Recommendations

Written by Graeme

Every two weeks I send out a newsletter with various book recommendations. These are filtered either by genre, or recommendations if you like a specific book or book series.

Below is a complete list of every recommendation ever made in the newsletter. I update this after each newsletter so if you are looking for recommendations, be sure to check this list.

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List is in alphabetical order by category:

• Action Recommendations
• Alternate History Recommendations
• Cozy Mystery Recommendations
• Detective Series Recommendations
• Fantasy Book Series Recommendations
• Fiction/Literary Recommendations
• Historical Fiction Recommendations
• Horror Recommendations
• Humour Recommendations
• Mystery Recommendations
• Non-Fiction Recommendations
• Religious/Christian Recommendations
• Romance Recommendations
• Sci-Fi Recommendations
• Teen/Family Recommendations
• Thriller Recommendations
• Western Recommendations
• Women’s Recommendations
• YA Fantasy Recommendations
• YA Thriller & Mystery Recommendations

Action Series

• Sam Capra series by Jeff Abbott
• Sam Prichard series by David Archer
• Will Robie series by David Baldacci
• Harry Bauer series by Blake Banner
• Jericho Quinn series by Marc Cameron
• Dewey Andreas series by Ben Coes
• John Rain series by Barry Eisler
• After series by William R. Forstchen
• Silver Bear series by Derek Haas
• Sam Dryden series by Patrick Lee
• The Last Open Road by Burt Levy
• Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald
• Sisterhood series by Fern Michaels
• Peter Ash series by Nicholas Petrie
• Darko Dawson Series by Kwei Quarter
• MP5 CIA Thriller series by M.H. Sargent
• Nora Baron series by Tom Savage
• Scott Dalton & Jackie Sullivan series by Joe Weber
• Repairman Jack series by F. Paul Wilson

Alternate History

• The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami
• Southern Victory series by Harry Turtledove

Cozy Mystery Series

• Cozy Corgi Mysteries by Mildred Abbott
• Dividing Line Series by Heather Atkinson
• Seaside Cafe Mysteries by Bree Baker
• Crossword Mystery series by Nero Blanc
• Threadville Mystery series by Janet Bolin
• Consignment Shop Mystery by Duffy Brown
• Tea Shop Mystery series by Laura Childs
• Ice Cream Parlor Mystery series by Abby Collette
• Five Ingredient Mystery series by Maya Corrigan
• The Coffeehouse Mysteries series by Cleo Coyle
• The Southern Quilting Mystery series by Elizabeth Craig
• Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery series by Vicki Delany
• Christmas Village Cozy Mystery series by Leighann Dobbs
• A Beyond the Page Bookstore Mystery series by Lauren Elliot
• A Cookie and Cream Cozy Mystery series by K.J. Emrick
• Pine Lake Inn Cozy Mystery series by K.J. Emrick
• Exham-On-Sea Murder Mysteries Series by Frances Evesham
• Pet Whisperer P.I. series by Molly Fitz
• Farm to Table Mysteries by Amanda Flower
• The Peridale Cafe Mystery series by Agatha Frost
• Teddy Bear Mystery series by Meg Gacy
• Dubious Witch Cozy Mystery series by Fiona Grace
• Rose Hill Mystery series by Pamela Grandstaff
• Cedar Bay Cozy Mystery series by Dianne Harman
• Flight Risk Cozy Mystery series by Susan Harper
• Cupcake Bakery Mysteries by Jenn McKinlay
• Golden Retriever Mystery series by Neil S. Plakcy
• Chet & Bernie Mysteries by Spencer Quinn
• Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series by Lois Winston

Detective Series

• DI Helen Birch series by Claire Askew
• DI Tom Thorne series by Mark Billingham
• Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
• Inspector Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri
• Vinyl Detective Mystery series by Andrew Cartmel
• Detective Katie Scott series by Jennifer Chase
• Doyle and Acton Scotland Yard series by Anne Cleeland
• Inspector Jim Carruthers series by Tana Collins
• Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly
• Cherringham series by Neil Richards and Matthew Costello
• Inspector Singh series by Shamini Flint
• Terry Orr series by Jim Fusilli
• Detective by Day series by Kellye Garrett
• Detective Lottie Parker series by Patricia Gibney
• Kate Redman series by Celina Grace
• Jessica Shaw series by Lisa Grey
• Michele Ferrara series by Michele Guittari
• Detective Elouise Norton series by Rachel Howzell Hall
• Georgia Davis series by Libby Fischer Hellmann
• Simon Serrailler series by Susan Hill
• Mason Walker series by Alex Howell
• Alex Delaware series by Jonathan Kellerman
• Cork O’Connor Mystery series by William Kent Krueger
• Gereon Rath series by Volker Kutscher
• Patrik Hedstrom/Fjallbacka series by Camilla Lackberg
• Leonid McGill series by Walter Mosley
• Harry Hole series by Jo Nesbo
• Faroes series by Chris Ould
• The Badge and The Pen series by Roger A. Price
• Inspector Frank Stave series by Cay Rademacher
• Jack Ryder series by Willow Rose
• Emma Frost series by Willow Rose
• Bradford Fairfax Murder Mystery series by Jeffrey Round
• Dan Sharp Mystery Series by Jeffrey Round
• Lew Griffin series by James Sallis
• Breen and Tozer series by William Shaw
• Ashe Cayne series by Ian K. Smith
• Fina Ludlow series by Ingrid Thoft
• Inspector Bruce Mysteries by Bill Wenham

