Reviews

There are lots of Black Library reviews on Track of Words, but plenty from other authors and publishers too. Here you can find of them, organised A-Z by author.

This covers all sorts of genres: science fiction and fantasy, ‘standard’ fiction, young adult, crime, non-fiction…basically everything that wasn’t published by Black Library or Games Workshop.

A

Ben Aaronovitch – A Rare Book of Cunning Device (audiobook)
Ben Aaronovitch – Broken Homes
Ben Aaronovitch – Foxglove Summer
Ben Aaronovitch – The Furthest Station
Ben Aaronovitch – The Hanging Tree
Ben Aaronovitch – The October Man
Ben Aaronovitch – What Abigail Did That Summer
Ben Aaronovitch – Winter’s Gifts
Nik Abnett – Savant
Aconyte Books – Secrets in Scarlet (an Arkham Horror anthology)
Aconyte Books – Tales From the Crucible (a KeyForge anthology)
Aconyte Books – The Devourer Below (an Arkham Horror anthology)
Nadia Afifi – The Bahrain Underground Bazaar (short story)
David Annandale – Crown Fire
David Annandale – Curse of Honor
David Annandale – In the Coils of the Labyrinth
David Annandale – The Harrowing of Doom
David Annandale – The Thunder of Madness

B

Paolo Bacigalupi – The Water Knife
Brendan P. Bellecourt – Absynthe
Nicholas Binge – Ascension
Rob Boffard – Adrift
Rob Boffard – Tracer
William Boyd – Solo
Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451
John Bradshaw – Cat Sense
Mark Brendan – Exuma
Marie Brennan – The Game of 100 Candles
Marie Brennan – The Night Parade of 100 Demons
British Museum – Ancient Lives, New Discoveries
Mike Brooks – Dark Run
Richard Lee Byers – The Head of Mimir

C

Justin Call – Master of Sorrows
Miles Cameron – Against All Gods
Edgar Cantero – There’s a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (short story)
Louise Carey – Inscape
M. R. Carey – The Girl With All The Gifts
Andrew Cartmel – The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax
Kristin Cast – The Key to Fear
Ed Catmull – Creativity, Inc.
Sarah Cawkwell – Lazarus
Becky Chambers – A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers – The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet (guest review)
Lee Child – Killing Floor
P. Djèlí Clark – A Dead Djinn in Cairo (short story)
P. Djèlí Clark – A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark – A Master of Djinn (Josh Reynolds guest review)
P. Djèlí Clark – The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (short story)
P. Djèlí Clark – The Haunting of Tram Car 015
Susanna Clarke – Piranesi
Bethany Clift – Last One at the Party
Eoin Colfer – Highfire
Lindsey Croal – Have You Decided On Your Question
Neil Cross – The Calling
Nate Crowley – The Death and Life of Schneider Wrack
Nate Crowley – Notes From Small Planets

D

Sunyi Dean – The Book Eaters (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Aliette de Bodard – Immersion (short story)
Aliette de Bodard – The Red Scholar’s Wake
Alain de Botton – Religion For Atheists
Sebastien de Castell – The Malevolent Seven
Cherie Dimaline – Empire of Wild
Glen Duncan – I, Lucifer
Kate Dylan – Mindwalker

E

Dave Eggers – The Circle
Kate Elliott – The Keeper’s Six
Kate Elliott – Unconquerable Sun (Grimdark Magazine review)
Hiron Ennes – Leech (plus A Few More Thoughts On Leech)

F

D.K. Fields – The Stitcher and the Mute
D.K. Fields – Widow’s Welcome
Christopher Fowler – The Sand Men

G

Neil Gaiman – Fortunately, The Milk
Neil Gaiman – How The Marquis Got His Coat Back (short story)
Neil Gaiman – Trigger Warning
Robert Galbraith – Career of Evil
Robert Galbraith – The Cuckoo’s Calling
Robert Galbraith – The Silkworm
Simon Garfield – On The Map
Rohan Gavin – Knightley & Son
Malcolm Gladwell – David & Goliath
David Goodman – Carapace (short story)
David Guymer – The Patriot List
David Guymer – Vaultheads (short story)

H

Emily Habeck – Shark Heart
A.J. Hackwith – The Archive of the Forgotten
A.J. Hackwith – The Library of the Unwritten
Haiku Salut – Japanese Poems Steal Brains
Guy Haley – Richards & Klein
Guy Haley – The Cure (short story)
Carrie Harris – Liberty & Justice For All
Carrie Harris – Witches Unleashed
Joanne M. Harris – The Gospel of Loki
Tyler Hayes – The Imaginary Corpse
Victoria Hayward – Bone Armour
John Hegarty – Hegarty on Creativity
Markus Heitz – Aera: The Return of the Ancient Gods
Grady Hendrix – The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires
Justin Hill – Viking Fire
Darius Hinks – The Ingenious
Lucy Holland – Sistersong
Gabriela Houston – The Second Bell
Rian Hughes – The Black Locomotive
Rian Hughes – XX
Taran Hunt – The Immortality Thief
Ren Hutchings – Under Fortunate Stars
MK Hutchins – The Librarian’s Duel (short story)
MK Hutchins – Useful Parasites (short story)

