BOOKS I READ IN 2019

In no particular order. NOTE: All links go to Amazon US

FICTION – HISTORICAL

  1. THE DEVIL’S PAINTBOX – Victoria McKernan

FICTION – CRIME / MYSTERY

  1. DARK COUNTRY – Catherine Lee
  2. GONE TO DUST – Matt Goldman
  3. LADY KILLER – Ed McBain
  4. THE BIG SLEEP – Raymond Chandler
  5. A IS FOR ALIBI – Sue Grafton
  6. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS – Walter Mosley
  7. THE BURNING GIRL – Mark Billingham
  8. THE LAST DETECTIVE – Robert Crais
  9. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Mark Haddon
  10. STAR STRUCK – Val McDermid
  11. GET SHORTY – Elmore Leonard
  12. NATURE GIRL – Carl Hiassen. 
  13. FRONT PAGE FATALITY – LynDee Walker
  14. HANGMAN – Jack Heath
  15. WEEPING IN HER RAPTURE – W Glenn Duncan
  16. SCRUBLANDS – Chris Hammer
  17. THE PROMISED LAND – Barry Maitland
  18. THE CHAIN – Adrian McKinty
  19. WHERE THE TRUTH LIES – Rupert Holmes

FICTION – CRIME / MYSTERY (GRAPHIC NOVELS)

  1. QUARRY’S WAR – Max Allan Collins
  2. THE NIGHT I DIED (MICKEY SPILLANE’S MIKE HAMMER) – Max Allan Collins
  3. BREAKNECK – Duane Swierczynski

FICTION – POST-APOCALYPTIC (GRAPHIC NOVELS)

  1. CROSSED – Garth Ennis / Jacob Burrows

FICTION – COZY CRIME

  1. DEATH AT THE DOG SHOW – Grace York
  2. EVIL AT ECHO POINT – Grace York
  3. FATALITY AT THE FUNERAL – Grace York. 
  4. GIRL BY THE GRAVE – Grace York. 
  5. THE HOLIDAY HOMICIDE – Grace York. 

FICTION – LITERARY

  1. THE LAST RIDE – Denise Young
  2. FAHRENHEIT 451 – Ray Bradbury

FICTION – ACTION AND ADVENTURE

  1. THE THREE SECRET CITIES – Matthew Reilly
  2. NORTH STAR – Hammond Innes

FICTION – YOUNG ADULT

  1. SKULLDUGGERY PLEASANT – Derek Landy 

FICTION – SHORT STORIES

  1. MAD AS HELL – Mike McCrary
  2. DARK CHRISTMAS – Catherine Lee

NON-FICTION

  1. HELP, MY FACEBOOK ADS SUCK! – Michael Cooper & Mal Cooper
  2. STORY GENIUS – Lisa Cron
  3. BUILD YOUR OWN HOME ON WHEELS – Alex Shone
  4. VAN CONVERSION GUIDE – Nate Murphy
  5. NEWSLETTER NINJA – Tammi Labrecque
  6. WRITE TO MARKET – Chris Fox
  7. EVERYTHING IS FUCKED – Mark Manson
  8. LOST BOYS AND GONE GIRLS – Justine Ford
  9. READY TO RUN – Kelly Starrett and T J Murphy
  10. HACKERS – Steven Levy
  11. THE RISE OF THE ULTRA RUNNERS – Adharanand Finn. 
  12. LET YOUR MIND RUN – Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. 
  13. THE SECRET RACE – Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.