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Exactly how you'd imagine a magical London YA novel by China Mieville to turn out: appropriately wonderful weird worldbuilding, good enough story arc. Above average amount of painful puns. Plus, and this is something you might not think, ac

This Census-Taker

by China Miéville · published 2016 · read 2021-02-02

Young child discovers the world – his occasionally psychopathic father, his practical but proud mother, and the little town at the foot of the mountain. Everything is both creepy and boring – a uniquely kafkaesque mix (and the end is straig

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville · published 2000 · last read 2022-07-28

Wow, this book was … a lot to take in. I liked it very much. Getting thrown into an Ankh-Morporkesque city, discovering alien races, and characters, and social structures was awesome. I noted with thanks that there was very little of a conv

Railsea

by China Miéville · published 2012 · read 2022-05-20

Kinda alright, but kinda generic – "Moby Dick on rails" does not a plot make, not even when garnished with the usual Miéville flair. Lots of generic protagonist idiocy to go around. A cute concept that didn't land for me. If we're being

The Book of Elsewhere

by China Miéville · published 2024 · read 2024-10-24

Finally, a new Miéville book! I didn’t end up reading the graphic novels it is based on beforehand, even though I wanted to, because that’s just not my genre, no matter how hard I try. Oh well. I had a lot of fun reading this book once I

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

by Chris Hadfield · published 2013 · read 2018-08-26

This book is just nice reading in every regard. You'll learn something about space. You'll learn about NASA and interntional space agency relations. You'll learn about Chris Hadfield's life on earth and in space. It's a peculiar mix of his

Never Split the Difference

by Chris Voss · published 2016 · read 2021-02-08

Negotiations and bargaining explained by an FBI hostage negotiator – unsurprisingly a book where the show-off anecdotes are gripping. But beneath the standard self-help structure (bits of information sandwiched by ~~boasts~~ stories), there

Retribution Falls

by Chris Wooding · published 2009 · read 2022-07-01

★☆☆☆☆ (did not finish)

Firefly lookalike, only the captain is much worse than Mal: similar rogue-ish attitude, but no care for his people underneath. Everybody is interesting but unpleasant. Did not finish – you got to have something to make me stick around. Does

Wolfish

by Christiane M. Andrews · published 2022 · read 2024-02-08

Middle grade, close to YA. Told as a mix of a fairytale, a straightforward story, and notes found by archivists in a later age (which was nicely done, and I'd have loved that as a kid!). A sweet story with everything a fairytale needs: Prop

Die feuerrote Friederike

by Christine Nöstlinger · published 1970 · read 2003-01-01

The young Friederike has red hair (really, really red) and gets bullied for it. Her teacher tries to help and gives up. One of the only helpful adults is the postman, who is colour blind. Then it turns out that she has special powers due to

Lycidas

by Christoph Marzi · published 2004 · read 2011-07-01

Young Adult intrigue in a magical London with heaven and hell, nobility and tube rats playing their roles. Fun, but a bit on the long side.

Blacktongue Thief

by Christopher Buehlman · published 2021 · read 2022-10-11

Had more fun than expected. People advertised this book as containing a lot of banter and humour, and I was prepared to cringe, but it was mostly fine (the author making a living insulting people at ren faires). Even actually funny in place

Between Two Fires

by Christopher Buehlman · published 2012 · read 2023-03-20

Didn’t feel it – decent writing, and historical horror with a Joan of Arc theme can work for me (as the other book with the Byzantian robots has shown, which I keep confusing with this one, because how many Joan-of-Arc-gritty-alt-history-gr

War Music

by Christopher Logue · published 2015 · read 2021-03-12

War Music is art. Christopher Logue transformed the Iliad into a modern poem, and it's all kinds of awesome. The story is the real deal: Heroes of old, clad in bronze, fighting for a city and for honour and most of all for an honourable w

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal

by Christopher Moore · published 2002 · read 2009-02-01

My only memory of this book is that it was over-the-top silly and I didn't know at all what to do with it. Everything felt forced and unpleasant, but I can't tell anymore how much of that was the book and how much was my confusion and proje

Eldest

by Christopher Paolini · published 2005 · read 2008-02-01

This may be where I discovered my love of training sequences – at least, the training is all I remember of this book. No great loss, I think. Was this my first overhyped generic fantasy book?

