The Cabinet of Curiosities by Preston and Child is part of the Agent Pendergast series. This book focuses on his investigation into a place known as a Cabinet of Curiosities. When a group of bodies is found at a construction site from a series of murders that took place over a hundred years ago Agent…
Revenge of the Witch is the first book in The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney. It starts the story of young Thomas Ward, a seventh son of a seventh son, who is just about the right age to beapprenticed. His parents reach out to Old Gregory, more commonly known as the spook, who protects…
The Underground Library by Jennifer Ryan is a book that is mildly sad and heartbreaking but also immensely inspiring and uplifting. It tells the story of three different young women and their interactions with a library at the height of WWII. Juliet has just been hired as a deputy head librarian for the Bethnal Green…
9:26 by Hussein Kandil is a story that is threefold. Jad is a man who has become adrift after a tragic accident and finds himself on a bus populated by people who tend to speak in riddles and are both independent but co-dependent. Alongside him we have Bilal, a young man who wishes to fulfill…
I frequently feel sad when I finally finish a series, especially if it was a pretty good series. The Empire of Gold is the third book in the Daevabad Trilogy by S. A. Chakraborty and wraps up the story of Ali, Nahri, and Dara. It opens directly after the attack on Daevabad when Ghassan died…
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer is the teen series by noted author John Grisham. It starts with young Theo looking forward to the start of a new trial in his town, a murder trial that has been big in the press. Theo is excited about the trial as he wishes to be a lawyer when he…
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa is a good book but also a little unusual. Rintaro Natsuki is a teenager who is working on closing up the secondhand bookstore he recently inherited from his grandfather when something unusual and slightly astonishing happens. A tabby cat randomly appears in the bookstore and claims that…
Circle of Days is the newest work of historical fiction by Ken Follett and it is brilliant. It tells a story about Stonehenge and its creation through the eyes of the people who built it. Joia is a young woman who becomes a priestess at the monument due to her wish to learn more about…
We have officially entered 2026 and I figure I might just want to provide an overview of my reading for the last year. I know many people wonder just how many books I actually read so I thought I would share the actual numbers with you guys before diving into some of the best books,…
Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini is the second novel set in his fractalverse and is the prequel to the novel To Sleep in a Sea of Stars. It tells the story of Alex Mercer and the crew of the Adamura. In 2234 the Adamura discovers an anomaly on Talos VII, a planet that is supposedly…
The Draconic Bibliophile
