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Lisa McCoy

From Lisa's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Lisa loves this book

This book surprised me with its depth of insight cloaked in a modern-day fairy tale. A book about lovers of books for lovers of books. Plus, a talking cat!

By Sosuke Natsukawa , Louise Heal Kawai (translator) ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Cat Who Saved Books as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The Cat Who Saved Books is a heart-warming story about finding courage, caring for others - and the tremendous power of books.

Grandpa used to say it all the time: 'books have tremendous power'. But what is that power really?

Natsuki Books was a tiny second-hand bookshop on the edge of town. Inside, towering shelves reached the ceiling, every one crammed full of wonderful books. Rintaro Natsuki loved this space that his grandfather had created. He spent many happy hours there, reading whatever he liked. It was the perfect refuge for a boy who tended to be something of a…


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December on 5C4 by Adam Strassberg,

Magical realism meets the magic of Christmas in this mix of Jewish, New Testament, and Santa stories–all reenacted in an urban psychiatric hospital!

On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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Lisa McCoy

From Lisa's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Lisa loves this book

The author's storytelling craft made me feel as if I were there, living in the town, friend of the characters, and participating in the action. Knowing whodunit on my second read just made the story fabulous in a new way.

By Dita Dow ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Sins in Black as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A brutal murder.A town desperate to forget.A detective who refuses to walk away.When a young woman is found strangled near the abandoned power station, there are no witnesses, no suspects, and far too many secrets.The leaders of Sinister Falls want the case buried—but Detective Harlie Whitlock knows a cover-up when she sees one. As she digs deeper, she uncovers more than just a killer. She’s exposing a web of lies, corruption, and betrayal that snakes through the highest levels of the town.Someone is hiding the truth.Someone is watching her every move.And as the body count rises, Harlie must risk everything…


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mike13

From Mike's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Unknown Author Why Mike loves this book

The character development is phenomenal.

By Joe Abercrombie ,

Why should I read it?

17 authors picked The Blade Itself as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Inquisitor Glokta, a crippled and increasingly bitter relic of the last war, former fencing champion turned torturer extraordinaire, is trapped in a twisted and broken body - not that he allows it to distract him from his daily routine of torturing smugglers.

Nobleman, dashing officer and would-be fencing champion Captain Jezal dan Luthar is living a life of ease by cheating his friends at cards. Vain, shallow, selfish and self-obsessed, the biggest blot on his horizon is having to get out of bed in the morning to train with obsessive and boring old men.

And Logen Ninefingers, an infamous warrior…


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Katie’s Gamble by Kara O'Neal,

Katie's Gamble is an unexpected, unique story about a young woman who's trying to support her younger siblings by keeping her family's confectionery shop open.

In order to do that, she has to take on her older brother, who's a notorious gambler in Louisiana. Additionally, she has to outsmart Rowdy…

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Tommy Bayless Author Of Depth of Justice

From my list on making you see the world through someone else’s eyes.

Why am I passionate about this?

Stories that have stayed with me the longest are ones I can relate to. I like being able to put myself in others' shoes and feel the world they do. Even in the most crazy imagined places I like when the writer brings us along them in their journeys. Whether it's books or stories, I like seeing worlds from different perspectives. It's also the same approach I try to use while writing, thinking about how someone would handle something, but another character would handle it a different way. I've always been good at adapting to any situation, and now I can show it while telling a story through different eyes.

Tommy's book list on making you see the world through someone else’s eyes

Tommy Bayless Why Tommy loves this book

What I found most appealing about The Gunslinger was the thrill of exploring a new world.

Roland himself was cool as he tried to figure out who he was; I was with him, wondering how he fit into this world. King doesn't explain everything upfront. He leaves tiny details everywhere and lets the reader discover through imagination.

The book also showed me the many different styles he has as a writer. What especially gets me is the little easter eggs he leaves connecting stories; it makes rereading fun as you go into it with a new perspective, find connections you may have missed, and it's like a whole new experience in his worlds.

By Stephen King ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

The Dark Tower is now a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.