Fantasy Series

• Hazel Wood series by Melissa Albert
• Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
• School for Psychics by K.C. Archer
• Vega Jane series by David Baldacci
• Dregs series by Leigh Bardugo
• Divine Cities series by Robert Jackson Bennett
• Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher
• The Black Company series by Glen Cook
• Dowser series by Meghan Ciana Doidge
• The Court of Fives by Kate Elliot
• Malazan series by Steven Erikson
• The Ranger’s Apprentice series by John Flanagan
• The Harley Merlin series by Bella Forrest
• Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• The Magicians series by Lev Grossman
• Firebrand by Helen Harper
• The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
• Malus Domestica series written by S.A. Hunt
• Empire of Salt Series by C.F. Iggulden
• The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver by Shawn Inmon
• The Dark Star Trilogy by Marlon James
• The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
• Broken Earth series by N.K. Jemisin
• The Heralds of Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey
• Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey
• Book Of The Ancestor series by Mark Lawrence
• Loki: Where Mischief Lies by MacKenzi Lee
• Gentleman Bastards series by Scott Lynch
• Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch
• Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
• Fallen Blade series by Kelly McCullough
• We Set the Dark on Fire series by Tehlor Kay Mejia
• Locked Tomb Trilogy series by Tamsyn Muir
• The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix
• Night Theatre by Vikram Paralkar
• Catlorian series by R.L. Pool
• His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman
• Between Earth and Sky series by Rebecca Roanhorse
• Stardance trilogy series by Spider Robinson
• Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss
• Montague & Strong Case Files series by Oraldno A. Sanchez
• Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson
• Stormlight Archives series by Brandon Sanderson
• Villians series by V.E. Schwab
• Temple Chronicles series by Shayne Silvers
• The Vine Witch series by Luanne G. Smith
• The Drowning Empire series by Andrea Stewart
• Path of the Ranger series by Pedro Urvi
• The Singing Hills Cycle series by Nghi Vo
• Shadow Sun series by Dave Willmarth
• Burning series by Evan Winter

Fiction/Literary

• Watership Down by Richard Adams
• The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
• Fake Like Me by Barbara Bourland
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
• Beach Music by Pat Conroy
• Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
• The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
• Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
• Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• The Road by Cormac McCarthy
• A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick
• Normal People by Sally Rooney
• East of Eden by John Steinbeck
• The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
• The Secret History by Donna Tartt
• Bois Savage series by Jesmyn Ward
• Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
• Filth by Irvine Welsh
• Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Historical Fiction

• Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam
• Fighting Sail series by Alaric Bond
• The Abbess Hildegard of Meaux series by Cassandra Clark
• Asian Saga series by James Clavell
• When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor
• Cousins’ War series by Philippa Gregory
• The Cicero Trilogy series by Robert Harris
• Anarchy series by Griff Hosker
• Wars of the Roses series by Conn Iggulden
• News of the World by Paulette Jiles
• Caroline Ferriday series by Martha Hall Kelly
• Soldier of the Republic series by William Kelso
• Reiko Watanabe/Inspector Aizawa series by Matthew Legare
• Oathsworn Series by Robert Low
• Thomas Cromwell series by Hilary Mantel
• Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry
• Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters
• The Hangman’s Daughter series by Oliver Potzsch
• The Borgia Chronicles series by Kate Quinn
• Kopp Sisters series by Amy Stewart
• Irish Country series by Patrick Taylor
• Burr: A Novel by Gore Vidal

