From the great Alan Moore, writer of Watchmen. What is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen about? Comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was initially presented as a kind “Justice League of Victorian England” but evolved to become something more literate and more … extraordinary….
For a long time, X-Men comics were just a second thought at Marvel Comics. And then, Jonathan Hickman came. What is the X-Men by Jonathan Hickman series about? A new era begins for the mutants of the Marvel World. With artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva, writer Jonathan Hickman used past, present, and future to…
Soon, there will be a Watchmen TV show on HBO that will have some connexions with the original comics. It’s not new, DC writers don’t seem capable of stopping expanding the world created by Alan Moore. Here is a guide. What is the Watchmen comic book series about? Published by DC Comics in 1986 and…
From The Princess Diaries writer comes a supernatural romance for teenagers and young adults. What is The Mediator about? The Mediator is a series written by Meg Cabot. The story follows Susannah “Suze” Simon, a mediator-a liaison between the living and the dead. Simply put, she sees dead people and then must help them resolve…
All of Edward Rutherfurd’s Books in Order! Who is Edward Rutherfurd? Born Francis Edward Wintle in Salisbury, England in 1948, Edward Rutherfurd is a writer of epic historical novels. In his books, he chronicles the history of a place through the lens of four to six fictional families. Edward Rutherfurd didn’t become immediately a writer….
By the author of the Tony Hill & Carol Jordan series. What is the Kate Brannigan series about? Written by Scottish crime writer Val McDermid, this thriller series is about private investigator Kate Brannigan in Manchester, England. Kate Brannigan is a Thai boxing, rock-and-roll female private detective. She works as a junior partner in a…
Now a Netflix series. What is the Sweet Magnolias series about? Written by Sherryl Woods, the author of the Chesapeake Shores series, the Sweet Magnolias is a series of contemporary romance novels. This is the story of the Sweet Magnolias-Raylene, Sue, Helen, Jeanette, Laura, and more-women who live in the warm, cozy, and wrongly-called town…
Welcome to Elantra, a city ruled by Dragons! What is the Chronicles of Elantra series about? Written by Japanese-Canadian author Michelle Michiko Sagara, The Chronicles of Elantra is a fantasy series set in the fantastical city of Elantra. The story revolves around the magical adventures of Private Kaylin Neya, a young woman with a complicated…
Murder in the “Granite City.” What is the Logan McRae series about? Published in the UK since 2005, The Logan McRae series is written by the Scottish writer Stuart MacBride, also known for his Oldcastle novels. These crime thrillers sometimes described as “Tartan Noir” are set in the “Granite City” of Aberdeen and follow the…
Do you like Douglas Adams and P.G. Wodehouse? Then, chances are you’ll like Thursday Next literary world. What is the Thursday Next series about? Thurday Next lives in a parallel universe, where England is a republic, with George Formby as its first president, elected following the success of Operation Sea Lion (the mooted Nazi invasion…
By the author of the Dorothy Martin mysteries. What is the Hilda Johansson series about? Coming from the American author Jeane M. Dams, the Hilda Johansson series is a cozy historical murder mystery series. The series is about young Hilda Johansson, a Swedish housemaid to the fabulously wealthy Studebaker family in South Bend, Indiana. Set…
All of Jo Baker’s books in order! Who is Jo Baker? Jo Baker is a British writer. She studied English Literature at Somerville College, Oxford, before moving to Belfast to study for an MA in Irish literature at Queen’s University. There she completed a Ph.D. on the Anglo-Irish novelist Elizabeth Bowen. That was during that…
