Pile by the Bed reviews Rabbits by Terry Miles, based on his podcast, about a game that can change reality and its obsessive players.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura, an uncomfortable character study of an obsessive, one-sided relationship.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley - in which she brings her steampunk sensibility with a little time travel mixed in to an alternate history of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Pile by the Bed reviews and recommends Shelley Parker-Chan's debut She Who Became the Sun - the first in her Radiant Emperor Duology set in slightly fantasy version of 14th Century China.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Devil's Advocate - the sixth book in Steve Cavanagh's always page turning Eddie Flynn series of legal thrillers.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Waiter by Ajay Chowdhury a classic whodunnit featuring a former Indian policeman investigating a murder while working in a London restaurant.

Pile by the Bed reviews Immunity Index by Sue Burke - a day after tomorrow pandemic thriller with clones

Pile by the Bed reviews Notes from the Burning Age in which speculative fiction author Claire North delivers a spy and war story in the context of a reconstructed, post environmental apocalypse world.

Pile by the Bed reviews This Fragile Earth by Susannah Wise, a journey through the start of a global apocalypse through the eyes of a mother and her young son living in London.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Stranding by Kate Sawyer, a debut that follows a couple making a life for themselves in a post-apocalyptic New Zealand.

Pile by the Bed reviews Scorpion by Christian Cantrell - a technothriller with a decidedly science fiction twist.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Maidens the second psychological crime thriller by Alex Michaelides.

Pile by the Bed reviews Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon - a type of hero's origin story which grapples with the power to confront a turbulent and violent history.

Pile by the Bed reviews Foregone by American novelist Russell Banks in which truth and fiction converge with aspects of Banks' own life in the fictional reflections of an ageing film maker.

Pile by the Bed reviews Girl One by Sarah Flannery Murphy a high concept speculative thriller that is clever, thought provoking and engaging.

Pile by the Bed reviews Razorblade Tears by SA Cosby, the crime fiction follow up to his scorching debut (Blacktop Wasteland) about two ex-criminals searching for revenge and absolution following the deaths of their sons.

Pile by the Bed reviews Artifact Space by Miles Cameron - the first of a space opera meets military/ mercantile science fiction series full of engaging characters and anchored by an intriguing mystery.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Only One in the World, a collection of short stories featuring alternate versions of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson edited by Narelle M Harris.

Pile by the Bed reviews The Others by Mark Brandi, a story of vulnerability, abuse of power and resilience set deep in the Australian bush.

Pile by the Bed reviews Catch Us the Foxes debut Australian crime fiction with more than a hint of gothic by Nicola West