BOOK REVIEWS
– A –
AFTER LIVES
by Abdulrazak Gurnah
ALL OF THEM TO BURN
by Beau Johnson
ALWAYS THE DEAD
by Stephen J. Golds
ALL THAT IS BETWEEN US
by KM Elkes
A FISH TRAPPED INSIDE THE WIND
by Christen Gholson
A HERRING FAMINE
by Adam O’Riordan
A LEGACY OF SPINES
by John le Carre
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
by Arkady Martine
A TIME OF BLOOD
by John Gwynne
A TIME OF DREAD
by John Gwynne
ACRE’S BASTARD
by Wayne Turmel
ADDLANDS
by Tom Bullough
ADJUSTMENT DAY
by Chuck Palahniuk
ALIENS: BUG HUNT
by Jonathan Maberry
ALL RIVERS RUN FREE
by Natasha Carthew
ALL THE BELOVED GHOSTS
by Alison Macleod
ALL THE FABULOUS BEASTS
by Priya Sharma
ALL THE GOOD THINGS
by Clare Fisher
ALL WE SAW
by Anne Michaels
AMERICA IS NOT THE HEART
by Elaine Castillo
AMERICAN GODS
by Neil Gaiman
ANANSI BOYS
by Neil Gaiman
ANOTHER JUSTIFIED SINNER
by Sophie Hopesmith
ANNO DRACULA
by Kim Newman
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DECLINE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN AUK
by Jessie Greengrass
AN ELEGY FOR EASTERLY
by Petina Gappah
AN UNRELIABLE GUIDE TO LONDON
by Various
AS A GOD MIGHT BE
by Neil Griffiths
AUTONOMOUS
by Annalee Newitz
AUTO REWIND
by Jason Arnopp
– B –
BURIED WITH THE NIGHT
by Syon Das
BENEATH THE TREES OF EDEN
by Tim Binding
Being Various
by Various
BANK HOLIDAY HURRICANE
by Kelly Creighton
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
by Delphine De Vigan
BATMAN: THE COURT OF OWLS
by Greg Cox
BATTLE SIGHT ZERO
by Gerald Seymour
BEHOLD AMERICA
by Sarah Churchwell
BETWEEN THEM
by Richard Ford
BEYOND THE ODYSSEY
by Maz Evans
BILLIONAIRE BOY
by David Walliams
BINDLESTIFF
by Wayne Holloway
BLACKOUT
by Marc Elsberg
BLAME
by Simon Mayo
BONES
by Andrew Cull
BONFIRE
by Krysten Ritter
BOTTLED GODS
by Sophie van Llewyn
BOUNDARY
by Andree A. Michaud
BRIGHT RUIN
by Vic James
BROKEN RIVER
by J. Robert Lennon
BUSINESS AS USUAL
by Gaynor Jones
– C –
CURFEW
by Kev Harrison
CRITERIUM
by Tyler Jones
Children of Ruin
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
CARNIVALESQUE
by Neil Jordan
CHAIN LINKED
by Michelle Blair Wilker
CHAINS: UNHEARD VOICES
by Various
CHASING EMBERS
by James Bennett
CHOKE CHAIN
by Jason Donald
CIRCLE
by Madeline Miller
COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
by Kazuno Ishiguro
COMMONWELATH
by Ann Patchett
CONFESSIONS OF THE FOX
by Jordy Rosenberg
CONRADOLOGY
by Various
COSMOPOLITAN
by Akhil Sharma
COVE
by Cynan Jones
CRITICAL CRITTERS
by Ralph Steadman
– D –
DUST & TIME
by Mitch Sebourn
DEAD WOMAN SCORNED
by Michael Clark
DREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS
by Israel Finn
DISTURBING THE BEAST
by Various
DEATH VALLEY SUPERSTARS
by Duke Haney
DANTE AND THE LOBSTER
by Samuel Beckett
DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME
by Angela Readman
DID YOU PUT THE WEASELS OUT?
