James Ellroy's trilogy of historical potboilers. Quite a neat and paranoid rewriting of history. Staccato prose, not for the limp of wrist:
American Tabloid The Cold Six Thousand Blood's A Rover
(Not read the last one yet, it's currently third in the pile behind Dawkins' newey and David Kynaston's 'Family Britain'. His LA Trilogy is pretty good too, labyrinthine plots, grisly murders and scurrilous gossip)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, Stieg Larsson
Anything by Anne Rice, Stephanie Meyer or Charlaine Harris (spot the theme there....)
and if I'm stuck in an airport looking for something to read I usually go straight for one of the Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, but that's more of a Ronseal than a hearty recommendation....
Patrick Ness - Chaos walking trilogy
ReplyDeleteThe Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men.
Little Big, John Crowley
John Wyndham
Alisdair Reynolds
Robert Silverberg
Ray Bradbury
Iain Banks
Gorges Perec
Jonathan Carrol
Tim Powers
James Ellroy's trilogy of historical potboilers. Quite a neat and paranoid rewriting of history. Staccato prose, not for the limp of wrist:
ReplyDeleteAmerican Tabloid
The Cold Six Thousand
Blood's A Rover
(Not read the last one yet, it's currently third in the pile behind Dawkins' newey and David Kynaston's 'Family Britain'. His LA Trilogy is pretty good too, labyrinthine plots, grisly murders and scurrilous gossip)
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very good idea. Can we have one for fillums too?
ReplyDeleteSure, Sheff. I just found out how easy to set up these page thingies is. No problem.
ReplyDeleteOh, and music would be good... I'll try not to hog it.
ReplyDeleteIf you have a genre left Montana how about Science?
ReplyDeleteYeah, science would be good.
ReplyDeleteI'll see if I can move things around a bit.
ReplyDeleteAnything by John Wyndham
ReplyDeleteTCAM Harper Lee
Time Traveller's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy, Stieg Larsson
Anything by Anne Rice, Stephanie Meyer or Charlaine Harris (spot the theme there....)
and if I'm stuck in an airport looking for something to read I usually go straight for one of the Scarpetta series by Patricia Cornwell, but that's more of a Ronseal than a hearty recommendation....
Oh and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen! (Paul Torday)
ReplyDeleteThis is a good idea.
ReplyDelete"Invisible" by Paul Auster
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