Picked by Rex Nihilo fans

Here are 2 books that Rex Nihilo fans have personally recommended once you finish the Rex Nihilo series. Book DNA is a community of authors and super-readers sharing their favorite books with the world.

Book cover of An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good

Misha Burnett Author Of Small Worlds

From Misha's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Poet Philosopher Locksmith Mad Scientist

Misha's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Misha Burnett Why Misha loves this book

This is one of those rare books that makes an utterly horrible character compelling. Like John Fowles' The Collector or Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley, this novel shows you the world through the eyes of a sociopath, and somehow draws you into that cold, dark, fascinating world.

By Helene Tursten , Marlaine Delargy (translator) ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Maud is an irascible 88-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss investigations, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.

Ever since her darling father's untimely death when she was only eighteen, Maud has lived in the family's spacious apartment in downtown Gothenburg rent-free, thanks to a minor clause in a hastily negotiated contract. That was how Maud learned that good things can come from tragedy. Now in her late eighties,…


Book cover of The Drawing of the Dark: A Novel

Misha Burnett Author Of Small Worlds

From Misha's 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Poet Philosopher Locksmith Mad Scientist

Misha's 3 favorite reads in 2024

Misha Burnett Why Misha loves this book

I ordinarily find history boring, but the way that Tim Powers makes the historical into the fantastic never fails to draw me into his secret worlds.