by Niall Bourke
DISCO SOUR
by Giuseppe Porcaro
DON’T CALL US DEAD
by Danez Smith
DAZZLING THE GODS
by Tom Vowler
DEMI-GODS
by Eliza Robertson
DAVID RODIGAN: MY LIFE IN REGGAE
by David Rodigan
DOING IT
by Hannah Witton
DON’T BE A DICK PETE
by Stuart Heritage
DEEP DOWN DEAD
by Steph Broadribb
DALILA
by Jason Donald
DEATH AND THE SEASIDE
by Alison Moore
DODGE AND BURN
by Seraphina Madsen
– E –
ELEVATION
by Stephen King
EIGHT GHOSTS
by Various
EVERY FOX IS A RABID FOX
by Harry Gallon
– F –
FOLKLORE
by Mitch Sebourn
FROM THE WRECK
by Jane Rawson
FIND MOMO ACROSS EUROPE
by Andrew Knapp
FLAMES
by Robbie Arnott
FORTUNE BOX
by Madeleine Swann
FOX 8
by George Saunders
FOUNDRYSIDE
by Robert Jackson Bennett
FLIGHT OR FRIGHT
by Various
FRENCH EXIT
by Patrick deWitt
FOLLOW ME TO GROUND
by Sue Rainsford
FOREVER OUTNUMBERED
by Simon Hooper
FIFTEEN MINUTES
by Erinna Mettler
FOG LANE
by Neil Campbell
FAHRENHEIT 451
by Ray Bradbury
FOLK
by Zoe Gilbert
FOREST DARK
by Nicole Krauss
FLESH AND BONE AND WATER
by Luiza Sauma
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM
by J.K. Rowling
FATES OF THE ANIMALS
by Padrika Tarrant
– G –
Girl on Fire
by Gemma Amor
GREENSMITH
by Aliya Whiteley
GUEST
by S.J. Bradley
GRAVEN IMAGES
by Jon Crabb
GEEKERELLA
by Ashley Poston
GRIEF IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS
by Max Porter
– H –
HOW TO HOLD AN UMBRELLA
by Various
HELL WARD
by James Sale
HEART IN A BOX
by Kelly Thompson
HUMANAGERIE
by Various
HOLT HOUSE
by L.G. Vey
HELP THE WITCH
by Tom Cox
HOW TO SEE FAIRIES
by Charles van Sandwyk
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
by Clare Fisher
HOME
by Amanda Berriman
HOTEL SCARFACE
by Roben Farzad
HOLLOW SHORES
by Gary Budden
HOW SAINTS DIE
by Carmen Marcus
HE
by John Connolly
HAGSEED
by Margaret Atwood
HEKLA’S CHILDREN
by James Brogden
HOSTAGES
by Oisin Fagan
HACK
by Kieran Crowley
HIDDEN PEOPLE
by Alison Littlewood
HABIT
by Stephan McGeagh
– I –
INSTRUCTIONS FOR A FUNERAL
by David Means
IRONOPOLIS
by Glen James Brown
I AM LEGEND
by Richard Matheson
INFIDELITIES
by Kirsty Gunn
IT
by Stephen King
IRAQ+ 100
by Various
IMPACT
by Rob Boffard
– J –
JURASSIC PARK
by Michael Crichton
JUTLAND
by Lucie McKnight Hardy
JUDDERMAN
by D.A. Northwood
JAWS
by Peter Benchley
– K –
KATERINA
by James Frey
– L –
LIGHTSEEKERS
by Femi Kayode
LITTLE PARANOIAS
by Sonora Taylor
LANNY
by Max Porter
LABYRINTH: THE LABYRINTH OF THE FAUN
by Guillermo Del Toro & Cornelia Funke
LORD OF SECRETS
by Breanna Teintze
LOST CONNECTIONS
by Johann Hari
LIKE A CHAMPION
by Vincent Chu
LAIR
by James Herbert
LETTERS TO A YOUNG WRITER
by Colum McCann
LINCOLN IN THE BARDO
by George Saunders
– M –
MRS FOX
by Sarah Hall
MUSIC FROM BIG PINK
by John Niven
MARY VENTURA AND THE NINTH KINGDOM
by Sylvia Plath
MR SALARY
by Sally Rooney
MELMOTH
by Sarah Perry
MANFRIED THE MAN
by Caitlin Major
MADAME ZERO
by Sarah Hall
MAYHEM AND DEATH
by Helen McClory
MR. NEUTRON
by Joe Ponepinto
