Discover new books on Goodreads
See if your friends have read any of Andrew Hook's books
Andrew’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Andrew’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Andrew Hook’s Followers (59)
903 books
|
2,068 friends
1,456 books
|
336 friends
422 books
|
294 friends
63,438 books
|
263 friends
2,143 books
|
596 friends
738 books
|
4,993 friends
738 books
|
43 friends
199 books
|
85 friends
More friends…
Andrew Hook
Goodreads Author
Website
Twitter
Member Since
January 2009
To ask
Andrew Hook
questions,
please sign up.
Popular Answered Questions
|
The Immortalists
—
published
2014
—
4 editions
|
|
|
Candescent Blooms
—
published
2022
—
2 editions
|
|
|
And God Created Zombies
by
—
published
2009
|
|
|
Moon Beaver
—
published
2004
|
|
|
Ponthe Oldenguine
—
published
2010
—
2 editions
|
|
|
Throttle Body
|
|
|
Bang!
by
—
published
2023
|
|
|
punkPunk!
by
—
published
2015
|
|
|
The Greens
—
published
2016
—
3 editions
|
|
|
Human Maps
—
published
2016
—
2 editions
|
|
Why The Dead Dream
My short story titled "Why The Dead Dream" has recently been published in issue #2 of Velvet Tarantula magazine, and as usual I'm blogging a few words about how the piece came to be written. There may be spoilers within.
"Why The Dead Dream" is one of ten stories I've written on the subject of grief. These will appear in a short collection titled "Tokens Of Grief" which has been accepted by a publi
Read more of this blog post »
Andrew’s Recent Updates
|
Andrew Hook
wrote a new blog post
|
|
|
Andrew
is currently reading
|
|
|
Andrew
rated a book really liked it
|
|
| Maigret is in Vichy to 'take the waters' as recommended by his doctor and whilst there becomes an observer to the local police force as they solve a murder. This is an intriguing addition to the series, as Maigret's role in the investigation isn't di ...more | |
"One way to describe Jo Mazelis’s collection Ritual, 1969 might be to say that it is a collection of spooky, unearthly stories that send out creeping, troubling tendrils, but another might be to talk of pleochroic crystals that reveal different colour"
Read more of this review »
|
|
|
Andrew
is currently reading
|
|
|
Andrew
rated a book liked it
|
|
| I enjoyed reading these four novella length stories set in Modern China, particularly the opener, "It Runs In The Family", where family dynamics are pushed to the limit when one of them unexpectedly commits and crime; and the final story, "You'll Do ...more | |
|
Andrew
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| I very much enjoyed this novel which includes many elements that I will always enjoy: ruminations on lost films, the impermancy of life, the nature and relevance of art, the effect that the past has on the future but only if you choose that future. A ...more | |
|
Andrew
rated a book really liked it
|
|
| I enjoyed this short story which contained enough threads for a novel yet was also just right in this format. There is a singular eerieness running through it, of something not quite connected, which greatly appealed. | |
|
Andrew
rated a book liked it
|
|
| I quite enjoyed this Maigret novel although the translation felt looser somehow, in an almost undefinable way, to the extent that on this occasion it could have been any detective solving the crime. Perhaps it was the odd nature of the plot which I f ...more | |
|
Andrew
rated a book liked it
|
|
| I quite enjoyed this short story although it's more of a collection of thoughts than a tale. Whilst it isn't much more than that, either, there is something hypnotic about it. It does demonstrate how single story chapbooks focus the reader, however, ...more | |
Topics Mentioning This Author
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Fez Publis...: Atomic Fez Authors on Goodreads | 4 | 15 | Nov 23, 2010 01:50PM | |
| Goodreads Librari...: [COMPLETE] New Book: Reports from the Deep End | 10 | 77 | Apr 07, 2023 05:44AM | |
| Spells, Space & S...: Professor Charlatan Bardot’s Travel Anthology to the Most (Fictional) Haunted Buildings in the Weird, Wild World (September 2023) | 36 | 16 | Dec 17, 2023 03:06PM |
ENC Press Books
— 260 members
— last activity Nov 29, 2016 01:17PM
ENC PRESS is the intelligent alternative to traditional publishing: a small but completely independent boutique press whose specialty is social satire ...more
Atomic Fez Publishing
— 32 members
— last activity Sep 03, 2013 01:54PM
Small Press Publisher who is also a bit small himself.
ScienceOnline
— 50 members
— last activity Feb 28, 2012 10:33AM
Virtual book club for ScienceOnline, an initiative created by Bora Zivcovik and Anton Zuiker. Group will be fairly freeform, allowing members to discu ...more
Weird Books!
— 547 members
— last activity Jun 03, 2026 12:49PM
Are you the author of a weird book? Are you enjoying a weird book that you'd like to tell others about? Are you an actual weird book that has somehow ...more
Friends of Chômu Press
— 89 members
— last activity Mar 24, 2017 01:04PM
The greatest enemy of art and of suicide is the world's indifference. -Quentin S. Crisp, from All God's Angels, Beware! Mission: A group dedicate ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 339179 members
— last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more