Books read in…
2023
January
- How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
- The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
- Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie
- The Vanishing Act of Margaret Small
- The Whispering Muse by Laura Purcell
- The Drift by CJ Tudor
- All the Blood We Share by Camilla Bruce
2022
January
- The Maid by Nita Prose
- Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
- SPFBO Burn Red Skies
- A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham
- A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
- The Great witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan
- The Haunting of Las Lagrimas by WM Cleese
February
- Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
- This Charming Man by CK McDonnell
- The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan
- The Hemlock Cure by Joanne Burn
- The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
- SPFBO (Legacy)
- SPFBO (We Men)
- Gallant by VE Schwab
March
- Sundial by Catriona Ward
- Last Exit by Max Gladstone
- SPFBO – Shadows of Ivory
- SPFBO (NG)
- The City of Dusk by Tara Sim
- Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough
- SPFBO R&R
April
- SPFBO Mortal Blade
- SPFBO Forever King
- SPFBO The Iron Crown
May
- The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne
- The Girl and the Moon by Mark Lawrence
- Nettle and Bone by T Kingfisher
- The Night They Vanished by Vanessa Savage
- The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper
- Hide by Kiersten White
- Elektra by Jennifer Saint
- Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandell
- Black Tide by KC Jones
- Stoker Land of the Dead by Stephen Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi
- The Last Stand of Mary Good Crow by Rachel Aaron
June
- The Bay by Allie Reynolds
- The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
- The Seawomen by Chloe Timms
- Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
- The Path of Thorns by AG Slatter
- Stringers by Chris Panatier
- The Echo Man by Sam Holland
July
- Daughter of Redwinter by Ed McDonalf
- Before They are Hanged by Joe Abecrombie
August
- The Retreat by Sarah Pearse
- Small Angels by Lauren Owen
- Old Country by Matt Query
- Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney
- Black Mouth by Ronald Malfi
- A Gamble of Gods by Mitriel Faywood
September
- Babel by RF Kuang
- A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson
- Scarlight by Evie Marceau
- The Blood of Crows by Alex C Pierce
- Between Ink and Shadows by Melissa Wright
- Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson
- The Hidden Blade by Marie M Mullany
- Dyer Street Punk Witches by Phil Williams
- The Liar of Red Valley by Walter Goodwater
October
- Unraveller by Frances Hardinge
- 1 x SPFBO sf
- Love Will Tear Us Apart by CK McDonnell
- Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky
- Cackle by Rachel Harrison
- Spells for Forgetting by Adrienne Young
- SPFBO sf
November
- The Ghost Woods by CJ Cooke
- The Hollows by Daniel Church
- Road of Bones by Christopher Golden
- The Winter Killer by Alex Pines
- Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
- Pulling the Wings off Angels by KJ Parker
- Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse
- SPFBO Finalist
- A Restless Truth by Freya Marske
- The Creeper by AM Shine
- Signal to Noise
- The Witch and the Tsar by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore
December
- SPFBO Finalist
- The Cloisters
- Just Like Home
- Emily Wilde Encyclopaedia of Faeries by
- How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
- The House in the Pines
- The Ivory Tomb
2021
January
- The Stranger Times by CK McDonnell
- Pawn’s Gambit by Rob J Hayes
- The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick
- The Shape of Darkness by Laura Purcell
- Shiver by Allie Reynolds
- Nether Light by Shaun Paul Stevens
- The Survivors by Jane Harper
- The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
- Last One to the Party by Bethany Clift
February
- We Lie With Death by Devin Madson
- Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
- Library of the Dead by TL Huchu
- Children : The Ten Worlds by Bjorn Larssen- rtf
- The Iron Raven by Julie Kagawa
- Moonsteel Crown by Stephen Deas
- Darkness Forged by Matt Larkin
- The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
- The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
- Witherward by Hannah Matthewson
March
- The Black Song by Anthony Ryan
- A Wind From the Wilderness by Susannah Rowntree
- All The Murmuring Bones by AG Slatter
- The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
- A Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop – rtf
- The Ladies of the Secret Service by Constance Sayers
- The Fall of Koli by MR Carey
- The Drowned City by KJ Maitland
- Black Stone Heart by Michael R Fletcher
April
- Last Memoria by Rachel Emma Shaw – rtf
- Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone
- The Two Faced Queen by Nick Martell
- A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab – rtf
- The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett
- Such Pretty Things by Lisa Heathfield
- The Lost War by Justin Lee Anderson
- Combat Codes by Alexander Darwin
- Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
- The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence
May