MY BEST FRIENDS EXORCISM
by Grady Hendrix
MEN WITHOUT WOMEN
by Haruki Murakami
MR IYER GOES TO WAR
by Ryan Lobo
MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
by Ransom Riggs
– N –
NOCTURNAL FARM
by Villimey Mist
NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS
by Stephen Graham Jones
NOCTURNAL BLOOD
by Villimey Mist
NORMAL PEOPLE
by Sally Rooney
NOT EVERYONE IS SPECIAL
by Josh Denslow
NEVER GREENER
by Ruth Jones
NORSE MYTHOLOGY
by Neil Gaiman
– O –
OUR CHILD OF THE STARS
by Stephen Cox
ORPHAN MONSTER SPY
by Matt Killeen
OUR DREAMS MIGHT ALIGN
by Dana Diehl
ORNITHOLOGY
by Nicholas Royle
OTHERWORLD
by Jason Segel & Kirsten Miller
OUTSKIRTS
by John Grindrod
ON THE BEACH
by Nevil Shute
– P –
PERPETUAL DREAD
by Brian Bowyer
PENPAL
by Dathan Auerbach
PIRANESI
by Susanna Clarke
PERMANENT MIDNIGHT
by Jerry Stahl
PARADISE
by Edna O’Brien
PAPERBACK CRUSH
by Gabrielle Moss
POLITICS OF THE ASYLUM
by Adam Steiner
PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE
by Sharon Harrigan
PEACH
by Emma Glass
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL
by Grady Hendrix
PHONE
by Will Self
PICTURES OF YOU: TEN JOURNEYS IN TIME
by Roy Maclean
PIGEON
by Alys Conran
– Q –
QUARTIER PERDU
by Sean O’Brien
QUEEN OF THE STRUGGLE
by Nik Korpon
– R –
REALITY, AND OTHER STORIES
by John Lanchester
RUIN’S WAKE
by Patrick Edwards
RED BIRDS
by Mohammed Hanif
REBECCA
by Daphne du Maurier
ROOM LITTLE DARKER
by June Caldwell
RISINGTIDEFALLINGSTAR
by Philip Hoare
RESERVOIR 13
by Jon McGregor
ROTTEN ROW
by Petina Gappah
– S –
Starving Ghosts In Every Thread
by Eric LaRocca
Stranger in a Strange Land
by Robert Heinlein
SCATTERED LITTLE PIECES
by Wayne Fenlon
SEEING THINGS
by Sonora Taylor
SALT BLOOD
by T.C. Parker
SUM: FORTY TALES FROM THE AFTERLIVES
by David Eagleman
SLUSH
by Glenn Rolfe
SLIMER
by Harry Adam Knight
SPARKS: AN ADVENTURE IN STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
by Stephen Leslie
SWEET HOME
by Wendy Urskine
SHOW THEM A GOOD TIME
by Nicole Flattery
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
by Ray Bradbury
SLENDER MAN
by Anonymous
SANITARIUM ISSUE #1
by Various
SHITSTORM
by Fernando Sdrigotti
STARSHIP TROOPERS
by Robert A. Heinlein
SPINNING SILVER
by Naomi Novik
SO MUCH LIFE LEFT OVER
by Louis de Bernieres
SOCIAL CREATURE
by Tara Isabella Burton
STEPPENWOLF
by Hermann Hesse
SIMPLY THE QUEST
by Maz Evans
SCORCHED EARTH
by David Mark
SIGHT
by Jessie Greengrass
SPARE AND FOUND PARTS
by Sarah Maria Griffin
STRANGE WEATHER
by Joe Hill
SEEING RED
by Lina Meruane
SEALED
by Naomi Booth
SLEEPING BEAUTIES
by Owen King & Stephen King
SUCH SMALL HANDS
by Andres Barba
SICK SERIES
by Christa Wojciechowski
SHARK DRUNK
by Morten Stroksnes
SOUR HEART
by Jenny Zhang
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
STRANGE HEART BEATING
by Eli Goldstone
SIX STORIES
by Matt Wesolowski
SKINTOWN
by Ciaran McMenamin
SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE COUNTERFEIT DETECTIVE
