Likely to become a seasonal classic, Wright’s story does what good Christmas stories do. It pulls at the heartstrings, taut from the grind of the world, and warms the bones with promises of hope and brotherly love. The main character of the story is a young woman, purposefully named Hope. Read more
Richard Adams’s larger-than-life story is compelling and full of high adventure, and his characters are vividly drawn and winning. Experienced fantasy fans cheer the heroes on. This rousing story of a band of rabbits who escape persecution to create a just society is full of clever strategies, a self-contained rabbit mythology, and much detail about nature. Read more
Part fantasy, part mystery, part code-breaking treasure hunt. Ember is a city in eternal darkness, only kept light by its increasingly unreliable electric system. Other systems are falling apart as well, and stockpiles of food and essentials that have lasted hundreds of years are running out. The city was only meant to last 220 years, and now it has been 241. But the instructions the Builders left have been lost and forgotten.