Things have been dark recently, and I know I’ve been searching for an escape, so I thought I’d give you geeks some lists of some of my favorite escapes.

I’m starting with fantasy, and we’ll see if I want to do more beyond that. In the mean time, I’ll link back to the various posts here.

As always, if you click through one of my links to amazon and buy a book, I’ll get a few pieces of pennies that will eventually add up to MORE BOOKS.

Supernatural Mysteries:
Ben Aaronovitch , Paul Cornell, Simon R. Green, Justin Gustainis, Lisa Shearin, Liz Williams

Supernatural Fantasy, Female Protagonists:
Ilona Andrews, Patricia Briggs, Jeaniene Frost, Faith Hunter, Daniel O’Malley, Nicole Peeler, Carrie Vaughn

Supernatural Fantasy, Male Protagonists:
Mike Carey, Sergei Lukyanenko, Daniel José Older, Rob Thurman

Urban Fantasy:
Paul Cornell, Charles de Lint, Neil Gaiman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Jane Lindskold, Terry Pratchett, Brandon Sanderson

Fantasy, Straight Up:
Steven Brust, David Eddings, Diana Gabaldon, Barry Hughart, Ellen Kushner, Dennis L. McKiernan, Terry Pratchett, Sean Russell, Thieves’ World

Fantasy, Young Adult:
Susan Bischoff, Lish McBride, Garth Nix, Pat O’Shea, Daniel José Older, Megan Whalen Turner, Caroline Stevermer, Patricia C. Wrede

Mysteries:
Police: John Burdett, Andrea Camilleri, Arnaldur Indridason, Ian Rankin
Historical: Michelle Diener, Tracy/Teresa Grant, Anna Lee Huber, Kate Ross