I

J

V.V. James – Sanctuary
Kathleen Jennings – Flyaway
Ai Jiang – I Am AI
Adam Johnson – The Orphan Master’s Son
EK Johnston – Ahsoka
Jonas Jonasson – The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden
Jonas Jonasson – Hitman Anders and the Meaning of It All
Tom Jolly – A Game of Broken Minds
Robert Jordan – The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan – The Shadow Rising (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)

K

Hannah Kaner – Godkiller
Daniel Keyes – Flowers for Algernon
Cassandra Khaw – Nothing But Blackened Teeth (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Jane Killick – In the Shadow of Deimos
T. Kingfisher – What Moves the Dead (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Phil Knight – Shoe Dog
Derek Künsken – The Quantum Garden
Derek Künsken – The Quantum Magician
Alisa Kwitney – Rogue: Untouched

L

Laura Lam – Goldilocks
Laura Lam & Elizabeth May – Seven Devils
Alex Lamb – Roboteer
Derek Landy – Demon Road
Cath Lauria – Black Cat: Discord
Cath Lauria – Elsa Bloodstone: Bequest
Cath Lauria – Terror World
Cath Lauria – The Apprentice (short story)
Ariel Lawrence – Confessions of a Broken Blade (short story)
Ariel Lawrence – Of Rats and Cats and Neon Mice (short story)
Ann Leckie – Ancillary Justice
Em X. Liu – If Found, Return to Hell (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Pittacus Lore – The Fall of Five

M

Robbie MacNiven – The Doom of Fallowhearth
Robbie MacNiven – Extermination Examination (short story)
Robbie MacNiven – First Team
Victor Manibo – The Sleepless
Ari Marmell – Litany of Dreams (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Tim Marshall – Prisoners of Geography
Freya Marske – A Marvellous Light
Arkady Martine – A Memory Called Empire
A. Lee Martinez – The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
Peter McLean – Drake
Peter McLean – Hunger and the Lady (short story)
Peter McLean – Priest of Bones
Peter McLean – Priest of Crowns
Peter McLean – Priest of Gallows
Peter McLean – Priest of Lies
Graham McNeill – Where Icathia Once Stood (short story)
William Meikle – Infestation
William Meikle – Sea Hunters: Shonisaurus
Peter Millar – All Gone to Look for America
Premee Mohamed – These Lifeless Things
Stuart Moore – Target: Kree
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Certain Dark Things
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Gods of Jade and Shadow
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Mexican Gothic (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Signal to Noise
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Silver Nitrate
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – The Beautiful Ones
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Untamed Shore
Silvia Moreno-Garcia – Velvet Was the Night
Tamsyn Muir – As Yet Unsent (short story)
Tamsyn Muir – Gideon the Ninth (Grimdark Magazine review)
Tamsyn Muir – Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir – Nona the Ninth (via Grimdark Magazine)
Tamsyn Muir – The Mysterious Study of Doctor Sex (short story)

N

T.R. Napper – 36 Streets
T.R. Napper – Neon Leviathan
Peter Newman – The Deathless
Peter Newman – The Ruthless
Peter Newman – The Vagrant
Garth Nix – Angel Mage
Garth Nix – The Case of the Somewhat Mythic Sword (short story)

O

Ed O’Loughlin – This Eden
Suyi Davies Okungbowa – David Mogo, Godhunter
Malka Older – The Mimicking of Known Successes
Adam Oyebanji – Braking Day

P

Amanda Palmer – The Art of Asking
Tristan Palmgren – Contract (short story)
Tristan Palmgren – Domino: Strays
Thomas Parrott – To Catch A Thief (short story)
Thomas Parrott – Watch The Flanks (short story)
James Patterson – Cross Kill
Arturo Perez-Reverte – The Dumas Club
C.L. Polk – Even Though I Knew the End
Gareth L. Powell – Ack-Ack Macaque
Gareth L. Powell – Downdraught
Gareth L. Powell – Embers of War
Gareth L. Powell – Fleet of Knives
Vina Jie-Min Prasad – Fandom For Robots (short story)
Rhianna Pratchett & Gabrielle Kent – Tiffany Aching’s Guide to being a Witch
Terry Pratchett – A Hat Full of Sky
Terry Pratchett – The Illustrated Wee Free Men
Terry Pratchett – I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry Pratchett – Johnny and the Dead
Terry Pratchett – Pyramids
Terry Pratchett – A Slip of the Keyboard
Terry Pratchett – The Shepherd’s Crown
Terry Pratchett – Wintersmith
Tim Pratt – The Fractured Void
Annie Proulx – The Shipping News

