Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends City of Others by Jared Poon, a debut urban fantasy mystery with a comic edge set on the streets of Singapore and centred around a team of civil servants who are employed to deal with the uncanny.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends This Brutal Moon by Bethany Jacobs, the third and final book in her explosive space opera Kindom trilogy.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes a work of new weird fiction set in the tree-city of Tiliard. Not only a mind-bending scenario but political and cosial commentary and plenty of emotional gut punches.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow a time bending fantasy novel that explores the power of stories.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Slow Gods by Claire North – engaging, big picture space opera in the vein of Iain M Banks.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommneds Halcyon Years by British science fiction great Alastair Reynolds – a generation ship story with a classic noir edge.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends When There Are Wolves Again by AJ Swift a climate fiction novel that focusses on how we might adapt to change to arrive ar a more positive future.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Ring the Bells by CK McDonnell, the fith book in his always enjoyable urban fantasy series featuring thr weird staff of the Stranger Times newspaper in Manchester
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends King Sorrow by Joe Hill the story of six young people who make a deal with a malevolent dragon and the impact that has on their lives.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Summer War a fantasy novella with a fairy tale feel by Naomi Novik.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Death of Shame by Ambrose Parry the fifth and final book in the always excellent Raven and Fisher historical crime series set in 1850s Edinburgh.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends What We Can Know by Ian McEwan, set many years after a climate disaster has remodelled the world, the book explores the current era and tackles issues of history, the power of literature and academia.
Pile by the Bed reviews Lucky Thing by Tom Baragwanath, the follow up to his award winning debut Paper Cage set ina small New Zealand town and featuring the unlikely investigator – police filing clerk Lorraine Henry.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Hollow Girl by Lyn Yeowart, page-turning but dark historical crime fiction dealing with the pactice of forced adoption in Australia between the 1950s and 1970s.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Peak by Sam Guthrie an Australian political thriller that builds on a deep understanding of the system to deliver a page-turning game of what-if.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Arborescence by Rhett Davis a mind bending piece of speculative fiction that imagines a world in which people start turning into trees.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Esperance by Adam Oyebanji a twisty science fiction crime procedural with links back to a historical tragedy.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends The Art of a Lie by Laura Shepherd-Robinson a twisty crime story based around the owner of a sweet shop in 18th Century London.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Stillwater by Tanya Scott a gritty urban crime debut set on the mean streets of Melbourne.
Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Lion Hearts by Dan Jones the final book in his Essex Dogs trilogy which has followed the exploits of a group of British archers in the mid 14th Century.
