Books 2007

[inulro]

I read 75 books in 2007. That's probably about 25 more than usual (most years I average a book a week). Oddly enough that's not entirely down to the amount of time I spent unemployed - the months that I wasn't working, or was only working part time, are not necessarily the months where I clocked up the most titles. So I aim to keep it up next year.

Since I've made the decision to keep working full time, making major inroads with the pile o'non-fiction isn't all that realistic a goal. I suspect I'll be reading a lot of crime fiction and supernatural thrillers. I would like to end the year with a smaller pile of unread books.

Are there any crime writers I should be looking out for? I read Gaudy Night in 1992 and loved it but never got round to reading any more Sayers, something I intend to rectify soon. For reference I like PD James, Kathy Reichs, John Connolly and Ian Rankin. I tried a Sue Grafton and it didn't do anything for me. I also tried a Karin Slaughter, and although I couldn't stand the characters and their drama getting in the way of the investigation, the mystery itself was seriously compelling.

Comments

[zenithed.livejournal.com]

I don't read much crime writing apart from Ian Rankin, but I really enjoyed The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh when I picked it up on holiday a couple of years ago. The main character's a Glaswegian antiques dealer, who comes across some disturbing photographs and tries to investigate their provenance. Dodginess follows.

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

yeah, that's a good one.