Best Isekai Light Novels to read in 2022
Isekai Light Novels (Japanese for “another world”) novels are a subgenre of fantasy novels that feature the setting in…
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ADHD in D Minor by Zoé Mahfouz Book Review
ADHD in D Minor review: Zoé Mahfouz’s satirical short-story collection turns modern life, ambition, and creativity into a bold literary performance.
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The Connection in Everything by Rich Marcello – A Tender Story About Survival, Mentorship, and Finding Meaning
Some books find you at the right time. The Connection in Everything by Rich Marcello is one of those books. It is a story about a boy searching for meaning in a broken world, and what he discovers along the way will stay with you long after the last page.
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Closure Rate by Dennis Barger – Corporate Success Barters Human Cost
Sitting behind your desk at an office, where every day feels much the same as the one before, slaving away at meaningless tasks, always so repetitive; have you ever once let your mind plummet into the darkness? Of what could happen if you rewrote the rules for yourself? Took advantage of a system that is built upon doing the exact same to you, without consequence? This is a story of a calculated descent into the world of corporate crime. A fraudulent lifestyle is easier to adopt than it is to escape. Not everyone will make it out alive.
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Connie’s White World by Sam Newsome — And the whole world swings
The notes of music released into the world born from instinct alone constructs the common theme that resonates in each of the ten short stories contained within this book.
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Orphans of the Sea by Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan: Brutal, Cinematic, and Fiercely Gripping
Orphans of the Sea by Charles R. Cooke and Christopher X. Ryan is not a gentle read. It is violent, intense, and often deeply uncomfortable, but it is also one of those stories that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. This is a survival thriller with sharp worldbuilding, brutal action, and a heroine who is impossible not to root for, even when the story pushes her into darkness.
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A Moment’s Surrender by John Burt – Forbidden fruit within arm’s reach
“There is love found within, in all its complicated configurations; relentlessly stalked by its opposing partner-pain. Relationships are spliced open by the sharp blade of poetry, exposing them from within, guts and all. It is up to the characters to put themselves back together again, as best they can.”
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Burn Everything… Then Forget It By Boston Teran – America at War with Itself
In Burn Everything… Then Forget It, Boston Teran turns 1960s New York into a battlefield where private grief, political idealism, racism, romance, and state-sanctioned violence become impossible to separate. This is a historical crime novel, a conspiracy thriller, and a generational tragedy at once. Its scope is ambitious, but its emotional core remains strikingly intimate: two young people trying to discover who they are while learning what their fathers have done in the name of America.
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Unraveling by J.L. Pavich: A Slow-Burning Tale of Trauma and Revenge
Unraveling by J.L. Pavich is a psychological thriller filled with suspense, buried trauma, and twists that keep the reader hooked from the very beginning.
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Nostalgy By Miguel Wandenbergh: A Quiet, Melancholic Journey Through Memory and Regret
NOSTALGY is a quiet, introspective literary novel about emptiness, memory, and the dangerous pull of the past. It follows Alejandro, a successful Spanish executive living in Los Angeles whose life looks polished from the outside but feels hollow from within. Burned out by work, detached from love, and increasingly trapped inside his own thoughts, he returns to Spain hoping that old places, old friendships, and old versions of himself might give him back whatever he has lost.
