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Nicholas Holloway Author Of The Loop

From my list on books for mystery fans experiencing “genre burnout”.

Why am I passionate about this?

Before becoming an author, I’d dabbled in almost every other genre—science fiction, western, coming-of-age, fantasy, and the like. When I wrote, published, and won awards for my first two mystery thrillers, I felt like I had finally found my niche with mystery readers. Good writers are good readers, so for years, I read only the genre for which I was writing. After a time, all those mysteries started to become rather formulaic, so I decided to branch out into other genres I used to enjoy. When I heard that other mystery fans were experiencing “genre burnout,” I built this list to encourage them to enjoy the fruits of all genres.

Nicholas' book list on books for mystery fans experiencing “genre burnout”

Nicholas Holloway Why Nicholas loves this book

The “King of suspense” boldly trades his horror routine for dark fantasy and boundless adventure in Stephen King’s fairy tale epic, simply titled Fairy Tale.

As a King connoisseur with early reader’s roots in the Harry Potter books, I felt like I had to read this one. King doesn’t dabble in sugary story beats found in modern fantasy. He dives headlong into Grimm-style sacrifice, archaic and believable magic, and a Lovecraftian antagonist named Gogmagog whose sole purpose is to destroy worlds—including our own.

The steady pacing, crass dialogue, and re-manipulating of story structure are familiar tools King employs with ease in a novel that combines a few of his traditional elements of horror with nods to classic fairy tales, masterfully breathing new life into the modern fantasy genre.

By Stephen King ,

Why should I read it?

23 authors picked Fairy Tale as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A #1 New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice!

Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for that world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad…


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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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Sammy Stein Author Of Candid

From Sammy's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

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Sammy's 3 favorite reads in 2025

Sammy Stein Why Sammy loves this book

Great crafting as ever, especially descriptions of views

By Dean Koontz ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Forest of Lost Souls as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

A fearless woman, raised in the forest, fights against a group of powerful men in a novel about good versus evil, the enduring nature of myth, and the power of love by #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.

Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn't cast such a dark…


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