The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel, The City and Its Uncertain Walls, is a towering achievement.
fantasy
Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #38
Featuring Adelle Purdham, Sam Chaiton, Mandy Eve-Barnett, and Alice Fitzpatrick
The Book Witch, the Wee White Dog & the Little Free Library by Lana Shupe
The Book Witch, the Wee White Dog & the Little Free Library by Lana Shupe is an unforgettable, and adorable children’s picture book about an aging Witch and her wee white dog who spent a lifetime travelling around the World on her broom visiting bookshops and collecting books.
The Last Witch on Skye by Carolyn J. Nicholson
During the Ban the Witches and Fairies (BW&F) Party’s witch hunts, Magaidh’s family relocated to Greenland, but Magaidh, the last witch on Skye, transformed herself into a cat and hid in Castle MacLeod for 2 years. The Last Witch on Skye by Carolyn J. Nicholson, begins with the successful mission of finding the stolen Fairy Flag and restoring it to its proper place. With the flag restored, the portal between the realms will remain open allowing the supernaturals to pass back and forth.
How to Kidnap a Mermaid by Andy Tolson
How to Kidnap a Mermaid by Andy Tolson is the first book in his middle-grade fantasy series; The Quests of Tiny Wilde, to be released by Nimbus Publishing in August.
The Wish Doctor Will See You Now: The Wish Doctor by Mark E. Shupe
What if wishes you made turned out wrong, and you didn’t even know it? What if one of those bad wishes is about to ruin your life? Well then, you better make an appointment with the Wish Doctor.
Champions of the Fox by Kevin Sands
In this conclusion to the thrilling Thieves of Shadow series, bestselling author Kevin Sands delivers a jaw-dropping heist that sees five young thieves masterminding a prison break from the empire’s most impenetrable island fortress.
Will of the Magic Realm by Deanna Foster
When a dragon attacks his home, Will barely escapes with his life. Fleeing from the beast, he runs into the forest, unknowingly crossing the line between our world and the Magic Realm.
Spelldrifts by A-M Mawhiney
Sensitively told, richly imagined, and filled with unforgettable characters, Spelldrifts follows the next generation of young people after Fania and Nuna’s adventures in Spindrifts.
Immortal longings by Chloe Gong
Chloe Gong’s adult epic fantasy debut, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra, is a fiery collision of power plays, spilled blood, and romance amidst a set of deadly games.
Lore Isle by Jiin Kim
A middle-grade fantasy that follows a young boy into a magical land of mummers, sprites, fairies, and murderous pitcher plants in an attempt to save his home — and his family.
Nether Regions by Randal Graham
Gear up for laughter in the hereafter as Socrates sets out to assassinate every soul who can remember the mortal world.
Mad Honey by Katie Welch
Mad Honey immerses the reader in a search for truth bounded by the everyday magic of beekeeping, family and finding peace, while asking how much we really understand the natural world.
Spindrifts by A-M Mawhiney
A-M Mawhiney’s debut novel Spindrifts is a futuristic fantasy about the healing of the earth. As Young Adult fiction, it is written with simplicity of style, yet it is a complex story that looks forward in hope while addressing difficult choices made in the past and present. The new world that has “risen from the ashes” has hidden darkness, and it falls to the youthful protagonists to find the way forward.
