Recommendations

Written by Graeme

Every two weeks I send out an e-mail newsletter with a list of book recommendations. I make it nice and simple – “If you like _____ then try _____”.

I only recommend one book per category and the category can cover a wide variety of topics. I know there’s a wide variety of readers out there, and my goal is to accommodate as many people as possible!

For example I may recommend a book if you like the character Jack Reacher. Or I may recommend a light Summer read for those times on the beach.

Here’s the list of past recommendations:

Book, Series & Author Recommendations

If You Like:	Then You Should Read:
Award Winning	Hyperion Cantos Series by Dan Simmons
Books into Movies	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Books With A Movie	The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin
Books with a Movie	American Assassin by Vince Flynn
Books With A Movie	Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Books With A Movie	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
Broken Protagonist	Filth by Irvine Welsh
Captivating	Beach Music by Pat Conroy
Character Driven	Sing, Unburied Sing
Christmas	Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Classics	Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, Watership Down by Richard Adams
Classics	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Cyberpunk	Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Dark	The Wasp Factory by Iain M. Banks
Detectives	Inspector Bruce Mysteries by Bill Wenham
Disturbing	Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Disturbing	I'm Not Sam by Jack Ketchum
Dogs	The Chet & Bernie Mysteries
Dystopian	The Long Walk by Stephen King
Dystopian	Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
Dystopian	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
Dystopian	The Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry
Dystopian	The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Dystopian	The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Epic Fantasy	The Stormlight Archives series by Brandon Sanderson
Epic Fantasy	Malazan by Steven Erikson
Family Life	The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Fantasy	Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Fantasy	Catlorian Saga by R.L. Pool
Fantasy	The Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey
Fantasy Espionage	The Dregs series by Leigh Bardugo
Female Protagonists	Red Sister by Mark Lawrence
Gone Girl	B.A. Paris
Gone Girl	Shari Lapena
Great Villains	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Halloween	Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Harry Potter	The Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey
Harry Potter	The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Historical Fiction	Kopp Sisters Series
Historical Fiction	Lilac Girls by Martha Kelly
Historical Fiction	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Historical Fiction	Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Horror	The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Humour	Lamb by Christopher Moore
Humour	Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams
Humour (Dry)	A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Jack Reacher	Will Robie Series by David Baldacci, Peter Ash Series by Nick Petrie
Jack Reacher	Nick Heller series by Joseph Finder
Jack Reacher	Evan "Orphan X" Smoak
Jason Bourne	The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney
Jason Bourne	Evan "Orphan X" Smoak
Legal Thrillers	Mark Gimenez and his Scott Fenney series
Light/Fun Reads	Going Postal - 33rd book in Discworld series
Louise Penny	Department Q Series by Jussi Adler-Olsen
Mitch Rapp	Will Robie Series by David Baldacci
Mitch Rapp	The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney
Mitch Rapp	The Jericho Quinn series by Marc Cameron
Monsters	Monster Hunter series
Mystery	Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Mystery	The Dave Robicheaux Series by James Lee Burke
Older Kids	Redwall by Brian Jacques
Police Procedurals	Inspector Montalbano by Andrea Camilleri
Psychological Horror	The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Psychological Thriller	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Ready Player One	Contest by Matthew Reilly, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Red Rising Trilogy by Pierce Brown, Wool by Hugh Howey, Daemon by Daniel Suarez, Neuromancer by William Gibson
Rivals to Lovers	The Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J Maas
Romance	My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares
Scary	Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Sci-Fi	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
Sci-Fi	Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card
Sci-Fi	The Breach by Patrick Lee
Sci-Fi	Hyperion Cantos Series by Dan Simmons
Sci-Fi Thriller	Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Sci-Fi Thriller	Contest by Matthew Reilly
Serial Killers	Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
Series with 10+ Books	Jack Reacher by Lee Child
Series with 10+ Books	Ender Saga by Orson Scott Card (Sci-Fi)
Short Stories	I'm Not Sam by Jack Ketchum
Spy Thrillers	Evan "Orphan X" Smoak
Spy Thrillers	The Jericho Quinn series by Marc Cameron
Spy Thrillers	Gabriel Allon series by Daniel Silva
Spy Thrillers	The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney
Spy Thrillers	Will Robie Series by David Baldacci
Spy Thrillers	The Mitch Rapp series
Standalone Thrillers	B.A. Paris
Standalone Thrillers	Shari Lapena
Standalone Thrillers	The Stranger Within by Kathryn Croft
Stays With You	Room by Emma Donoghue
Tearjerker	Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
The Dinner by Herman Koch	Summer House with Swimming Pool
Thought Provoking	Room by Emma Donoghue
Thrillers	I Am Watching You by Teresa Driscoll, The Wife by Alafair Burke
Thrillers	Any standalone by Joseph Finder
Thrillers	The Widow by Fiona Barton
Try Agatha Christie	And Then There Were None
Urban Fantasy	The Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews
Vampires	The Passage by Justin Cronin
Villains	Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Villains / Pure Evil	East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Whodunnit	Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie
Young Adult	The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
Zombies	The Benny Imura series by Jonathan Maberry
A Man Called Ove	My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman
Mess with the Mind	Ubik by Philip K. Dick

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