• Slaves of the Switchboard of Doom

Mary Shelley

• Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus

Stephen L. Shrewbury

• King of the Bastards (with Brian Keene)
• Throne of the Bastards (with Brian Keene)

Adam Lane Smith

• Making Peace

Allen Steele

• Arkwright

Neal Stephenson

• Seveneves

Bram Stoker

• Dracula

Dan Stout

• Titanshade

Charles Stross

• Saturn’s Children

J.R.R. Tolkien

• The Hobbit
• The Lord of the Rings, part 1
• The Lord of the Rings, part 2

Ian Tregillis

• Something More Than Night

Harry Turtledove

• Joe Steele

Jack Vance

• The Dying Earth

Carrie Vaughn

• Martians Abroad

David Walton

• Quintessence

Jo Walton

• My Real Children

M.L. Wang

• The Sword of Kaigen

Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman

• Dragonlance Chronicles

Manly Wade Wellman

• Who Fears the Devil?

Chuck Wendig

• Zer0es

David West

• Scavengers

John C. Wright

• One Bright Star to Guide Them
• Pale Realms of Shade
• The Plural of Helen of Troy

Janny Wurts

• The Empire Trilogy