Recent books that have I have been reading that may provide inspiration for characters or possibly things to add to your own reading lists?
2024
- Deliverance Lost (audiobook) – Gav Thorpe (Jan 2024)
- Under the Whispering Door (ebook) – TJ Klune (Jan 2024)
- Frost Light (ebook) – Danielle Bullen (Jan 2024)
- The Village Healer’s Book of Cures (ebook) – Jennifer Sherman Roberts (Jan 2024)
- Know No Fear (audiobook) – Dan Abnett (Jan 2024)
- The Book That Wouldn’t Burn (ebook) – Mark Lawrence (Jan 2024)
- Overdue: A Library Trilogy Story (ebook) – Mark Lawrence (Jan 2024)
- Clytemnestra – Constanza Casati (Jan 2024)
- The Ancients (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Jan 2024)
- Prophecy (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Jan 2024)
- Gathering (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Jan 2024)
- The Lair (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Jan 2024)
- The Henge (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Jan 2024)
- Primarchs (audiobook) – Various (Feb 2024)
- A Curse For True Love – Stephanie Garber (Feb 2024)
- To Sir Phillip With Love – Julia Quinn (Feb 2024)
- Wisdom (ebook) – PM Gilbert (Feb 2024)
- Our Friends In The North (audiobook) – Peter Flannery (Feb 2024)
- When He Was Wicked (ebook) – Julia Quinn (Feb 2024)
- In the Lives of Puppets (ebook) – TJ Klune (Feb 2024)
- Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman (Feb 2024)
- Fear to Tread (audiobook) – James Swallow (Feb 2024)
- Shadows of Treachery (audiobook) – Various (Mar 2024)
- It’s In His Kiss (ebook) – Julia Quinn (Mar 2024)
- Tortall and Other Lands – Tamora Pierce (Mar 2024)
- Angel Exterminatus (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (Mar 2024)
- Shogun (ebook) – James Clavell (Mar 2024)
- What the River Knows (ebook) – Isabel Ibanez (Mar 2024)
- A Daughter of Trolls (ebook) – McKenzie Catron (Apr 2024)
Total count: 22
2023
- Sabriel – Garth Nix (Jan 2023)
- Lireal – Garth Nix (Feb 2023)
- Abhorsen – Garth Nix (Feb 2023)
- Nicholas Sayre And The Creature in the Case – Garth Nix (Feb 2023)
- Down to the Scrum Quarter – Garth Nix (Feb 2023)
- Goldenhand – Garth Nix (Feb 2023)
- Clariel – Garth Nix (Mar 2023)
- Oriel in the Desert – Robert Harrison (Mar 2023)
- Revelations of Divine Love – Julian of Norwich (Apr 2023)
- Northern Lights (audiobook) – Phillip Pullman (Apr 2023)
- The Subtle Knife (audiobook) – Phillip Pullman (Apr 2023)
- The Amber Spyglass (audiobook) – Philip Pullman (Apr 2023)
- Horus Rising (audiobook) – Dan Abnett (May 2023)
- False Gods (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (May 2023)
- Song of the Forever Rains – E.J. Mellow (May 2023)
- Galaxy in Flames (audiobook) – Ben Counter (Jun 2023)
- Dance of a Burning Sea – E.J. Mellow (Jun 2023)
- Flight of the Eisenstein (audiobook) – James Swallow (Jun 2023)
- Symphony for a Deadly Throne – E.J. Mellow (Jun 2023)
- The Handmaid’s Tale (audiobook) – Margaret Atwood (Jun 2023)
- The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth (audiobook) – J.R.R. Tolkien (Jun 2023)
- The Testaments (audiobook) – Margaret Atwood (Jul 2023)
- Fulgrim (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (Jul 2023)
- The Last Tudor – Philipa Gregory (Jul 2023)
- Jay’s Gay Agenda (ebook) – Jason June (Jul 2023)
- Descent of Angels (audiobook) – Mitchel Scanlon (Jul 2023)
- Finding Jupiter (ebook) – Kelis Rowe (Jul 2023)
- Legion (audiobook) – Dan Abnett (Jul 2023)
- Magic Lessons – Alice Hoffman (Jul 2023)
- Me Before You (ebook) – Jojo Moyes (Aug 2023)
- Battle for the Abyss (audiobook) – Ben Counter (Aug 2023)
- The Weavers of Saramyr – Chris Wooding (Aug 2023)
- The Complete Earthsea Series & The Left Hand of Darkness (audiobook) – Ursula K. LeGuin (Aug 2023)