Eragon

by Christopher Paolini · published 2002 · read 2003-12-01

Sometimes it's just down to the order or operations. I read Eragon after the Lord of the Rings, and so I disliked it and thought much of its plot was a cheap knock-off version with more wish fulfillment. That was not entirely fair, but I wa

Brisingr

by Christopher Paolini · published 2008 · read 2009-06-01

A disappointing end to a disappointing series, if I recall correctly. Little happened, but everything was very dramatic. I never got around to reading the last part – the series was meant to be a trilogy, after all, and the necessity of spl

The Warlock in Spite of Himself

by Christopher Stasheff · published 1969 · read 2020-02-20

The Warlock in Spite of Himself has a really good setting.

Camp Damascus

by Chuck Tingle · published 2023 · read 2024-02-14

Gay horror – and man, am I not sure how I feel about this book. I'm not one for horror generally, to be fair, and it doesn't help how uneven this book is. It's got a lot of high points, especially in implicit worldbuilding. Showing off

The Warrior Heir

by Cinda Williams Chima · published 2006 · read 2022-12-10

★☆☆☆☆ (did not finish)

Unbearably generic and stupid. Good lord. The Special teenager without a brain, manipulated by the powers around him, blah blah. It's like Buffy or Percy Jackson, only that next to this, Percy Jackson reads like pure Homer. Nobody in there

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North · published 2014 · read 2022-05-22

Hard to rate – I know that I enjoyed reading this book, but then, I am easy to lure in with Groundhog Day variations. However, as I'm writing this review a year later to the day, I find myself remembering nearly nothing of the book – only b

Way Station

by Clifford D. Simak · published 1963 · read 2021-06-28

Rural US portal space travel scifi: Aliens need a portal on earth, to pass through, and they select Enoch as station keeper. Bonus: As long as he's in the station, he doesn't age. This goes well for over a hundred years (Enoch starts out fi

Imajica

by Clive Barker · published 1991 · read 2021-10-28

Clive Barker is, without doubt, the coolest character at Midnight Pals, and I wanted to find out why. Yes, this is a weird motivation for reading an author, but I've read worse with less reason. Much w

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis · published 1997 · read 2020-02-22

This book as good as advertised – even better than that, because part of it is targeted at people who had their heart broken by Gaudy Night, which I just had two weeks ago. I'm very happy I didn't accidentally read this one before Gaudy Nig

Doomsday Book

by Connie Willis · published 1992 · last read 2026-01-25

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is the best book about time travel that I know of, with the notable exception of "This is how you lose the time war". It's started out good, and then proceeded to kick me in the feelings. Repeatedly. Time

Epic

by Conor Kostick · published 2004 · last read 2022-09-20

The world's a game, and we're all players – that's how things work in Epic. Digital currency can be spent and gained in the global VR video game. Our protagonist is rather poor, and has to play the odds – then he makes the stupid and de

Inkheart

by Cornelia Funke · published 2003 · read 2006-08-01

Inkheart understood me. It understood my dorky love for books, and how I wanted to jump into a story. It got feeling alone, and it got nerding out with others. And it made other books come to life – and I loved it for it. Some of it follo

Dragon Rider

by Cornelia Funke · published 1997 · read 2007-04-01

I have very little memory of this book, apart from it being somewhat generic fantasy.

Inkspell

by Cornelia Funke · published 2005 · read 2006-01-01

More Inkworld shenanigans: Meggie now reads herself and others into the story, and also has to deal with the original author, who turns out to be very annoying. The story builds extremely slowly and I enjoyed it mostly for the worldbuilding

Inkdeath

by Cornelia Funke · published 2007 · read 2007-03-01

Concluding the Inkworld series, and concluding it well. Like all the books, it's a bit too long with characters who are just a bit too bland. But this book at least has a good share of action and plotting (possibly too much, looking at its

Die Wilden Hühner

by Cornelia Funke · published 1993 · read 2004-11-01

Generic-but-good girl series, where the girls do lots of adventurous things and are way cooler than the boys, and very matter-of-fact. I liked it a bit as a kid, though I mostly read it for lack of other things to read. I can still name som

Die Wilden Hühner und das Glück der Erde

by Cornelia Funke · published 2000 · read 2008-03-01

Inevitably, there is a horse book. Because girls. And horses. That seems to be the reasoning, at least as far as I remember it.