by Stuart Douglas
SEX AND DEATH
by Various
SWEET HOME
by Carys Bray
– T –
THE BBC NATIONAL SHORT STORY COLLECTION 2020
by Various
THIS ALONE COULD SAVE US
by Santino Prinzi
THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME
by Donald Ray Pollock
THE BOTHY
by Trevor Mark Thomas
THE KINSHIP OF SECRETS
by Eugenia Kim
THE FUNGUS
by Harry Adam Knight
THE SEVEN DEADLIEST
by Various
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE CONTEMPORARY BRITISH SHORT STORY
by Various
THE ROAD TO GRANTCHESTER
by James Runcie
THE BOOK OF CAIRO
by Various
THIS BODY’S NOT BIG ENOUGHT FOR THE BOTH OF US
by Edgar Cantero
THE RUIN OF KINGS
by Jenn Lyons
THE MIGRATION
by Helen Marshall
THE VICTIM
by P.D. James
THE MOTHERLESS OVEN
by Rob Davis
THE WRONG HEAVEN
by Amy Bonnaffons
THE SHADOW BOOTH VOL 3
by Various
THE KILLER IN ME
by Olivia Kiernan
THE LYDIA STEPTOE STORIES
by Djuna Barnes
THE BOOK OF TEHRAN
by Various
THE SHEPHERD’S HUT
by Tim Winton
THE SING OF THE SHORE
by Lucy Wood
THE FLOWER GIRLS
by Alice Clark-Platts
THE INNER ROOM
by Robert Aickman
THE LETTERS PAGE VOL 3
by Various
THE NEW SILK ROADS
by Peter Frankopan
THE LOOSENING SKIN
by Aliya Whiteley
THE STUDY CIRCLE
by Haroun Khan
THE UNAUTHORISED BIOGRAPHY OF EZRA MAAS
by Daniel James
THE CUBAN CLUB
by Barry Gifford
THIS DREAMING ISLE
by Various
THE HUNTING PARTY
by Lucy Foley
THE SILENCE OF THE GIRLS
by Pat Barker
THE OTHER LIVES
by Adrian J Walker
THE NEW UNCANNY
by Various
THE RENDING AND THE NEST
by Kaethe Schwehn
THREE SISTERS OF STONE
by Stephanie Hutton
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME TRAVEL
by Kate Mascarenhas
THE LABYRINTH OF THE SPIRITS
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
THE OVERSTORY
by Richard Powers
THREE DREAMS IN THE KEY OF G
by Marc Nash
THE OLD MAN AND THE SAND EEL
by Will Millard
TOO CLOSE TO BREATHE
by Olivia Kiernan
THE SHADOW BOOTH VOL 2
by Various
THE CABIN AT THE END OF THE WORLD
by Paul Tremblay
THINNER
by Richard Bachman
THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
by Anbara Salam
THE LIFE OF ALMOST
by Anna Vaught
THE CUTTING EDGE
by Jeffery Deaver
THE OUTSIDER
by Stephen King
THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE
by Stuart Turton
THE UPSTAIRS ROOM
by Katie Murray-Browne
TWO DOGS AT THE ONE DOG INN
by David John Griffin
TUESDAYS ARE JUST AS BAD
by Cethan Leahy
THE ASK AND THE ANSWER
by Patrick Ness
THE STORM KING
by Brendan Duffy
TIN
by Padraig Kenny
THE BOOK OF TBILISI
by Various
THE BOOK OF SHADOWS
by E.R. Murray
THE LARGESSE OF THE SEA MAIDEN
by Denis Johnson
THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO
by Patrick Ness
THE DEMON DENTIST
by David Walliams
THE EXORCIST
by William Peter Blatty
THE NIGHTLY DISEASE
by Max Booth III
THE HAUNTING OF HENRY TWIST
by Rebecca F. John
THE CLOAK OF FEATHERS
by Nigel Quinlan
THE BOOK OF LEARNING
by E.R. Murray
THE FOUNTAIN IN THE FOREST
by Tony White
THE TRYST
by Monique Roffey