- The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne
- Later by Stephen King
- The Ikessar Falcon by KS Villoso
- The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
- The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett
- The Lights of Prague by Nicole Jarvis
- The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper
- Priest of Gallows by Peter McLean
- Day Zero by C Robert Cargill
- Hyde by Craig Russell
- Near the Bone by Christina Henry
June
- Wendy Darling by AC Wise
- Stranded by Rosalind Tate
- Graves Robbed, Heirlooms Returned by Ashley Capes
- Deathborn by CE Page
- One of Us by ML Roberts
- For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten
- The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
- A Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams
- The Rising Tide by Sam Lloyd
- Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
July
- Meet Me In Another Life by Catriona Silvey
- The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
- The Past is Red by by Catherynne M Valente
- The Retreat by Elisabeth de Mariaffi
- Come With Me by Ronald Malfi
- Stone Magus by Stephanie C Marks
- Book of Secrets by Claudia Blood
- Berserker by Dimitrios Gkirgkiris
- Dragonbirth by Raina Nightingale
- Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce
August
- Paper and Blood by Kevin Hearne
- Mrs Rochester’s Ghost by Lindsay Marcott
- Carrion by Alyson Tate
- The Maleficent Seven by Cameron Johnston
- Iarraindorn by Phil Dickens
- Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton
September
- Rising Shadows by Philip Blackwater – rtf
- By The Pact by Joanna Maciejewska
- The Women of Troy by Pat Barker
- Out of the Dust by Joe Coates
- The Throne of Ice and Ash by JDL Rosell
- Little White Hands by Mark Cushen
- The Bone Ship’s Wake by RJ Barker
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
- The Empire’s Ruin by Brian Staveley
- A Girl Made of Air by Nydia Hetherington
- Scales and Sensibility by Stephanie Burgis
- Horseman by Christina Henry
October
- Mastermind by Andrew Mayne
- The Hidden by Melanie Golding
- The Lighthouse Witches by CJ Cooke
- Subversive by Colleen Cowley
- Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater
- Hall of Bones by Tim Hardie
November
- The Quicksilver Court by Melissa Caruso
- Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M Valente
- The Red Monarch by Bella Elis
- The Bone Shard Emperor by Andrea Stewart
- The Mortal Blade
- All Of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and Lynn Herman
- Survive the Night by Riley Sager
- Nanny Dearest by Flora Collins
2020
- The God Game by Danny Tobey
- The Shadow Saintby Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
- Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke
- Where Gods Fear to Go by Angus Watson
- The Other People by CJ Tudor
- The Woods by Vanessa Savage
- Highfire by Eoin Colfer
- The Bard’s Blade by Brian D Anderson
- Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis
- A Sea of Broken Glassby Sonya M Black
- Deeplight by Francis Hardinge
- The Sisters Grimm by Menna Van Praag
- The Wolf of Oren Yaroby KS Villoso
- The Guest List by Lucy Foley
- The Wolf’s Callby Anthony Ryan
- The Memory Wood by Sam Lloyd
- Crownbreaker by Sebastien DeCastell
- Beggar’s Rebellionby Levi Jacobs
- The Deep by Alma Katsu
- Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs
- You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce
- A Tale of Stars and Shadow by Lisa Cassidy
- Blade’s Edge by Virginia McClain
- A Time of Courageby John Gwynne
- Fortune’s Fool by Angela Boord
- The Book of Koli by MR Carey
- Kalanon’s Rising by Darian Smith
- Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Spark City by Robert J Power
- The Sword of Kaigen by ML Wang
- Goldilocks by Laura Lam
- The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
- The Girl and the Stars by Mark Lawrence
- Night of the Dragon by Julie Kagawa
- Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
- The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant
- Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
- Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
- Starsight by Brandon Sanderson
- The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
- The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison
- The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
- The Graves of Whitechapel by Claire Evans
- Mexican Gothicby Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Listby Carys Jones
- The Others by Anne Bishop
- The Shadow Friendby Alex North
- Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
- Ranger’s Oath by Blake-Arthur Peel
- Automatic Reload by Ferrett Steinmetz
- The Glass Hotel by Emily St John Mandell
- The Final Cut by SJ Watson
- A Murder of Crows by Anne bishop
- Driftwood by Marie Brennan
- Stoker’s Wilde by Steven Hostaken and Melissa Prusi
- The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
- Grave Secrets by Alice James
- Kingdom of Liars by Nick Martell
- The Ghost Tree by Christina Henry
- It Will Just be Us by Jo Kaplan
- The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart
- The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
- Kept From Cages by Phil Williams
- Empire of Gold by SA Chakraborty
- Witch by Finbar Hawkins
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
- The Ikessar Falcon by
- The Phlebotomist by Chris Panatier
