How to Solve Your Own Murder
“‘My favorite chess saying is very simple: you can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’”
Odriel’s Heirs
“To the bravest, he gave the power of the Dragon— of fire… He cloaked the cunning in shadow— to walk unseen. And to the kind, he gave his healing touch.”
I Must Betray You
“His words still haunt me. ‘You’re Cristian Florescu and I know what you’ve done.’”
Save Me an Orange
I don’t know what makes good poetry, but this book made me think about it…
Throne of Glass
“‘You could rattle the stars. You could do anything, if you only dared. And deep down, you know it, too. That’s what scares you most.’”
Ace, Marvel, Spy
“When we’re forty, love, we’ll look back and realize we have everything we’ve ever wanted.”
Fairest of All
The villain origin story of the wicked Queen in Snow White.
One Woman’s War
“Deceiving the Nazis was one thing, deceiving her husband was quite another.”
Sparkly Green Earrings
“Every mother knows the reason Robert Frost took the road less traveled is because he wasn’t traveling with children who needed to go to the bathroom every thirty minutes.”
The Vanishing Half
“You can escape town, but you cannot escape blood. Somehow, the Vignes twins believed themselves capable of both.”
Recursion
“What do you cling to, moment to moment, if memories can simply change? What, then, is real? And if the answer is nothing, where does that leave us?”
Crying in H Mart
“Within 5 years, I lost both my aunt and my mother to cancer. When I go to H Mart I’m searching for memories. I’m collecting the evidence that the Korean half of my identity didn’t die when they did.”
Tactics
“If we disqualify legitimate discussion, we compromise our ability to know the truth, and error can thrive without restraint.”
Thieves’ Gambit
“Know your exits, pick the best one. That was my thing, wasn’t it? Always knowing the best way out.”
Moonflower Murders
A classic whodunnit with the same book within a book style of Horowitz’s previous book, Magpie Murders.
A Flicker in the Dark
“Monsters don’t hide in the woods; they aren’t shadows in the trees or invisible things lurking in darkened corners. No, the real monsters move in plain sight. They lived among us.”
The Overnight Guest
A suspenseful story set in rural Iowa in the middle of a blizzard.
Morning Star
“Slavery is not peace. Freedom is peace. And until we have that, it is our duty to make war.”
Night Falls on Predicament Avenue
"It was as if the sun had gone down at 322 Predicament Avenue the night Naomi’s murdered body had been found, and it had never risen again.”
Golden Son
“Home isn’t where you’re from, it’s where you find light when all grows dark. Find your home, Darrow, and you’ll never be lost again.”