Book Reviews by Genre

Children's Fantasy

• Bone Magician, The F.E. Higgins

• Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones

• Merlin Conspiracy, The Diana Wynne Jones, David Wyatt (Illustrator)

• Pinch of Magic, A Michelle Harrison

• Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House, The Mary Chase, Peter Sís (Illustrator)

Fantasy

• All Good Things Emma Newman

• Amber Citadel, The Freda Warrington

• Bear and the Nightingale, The Katherine Arden

• Bees, The Laline Paull

• Bitter Twins, The Jen Williams

• Blackbird in Amber, A Freda Warrington

• Blackbird in Darkness, A Freda Warrington

• Blackbird in Silver, A Freda Warrington

• Blackbird in Twilight, A Freda Warrington

• Copper Promise, The Jen Williams

• Darker than the Storm Freda Warrington

• Drowning Girl, The Caitlín R. Kiernan

• Fledgling Octavia E. Butler

• Fragile Things: Short Fictions & Wonders Neil Gaiman

• Girl in the Tower, The Katherine Arden

• Hello, Moto Nnedi Okorafor

• Iron Council China Miéville

• Iron Ghost, The Jen Williams

• Masked City, The Genevieve Cogman

• Nights of Blood Wine Freda Warrington

• Ninth Rain, The Jen Williams

• Obsidian Tower, The Freda Warrington

• Poison Song, The Jen Williams

• Rules of Magic, The Alice Hoffman

• Sapphire Throne, The Freda Warrington

• Silver Tide, The Jen Williams

• Under the Pendulum Sun Jeannette Ng

• War Of The Flowers, The Tad Williams

Fiction

• Ayesha at Last Uzma Jalaluddin

• Broken Branches M. Jonathan Lee

• Casual Vacancy, The J.K. Rowling

• Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood

• Color Purple, The Alice Walker

• Confessions of Frannie Langton, The

• Dear Reflection: I Never Meant to be a Rebel (A Memoir) Jessica Bell

• Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine Gail Honeyman

• Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Balli Kaur Jaswal

• Great Passage, The Shion Miura, Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translation)

• Half of a Yellow Sun Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All Jonas Jonasson

• Lonely Hearts Hotel, The Heather O'Neill

• Lost for Words Stephanie Butland

• My Sister, the Serial Killer Oyinkan Braithwaite

• Nakano Thrift Shop, The Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

• Toymakers, The Robert Dinsdale

• White is for Witching Helen Oyeyemi

Graphic Novel

• Jem and the Holograms Vol. 1: Showtime Kelly Thompson, Ross Campbell, Sophie Campbell

• Jem and the Holograms, Vol. 2: Viral Kelly Thompson, Emma Vieceli, Corin Howell, Amy Mebberson, Maria Victoria Robado

• Jem and the Holograms, Vol. 3: Dark Jem Kelly Thompson, Ross Campbell

• Jem and the Holograms, Vol. 4: Enter the Stingers Kelly Thompson, Jen Bartel (Illustrations), Meredith McClaren (Illustrations)

• Kim & Kim Vol. 1 Magdalene Visaggio, Eva Cabrera

• Slam! Vol. 1 Pamela Ribon, Veronica Fish (Illustrations)

• Zodiac Starforce: By the Power of Astra Kevin Panetta, Paulina Ganucheau (Illustrator)

Horror

• Cthulu and Other Monsters Sam Stone

• Dark Matter Michelle Paver

• Heart-Shaped Box Joe Hill

• I Am Behind You John Ajvide Lindqvist, Marlaine Delargy (Translator)

