ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield
Yah Yah Scholfield’s On Sundays She Picked Flowers marks her impressive debut. It is a novel about perseverance, generational abuse, race, and shapeshifting creatures.…
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NINE GOBLINS by T. Kingfisher
In the scale of things fantasy, goblins since the age of Tolkien (and before actually) have tended to have a bit of a bad…
TWELVE MONTHS by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #18)
Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files is one of the best selling and most beloved fantasy sagas on the shelves. How can a series that is…
THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao
It’s getting to be a crowded place, this area of fantasy devoted to Asian-inspired fantasy. There’s a lot of it about: R F Kuang’s…
BONES of OUR STARS, BLOOD of OUR WORLD by Cullen Bunn
Cullen Bunn joins the ranks of “comic book writer turned novelist” with his adult debut, Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World. He…
THE BLACKFIRE BLADE by James Logan (The Last Legacy, Book 2)
James Logan’s Last Legacy series continues with The Blackfire Blade, which picks up the story of Lukan Gardova and his companions: the master thief…
THE EVERLASTING by Alix E. Harrow
My friend and colleague here at SFFWorld Mark reviewed The Everlasting in October. Once again, Alix E. Harrow has given readers a novel that…
MADE THINGS by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Another month, another Adrian Tchaikovsky book… We have mentioned it before, but you may have noticed quite a few books from Adrian on the…
THE PLACE WHERE THEY BURIED YOUR HEART by Christina Henry
Generational trauma is an overriding theme in Christina Henry’s The Place Where They Buried Your Heart, a haunted house novel that sinks its teeth…
WHALESONG by Miles Cameron
I was pleased to see this one arrive for review – after all, this series has been one of my favourites in recent years.…
TURNS OF FATE (Isle of Wyrd #1) by Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop is a writer whose novels have “always been there” for me, I recognize her longevity and fanbase, but I never dipped into…
THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW by James Islington (Hierarchy, Book II)
The Strength of the Few is the highly anticipated second novel of James Islington’s Hierarchy saga, published 2 years after The Will of the…
BRIGANDS AND BREADKNIVES by Travis Baldree
Having created the world of The Territories in his previous books (Legends & Lattes and Bookshops & Bonedust), Travis Baldree continues to expand his…
THE LAST WITCH by C.J. Cooke
Over the last two years, I’ve read four books by C.J. Cooke (including this one, The Lat Witch) and if I’ve learned anything about…
THE WILL OF THE MANY by James Islington (Hierarchy #1)
James Islington’s The Will of the Many launches his Hierarchy saga and his second epic fantasy saga overall. A young man whose family (a…
DUNE: PART TWO – THE PHOTOGRAPHY by Niko Tavernise
One of the genre’s greatest box-office and critical successes of recent years has been the two Dune movies (2021 and 2024.) Mostly set…
WHO WILL YOU SAVE? by Gareth L Powell
One of the signs of a successful short story for me is that they are: well, short, but also unforgettable, remaining as flashes of…
SFFWORLD Countdown to Halloween 2025: CLASSIC HORROR: An Anthology by Various Authors
As I type this, it’s nearly the end of October and Halloween. It may not be a surprise then that publishers are publishing (or…
SFFWorld Countdown to Halloween 2025: THE COLD HOUSE by A. G. Slatter
The [church] is small, ancient, its stained-glass windows a bit dull but I guess they’re leery of cleaning them lest they break. I step…
HALCYON YEARS by Alastair Reynolds
The cover’s got this one right. Halcyon Years is a new noir/science fiction fusion from the author perhaps best known for his books set…