'The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.' The iconic opening line of Stephen King's groundbreaking series, The Dark Tower, introduces one of his most enigmatic and powerful heroes: Roland of Gilead, the Last Gunslinger.

Roland is a haunting figure, a loner, on a spellbinding journey toward the mysterious Dark Tower, in a desolate world which frighteningly echoes our own.

On his quest, Roland begins a friendship with a kid from New York named Jake, encounters an alluring woman and faces…


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D. H. Willison Author Of Heart of the Sky

From D. H.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024.

Why am I passionate about this?

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D. H.'s 3 favorite reads in 2024

D. H. Willison Why D. H. loves this book

This was a fun, enjoyable read, with some subtle social critique, outlandish characters getting into even more outlandish situations. It was the perfect blend of fun escapism and some intellectually satisfying social critique. A humorous story with the right amount of depth.

By Terry Pratchett ,

Why should I read it?

8 authors picked Going Postal as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.

Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork's ailing postal service back on its feet.

It was a tough decision.

But he's got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.

Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.


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Adam Strassberg Author Of December on 5C4

From Adam's 3 favorite reads in 2026.

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Adam's 3 favorite reads in 2026

Adam Strassberg Why Adam loves this book

Jason Pargin’s short insightful and entertaining videos began appearing in my social media feed this year, only later in this year did I come to realize he was a fiction author as well as an online personality. And so I read his break-out novel John Dies at the End, and I was not disappointed! It is a wild combination of horror, surreal comedy, and existential dread, but beneath the absurdity is a thoughtful exploration of friendship, fear, mortality, and the terrifying possibility that reality itself may not be what we think it is. John Dies at the End is a book that can make you laugh at something disgusting one moment and then leave you contemplating the nature of existence the next.

By Jason Pargin ,

Why should I read it?

4 authors picked John Dies at the End as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly, a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't. "John Dies at the End" has been described as a 'Horrortacular', an epic of 'spectacular' horror that combines…


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The Delphi Agenda by Rob Swigart,

Papyrologist Lisa Emmer's world flips when the Sûreté detains her at her Metro station with news of the savage murder of the esteemed Paris historian Dr. Raimond Foix, her friend and mentor in the study of ancient documents.

Horrified, Lisa finds clues at the crime scene left behind for her…

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E.M. Epps Author Of A Winter of Fish and Favor

From my list on fantasy books with pragmatic heroes who are still heroic.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m a lifelong fantasy reader, but all too often, I find myself grousing at the characters: “Listen! You could solve all your problems with a really confident lie!” Or: “...by revealing the truth in a public campaign before the villain gets you!” Or: “May I suggest a well-placed arrow?” Or: “Is he really the villain? The infrastructure seems pretty sound, and you have no expertise in governance!” Every now and then, I’m delighted to find characters as pragmatic as I am (or as I would be if I were a fantasy hero). These are my favorites.

E.M.'s book list on fantasy books with pragmatic heroes who are still heroic

E.M. Epps Why E.M. loves this book

I’m not much of a re-reader, yet after I finished the five books in this series, I turned straight back to page one and started over, cackling all the while.

Although Johannes Cabal would be far from charming if you met him, following his adventures is a delight due to Jonathan Howard’s delicious, dry wit. Whether it’s coming out on top in a deal with the Devil, solving a murder on an airship, or surviving a time loop in a Lovecraftian universe, I have confidence that Cabal’s clever mind–and giant revolver–will see him triumph with black humor and grumpiness intact. (The only thing that may be his undoing is his annoyingly charming vampire brother.)

These are some of the funniest fantasies around, and it’s a crying shame how little-known they are.

By Jonathan L. Howard ,

Why should I read it?

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

What is this book about?

The page-turning first novel in the charmingly gothic, fiendishly funny Faustian series about a brilliant scientist who makes a deal with the Devil, twice. • "The spot-on work of a talented writer." —The Denver Post

Johannes Cabal sold his soul years ago in order to learn the laws of necromancy. Now he wants it back. Amused and slightly bored, Satan proposes a little wager: Johannes has to persuade one hundred people to sign over their souls or he will be damned forever. This time for real. Accepting the bargain, Jonathan is given one calendar year and a traveling carnival to…


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