Alex Michaelides’ The Silent Patient debuted on the New York Times Bestseller list upon publication in 2019, sending readers down a quickfire page-turning journey. Fueled by an intensely fast-paced narrative, The Silent Patient never lets up, giving psychological thriller fans their next ~300 page obsession. One night, artist Alicia Berenson greets her husband Gabriel after…
At a high level, it is really easy to tell if you should read The Witness for the Dead, by Katherine Addison. Have you read Addison’s famous book, The Goblin Emperor? If you have and like it, you will like this book a lot. If you haven’t, well, you should go read Emperor first. I…
Continue reading ➞ The Witness For The Dead – Come Take A Look
Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders is the wokest space adventure I’ve ever been on and it was awesome. The book establishes pronouns for characters, celebrates gender identity and expression, displays love in all forms, and showcases a diverse cast of humans and aliens that would make the galaxy proud. And while I…
Continue reading ➞ Victories Greater Than Death – Maybe Just Small Ones
Hot damn, Descender just cranks up the fun and doesn’t let up. All the while, it tugs gently on your emotions, revealing deceptively impactful tidbits that have ripple effects throughout the series’ vibrant and ruthless space world. Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen return for Volume 3: Singularities, but this time they take many steps back…
Continue reading ➞ Descender Vol. 3: Singularities – Prequel Puzzle Pieces
Aiden Thomas has been all over my feed following the success of their novel Cemetery Boys. And while I’ve been meaning to pick up that book, I decided to start with Thomas’s newest story, Lost in the Never Woods, which came out in 2021. I had high expectations for this one, primarily because I’ve only…
Continue reading ➞ Lost In The Never Woods – Too Old For Neverland
When the Sparrow Falls, by Neil Sharpson, is a great novel. The writing is excellent, the plot is thrilling, it’s extremely emotional, the characters are great, and the themes provide smart and insightful commentary on our current political landscape. It does all of this in a relatively small package of about 300 pages. It is…
Continue reading ➞ When The Sparrow Falls – Have Faith It Will Catch You
It's the end of the freaking world, and we're here to let Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett guide us through the surprisingly hilarious apocalpyse. On the latest episode of The Book Rookie, Cole and Andrew discuss a work that is both the undeniable product of two brilliant minds and an opus that stands as a unique…
I have perfectly curated my Instagram feed to solely feature artists that create book (and Star Wars) fan art. It’s glorious. I love seeing how people bring my favorite characters to life, and I indulge in each unique style and expression. I share this because this is how I discovered The Descent of the Drowned…
Continue reading ➞ The Descent Of The Drowned – Pull Me Under
I prefer to get weird with my reading sometimes, and often that can be hard when there are so many releases. Especially when those releases fit into nicely worn grooves, adding to a genre or subgenre I feel immersed in. I am obviously more comfortable reading science fiction, especially if it's a space opera, near…
Continue reading ➞ The Space Between Two Deaths – Uncomfortably Enjoyable
Are you happy with your life? Have your choices led you down the right path? How can you ever know what the right path is? Is there some alternate version of you living a life you could only dream of somewhere in the multiverse? In Dark Matter, Blake Crouch packages these questions in a psychological…
Continue reading ➞ Dark Matter – Making It In The Multiverse