Horror

• Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
• Monster Hunter series by Larry Correia
• The Passage series by Justin Cronin
• The Troop by Nick Cutter
• Toy Soldiers series by Devon C. Ford
• Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
• Lakewood by Megan Giddins
• The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
• The Haunting of HIll House by Shirley Jackson
• The Stand by Stephen King
• The Long Walk by Stephen King
• City Infernal series by Edward Lee
• The Three by Sarah Lotz
• Tales of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. Lovecraft
• Pine Deep series by Jonathan Maberry
• Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry
• Bird Box series by Josh Malerman
• Stalking Jack the Ripper series by Kerri Maniscalco
• I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee
• Undead World series by Peter Meredith
• Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
• The River series by Michael Richan
• Vampirates series by Justin Somper
• Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
• Ghost Story by Peter Straub
• Kill Creek by Scott Thomas
• Violet by Scott Thomas
• Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
• Zone One by Colson Whitehead

Humour

• A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
• Sheriff Bo Tully series by Patrick F. McManus
• Hings by Scott McQueer
• Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta
• Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Mystery Series

• Angela Marchmont Mystery series by Clara Benson
• Detective Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke
• Asheville Mystery series by Kenneth Butcher
• Poirot series by Agatha Christie
• And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
• Edisto Island Mystery series by C. Hope Clark
• Dr. Siri Paiboun series by Colin Cotterill
• Collins-Burke Mystery series by Anne Emery
• The Faye Longchamp Myseries series by Mary Anna Evans
• Miss Dimont Mystery series by TP Fielden
• Cordell Logan Mystery series by David Freed
• Eli Marks Mystery series by John Gaspard
• Rowland Sinclair series by Sulari Gentill
• Macduff Brooks Mystery series by M.W. Gordon
• Cats and Curios Mystery series by Rebecca M. Hale
• Lara McClintoch Archaeological Mystery series by Lyn Hamilton
• Mac McLellan Mystery series by E. Michael Helms
• Bill Maytubby and Hannah Bond Mysteries by Kris Lackey
• Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke
• The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne
• Sean Stranahan series by Keith McCafferty
• Mango Bob by Bill H. Myers
• Raymond Donne series by Tim O’Mara
• Children’s House series by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
• Cyd Redondo Mysteries series by Wendall Thomas
• Bess Crawford series by Charles Todd
• The Detective Inspector Embla Nystrom series by Helene Tursten
• The 7 Deaths of Evenlyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Non-Fiction Books

• Nomadland by Jessica Bruder
• America Before by Graham Hancock
• The Lincoln Conspiracy by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
• Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich

Religious/Christian

• Circle series by Ted Dekker
• The Yada Yada Prayer Group series by Neta Jackson
• The Bradford Family Adventures series by Jerry B. Jenkins
• Mitford series by Jan Karon
• Lamb by Christoper Moore

Romance Series

• Dream Team Series by Kristen Ashley
• My Name Is Memory by Ann Brashares
• Claimed by Lucifer series by Elizabeth Briggs
• Romantic Escapes series by Julie Caplin
• Dirty Talk series by Opal Carew
• Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi
• Dance Off series by Alexis Daria
• Sin City Secrets by Zuri Day
• Ghostland series by Keta Diablo
• New Species series by Laurann Dohner
• Campbell Cove Academy series by Paula Graves
• Crazy Rich Asians series by Kevin Kwan
• The Central Park Pact series by Lauren Layne
• Well Met series by Jen LeDuca
• Shadow Girl by Liana Liu
• Love by Numbers series by Sarah MacLean
• Christmas, Colorado series by Debbie Mason
• Valentine series by Curtiss Ann Matlock
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan
• Passionata’s Island series by Cindi Myers
• The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
• Lone Star Brides series by Tracie Peterson
• Highland Bodyguards series by Emma Prince
• Sunshine Sisters series by Jennifer Probst
• With Me In Seattle series by Kristen Proby
• Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
• Lairds of Loch series by Amanda Scott
• The Heartbreaker Bay series by Jill Shalvis
• Mountain Mercenaries series by Susan Stoker
• After series by Anna Todd
• Waiting for Tom Hanks series by Kerry Winfrey

