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Ultimate Guide to Ghost-novels; 65 spectral recommendations
In honour of Halloween 2022, I bring 65 haunted recommendations, across 13 categories in The Fictionfox’s Ultimate Guide to Ghost-Stories.
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2022 Recommendations to read this Autumn
The month of October is packed with exciting releases, making it all too easy to forget how many great autumnally appropriate books have...
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Fall Update, a Tag and TBR to battle my reading-slump...
Autumn Update: Let me start todays post off with an unpopular opinions I HATE the autumn... I know, I know; the crispy leaves, hot drinks...
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Ultimate Guide to Disability/Illness/Disfigurement Fiction
Representation within fiction has been a huge passion of mine for as long as I've been active as a reviewer. No form of representation...
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LGBTQ+ Book recommendations
When the Moon was Ours - Anna-Marie Mclemore I had to start this list off with my favourite LGBTQ -author of all time. Any of AM’s novels...
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Mythology-inspired fiction from around the World
When it comes to magical realism and fantasy, novels that take inspiration from classic mythology or traditional folklore are like catnip...
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Fantasy Favourites pt.2: Standalones
This post is part of my All-Time-Favourite-by-genre-project, in which I'll try to tackle the daunting task of identifying my all-time...
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Fantasy Favourites: series (updated 2024)
Although I've talked about plenty of fantasy novel in my reviews over the past few months, it's been a long time since I've given you an...
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Magical Readathon Orilium: Autumn Equinox TBR
My favourite readathon, the Magical Readathon hoste by Bookroast, is back in August for the Orilium Autumn Equinox. This has been the...
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Magical Readathon Orilium: Recommendations
Although my TBR is already complete and set, I wanted to use the Magical Readathon as an excuse to talk about some books I’ve (recently)...
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Midyear Book Freakout Tag 2022
With the start of July comes the (dreaded) mid-point of the year, and a good opportunity to reflect on the past months of reading. As has...
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Anticipated Releases 2022 pt.2, July-December
As the year draws to a mid-way point, publishers have been releasing their catalogues for the second half of 2022, showing off the...
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Beach-read recommendations (that aren't all romance...)
Summer is filled with the classic “beach-read-recommendations”, most of which tend to be heavy on the romance, and light on anything...
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Spring Reading Recommendations
Associating overly-specific recommendations to a season usually comes quite easy to me. Against the huge list books (and themes) I...
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Favourite Coming of Age Fiction
Adult Fiction 1. The Ocean at the End of the Lane – Neil Gaiman Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to...
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Books in Pairs: Non-Fiction
If you liked: The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson you might like: Constellations by Sinead Gleeson or Sight by Jessie Greengrass Beautifully...
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Books in Pairs: Movies and Games
Films and TV-shows If you liked: Netflix's Stranger Things you might like: The Devouring Gray - Christine Lynn Hermann Small town teens...
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Books in Pairs: Fantasy
Adult Fantasy If you liked: The Kingkiller Chronicals by Patrick Rothfuss you might like: The First Binding by R.R. Virdi Epic fantasy...
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Books in Pairs: Classic-meets-Modern
If you like: The Crucible by Arthur Miller or: The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood you might like: The Seawomen by Chloe Timms or The...
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Books in Pairs: Horror/Thrillers
Adult If you liked: Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer you might like: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield this comparison is going...
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