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Brandon Crilly Author Of Castoff

From Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Author Educator Games writer Conference organizer

Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Brandon Crilly Why Brandon loves this book

As a long-time high school teacher I felt attacked by this book - affectionately. Also as someone who wears too many hats and is maybe a workaholic when it comes to what I love. Everything that Tesh explores from Saffy's perspective perfectly captures what it's like to be an educator in the 2020s, and that's only the tip of the iceberg on an absolutely incredible book. It's been a long time since I read something I wish I wrote, but The Incandescent is one of those stories.

By Emily Tesh ,

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2 authors picked The Incandescent as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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'A searingly brilliant fantasy. This is magical school with teeth . . . an unmissable read' Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne

'Fans of Naomi Novik's Scholomance series won't want to miss this' Publishers Weekly

Dr Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and one of the most powerful magicians in England. Her days consist of meetings, teaching A-Level Invocation to four talented, chaotic sixth formers, more meetings and securing the school's boundaries from demonic incursions.

Walden is good at her job - no, Walden is great at her job. But demons are masters of manipulation. It's…


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Aggressor by FX Holden,

It is April 1st, 2038. Day 60 of China's blockade of the rebel island of Taiwan.

The US government has agreed to provide Taiwan with a weapons system so advanced that it can disrupt the balance of power in the region. But what pilot would be crazy enough to run…

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Brandon Crilly Author Of Castoff

From Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Educator Games writer Conference organizer

Brandon's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Brandon Crilly Why Brandon loves this book

Okay, so this one is a bit of a cheat because I was already a huge fan of Craig Ferguson. It took me a while to get to this memoir, which is written more as a series of essays that jump around in terms of subject and what part of Ferguson's life he's unpacking. One of the things I respect and adore about Ferguson is his honesty about a range of subjects--sobriety, failed marriages, anxiety, his approach to being a creative--and all of that is explored with the sort of depth, candor and humor that I love when Ferguson is the one being *interviewed*, as opposed to the interviewee (which he also rocks at).

By Craig Ferguson ,

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1 author picked Riding the Elephant as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

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From the comedian, actor, and former host of The Late Late Show comes an irreverent, lyrical memoir in essays featuring his signature wit.
 
Craig Ferguson has defied the odds his entire life. He has failed when he should have succeeded and succeeded when he should have failed. The fact that he is neither dead nor in a locked facility (at the time of printing) is something of a miracle in itself. In Craig's candid and revealing memoir, readers will get a look into the mind and recollections of the unique and twisted Scottish American who became a national hero for…


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