2026 Book Reviews

I was admittedly out of my depth with this, and getting through it took some work. Wolfe is wilfully disorienting and gives the reader little in the way of guidance and context. He builds an authentic sense of navigating something entirely alien and unfamiliar to the reader. Surreal and massively sinister, and entirely unlike any other fantasy I have ever read.

I read all three after seeing the movie. Each one delivers a satisfying twist, whilst slightly formulaic, the formula works and develops new edges each time. Satisfying to read, and left me intrigued as to how they'll all be adapted to film.

Above and beyond my all time favorite true crime book, although it frequently transcends this 'genre'. Spanning decades, Scotland and Manchester are bought to life in dizzyingly specific detail, and the reader is left to wonder if there is any sense to be made of the horrors which came to define Brady's existence, and the philosophies which compelled him. Dostoevsky becomes a leitmotif of sorts. Keightley refrains from opining and commentary, until the very end. His take is phenomenal and expertly measured. An astonishingly good book that go under my skin and never really left.

One of my absolute favorite splatterpunk books. I love revenge themed horror, this has all the grotesque excesses of the genre, and is one of the earlier examples of it. The gore is backed up by a strong narrative and characters I felt invested in.

A worth reading splatterpunk novella. There's a sense of inevitabilty and dread as you're left speculating about the purpose of all the stories and the meeting in the motel room.