“I grew up on Tolkien’s elves and dwarves and spent the next twenty years looking for books that captured that same feeling the immortal melancholy of the Eldar, the stubborn pride of Durin’s folk while doing something genuinely new with…
“I’ve been obsessed with witch fantasy since before I could name the subgenre. From Circe rewriting Greek mythology to Strange Familiars building a magical veterinary school in 2026, I’ve read across every corner of this genre cozy, dark, historical, literary.…
“I’ve been chasing dragon stories since long before Fourth Wing made them a BookTok phenomenon. From Tolkien’s Smaug to Yarros’s Tairn, I’ve read widely across this corner of the genre tracking new releases, following Goodreads reader communities, and noting which…