- Tuyo by Rachel Neumeier
- Voice of War by Zack Argyle
- The Flight of the Darkstar Dragon by Benedict Patrick
- The Child of Silence (The Burning Orbit Book 1) by Joseph O. Doran
- Trial of Thorns (Wicked Fae #1) by Stacey Trombley
- Calico Thunder Rides Again by T.A. Hernandez
- The Usurper (Brutal Saga #0.50) by James Alderdice
- The Hammer Of The Gods: So You Want To Be A Star (The Druid Trilogy #1) by Andrew Marc Rowe
- Knightmare Arcanist (Frith Chronicles #1) by Shami Stovall
- Incursion by Mitchell Hogan
- Paris by Starlight by Robert Dinsdale
- The Nesting by CJ Cooke
- The Sin Eater by Megan Campisis
- Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Deal with the Devil by Kit Rocha
- Call of the Bones Ships by RJ Barker
- The Diabolical Bones by Bella Ellis
- The Girl Beneath the Sea by Andrew Mayne
- Stoker’s Wilde West by Steven Hopstaken and Melissa Prusi
- The Trials of Koli by MR Carey
- Shadow of a Dead God by Patrick Samphire
- The Once and Future Witches by Alix E Harrow
- Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder No.1) by Ilona Andrews
- The Betrayals by Bridget Collins
- Mid-Lich Crisis by Steve Thomas
- Bear Head – by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
- Ink and Sigil by Kevin Hearne
- Christmas Carol – audio book
- Hollow Empire by Sam Hawke – current read
- The Wind in the Willows – Audio book
- Fall of Erlon by Robert H Fleming
- A Witch in Time
- Rob Hayes
- Paternus: War of Gods – A
- The Midnight Bargain
- Jesse Teller
- Amanda Justice
- Phil Williams Ordshaw 2
- A Chorus of Fire
- Infernal
2019
January
- The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
- Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
- The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky
- The Gutter Prayer by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan
- The Devil Aspect by Craig Russell
- Murder Theory by Andrew Mayne
- Out of Nowhere by Patrick LeClerc
February
- Fog Season by Patrice Sarath
- The Ruin of Kings (A Chorus of Dragons #1) by Jenn Lyons
- Thornbound (The Harwood Spellbook #2) by Stephanie Burgis
- The Taking of Annie Thorne C. J. Tudor
- White Stag by Kara Barbieri
- Never-Contented Things by Sarah Porter
- The Anointed by Keith Ward (one of the SPFBO finalists)
- Bound by Mark Lawrence
- Symphony of the Wind by Steven McKinnon
March
- The True Queen by Zen Cho
- The Kingdom of Copper by S. A. Chakraborty
-
Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
- The Strawberry Thief (Chocolat #4) by Joanne Harris
- The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins
- The Dollmaker by Nina Allan
- Holy Sister by Mark Lawrence
- Aching God (Iconoclasts #1) by Mike Shel
-
The Raven’s Tale by Cat Winters
- Sowing (The Purification Era #1) by Angie Grigaliunas
April
- The Binding by Bridget Collins
- A Time of Blood by John Gwynne
- One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence
- The Brotherhood of the Wheel by RS Belcher
- Emily Eternal by M G Wheaton
- A Boy and His dog at the End of the World by CA Fletcher
- Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Little Darlings by Melanie Golding
- Ruthless Magic by Megan Crewe
- Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young
- The Gods of Men by Barbara Kloss
May
- The Furies by Katie Lowe
- Dark Shores by Danielle L. Jensen
- Westside by WM Akers
- A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay
- King of the Road by RS Belcher
- The Poison Song by Jen Williams
- We Ride the Storm by Devin Madson
- Orconomics by J Zachary Pike
- Council by Snorri Kristjansson
- Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs
- The Red Stained Wings by Elizabeth Bear
June
- Queenslayer by Sebastien DeCastell
- Priest of Lies by Peter McLean
- The Fall by Tracy Townsend
- Limited Wish by Mark Lawrence
- Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
- The Corset by Laura Purcell
- The Whisper Man by Alex North
- Nocturna by Maya Motayne
-
Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
July
- Soul of the Sword by Julie Kagawa
- The Toll by Cherie Priest
- This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
- Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Storm
- Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
- A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
- Shadows of the Short Days by Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson
August
- Cry Havoc by Mike Morris
- The Undoing of Arlo Knott by Heather Child
- Lord of Secrets by Breanna Teintze
- The Truants by Kate Weinberg
- Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs
- Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
- House of Sacrifice by Anna Smith Spark
- Missing Person by Sarah Lotz
- The Witch Who Courted Death by Marie Lewis
- Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron
- Brightfall by Jamie Lee Moyer
- Healer’s Ruin by Chris O’Mara
- Lore of Prometheus by Graham Austin King
September
- Strange Practice by Vivien Shaw
- For Emily by Katharine Slee
- The Resurrectionist of Caligo by Wendy Trimboli and Alicia Zaloga
- A Shadow on the Lens by Sam Hurcom
- Ration by Cody T Luff
- Bone China by Laura Purcell
- The World that we Knew by Alice Hoffman
- Violetby Scott Thomas
- The Bone Ships by RJ Barker
- The Black Hawks by David Wragg
- The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow
October
- The Beautiful by Renée Ahdieh
- Mistletoe by Alison Littlewood