Sci-Fi Series

• Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency series by Douglas Adams
• Galaxy’s Edge by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach
• The Handmaid’s Tale series by Margaret Atwood
• Foreverland series by Tony Bertauski
• Uplift Saga series by David Brin
• Red Rising series by Pierce Brown
• Arkship Saga series by Niel Bushnell
• Earthseed series by Octavia E. Butler
• Ender’s Saga by Orson Scott Card
• Rampart Trilogy by M.R. Carey
• Eleven series by Jerri Chisholm
• Dead Djinn Universe series by P. Djeli Clark
• Ready Player One series by Ernest Cline
• The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
• Warrior’s Wings series by Evan Currie
• Galaxy Unknown series by Thomas DePrima
• Ubik by Phillip K. Dick
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
• Star Carrier series by Ian Douglas
• Malazan series by Steven Erikson
• Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
• Blue Ant series by William Gibson
• Sprawl series by William Gibson
• Wool series by Hugh Howey
• Wanted and Wired series by Vivien Jackson
• Slains by Susanna Kearsley
• Travis Chase series by Patrick Lee
• Machineries of Empire Trlogy by Yoon Ha Lee
• Three-Body series by Cixin Liu
• Teixcalaan series by Arkady Martine
• Unit 51 series by Michael McBride
• The 100 series by Kass Morgan
• Black Ocean series by J.S. Morin
• I, Robot series by Mickey Zucker Reichert
• Contest by Matthew Reilly
• Long Winters series by A.G. Riddle
• Brilliance series by Marcus Sakey
• The Interdependency series by John Scalzi
• Hyperion Cantos series by Dan Simmons
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
• Daemon series by Daniel Suarez
• Chilling Effect series by Valerie Valdes
• Murderbot Diaries series by Martha Wells
• Golden State by Ben H. Winters
• John Dies at the End series by David Wong

Teen/Family

• She Persisted series
• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman
• A Dog’s Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron
• Backpack Dinosaur series by Julian Michael Carver
• Bumface by Morris Gleitzman
• Redwall by Brian Jacques
• Brian Robeson series by Gary Paulsen
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
• It’s Not Like It’s A Secret by Misa Sugiura
• Smile by Raina Telgemeir

Thriller Series

• Department Q series by Jussi Adler-Olsen
• John Madden series by Rennie Airth
• Fabian Risk series by Stefan Anhem
• Helen Grace series by M.J. Arlidge
• The Curtis Chronicles by Joseph Badal
• Amos Decker series by David Baldacci
• DCI Jamie Carver series by Robert F. Barker
• The Widow by Fiona Barton
• Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Wife by Alafair Burke
• David Wolf Mystery Thriller series by Jeff Carson
• Harry Hope series by C.J. Carver
• Fawkes and Baxter series by Daniel Cole
• The Warning by Kathryn Croft
• The Stranger Within by Kathryn Croft
• Adam Park Series by A.D. Davies
• Room by Emma Donoghue
• I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll
• Callahan & McLane series by Kendra Elliot
• What Have You Done by Matthew Farrell
• Safe Houses by Dan Fesperman
• Nick Heller series by Joseph Finder
• Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn
• Navy SEAL Grant Stevens series by Jamie Fredric
• Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
• Scott Fenney series by Mark Gimenez
• The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
• The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney
• Ash McKenna series by Rob Hart
• Her Three Lives by Cate Holahan
• Aquila series by James Hume
• Orphan X series by Gregg Hurwitz
• The Better Liar by Tanen Jones
• Audrey Harte series by Kate Kessler
• The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
• Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
• Imogen Trager series by James McCrone
• Smoky Barrett series by Cody McFadyen
• Montglane Service by Katherine Neville
• Beijing Payback by Daniel Nieh
• The Breakdown by B.A. Paris
• Criminal Justice by Barbara Parker
• Jane Whitefield series by Thomas Perry
• Jay Qasim series by Khurrum Rahman
• Jack Murphy series by Rick Reed
• Jeff Bradley series by Thomas Ryan
• Blindness by Jose Saramago
• Chris Cherry series by J. Todd Scott
• The Rising Dragon series by Jan-Phillip Sendker
• Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva
• Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
• The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
• The Chestnut Man by Soren Sveistrup
• The ICE Sequence by F. Paul Wilson

Western

• El Paso by Winston Groom
• The Rustlers of West Fork by Louis L’Amour
• Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy

Women’s

• Love, Hate and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
• By The Sea series by Kay Bratt
• Lowcountry Tales series by Dorothea Benton Frank

YA Fantasy

• Legacy of Orisha series by Tomi Adeyemi
• Three Dark Crowns series by Kendare Blake
• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• Rise of the Empress series by Julie C. Dao
• The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
• The Seafire Series by Natalie C. Parker
• Project Nemesis series by Brendan Reichs
• House of Furies series by Madeleine Roux
• Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
• Ruined series by Amy Tintera
• The 5th Wave series by Ricky Yancey

YA Thriller and Mystery Series

• Five series by Ann Davila Cardinal
• Brother Rodric Chandler series by Cassandra Clark
• Pasadena by Sherri L. Smith
• The Disappeared series by Francisco X. Stork
• Ember in the Ashes series by Sabaa Tahir