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Book cover of A Prisoner of Dreamland

JG Faherty Author Of The Malthusian Correction

From JG's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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JG's 3 favorite reads in 2025

JG Faherty Why JG loves this book

A Prisoner of Dreamland is truly a perfect title for this book because it makes you feel as if you are in a world that is slightly off kilter. Each story is different yet they are linked together by not just the style of writing but the unsettling feelings they invoke. I've read a lot of horror and weird fiction, but this one is unique - in a good way!

By Garrett Boatman ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked A Prisoner of Dreamland as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Here there be manticores!Welcome to Dreamland, where the stars are hungry and unspeakable horrors dog the dreamer’s heels.Things are seldom what they seem in Dreamland: forests are labyrinths and butterflies have teeth. Nor is there any reliable map of the twilight continent. Every oneironaut charts their own out of the whole cloth of imagination. Nor is dreaming always a private affair. Not when everyone in town shares the same dream, or a stadium full of fans participate in a Master Dreamer’s latest entertainment, or a dead sibling lures you into a haunted nightmare, or a killer leaves taunting clues in…


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Book cover of Aggressor

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…

Book cover of The Eris Ridge Trail

JG Faherty Author Of The Malthusian Correction

From JG's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Why am I passionate about this?

Author Reader Wine enthusiast Horror fan Bad movie addict Bourbon enthusiast

JG's 3 favorite reads in 2025

JG Faherty Why JG loves this book

This book was like nothing I've ever read before. The writing style is not complex but it is captivating. And the story itself is masterful. You fall in love with the characters, and their trek down a road that shouldn't exist is like a rollercoaster ride of thrills and chills.

By Larry Hinkle ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Eris Ridge Trail as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

“A maze of crashing dimensions filled with monsters and madness.”— Philip Fracassi, author of Boys in the Valley“The narrative switchbacks along The Eris Ridge Trail are razor sharp and utterly mind-bending, so pack a compass before diving in.”— Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your EyesFrom award-winning author Larry Hinkle comes The Eris Ridge Trail, a cosmic horror road trip, with dogs.You won’t find the Eris Ridge Trail on any map. You won’t find the people who go missing on it, either.The Eris Ridge Trail has no beginning. No end. It runs forever, connecting realities across space…


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Book cover of The Eris Ridge Trail

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