- Dreadful Company by Vivian Shaw
- From the Shadows of the Owl Queen’s Court by Benedict Patrick
- Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw
- Ivory Applesby Lisa Goldstein
- The Absinthe Earl by Sharon Lynn Fisher
November
- Songs From the Deepby Kelly Powell
- Dark Pattern by Andrew Mayne
- Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
- Never Dieby Rob J Hayes
- The Blade Within by Jackson Lear
- Vortex Visionsby Elise Kova
- River of Thieves by Clayton Snyder
- Sir Thomas the Hesitant and the Table of the Less Valued Knights by Liam Perrin
December
- The Hanged Man by KD Edwards
- Dispel Illusion by Mark Lawrence
- The Land You Never Leave by Angus Watson
- The King of Assassins by RJ Barker
- Forever and a Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton
2018
January
- The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson
- The War of Undoing by Alex Perry
- The Feed by Nick Clark Windo
- The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden
- The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
- Chaos Trims my Beard by Brett Herman
- Hazelwood by Melissa Albert
- The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes Gowar
- The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
February
- The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
- Paris Adrift by E.J. Swift
- Pilgrimage to Skara by Jonathan S Pembroke
- The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale
- Mister Tender’s Girl by Carter Wilson
- Semiosis by Sue Burke
- Age of Assassins by RJ Barker
- Blood of Assassins by RJ Barker
- Kin by Snorri Kristjansson
- Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking
- The Hunger by Alma Katsu
March
- The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams
- Master Assassins by Robert V S Redick
- Looking Glass By Andrew Mayne
- Planetfall by Emma Newman
- Feeder by Patrick Weekes
- Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe
- Tiger Lily by K Bird Lincoln
- The Sisters Mederos by Patrice Sarath
- The Atrocities by Jeremy C Shipp
April
- One Way by S J Morden
- The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst
- School for Psychics by K C Archer
- The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross
- Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
- Devil’s Night Dawning by Damien Black
- Noir by Christopher Moore
- Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
May
- The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes by Ruth Hogan
- The Poppy War by R F Kuang
- Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough
- The Way Into Chaos by Harry Connolly
- The Testament of Loki by Joanne M Harris
- The Crimson Queen by Alec Hutson
- Where Loyalties Lie by Rob J Hayes
- Death March by Phil Tucker
June
- Legendary by Stephanie Gerber
- The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
- The Last Sun (The Tarot Sequence #1) by K.D. Edwards
- Bitter Sun by Beth Lewis
- Witchmark by C L Polk
- Ravencry by Ed McDonald
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
July
- One of Us by Craig DiLouie
- Redemption’s Blade by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Little Eve by Catriona Ward
- Hunted by GX Todd – review to follow
- You Die When you Die by Angus Watson
- Bitter Orange by Claire Fuller
- Wrath of God by Dyrk Ashton review to follow
August
- The Tower of Living and Dying by Anna Smith Spark
- Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
- Temper by Nicky Drayden
- City of Lies by Sam Hawke
- The Mystery of Three Quarters by Sophie Hannah
- Bad Man by Dathan Auerbach
- Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce
September
- The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker
- Dark Water by Elizabeth Lowry
- I Always Find You by John Ajvide Lindqvist
- The Sisters of the Winter Wood by Rena Rossner
- Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
- Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers
- Priest of Bones by Peter McLean
- Dracul by Dacre Stoker
October
- No Sleep Till Doomsday by Laurence MacNaughton
- The Tethered Mage by Melissa Caruso
- Creatures: The Legacy of Frankenstein by Emma Newman; Tade Thompson; Paul Meloy; Kaaron Warren; Rose Biggin
- Charmcaster by Sebastien DeCastell
- Soulbinder by Sebastien DeCastell
- Slenderman – by ‘Annonymous’
- House of Glass by Susan Fletcher
- Chasing Graves by Ben Galley
- In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey
- The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
- The Boy on the Bridge by M R Carey
- The Winters by Lisa Gabriele
November
- Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
- An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris
- Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa
- Dragonshadow (Heartstone #2) by Elle Katharine White
- Someone Like Me by MR Carey
- Songwoman by Ilka Tampke
- Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean
- The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
December
- An Empire of Tears by Tim Marquitz
- Purple Haze by Andrew Einspruch
- Kingshold by D P Wooliscroft
- Dark Oak by Jacob Sannox
- Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer
- Forsaken Kingdom by RJ Rasmussen
- Under Ordshaw by Phil Williams
- High Barrens by Alice Sabo
- Songs of Insurrection by J.C Kang
- An Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri
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