- The Rules of Magic – Alice Hoffman (Aug 2023)
- Mechanicum (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (Aug 2023)
- Cyrano De Bergerac (ebook) – Edmond Rostrand (Aug 2023)
- Tales of Heresy (audiobook) – Assorted (Aug 2023)
- Planetfall (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Aug 2023)
- The Skein of Lament – Chris Wooding (Aug 2023)
- Collision (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Aug 2023)
- Expedition (ebook) – Emilly McCosh (Aug 2023)
- Five Ways to Forgiveness (ebook) – Ursula Le Guin (Sept 2023)
- Fallen Angels (audiobook) – Mike Lee (Sept 2023)
- The Duke and I (ebook) – Julia Quinn (Sept 2023)
- The Viscount Who Loved Me (ebook) – Julia Quinn (Sept 2023)
- An Offer From A Gentleman (ebook) – Julia Quinn (Sept 2023)
- City Rise (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Sept 2023)
- Sabotage (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Sept 2023)
- A Thousand Sons (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (Sept 2023)
- After You (ebook) – Jojo Moyes (Sept 2023)
- Still Me (ebook) – Jojo Moyes (Sept 2023)
- Lou in Lockdown (ebook) – Jojo Moyes (Sept 2023)
- Impact Zone (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- Refuge (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- Pursuit (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- Sanctuary (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- Encounter (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- Subterranean (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Oct 2023)
- The Ascendancy Veil – Chris Woodling (Oct 2023)
- Nemesis (audiobook) – James Swallow (Oct 2023)
- Romancing Mr Bridgerton – Julia Quinn (Oct 2023)
- Once Upon A Broken Heart – Stephanie Garber (Oct 2023)
- Drawing of the Three – Steven King (Oct 2023)
- The First Heretic (audiobook) – Aaron Dembski-Bowden (Oct 2023)
- The Firework Maker’s Daughter – Philip Pullman (Nov 2023)
- Prospero Burns (audiobook) – Dan Abnet (Nov 2023)
- The Ballad of Never After – Stephanie Garber (Nov 2023)
- Homeward (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Nov 2023)
- Never Meant to Stay (ebook) – Trisha Das (Nov 2023)
- The Lover (ebook) – Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Nov 2023)
- Age of Darkness (audiobook) – Various (Nov 2023)
- The Outcast Dead (audiobook) – Graham McNeill (Dec 2023)
- Red, White and Royal Blue (audiobook) – Casey McQuiston (Dec 2023)
- Under the Earth, Over the Sky (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Dec 2023)
- The Waste Lands – Stephen King (Dec 2023)
- The Sea at the End of Everything (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Dec 2023)
- All the Woods She Watches Over (ebook) – Emily McCosh (Dec 2023)
- One December Day (ebook) – Rachel Marks (Dec 2023)
- Days at the Morisaki Bookstore (ebook) – Satoshi Yagisawa (Dec 2023)
- A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (ebook) – J. Penner (Dec 2023)
- The Dark is Rising (audiobook) – Susan Cooper (Dec 2023)
Total count: 81
2022
- A Column of Fire – Ken Follett (Feb 2022)
- Trickster’s Choice – Tamora Pierce (Feb 2022)
- Trickster’s Queen – Tamora Pierce (Feb 2022)
- The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien (Mar 2022)
- The Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien (Mar 2022)
- The Two Towers – J.R.R. Tolkien (Mar 2022)
- The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien (May 2022)
- Wolfbane – Michelle Paver (May 2022)
- Terrier – Tamora Pierce (May 2022)
- The Miracles of the Namaiya General Store – Keigo Higashino (May 2022)
- Bloodhound – Tamora Pierce (Jun 2022)
- Mastiff – Tamora Pierce (Jun 2022)
- The Wrath and the Dawn – Renée Ahdieh (Jun 2022)