Herr der Diebe

by Cornelia Funke · published 2000 · read 2001-07-01

Possibly my first good magical realism book. I loved this so much that I took the real name of one of the characters as my alter ego name in adventure stories I was writing at the time.

Die Wilden Hühner: Fuchsalarm

by Cornelia Funke · published 1998 · read 2004-10-01

More adventuring, more summer gang stuff. I enjoyed it at the time and will never read it again.

Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost

by Cornelia Funke · published 1993 · read 2001-02-01

I have a vaguely positive memory of this book, but that's about it. The protagonist was nice, had an annoying older sister, and dealt with ghosts with cleverness and hacked up techy devices? It's the Cornelia Funke boy series to her more fa

Igraine the Brave

by Cornelia Funke · published 1998 · read 2004-02-01

Igraine is a very sweet book for kids. Igraine wants to be a knight, not a boring wizard like everybody else in her family, and she gets her wish – and has to save her family in the process. A bit saccharine in the general tone, possibly, b

Die Wilden Hühner und die Liebe

by Cornelia Funke · published 2003 · read 2005-10-01

The summer gang at their most generic: Suddenly, the boys are more than just an annoyance. Though they keep being annoying, of course. Captured the feeling of my early adolescence well, and as such I will never read it again.

Little Brother

by Cory Doctorow · published 2008 · read 2013-05-01

Cory is always preaching. I don't like preachy books (look at all my Narnia hate). Even when I like the message, as I do here, I'd like to be taken more seriously as a reader.

Red Team Blues

by Cory Doctorow · published 2023 · read 2024-01-31

James Bond, if he were 67, and very annoying and performative and prone to info-dumps about tech. The entire book is so weird – painfully inoffensive, not pushing a topic (except maybe “non-bullshit blockchains are possible”?), flat, uneven

An Alchemy of Masques and Mirrors

by Curtis Craddock · published 2017 · read 2021-11-25

Faux-Bourbon France fantasy in a world where a weird magical faux-Christian religion has the nobility consist of mostly vampires (France), mostly teleporting mirror walkers (Spain) and various other descendents of "Apostles". It's all very

The Ghoul Goes West

by Dale Bailey · published 2018 · read 2019-02-05

As the title suggests, The Ghoul Goes West may be nice if you're an Old Hollywood buff, but otherwise it falls flat.

Hyperion

by Dan Simmons · published 1989 · read 2018-11-16

I think my problem with Hyperion were my expectations. The book is touted as one of the best scifi books out there, and it didn't live up to that. Apart from this, though, it's a fine scifi book – relatable characters, each presenting t

Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe · published 1719 · read 2005-11-01

Reading Crusoe as a 12-year-old is not exactly the best experience. Possibly the translation's fault, granted – but nevertheless, I never felt like returning to this overly ornate writing of a rather dull story. I know, I know! It's written

Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman · published 2011 · read 2018-05-29

Reproduction crisis hits hard, doesn't it. People who buy too much of Kahneman's book are insufferable.

Tyll

by Daniel Kehlmann · published 2017 · read 2022-09-26

Didn't do a ton for me. Well-written, though, and I do feel like I should read more German books. The historical tie-ins with the 30-years war contrasted nicely with the occasional (and appropriate) fairy-tale feeling of the world, and Tyll

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes · published 1966 · last read 2023-03-15

I liked Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes – even though the ending in itself felt predictable, it was very clear that the journey to that ending was the core of the book. It's not an easy question: How much does intelligence dete

The Rook

by Daniel O'Malley · published 2012 · last read 2023-03-13

Wow! This book has bits of Charles Stross in it (as in: secret modern British agency dealing with the supernatural), but at the same time it's totally different. More action oriented, fast-paced, witty, and it never felt like a Laundry kn

Low Town

by Daniel Polansky · published 2011 · read 2022-12-22

Anti-hero protagonist deals drugs, grumps around, hides his heart, gets fucked around with and fucks around with others, and, as forgotten war hero and ex-special police dude, decides to clear up a series of murders. Very grim, much dark.

