The character development is intensified in Stone of Farewell, as readers are taken deeply into the minds of the main characters, invited along on the epic ride.

At the heart of it, An Unusual Grief is about survival, not the neat, inspirational kind, but the messy kind that doesn’t always make sense.

In The Full Picture, we see how Carmichael presents Robyn’s grief as a language to learn, one that reshapes her identity.

A Kind of Madness is a collection of short stories that feature very relatable beings who wrestle with their identities, independence, and desires.

One word for The Poppy War: UNHINGED! I’ve listened to/watched R.F. Kuang’s interviews, so I’m not entirely shocked that this brilliance came from her.

While many books in the Nigerian literature space hint at the chaos in Lagos, the Lagos Flash Fiction series really highlights the madness of Lagosians.

The Midnight Library doesn’t offer easy answers, but it does offer this: that life’s value isn’t being perfect but being present.

If you don’t mind reading about math, logic, and personal beliefs about the world, then The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be a smooth read.

Echoes and Empires does away with all the tropes, infusing the grim ruthlessness that is Morgan Rhodes’s unique signature: suspense like no other!

Allow Me to Introduce Myself is a fresh story, one that has never been written (not to my knowledge) but is long overdue.

Necessary Fiction is that one book you will never tire of rereading. It belongs in museums. It belongs in the halls of the sacred.

Tad Williams has a complex writing style that’s relatively easy to get used to, making reading the rather lengthy The Dragonbone Chair a breeze.