- The Rose and the Dagger – Renée Ahdieh (Jul 2022)
- Song Quest – Katherine Roberts (Jul 2022)
- Crystal Mask – Katherine Roberts (Jul 2022)
- Dark Quetzal – Katherine Roberts (Jul 2022)
- A Princess of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Aug 2022)
- The Gods of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Aug 2022)
- The Warlord of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Aug 2022)
- Thuvia, Maid of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Aug 2022)
- The Chessmen of Mars – Edgar Rice Burroughs (Aug 2022)
- The Letter for the King – Tonke Dragt (Sept 2022)
- The Secrets of the Wild Wood – Tonke Dragt (Sept 2022)
- She Who Became The Sun – Shelley Parker-Chan (Oct 2022)
- The Familiars – Stacey Halls (Oct 2022)
- Blossoms and Shadows – Lian Hearn (Oct 2022)
- Chinese Cinderella – Adeline Yen Mah (Oct 2022)
- Oriel’s Diary – Robert Harrison (Dec 2022)
- Terciel & Elinor – Garth Nix (Dec 2022)
Total count: 30
2021
- October Sky – Homer H. Hickam Jr (Jan 2021)
- Viper’s Daughter – Michelle Paver (Jan 2021)
- Circe – Madeline Miller (Jan 2021)
- A Thousand Ships – Natalie Hayes (Feb 2021)
- Across the Nightingale Floor – Lian Hearn (Feb 2021)
- Grass for his Pillow – Lian Hearn (Mar 2021)
- Brilliance of the Moon – Lian Hearn (Mar 2021)
- The Harsh Cry of the Heron – Lian Hearn (Apr 2021)
- Orphan Warriors – Lian Hearn (Apr 2021)
- Sibling Assassins – Lian Hearn (May 2021)
- Heaven’s Net Is Wide – Lian Hearn (Jun 2021)
- Skin-Taker – Michelle Paver (Jun 2021)
- Emperor of the Eight Islands – Lian Hearn (Jun 2021)
- Autumn Princess, Dragon Child – Lian Hearn (Jun 2021)
- Lord of the Darkwood – Lian Hearn (Jun 2021)
- The Tengu’s Game of Go – Lian Hearn (Jun 2021)
- Accounts – Meilin Miranda (Aug 2021)
- The Gratifaction Engine – Meilin Miranda (Aug 2021)
- World Without End – Ken Follett (Sept 2021)
- Lovers and Beloveds – Meilin Miranda (Sept 2021)
- Son in Sorrow – Meilin Miranda (Sept 2021)
- Fairytales from the Greater Kingdom, Vol. 1 – Meilin Miranda (Sept 2021)
- Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal: The Novelisation – A.C.H. Smith (Sept 2021)
- Ilse Witch – Terry Brooks (Sept 2021)
- Antrax – Terry Brooks (Oct 2021)
- Morgawr – Terry Brooks (Oct 2021)
- A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness (Nov 2021)
- Shadow of Night – Deborah Harkness (Nov 2021)
- The Book of Life – Deborah Harkness (Nov 2021)
- Witch Child – Celia Rees (Nov 2021)
- Sorceress – Celia Rees (Nov 2021)
Total count: 31
2020
- Pillars of the Earth – Ken Follet (Jan 2020)
- Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller (Jan 2020)
- The Black Gryphon – Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon (Jan 2020)
- The White Gryphon – Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon (Jan 2020)
- The Silver Gryphon – Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon (Feb 2020)
- The Gift – Alison Croggon (Feb 2020)
- The Riddle – Alison Croggon (Mar 2020)
- The Crow – Alison Croggon (Mar 2020)
- The Singing – Alison Croggon (Mar 2020)
- The Bone Queen – Alison Croggon (Mar 2020)
- The Friendship – Alison Croggon (Apr 2020)
- A Confusion of Princes – Garth Nix (Apr 2020)
- Tidelands – Phillipa Gregory (Jun 2020)
- The Wheel of Surya – Jamila Gavin (Jun 2020)
- The Eye of the Horse – Jamila Gavin (Jul 2020)
- The Track of the Wind – Jamila Gavin (Jul 2020)
- Picard: The Last Best Home – Una McCormack (Aug 2020)
- The Gunslinger – Stephen King (Aug 2020)
- The Green Knight – Vera Chapman (Aug 2020)
- The King’s Damosel – Vera Chapman (Aug 2020)
- King Arthur’s Daughter – Vera Chapman (Aug 2020)
- Nicola and the Viscount – Meg Cabot (Oct 2020)
- Victoria and the Rogue – Meg Cabot (Oct 2020)
Total count: 23