Tomorrow, the Killing

by Daniel Polansky · published 2012 · read 2023-02-27

The distance between the aristocrats and the lowest of the low is drawn fairly neatly, even though we only see the criminal underworld. As always, there are just a tad too many witticisms for my taste, but the story is decent, and, cruciall

HTTP/3 explained

by Daniel Stenberg · published 2018 · read 2020-01-12

HTTP/3 Explained is a little free booklet by curl developer Daniel Stenberg explaining the principles and history behind HTTP/3. I liked the inclusion of recent history and explanation of discussions in the working groups. There is also som

Influx

by Daniel Suarez · published 2014 · read 2018-07-11

Influx by Daniel Suarez was disappointing, especially since I enjoyed Daemon. Influx bore all the marks of a sub-par action movie, with one Deus ex Machina chasing the next, random high-powered technology spawning all along, a big reveal

Freedom™

by Daniel Suarez · published 2010 · read 2014-02-13

Builds very well on Daemon, and while it sure is a nerd power fantasy in the end, the execution is good.

Daemon

by Daniel Suarez · published 2006 · read 2011-03-01

Great AI story. I liked it a lot, 'cause I'm a nerd. It's too into showing off that all the research has been done, so probably less readable to non-nerds. Though at this point, reality has caught up sufficiently that the whole thing should

Second Person, Present Tense

by Daryl Gregory · published 2005 · read 2020-04-24

Yes, wow, please. Cuts off rudely instead of being a book. I'm slightly shaken, for the better. Also, note how this is a zombie story, and not a zombie story at all. If not for the lack of a catchphrase, I might make this my new go-to refer

Reluctant Swordsman

by Dave Duncan · published 1988 · read 2022-11-14

Mind candy, popcorn read. Felt like Royal Road quality despite being published in the 80s. Wallie is Mr Self Insert, teleported on death from a hospital to be a hero in a fantasy world, complete with religions, evil priests, very nearly ver

The Legions of Fire

by David Drake · published 2010 · read 2020-07-20

The Legions of Fire is Historical Fantasy: It takes place in Ancient Rome while Tiberius is emperor, only that Rome is called Carce, so that Drake doesn't get punched by history nerds. Though the history nerds would have just about zero

With the Lightnings

by David Drake · published 1998 · read 2021-07-04

Being a fan of both the Vorkosigan Saga and of the Lord Peter Wimsey books, it's no surprise that I enjoyed this book a to

Lt Leary, Commanding

by David Drake · published 2000 · read 2022-04-20

All the Lt Leary books are the same: Go to a place under the assumption of ordered action (or usually even a peaceful unimportant diplomatic mission), shit explodes, and it gets heroically solved by Daniel Leary with impeccable manners, tha

Legend

by David Gemmell · published 1984 · read 2021-03-20

On my reading list, this book had the note "Big heroic classic fantasy", and that's exactly what it is. Big damn heroes doing heroic things. The aging hero coming back one more time, the hopelessly besieged city, the … young fated couple

Shield of Thunder

by David Gemmell · published 2006 · read 2022-01-31

Second part of the Troy series, and I'm a bit less impressed (but still happy to read on!). Three new main characters are thrown into the mix (Andromache's lover, plus Kalliades and Banokles), in addition to the already established Helikaon

Lord of the Silver Bow

by David Gemmell · published 2005 · read 2021-08-21

David Gemmell shines when he writes warriors, no two ways about it. Lord of the Silver Bow is an adventure story set in and around Troy, before the Trojan war. Our protagonist is called Heliakon, a merchant (he doesn't like his first name

Fall of Kings

by David Gemmell · published 2007 · read 2023-03-02

Solid, but also rambling and less tight than the previous books. More nods towards names you already know, but that didn’t add too much in themselves, more as a nudge-nudge, wink-wink, like having one of the women in last-minute bow-trainin

Every Day

by David Levithan · published 2012 · read 2018-06-06

It's a nice premise, but the execution was somewhat lacking. Too dramatic, too predictable, and not going far enough. Interesting take on a groundhog-style premise though.

Infoquake

by David Louis Edelman · published 2006 · read 2015-03-01

The war is now fought in sales pitches, product demos and press releases. The life of the future, as seen by somebody who reads (but does not like) Wall Street Journal. Economy cyberpunk?