THE REBELLION’S LAST TRAITOR
by Nik Korpon
THE END WE START FROM
by Megan Hunter
THE STONE TIDE
by Gareth E. Rees
THE SHADOW BOOTH VOL 1
by Various
THE RESERVOIR TAPES
by Jon McGregor
THE ADULTERANTS
by Joe Dunthorne
TRAVELLING IN A STRANGE LAND
by David Park
THE DEVIL’S HIGHWAY
by Gregory Norminton
THE EXTINCTION TRIALS
by S.M. Wilson
THE LAST DOG ON EARTH
by Adrian J Walker
THE RELIVE BOX AND OTHER STORIES
by T.C. Boyle
THE LUCKY ONES
by Julianne Pachico
THE FANDOM
by Anna Day
THE BOY ON THE BRIDGE
by M.R. Carey
THE GIFTMAKER
by Mark Mayes
THE THINGS WE THOUGHT WE KNEW
by Mahsuda Snaith
THE DINNER PARTY
by Joshua Ferris
THE SHINING
by Stephen King
THE ISLAND AT THE END OF EVERYTHING
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS
by John Wyndham
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE
by Marianne Enriquez
THE TRANSITION
by Luke Kennard
THE CORRESPONDENCE
by J.D. Daniels
THE HYPNOTIST
by Laurence Anholt
TREE MAGIC
by Harriet Springbett
THE OWL ALWAYS HUNTS AT NIGHT
by Samuel Bjork
THE FORENSIC RECORD SOCIETY
by Magnus Mills
THE SELLOUT
by Paul Beatty
THE GIRLD OF INK AND STARS
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
THE OTHER WORLD IT WHISPERS
by Stephanie Victoire
THE ESSEX SERPENT
by Sarah Perry
THE DARK PLACE
by Michael Bray
THE HANGING TREE
by Ben Aaronovitch
THE BURNING GROUND
by Adam O’Riordan
THE EQUESTRIAN
by Ursula Kovalyk
TRIBULATIONS
by Richard Thomas
THE WATCHER
by Ross Armstrong
THIRST
by Benjamin Warner
THE RATS
by James Herbert
THE HATCHING
by Ezekiel Boone
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
by Ian Parkinson
THE LONG GAZE BACK
by Various
THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SPARKS
by Jason Arnopp
THE TREES
by Ali Shaw
– U –
UNBECOMING ME AND OTHER INTERUPTIONS
by Christopher Stanley
UBIK
by Philip K Dick
UNVEILED – THE FIRST UNTHANK SCHOOL ANTHOLOGY
by Various
UNTHOLOGY 10
by Various
UNTETHERED
by John Bowie
UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES
by James Miller
UNCOMMON TYPE
by Tom Hanks
– V –
VOX
by Christina Dalcher
VERMILION
by Molly Tanzer
VIRGIN AND OTHER STORIES
by April Ayers Lawson
VOID STAR
by Zachary Mason
– W –
WHISPERS IN THE DARK
by Laurel Hightower
WATER SHALL REFUSE THEM
by Lucie Mcnight Hardy
WE LIVE IN THE DEAD END
by Simon Webster
WE
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
WHERE THE ROAD RUNS OUT
by Gaia Holmes
WE SOLD OUR SOULS
by Grady Hendrix
WRESTLIANA
by Toby Litt
WOMEN
by Chloe Caldwell
WHEN I HIT YOU
by Meena Kandasamy
WHO LET THE GODS OUT?
by Maz Evans
WE ALL BEGIN AS STRANGERS
by Harriet Cummings
WHAT ALICE KNEW
by T.A. Cotterell
WELCOME TO LAGOS
by Chibundu Onuzo
WILD QUIET
by Roisin O’Donnell
– X –
XX
by Angela Chadwick
– Y –
YOU WILL BE SAFE HERE
by Damian Barr
YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME NOW
by M. John Harrison
YOU DON’T KNOW ME
by Imran Mahmood
– Z –
ZERO SAINTS
by Gabino Iglesias
ZERO HOURS
by Neil Campbell
