Best LitRPG Books in 2022 – Reviewed

A question we're frequently asked is what exactly is the LitRPG genre. This name of this genre is a neologism that only entered the lexicon in 2013. As the name suggests, these are not only books but share a lot of common elements with role-playing games—hence, the RPG portion of their name. However, with that being said, it's also important to state that they aren't in-fact games. They're a lot more. While these books have a story that features game-like challenges and/or traps, coupled with the characters having obvious roleplaying statistics such as strength, wisdom, or charisma, but that's...

Best Western Books in 2022 – Reviewed

The western is a fiction genre that's primarily set after the Civil War, towards the end of the 19th century, although there are a few stories that occur before the war. These stories contain ranchers and Pinkertons, cowboys and Native Americans, and gunslingers, outlaws, and bounty hunters in various amounts. This is a genre that usually portrays the end of what is considered the “idealized American frontier” or man against nature. The stories that fall under this genre often have a mythic nature to them—although many of the revisionist westerns do try to peel away that veneer. Either way,...

Best Suspense Books in 2022 – Reviewed

The best suspense novels are the ones that not only inspire a feeling of apprehension in the reader, but also manage to inspire feelings of excitement, wonder, and fascination. They're stories that are designed to not only cause the reader the readers to frantically flip pages to ease their uncertainty but are often written in a way that sticks with the reader long after the book is finished. It was this unique quality that brought us to this genre and compelled us to write a review of some of the best novels in this genre available. We know this...

Best High Fantasy Books in 2022 – Reviewed

Set in detailed and fantastic worlds, high fantasy is a genre that captures the imagination and whisks readers to realms beyond their own. This genre usually features a protagonist who has to battle the forces conspiring against them and is usually centered by the theme of good versus evil. This makes it quite different from low fantasy or sword & sorcery fantasy. These stories also usually have the main character fighting against overwhelming odds that they have to overcome to succeed. This feature, coupled with imaginative world-building, makes these books great page-turners that the reader won't be able to put...

Best Serial Killer Books in 2022 – Reviewed

Serial killers are people who simultaneously fill us with fear, disgust, and even fascination. It seems like the modern appetite's thirst for information on serial killers can't easily be slaked because there are countless books on the subject—both fictional and non-fictional accounts. There are so many books out there, it's almost impossible to pour over all of them, although we did attempt to read as many as humanly possible. Because there's such an interest in this subject, we thought that we'd find out which of the books out there are the best serial killer books available. And let us...

Best Warhammer 40K Books in 2022 – Reviewed

Warhammer 40K is a universe that's unlike any other fictional universe. Thanks to over 20-years worth of rulebooks, codexes, and novels that have been published, the universe has rich and storied lore. This is lore that the average person can explore by checking out the novels from the Black Library's catalog. If you're new to this universe or haven't visited it in a while, then you're probably going to want to check out our reviews as well as our guide to come up to speed. So, let's take a journey to this universe—a universe that's a combination of fantasy,...