We Are Legion

by Dennis E. Taylor · published 2016 · read 2022-04-16

This is what peak geek power fantasy looks like. Jeez. Bob makes a strong case for Most Punchable Protagonist. I suppose you could read it as reminder that a singularity doesn't mean problems are solved, and that AI can be just as incompete

Dark Lord of Derkholm

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1998 · read 2020-07-30

It has been over a decade since I read my last book by Diana Wynne Jones, but I'd like to think that I would have recognised this as hers by the playful prose and convoluted plot where you will miss half the fun if you blink. I had left thi

Cart and Cwidder

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1975 · read 2021-08-07

Neat YA book. Read this as comfort read and because you can't go wrong with Diana Wynne Jones, really. A group of teenagers thrust into political conflict, with a side of magic, by way of mythical music, handled by them as a wandering troup

The Lives of Christopher Chant

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1978 · last read 2022-11-19

Chrestomanci was my first encounter with the phenomenon that is Diana Wynne Jones. I liked the books – they seemed to strike the tricky balance between whimsy, absurdity, and having an actual plot. I can still remember how Christopher sta

The Magicians of Caprona

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1980 · last read 2022-11-21

Romeo and Juliet: magic edition! Feuding Italian families, throwing magic at each other and being delightfully temperamental. Add in nosy kids, moody teenagers, snarky cats and almighty matriarchs … yes, I really like this book. It's amon

Conrad’s Fate

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 2005 · last read 2022-11-22

Young Chrestomanci, as seen by outside eyes. Fun, but mostly fun if you have read any other book of the series. Gave me Doctor Who vibes, funnily enough.

Witch Week

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1982 · last read 2022-11-20

Parallel England, where a teacher at a boarding school is accused of witchcraft. The inquisition is called and a terrified pupil has to look for a way out … It gets very dark very fast. Not my favourite Chrestomanci book, but still solid.

Howl’s Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1986 · read 2009-10-01

This book confused me a lot when I first read it (to be fair: it is a confusing book). Then I watched the movie a year or two later, and I didn't connect it with the book at all. It only came to me slowly over the course of months that th

Drowned Ammet

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1977 · read 2022-05-13

This is a very weird one for me. I generally vibe with Diana Wynne Jones, but this book? I don't know, it was fine but I constantly felt like I should hold onto lore in preparation for the other two books in the series, and somehow integr

Charmed Life

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 1977 · last read 2022-11-18

Cat and Gwendolen felt real and the plot came back to me in no time. I keep loving how Diana Wynne Jones manages to not feel condescending towards children, but still make the adult world seem mildly incomprehensible and muddled. She does t

The Pinhoe Egg

by Diana Wynne Jones · published 2006 · read 2022-11-23

The only Chrestomanci book my school library didn't have. Enjoyed it, showed cool development. Lots of recurring characters who work fine if you don't recognise them, but even better if you do. Christopher's children and their friends and t

Wizards at War

by Diane Duane · published 2005 · read 2016-05-15

While there was a lot of action, the book still dragged on and on for me. I liked the recurring characters, and even the resolution, but I didn't care for the pacing, and while the dangers and risks sounded dire, they didn't feel like it. N

High Wizardry

by Diane Duane · published 1990 · read 2016-05-08

Wow. Easily my favourite book of the series so far.

A Wizard Abroad

by Diane Duane · published 1993 · read 2016-05-09

Nita goes to Ireland - it felt less important, somehow, and just like following a pattern. But since the pattern is good, I still enjoyed reading it.

A Wizard of Mars

by Diane Duane · published 2010 · read 2016-05-17

I loved this one. Even if you're not a space nut, or not a real sci-fi fan, I suspect this book will really work for you. The combination of space, and magic, and physics, and human and alien conflict, sprinkled with a bit of time line tech

The Door into Sunset

by Diane Duane · published 1992 · read 2021-04-14

Silly me, I assumed that this series was a trilogy. This book was published in 1992 and doesn't wrap up the series. There were some news on the final volume in 2018/2019, nothing since then. Sad stuff, I would have loved a real ending, and

The Door Into Fire

by Diane Duane · published 1979 · read 2019-11-15

I loved The Door Into Fire by Diane Duane a whole lot. It's incredibly character-focused fantasy, to the point of reminding me strongly of Lois McMaster Bujold for its strong characters and Ursula Le Guin for its sensitive, almost lyr

The Door Into Shadow

by Diane Duane · published 1984 · read 2020-04-30

Brutal, in a good way. Incredible character-building. Story arc is so Duane that you'd recognise it anywhere, but let's not pretend that this is a bad thing.

