Civilian Reader

Due to my recent shift from PC to Mac, and after seven years of using Blogger, I have decided to switch over to WordPress. I’m sad to be doi...

Another superb novel from RJB The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing m...

Wow. This is a beautiful cover for Daniel Polansky ’s next novel. Colour me very excited and incredibly impatient. THOSE ABOVE is the f...

The third volume in Michael Palin’s bestselling diaries After the Python years and a decade of filming, writing, and acting, Palin’s ca...

My taste in books, of whatever genre, can be summed up as follows: I like to turn literary rocks over and see if something nasty crawls out....

Another excellent Yarrick tale Trapped in an overturned tank after being caught in a bombing run on Armageddon, Commissar Sebastian Yar...

Featuring: Mitch Albom, Gillian Anderson, Kelly Armstrong, Lauren Beukes, Adam Brookes, Christopher Buehlman, Blake Butler, W. Bruce Came...

A superb, surreal crime novel Detective Gabriella Versado has seen a lot of bodies. But this one is unique even by Detroit’s standards:...

A third excellent memoir from Stephen Fry Stephen Fry invites readers to take a glimpse at his life story in the unputdownable More Foo...

City of Stairs is definitely a fantasy novel. It’s got dead gods, magic, monsters, political skullduggery, and a healthy serving of mayhem....