• Brooks Hansen's favorite books for a walk in the woods
• The best books on authenticity and truth with a capital T
• The best historical fiction or fantasy books about the Viking Age
• The best fantasy books set in this world with a mysterious relic (object, site, or person) from the past
• The best books that transport you to another realm
• The best books that combine science fiction with fantasy
• The best books about audacious imposters and shameless swindlers
• The best books full of elemental magic and fantasy adventure
• The best books weaving adventure and history
• The best books on Cornish history
• The best fictional books with an historical twist
• The best historical novels that drop you into adventure
• The best fiction with a Christian worldview
• The best books on the real Middle Ages
• The best novels about hunting for a treasure that isn’t gold
• The best books on Victorian London
• The best books with other-worldly creatures roaming around in Australia