11/22/63, a 2011 novel by Stephen King, might be one of the most meh quality books that I’ve ever read. The book contains elements of multiple genres, with science fiction parts, romance, drama, and certainly mystery/thriller aspects. It isn’t the type of horror novel you’d typically associate with the name Stephen King.

Since finishing Robin Hobb’s masterful Realm of the Elderlings books, I’ve been searching for another great fantasy series to read. Leigh Bardugo is a fantasy writer who has written a large number of books in a shared fantasy world, so I was curious to give a couple of her novels a try.

The Curse of Chalion is a 2001 fantasy novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. While it’s officially the first novel in the author’s World of the Five Gods fantasy series, this 442-page book stands completely on its own and tells a complete story.

This roundup of graphic novel reviews features crime stories, ghostly musings, and dark fantasy. Though none of these comics truly miss the mark, all three fail to really stand out as fantastic reads.

City of Stairs is the first book in Robert Jackson Bennett’s The Divine Cities trilogy. It’s a genre mashup that combines fantasy with mystery and politics.

The Books of Babel is an original four-book fantasy series. The first three books are great, but the series is derailed by a disappointing final book.

It’s hard to believe that 2025 has come to an end. Where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday everyone was in a panic because all of the world’s infrastructure was going to shut down because of the Y2K bug. Now we’re suddenly a quarter done with this century.

King Sorrow is the newest horror novel by Joe Hill. Though it’s not without its issues, despite being nearly 900 pages long, the book is a fast, easy, and enjoyable read. There are sections of it that are truly fantastic, and while I’d hesitate to call King Sorrow truly terrifying horror, there are great moments of suspense.

After deciding I wanted to read fantasy novels, I eventually began reading Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings books. Well, I’ve just finished the final novel and the series is a masterpiece.

It’s time to review The Tawny Man Trilogy, the next three books in Robin Hobb’s Realm of the Elderlings. How do these novels compare to Farseer and Liveship Traders?

In this round of graphic novel reviews, we’ll take a look at two series by popular comic scribe Rick Remender that fall into the science fiction and fantasy genres, as well as a horror graphic novel written by Joe Hill.

As I’ve been getting more into fantasy novels, I’ve seen Robin Hobb’s name brought up multiple times as an author worth reading. Today, let’s take a look at the first trilogy set in her Realm of the Elderlings: the Farseer trilogy.

The month we’ll be going over three graphic novels that are most certainly not for younger readers, with two focusing on serial killers, and a third being an adaptation of a bleak apocalyptic story.

If you’re looking for high fantasy written post 2000, Brandon Sanderson is basically the go-to author for the genre, so I was curious to give some of his novels a try.

Fonda Lee’s trilogy enters in many genres and involves lots of well-developed characters. Is this epic story worth reading? Let’s go over all three books that comprise The Green Bones Saga: Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy.

I decided that I wanted to give a new fantasy series a try. After some investigation and consideration, I settled on The First Law trilogy, written by Joe Abercrombie.

In this edition of What Jeff Read, we’ll look at three very different works, a superheroes vs. vampires crossover bloodbath extravaganza, as well as two novels that feature plenty of twists and turns.

I think it’s finally time to branch out even further! In this first ever post focusing on What Jeff Read, we’ll take a look at three graphic novels.