Q

Chen Quifan – Debtless (short story)

R

Cat Rambo – You Sexy Thing
Lina Rather – Sisters of the Forsaken Stars (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Lina Rather – Sisters of the Vast Black
Lina Rather – Thin Red Jellies (short story)
Jude Reid – Snow White, Green Mantle (short story)
Anthony Reynolds – Garen: First Shield
Anthony Reynolds – Legends of Bilgewater: Tall Tales of the Deep Sea (audio drama)
Anthony Reynolds – The Principles of Strength (short story)
Josh Reynolds – Casefiles of the Royal Occultist: Monmouth’s Giants
Josh Reynolds – Death’s Kiss
Josh Reynolds – Elizabeth on the Island (short story)
Josh Reynolds – Hochmuller’s Hound (short story)
Josh Reynolds – Last Resort
Josh Reynolds – Poison River
Josh Reynolds – The Flower Path
Josh Reynolds – The Whitechapel Demon
Josh Reynolds – Wrath of N’Kai
Josh Reynolds and James Swallow – Day Zero
Zin E. Rocklyn – Flowers For the Sea (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Jon Ronson – Lost At Sea
Patrick Rothfuss – The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss – The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss – The Wise Man’s Fear

S

Oliver Sacks – The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat
Ian Sansom – The Norfolk Mystery
John Scalzi – Redshirts
V.E. Schwab – A Darker Shade of Magic
Nick Setchfield – The Spider Dance
Mike Shackle – We Are the Dead
Meg Shaffer – The Wishing Game
Samantha Shannon – The Bone Season
Peng Shepherd – The Cartographers (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
S.A. Sidor – The Last Ritual (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Adam Simcox – The Dying Squad
Vandana Singh – Delhi (short story)
Michael Slade – Headhunter
Robin Sloan – Ajax Penumbra, 1969
Robin Sloan – Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
Gavin Smith – The Bastard Legion
Anna Smith Spark – The Court of Broken Knives
Simon Stålenhag – Tales From the Loop
Andrea Stewart – The Bone Shard Daughter (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Jonathan Strahan – Fearsome Magics
Tasha Suri – Realm of Ash
James Swallow – Dark Horizon
James Swallow – Dragonfire
James Swallow – Exile
James Swallow – Firewall
James Swallow – Ghost
James Swallow – Nomad
James Swallow – Rogue
James Swallow – Shadow
James Swallow and Josh Reynolds – Day Zero
Richard Swan – The Justice of Kings
Vikas Swarup – Q&A
KM Szpara – Docile

T

Wole Talabi – The Regression Test (short story)
Donna Tartt – The Goldfinch
Melinda Taub – The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
Jodi Taylor – A Trail Through Time (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Jodi Taylor – No Time Like the Past (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Adrian Tchaikovsky – Bear Head
Adrian Tchaikovsky – Dogs of War
Adrian Tchaikovsky – Precious Little Things (short story)
S.A. Tholin – Iron Truth
Three Crows Magazine Issue 4
Lavie Tidhar – Judge Dee and the Limits of the Law (short story)
Lavie Tidhar – Judge Dee and the Poisoner of Montmartre (short story)
Lavie Tidhar – Judge Dee and the Three Deaths of Count Werdenfels (short story)
Lavie Tidhar – The Hood
Danny Tobey – The God Game
David Towsey – Equinox

U

Moses Ose Utomi – The Lies of the Ajungo

V

Shelby Van Pelt – Remarkably Bright Creatures (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Very Short Introductions Blog Book

W

Tim Waggoner – Planet Havoc
Jon Wallace – Barricade
James Wallis – Everybody Wins
Matthew Ward – Legacy of Ash
Matthew Ward – Legacy of Steel
Matthew Ward – Queen of Eventide
Danie Ware – Bigger Than Biggs
A.E. Warren – Subject Twenty One
Martha Wells – Compulsory (short story)
Martha Wells – Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells – Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (short story)
Martha Wells – System Collapse
Martha Wells – The Murderbot Diaries #1-4
Martha Wells – Network Effect
CL Werner – The Sword of Surtur (included in a Short and Sweet review roundup)
Gary Whitta – Gundog (Jude Reid guest review)
Jen Williams – The Copper Promise
John Wiswell – Someone You Can Build A Nest In (guest review)
Catherine Woodfine – The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
Catherine Woodfine – The Mystery of the Jewelled Moth
Alec Worley – Judge Anderson: Year One

X

Y

Adrienne Young – The Unmaking of June Farrow (guest review)

Z