• Orphan Choir, The Sophie Hannah

• Red Tree, The Caitlín R. Kiernan

• Wake Elizabeth Knox

• Wylding Hall Elizabeth Hand

Mystery

• Dead Man's Chest Kerry Greenwood

• Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow Peter Høeg

• Queen of the Flowers Kerry Greenwood

• Thirteenth Tale, The Diane Setterfield

• Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, The Vaseem Khan

• Zig Zag Girl, The Elly Griffiths

Sci-Fi

• After Atlas Emma Newman

• All the Birds in the Sky Charlie Jane Anders

• Angel of the Blockade Alex Wells

• Artemis Andy Weir

• Atlas Alone Emma Newman

• Babel-17 Samuel R. Delany

• Before Mars Emma Newman

• Binti Nnedi Okorafor

• Blood Binds the Pack Alex Wells

• Complete Alien Omnibus, The Alan Dean Foster

• Consider Her Ways and Others John Wyndham

• Dark Forest, The Liu Cixin

• Do You Dream of Terra-Two? Temi Oh

• Ensnared Rita Stradling

• Everything About You Heather Child

• Folding Beijing Hao Jingfang

• Good Morning, Midnight Lily Brooks-Dalton

• Growing Season, The Helen Sedgwick

• Home Nnedi Okorafor

• House of Suns Alastair Reynolds

• Hunger Makes the Wolf Alex Wells

• Lagoon Nnedi Okorafor

• Last Children of Tokyo by, The Yōko Tawada

• Man of Shadows, A Jeff Noon

• Martian, The Andy Weir

• My Real Children Jo Walton

• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color Nisi Shawl, Rebecca Roanhorse

• Night Sessions, The Ken MacLeod

• Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler

• Parable of the Talents Octavia E. Butler

• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams Philip K. Dick

• Plan for Chaos John Wyndham

• Power, The Naomi Alderman

• Psychology of Time Travel, The Kate Mascarenhas

• Ready Player One Ernest Cline

• Red Claw Philip Palmer

• Salt Fish Girl Larissa Lai

• Salvation Peter F. Hamilton

• Sleeping Giants Sylvain Neuvel

• Slipping: Stories, Essays, & Other Writing Lauren Beukes

• Slow Bullets Alistair Reynolds

• Stars Are Legion, The Kameron Hurley

• Strain of Resistance Michelle Bryan

• Three-Body Problem, The Liu Cixin

• Tides, The Ken Liu

• When the Floods Came Clare Morrall

• Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy Lucas K. Law (editor), Derwin Mak (editor)

• Winterglass Benjanun Sriduangkaew

Steampunk

• Alchemy of Stone, The Ekaterina Sedia

• Brother’s Ruin Emma Newman

• Invisible Library, The Genevieve Cogman

• Tanglefoot Cherie Priest

• Zombies at Tiffany's Sam Stone

Thriller

• Black-Eyed Susans Julia Heaberlin

• Broken Monsters Lauren Beukes

• Final Girls Riley Sager

• Gone Girl Gillian Flynn

Urban Fantasy

• Feversong Karen Marie Moning

• Full Moon Rising Keri Arthur

• Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge Paul Krueger

• Made for Sin Stacia Kane

• Masked by Moonlight Nancy Gideon

• Minion L.A. Banks

• Moon Called Patricia Briggs

• Prophetess, The Desy Smith

• Somebody Tell Aunt Tillie She's Dead Christiana Miller

• Street Magic Caitlin Kittredge

• Sunshine Robin McKinley

• Unholy Ghosts Stacia Kane

• Wizard of the Pigeons Megan Lindholm

Young Adult Fantasy

• Advent James Treadwell

• All Darling Children Katrina Monroe

• Aversion Kenechi Udogu

• Blue Sword, The Robin McKinley

• Bruja Born Zoraida Córdova

• Circle, The Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren

• Cuckoo Song Frances Hardinge

• Daughter of Smoke & Bone Laini Taylor

• Days of Blood & Starlight Laini Taylor

• Dreams of Gods & Monsters Laini Taylor

• Ember in the Ashes, An Sabaa Tahir

• Enchantée Gita Trelease

• Fire Mats Strandberg, Sara Bergmark Elfgren

• Flame in the Mist Renee Ahdieh

• Frostblood Elly Blake

• Gilded Cage Vic James

• Keepers Kenechi Udogu

• Labyrinth Lost Zoraida Córdova

• Lie Tree, The Frances Hardinge

• Magician's Workshop, Volume One, The Christopher Hansen

• Magonia Maria Dahvana Headley

• Midnight Star, The Marie Lu

• Nocturna Maya Motayne

• Poison Diaries, The Maryrose Wood, The Duchess Of Northumberland

• Rose Society, The Marie Lu

• Sabriel Garth Nix

• Scary Mary S.A. Hunter

• Secret City, The C.J. Daugherty, Carina Rozenfeld

• Secret Fire, The C.J. Daugherty, Carina Rozenfeld

• Sentient Kenechi Udogu

• Shadow of the Fox Julie Kagawa

• Strange the Dreamer Laini Taylor

• Tarnished City Vic James

• Troll Or Derby Red Tash

• Young Elites, The Marie Lu

Young Adult Sci-Fi

• Defy the Stars Claudia Gray

• Exodus Julie Bertagna

• Legend Marie Lu

• Take Back the Skies Lucy Saxon