So You Got Bookstore Giftcards For The Holiday!

If you’re like me, you got a LOT of gift cards to various online, chain, or local bookstores and comics shops for the holidays. So I thought I’d offer up a list of books folks might like based on your interests. Some have been reviewed here, some have not. Links will be to publisher sites where possible, Goodreads pages otherwise. Support your local bookstores as much as you can!

And if you didn’t get bookstore gift cards for the holidays (what were your family thinking, really?), seek these out at your local library or convince them to order copies for their shelves!

If you’re a fan of:

The Beatles: you might like:

• Saint John Lennon by Roseanne Bottone and Daniel Hartwell.

Pulp/Adventure Fiction: you might like:

• Hunt The Avenger by Win Scott Eckert

• Kolchak: The Last Temptation by Jim Beard

• Greatheart Silver by Philip Jose Farmer

Horror, you might like:

• The Girl on the Porch by Richard Chizmar

• The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters

•   Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand

• Occult Detective Magazine #6 (the latest issue)

Fantasy, you might like:

• Desdemona and the Deep by C.S.E. Cooney

• Upon A Burning Throne by Ashok K. Banker

• Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer

• Ormeshadow by Priya Sharma

Science Fiction, you might like:

• Trans Space Octopus Congregation by Bogi Takács

• Simon Says by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

• Pimp My Airship by Maurice Broaddus

• Absolution (The Serena Darkwoood Adventures #1) by Charles F. Millhouse

YA (Various Genres), you might like:

• Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez

• The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus

• The Gone Away Place by Christopher Barzak

• Exit Plans for Teenage Freaks by ‘Nathan Burgoine

Series to Read (various genres), you might like:

• Folley and Mallory by E. Catherine Tobler (steampunk, time travel, alternate history)

• Whyborne and Griffin by Jordan L. Hawk (Lovecraft Mythos, gay romance)

• The Frankenstein Series by Frank Schildiner (pulp adventure / horror)

• The Wayward Children books by Seanan McGuire (portal fantasy)

• The Tensorate Series by JY Yang (silkpunk fantasy)

I tried to concentrate on books/series that came out in 2019. This of course doesn’t scratch the surface. Hit me in the comments with YOUR favorite book published in 2019. Or your favorite book published earlier that you read for the first time in 2019! I’m always looking for suggestions!