Jen 'first day lizards!' Williams Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Jen 'first day lizards!' Williams on XAward-winning author of fantasy, crime & horror fiction, represented by @mushenska. Skeletor fan girl. Video game obsessive. This Barbie is a goblin.

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley JacksonWolf Hall - Mantel Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Chabon We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Jackson The Tombs of Atuan - Le Guin Little Friend - Tartt Under Heaven - Kay Last Unicorn - Beagle The Summer Book - Jansson Circe - Miller Crimson Petal & the White - Faber https://t.co/1J1YbHa3DQ
Hardcover, 2021
$26.00Member price:$13.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Dark and Secret Place: A Thriller
Jen WilliamsOh ho wow, my copies of the paperback edition of A Dark and Secret Place* have arrived and I am OBSESSED with this cover. The colour, the font, the blurb from the wonderful @abigailsdean, the sense of menace! I love it. The paperback is our in the US on the 7th of Feb 🥀🥀🥀🔪 https://t.co/x79BXhbnXv
Paperback, 2023
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pet Sematary
Stephen King@Leodora_ Ooo, Tokyo by Mo Hayder - and you can't go wrong with The Silence of the Lambs and Pet Sematary (the one Stephen King book I had to take a break from)
Paperback, 2024
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection Volume 8
Bill WattersonI was a big Garfield fan as a kid, and then I picked up Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons from my brother's living room floor one day and my mind was blown. C&H is truly a work of genius.
Paperback, 1992
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Beyond Black
Hilary MantelIn Beyond Black, the very landscape of England feels haunted as Alison flits between pubs and working men’s clubs, plying her trade. Here, you feel, you can’t walk down the road without being accosted by some dreadful little spirit.
Paperback, 2006
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Star Trek: New Frontier: Blind Man's Bluff
Peter David@bookiesnacksize @GenevieveCogman @AlanMac9 Peter David's star trek books were some of the best
Paperback, 2011
$21.99Member price:$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Manhattan Beach
Jennifer EganI finished reading Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. Is she capable of writing a bad book? I do not think so. Is she a genius? Yes very much.
Paperback, 2018
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poems
William BlakeToday I learned that William Blake liked one of Wordsworth's poems so much he nearly shit himself to death https://t.co/oJQ19b7G3j
Paperback, 2016
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Maureen Callahan@andyangel44 yeah, he was a monster alright 😑 The book is American Predator by Maureen Callahan
Paperback, 2020
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Landmarks
Robert MacFarlaneLandmarks by Robert Macfarlane was my favourite non-fiction read this year - exploring the bond between landscape, language and literature, this book was a treasure trove of delightful words. I keep returning to the glossaries to find inspiration for my fantasy WIP. https://t.co/75jiQ3H1To
Paperback, 2016
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book