The Nyrdcast Book Shelf – Reviews
We read a lot around here…from comics to novels to autobiographies, we read a little bit of everything. This is your spot to check for reviews.
Fiction
- Blade Itself, The (The First Law Book 1)
- Cello’s Gate
- Fireballer, The: A Novel
- Fury of the Gods (The Bloodsworn Saga Book 3)
- Golden Son (Red Rising Book 2)
- Kings of the Wyld
- Martian, The
- Mindless, The
- Musashi: Book One – Earth, Water And Fire
- Network Effect (Murderbot Book 5)
- Star Wars: Lost Stars
- Tethered God, The
- This Is How You Lose The Time War
- To Nowhere In Particular
Non-Fiction
- Best.Movie.Year.Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- Bust A Move: Matt Dike Delicious Vinyl And The Hip-Hop Hits That First Conquered Pop
- Clubbie: A Minor League Baseball Memoir
- Fahrenheit-182
- Follow The Buzzards: Pro Wrestling In The Age of Covid-19
- Major League Debuts 2023
- Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
- Smash!: Green Day, the Offspring, Rancid, NoFX, and the ’90s Punk Explosion
- Too Sweet: Inside The Indie Wrestling Revolution
- The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife
Quick Hit Reviews
These are just little blurbs I wrote up, mainly for year end book lists. It gives you just enough to see why I liked them.
- 11/22/63: A Novel
- IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
- Ahead of the Curve: Inside The Baseball Revolution
- Anansi Boys
- Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- Big Data Baseball: Math, Miracles, and the End of A 20-Year Losing Streak
- Color Of Magic, The (Discworld Book 1)
- Devolution: A Firsthand Account of the Rainier Sasquatch Massacre
- Dune
- Feast of Crows, A (A Game Of Thrones Book 4)
- Firefly: The Magnificent Nine
- From Staircase To Stage: The Story of Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan
- Killing The Business: From Backyards to the Big Leagues
- Light Fantastic, The (Discworld Book 2)
- MVP Machine, The: How Baseball’s New Nonconformists Are Using Data to Build Better Players
- Office, The: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s
- Princess Bride, The
- Secrets of the Force: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars
- Star Wars: Dooku – Jedi Lost
- Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith
- Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason
- Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy – Chaos Rising
- Thanksgiving For Werewolves and Other Monstrous Tales
Graphic Novels
Anything with * is a quick hit review; I’ve reviewed comics as part of an old best of what I read each month, something I’m going to be starting back up in 2026.
- 100 Bullets Vol 1: First Shot, Last Call (DC/Vertigo)
- Alex and Ada Vol 1-3 (Image)
- Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol 17: Kraven’s Last Hunt (Marvel)*
- Batman: The Detective (DC Comics)
- Batman: White Knight (DC/Black Label)
- Black Science Vol 1: How to Fall Forever (Image)
- Bowie: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams (Insight Comics)*
- Cowboy Ninja Viking Vol 1-2 (Image)
- Criminal Vol 1: Coward (Image)
- Doctor 13: Architecture & Morality (DC)*
- Eternaut, The (Fantagraphic Books)*
- Falling In Love On The Path To Hell Vol 1 (Image)*
- Ghost Fleet: The Whole Goddamned Thing (Image)*
- In (Mariner Books)*
- Local Man Vol 1: Heartland (Image)
- Near Death (Image)
- New Mutants: Demon Bear (Marvel)*
- One Hand & The Six Fingers, The (Image)*
- Paper Girls Vol 1 (Image)
- Phonogram Vol 1: Rue Britannia (Image)
- Prophet Vol 1: Remission (Image)*
- Punk Rock Jesus (DC/Vertigo)*
- Rick Grimes 2000 (Image)*
- Road, The: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Abrams)*
- Sex Criminals Vol. 1-2 (Image)*
- Shazam!: Origins (DC)
- Shirtless Bear-Fighter! Vol 1 (Image)*
- Space-Mullet Vol 1: One Gamble at a Time (Image)*
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (DC)*
- Time Before Time Vol 1 (Image)*
- Ultramega Vol 1 (Image)*
- Usagi Yojimbo Vol 1: The Ronin (Fantagraphics)*
- Usagi Yojimbo Vol 2: Samurai (Fantagraphics)*
- Usagi Yojimbo Vol 3: The Wanderer’s Road (Fantagraphics)*
- Usagi Yojimbo Vol 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy (Fantagraphics)*
- Usagi Yojimbo Vol 5: Lone Goat And Kid (Fantagraphics)*
- Usagi Yojimbo: Special Edition #2 (Fantagraphics)*
- We Called Them Giants (Image)*
- Weapon X: The First Class (Marvel)
Individual Comic Books
Anything with * is a quick hit review; I’ve reviewed comics as part of the old weekly This Week… comic series (noting everything coming out on the DC and Marvel apps) and an old weekly review column.
- Absolute Power: Free Comic Day #1 (DC – 2024)*
- Absolute Power: Ground Zero #1 (DC – 2024)*
- Action Comics #1064 (DC)*
- Cable #3 (Marvel)*
- Cable #4 (Marvel)*
- Captain Carter #1 (Marvel)
- Dark Crisis #1 (DC)
- Destro #2 (Image – 2024)*
- Devil’s Reign: X-Men #3 (Marvel)
- Excalibur #13 (Marvel)
- Fight Club 2 #1 (Dark Horse)
- Hellions #7 (Marvel)
- Hellions #8 (Marvel)
- Immortal X-Men #1 (Marvel)
- Iron Man #14 (Marvel)*
- Marauders #1 (Marvel)
- Moon Man #3 (Image – 2024)
- Quick Stops #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
- Sentry #2 (Marvel – 2024)*
- Spider-Gwen: Smash #2 (Marvel – 2024)*
- Star Wars: The High Republic #1 (Marvel)
- Thunderbolts #2 (Marvel – 2024)*
- Transformers #10 (Image – 2023)*
- Ultimate Spider-Man #1 (Marvel – 2024)*
- Ultimate Spider-Man #2 (Marvel – 2024)*
- Void Rivals #11 (Image – 2023)*
- Way of X #1 (Marvel)
- Wolverine: Patch #1 (Marvel)
- X-Cellent #2 (Marvel)
- X-Factor #2 (Marvel – 2020)
- X-Men #13 (Marvel – 2020)
- X-Men Red #1 (Marvel)
- X-Men Unlimited #131 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #132 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #133 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #134 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #135 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #136 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #137 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #138 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #139 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #140 (Marvel Unlimited)
- X-Men Unlimited #141 (Marvel Unlimited)
Note: Anything listed as Marvel Unlimited or DC Universe Infinite are app exclusive comics.