Booklicious Podcast

The Sanatorium: Book by Sarah Pearse “Dark, suspenseful and downright chilling, Pearse’s debut, The Sanatorium, is a triumph. Vividly set against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps, it had me on the edge of my seat from the first page. Pearse’s writing is sublime. Pearse has a big future ahead of her.” — Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Mother-in-Law “The Sanatorium is definitely a debut nove...

The Paris Library: Book by Janet Skeslien Charles “What makes The Paris Library  such a tender read is Charles's firsthand experience… Her meticulous research brings these figures to life…. Together the true storylines provide wonderful insight into relationships and friendships that transcend time and place.” Website: https://gobookmart.com

Milk Fed: Book by Melissa Broder "Only Melissa Broder could dig into our obsessions, the ways our parents have ruined us, and blossoming queer love with such a bold panache." —Lit Hub "Few writers so innately understand or better capture the endless, palpable hunger that so many people carry around with them, day after day. This hunger is for food, for sex, for love, for compassion, for understand...

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted: Book by Suleika Jaouad “When the life we had is snatched away, how do we find the conviction to live another? Between Two Kingdoms will resonate with anyone who is living a different life than they planned to live. This is a propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude—and an intimate portrait of one woman’s sojourn in the wilderness bet...

The Four Winds: Book by Kristin Hannah " The Four Winds seems eerily prescient in 2021 . . . Its message is galvanizing and hopeful: We are a nation of scrappy survivors. We’ve been in dire straits before; we will be again. Hold your people close.”― The New York Times Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Ex Talk: Book by Rachel Lynn Solomon “ The Ex Talk  is an expertly crafted contemporary romance as well as a passionate love letter to public radio. With a crisp and affectionate attention to detail, Rachel Lynn Solomon breaths life across her pages that's so relatable you could sink right in.” Website : Https://gobookmart.com

The Prophets: Book by Robert Jones Jr. "May this book cast its spell on all of us , restore to us some memory of our most warrior and softest selves." — The New York Times Book Review  “A new kind of epic...A grand achievement...While The Prophets ' dreamy realism recalls the work of Toni Morrison...its penetrating focus on social dynamics stands out more singularly.” — Entertainment Wee...

The Gilded Ones: Book by Namina Forna "A dark feminist tale spun with blood and gold,  The Gilded Ones  lifts the veil of violent patriarchy and burns the idea of purity to the ground. Must read!" Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Project: Book by Courtney Summers "The beauty of the story lies in its focus on the downtrodden, the vulnerable, and the earnest, expressed with an enormous amount of empathy. A powerful, suspenseful, and heartbreaking thriller about identity, sisterhood, and belonging." - Kirkus Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Coffinmaker's Garden: Book by Stuart MacBride The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride. A village on the edgeAs a massive storm batters the Scottish coast, Gordon Smiths home is falling into the North Sea. Website : https://gobookmart.com

Exit: Book by Belinda Bauer “The most original amateur sleuth I’ve come across all year is Patrick Fort, the young hero of Belinda Bauer’s macabre mystery.” Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Mask Falling (The Bone Season Book 4): Book by Samantha Shannon “Keenly imagined . . . Atmospheric and unnerving . . . Once again, the predicaments are complicated and suspenseful, the new and returning characters are intriguing . . . For all its superbly choreographed action and paranormal inventiveness, this is, at heart, a gripping tale of trust and love, valor and sacrifice, and equality a...

Ink and Shadows: Book by Ellery Adams “Entertaining…packed with mystery, romance, and sisterhood.” Website : https://gobookmart.com

Concrete Rose: Book by Angie Thomas “This is the perfect example of a narrative that straddles the beauty and pain of belonging and having the courage to make your own choices…. Thomas writes with a depth of humor and clarity that really allows readers to bond with the characters.” Website : https://gobookmart.com

Across the Green Grass Fields: Book by Seanan McGuire “Welcome to the Hooflands. We’re happy to have you, even if you being here means something’s coming.” Website : https://gobookmart.com

Hall of Smoke: Book by H.M Long An outstanding epic fantasy debut, Hall of Smoke surprised me at every turn Website : https://gobookmart.com

In the Garden of Spite: Book by Camilla Bruce " In the Garden of Spite is a chilling, pitch-perfect novel that should finally make Belle Gunness a household name. A superb and unforgettable read."—Deanna Raybourn, New York Times bestselling author of A Murderous Relation Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Perfect Guests: Book by Emma Rous "The Perfect Guests is an engaging, unsettling tale of suspense, perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lucy Foley." Website : https://gobookmart.com

If I Disappear: Book by Eliza Jane Brazier “A skillful dissection of true-crime podcast culture and those obsessed with it, this new novel has more twists and fakeouts than an episode of Serial … If I Disappear throws into sharp relief how desensitized we can become when we treat real life like a game.” website : https://gobookmart.com

The Last Thing to Burn: Book by Will Dean A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this claustrophobic thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room . Website : https://gobookmart.com

Winterkeep: Book by Kristin Cashore - Book Review Podcast "While the novel will please fans by following characters familiar from previous books, particularly Bitterblue (2012), Lovisa soon moves to center stage in a sometimes wrenching, increasingly absorbing coming-of-age story. Readers who admire Cashore’s ability to create original settings, complex characters, and engaging narratives will fin...

Girl A | Book By Abigail Dean | Book Review | Novel Review " Girl A is truly my idea of the perfect book: gripping and beautifully written, with complex (and often chilling) characters that are fully realised, and hard to forget. I'll be thinking about this for a long, long time, so… Believe the hype – it really is that good." —Katie Lowe, author of The Furies Website : https://gobookmart.com

With The Shape of Darkness "Laura Purcell" has again pen-down a convincing historical novel with a lot of Gothic components and some supernatural tingles. Website : https://gobookmart.com

The Burning Girls : By - C. J. Tudor is The Burning Girls is a dark thrill ride set in a little village in Sussex with a dark history. An unconventional vicar must exorcise the dark past of a remote village haunted by death and disappearances in this explosive and unsettling thriller from the acclaimed author of  The Chalk Man . Website : https://gobookmart.com

Tales from the Hinterland (The Hazel Wood) : By - Melissa Albert - Book Review Podcast “ Tales from the Hinterland is filled with strange, creepy stories featuring characters readers of Albert’s previous works will recognize, along with horrifying new tales filled with blood and revenge, and women who want more than what they’re offered by both life and fate. Many of them meet tragic or terrifying...