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

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

Alternate History

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

Cozy Mystery Series

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

Detective Series

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

Fantasy Series

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

Fiction/Literary

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

Historical Fiction

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

Horror

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

Humour

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

Mystery Series

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

Non-Fiction Books

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

Religious/Christian

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

Romance Series

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

Sci-Fi Series

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

Teen/Family

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

Thriller Series

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

Western

• Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy
• The Rustlers of West Fork by Louis L’Amour

Women’s

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

YA Fantasy

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

YA Thriller and Mystery Series

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