A Wizard Alone

by Diane Duane · published 2002 · read 2016-05-12

This one was again much better, and illustrates a lot of the reasons I enjoy this series. I love how Duane deals with autism here, in many ways. I love how she takes care to take it seriously, and doesn't paint it as a defect. Kit has diffi

So You Want to Be a Wizard

by Diane Duane · published 1983 · read 2016-05-05

I really loved this book - it reminded me of Harry Potter, naturally, but better written and better thought-out. Magic actually has a system, people have motivations and actions have actual consequences.

The Wizard’s Dilemma

by Diane Duane · published 2001 · read 2016-05-09

Nita faces temptation … a lot. Felt like a Hiob story in many ways. She has to deal with her mother dying and learns how to change whole universes to try and deal with it. Reminded me a lot of Buffy in the same situation, only a lot younger

Wizard’s Holiday

by Diane Duane · published 2003 · read 2016-05-13

This was a very generic book in the series. Didn't dislike it, but... yeah

Deep Wizardry

by Diane Duane · published 1985 · read 2016-05-07

I liked the first book in the series a bit more, although Duane does a lot of nice world-building here, both regarding the deep ocean and the whales, and Nita's family (Dairine, mom, and dad).

Spock’s World

by Diane Duane · published 1988 · read 2022-09-03

Diane Duane can write anything, as long as she's allowed to bring some mysticism into it. Spock's World combines Vulkan's history (and pre-history) with present-day problems and well-known characters into a wonderful adventure. As always in

Die Habsburger ohne Reich

by Dieter Kindermann · published 2010 · read 2020-07-18

★☆☆☆☆ (did not finish)

This book was honestly, truly, terrible. I picked it up because as a history nerd, "where did this family end up" is always an interesting prompt. I had not thought that a single book could contain this amount of disjointed anecdotes, self-

Metro 2033

by Dmitry Glukhovsky · published 2002 · read 2018-08-13

I did not finish because the English translation was really really really bad. I got up to about 40%. Nice setting, but world-building comes mostly in infodumps. Story seemed interesting though.

In the Teeth of the Evidence

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1933 · read 2020-05-09

Collection of short stories: A Wimsey, two-ish Eggs, and then a lot of random stuff. Sadly I like Sayers best when she does characters and snark, and least when she concentrates on plots (her plots are not great), so this wasn't for me.

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1933 · read 2005-12-01

Murder Must Advertise is such a fun book. Witty, word-play-y, though it works best if you're already familiar with Lord Peter. Great characterisations, and not even that bad of a plot (always the weak point with Sayers). The characters were

Whose Body?

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1923 · read 2019-09-29

I read and re-read a lot of Dorothy L. Sayers in German when I was a kid, around 10. I loved those books to bits, so I started wondering if they were as good as I remembered. I started my re-read in the beginning, with Whose Body?, an

Lord Peter Views the Body

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1928 · last read 2020-01-05

This collection is a very nice mix of Lord Peter Wimsey stories. I particularly liked the ones where he's an under-cover spy, and the one where he and his nephew go on a treasuer hunt. While the plot quality varies a bit, the writing and ch

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1934 · read 2005-08-01

I stand by my previous 5 star rating even on the re-read. Of course, this is heavily influenced by the fact that I read this book several times as a kid, but still – I think it is a good book. It's definitely by far my favourite book from D

Striding Folly

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1972 · read 2020-02-22

Three Wimsey short stories, one of which doesn't really feature him at all. The other two show him as a family man, first on the night of the birth of his first child, then as the father of three children. Beautifully one as family study (n

Hangman’s Holiday: A Collection of Short Mysteries

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1933 · read 2020-01-27

This collection has two types of stories: Lord Peter Wimsey ones and Montague Egg ones. On the upside, the Lord Peter stories have great characters and witty banter, so they are fun to read even though their plots are a bit stupid or dull.

Clouds of Witness

by Dorothy L. Sayers · published 1926 · read 2006-06-01