Killing machine or romantic lead? Cursed, born, or bitten? Are you Team Jacob or more of an American Werewolf in London fan? These days, werewolves have range. So however you like your lycanthropes, there’s something out there for you. Whether…
Killing machine or romantic lead? Cursed, born, or bitten? Are you Team Jacob or more of an American Werewolf in London fan? These days, werewolves have range. So however you like your lycanthropes, there’s something out there for you. Whether…
James Patterson is one of the biggest selling authors of all time. He’s sold more than 300 million books worldwide, including 84 million in just the past decade. That’s also landed him at the top of the list of wealthiest…
Neil Gaiman once said that he was “like sushi, I’m something only a few people like.” Then, “gradually you get to this point where an awful lot of people like sushi, and suddenly, sushi kind of works.” Gaiman’s books definitely…
Raymond Chandler is the quintessential American writer. Born in 1888, Chandler always loved writing, but failed to make an impression as a journalist. He abandoned any dream of the hobby when a fellow writer he considered more talented committed what…
Fantasy novels are frequently filled with evil wizards, dark powers, black knights and hellish monsters. This genre explores the dark side of nature—our lust for power, need for revenge, our weakness in the face of despair or temptation. So, in…
Stephen King is one of the world’s most prolific writers. He has written over eighty novels and shows no sign of slowing down. Born in Maine in 1947, many attribute his fascination with the horror genre to a tragic incident…
Stories of reanimated corpses have circulated for centuries, but it wasn’t until George Romero’s classic 1968 film Night of the Living Dead that zombies became a staple of horror fiction. Horror tropes play on our most primordial fears, so it’s…
There are few modern writers as divisive as Chuck Palahniuk. His minimalist, repetitive style and bleak, amoral universes can be tough to enjoy; he’s admitted to purposefully twisting his prose to make it more difficult for readers to digest. Throw…
Dangerous, salacious, and blood soaked – vampire stories never go out of fashion. No matter the era, vampires exude style and draw readers in with that distinctive, enticing push and pull between the grotesque and the arousing. What are some…