Booksie's Shelves, July 5, 2024

 

Art by RF Skia & Culpeo S. Fox

Twenty twenty-four is already half over and we're in the throes of my least favorite season, summer.  Days can go by without me leaving the house to face an angry sun and the stifling humidity of the South.  But that's just more time for reading.  I'm at 146 books for the year so in striking distance of my goal of three hundred.  I just found a wonderful list of the last ten year's debut novelists that were the best in Britain according to the Guardian and it's my new obsession.  I spent yesterday making lists and ordering from Blackwell's which ships to the United States.  I went there initially because the New Stuart MacBride mystery is out and then fell into British literature which is now winging it's way to my house.  Here's what's come through the door:

1. Snowflake, Louise Nealon, literary fiction, purchased
2. Put On By Cunning, Ruth Rendell, mystery, purchased
3. Will End In Fire, Nicole Bokat, mystery, sent by publisher
4. The Forest City Killer, Vanessa Brown, true crime, purchased
5. Here We Are, Graham Swift, literary fiction, purchased
6. Dodging And Burning, John Copenhaver, mystery, purchased
7. The Savage Kind, John Copenhaver, mystery purchased
8. Celestial Bodies, Jokha Alharthi, literary fiction, purchased
9. Mal Goes To War, Edward Ashton, science fiction, sent by publisher
10. Bad Monkeys, Matt Ruff, mystery, purchased
11. When The Music's Over, Peter Robinson, mystery, purchased
12. The Crucifix Killer, Chris Carter, mystery, purchased
13. The Smallest Man, Frances Quinn, literary fiction, purchased
14. Shake Hands Forever, Ruth Rendell, mystery, purchased
15. Vagabonds!, Eloghosa Osunde, literary fiction, purchased
16. Alexandria, Paul Kingsnorth, literary fiction, purchased
17. The Atlas Six, Olivie Blake, fantasy, purchased
18. The Pink Hotel, Anna Stothard, literary fiction, purchased
19. The Time Of Our Singing, Richard Powers, literary fiction, purchased
20. Beast, Paul Kingsnorth, literary fiction, purchased
21. The Pure Gold Baby, Margaret Drabble, literary fiction, purchased
22. Oligarchy, Scarlett Thomas, literary fiction, purchased
23. The Fortune Men, Nadifa Mohamed, literary fiction, purchased

Here are the ebooks I've bought since the last Booksie's Shelves:

1. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth, Andrew White, horror
2. The Square Of Sevens, Laura Shephard-Robinson, literary fiction
3. Sourcery, Terry Prachett, fantasy
4. The Stars Are Legion, Kameron Hurley, science fiction
5. Anathem, Neal Stephenson, science fiction
6. Blood Runs Cold, Neil Lancaster, mystery
7. The Devil You Know, Neil Lancaster, mystery
8. Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar, literary fiction
9. Lost Souls, Lisa Jackson, mystery
10. Motherthing, Ainslie Hogarth, literary fiction
11. The Night I Died, Anne Frasier, mystery
12. The Boy In The Field, Margot Livesey, literary fiction
13. The Company, K.J. Parker, fantasy
14. Fireborn, David Dagleish, fantasy
15. Shadowborn, David Dagleish, fantasy
16. To Make Them Pay, M A Comley, mystery
17. The Fallen, T. Jefferson, Parker, mystery
18. AI Made Simple, Rajeev Kapur, nonfiction
19. Reaper Man, Terry Prachett, fantasy
20. Secondhand Souls, Christopher Moore, fantasy
21. Black Bear Alibi, J.C. Fuller, mystery
22. An Honorable Profession, John L'Heureux, literary fiction
23. A Stranger In The Family, Jane Casey, mystery
24. The Bone Bed, Patricia Cornwall, mystery
25. Hand Of Evil, J. A. Jance, mystery
26. Summer Brother, Jaap Robben, literary fiction
27. The Dangers Of Smoking In Bed, Mariana Enriquez, anthology
28. A Game Of Fear, Charles Todd, mystery
29. Where All Light Tends To Go, David Joy, literary fiction
30. Lancelot, Percy Walker, literary fiction
31. Bombshell, Catherine Coulter, mystery
32. Dancing Girls, Margaret Atwood, literary fiction
33. The Darkest Secret, Alex Marwood, mystery
34. Cold As Hell, Lilja Sigurdardottir, mystery
35. The Interrogation, Thomas H. Cook, mystery
36. Coming Back Marcia Mueller, mystery
37. The Ever-Running Man, Marcia Mueller, mystery
38. Unnatural Causes, Janet Bettle, legal thriller
39. One Step Too Far, Tina Seskis, literary fiction
40. Dandy Gilver And A Bothersome Number Of Corpses, Catriona McPherson, mystery
41. Snow, Ronald Malfi, horror
42. Divine Might, Natalie Haynes, literary fiction
43. The Abominable, Dan Simmons, horror
44. The Best American Crime Reporting 2008, various, anthology
45. A Song For The Dead, D.K. Hood, mystery
46. Breakheart Hill, Thomas H. Cook, mystery
47. American Blood, Ben Sanders, mystery
48. Marshall's Law, Ben Sanders, mystery
49. Island 731, Jeremy Robinson, thriller
50. Heart Of The Hunter, Deon Meyer, thriller
51. Low Life, Lucy Sante, nonfiction
52. My Abandonment, Peter Rock, literary fiction
53. Luthien's Gamble, R. A. Salvatore, fantasy
54. The Girl In The Water, J. A. Baker, mystery
55. Sawkill Girls, Claire Legrande, horror
56. On Beulah Heights, Reginald Hill, mystery
57. The Dirty Duck, Martha Grimes, mystery
58. Moving Target, J. A. Jance, mystery
59. Man Overboard, J. A. Jance, mystery
60. Awakening, Sharon Bolton, mystery
61. California Girl, T. Jefferson Parker, mystery
62. Behind Closed Doors, Elizabeth Haynes, mystery
63. Gothikana, RuNyx, horror
64. Private Citizens, Tony Tulathimutte, literary fiction
65. A Prayer For The Dying, Stewart O'Nan, mystery
66. Apeirogon, Colum McCann, literary fiction
67. The Moose Paradox, Antti Tuomainen, mystery
68. Children Of Virtue And Vengeance, Tomi Adeyemi, fantasy
69. Three Farmers On Their Way To A Dance, Richard Powers, literary fiction
70. A Murder In Mayfield, Robert Barnard, mystery
71. Dead Man Dancing, John Galligan, mystery
72. We Run The Tides, Vendela Vida, literary fiction
73. Broken Bayou, Jennifer Moorhead, mystery
74. Every Move You Make, C.L. Taylor, mystery
75. The Fields, Erin Young, mystery
76. The Smoke In Our Eyes, James Grady, mystery
77. The Cipher Garden, Martin Edwards, mystery
78. Slipping Into Darkness, Peter Blauner, mystery
79. A Killing In The Hills, Julia Keller, mystery
80. Bitter, Francesca Jacobi, literary fiction
81. These Violent Delights, Micah Nemerever, literary fiction
82. The Woodcock, Richard Smyth, literary fiction
83. Nightmare City, Nick Oldham, mystery
84. One Dead Witness, Nick Oldham, mystery
85. The Last Big Job, Nick Oldham, mystery
86. A Time For Justice, Nick Oldham, mystery
87. The Trapped Wife, Samantha Hayes, mystery
88. Wicked Dreams, Lisa Jackson, mystery
89. Horseman, Christina Henry, horror
90. Fire, Anais Nin, literary fiction
91. The Dark Flood Rises, Margaret Drabble, literary fiction
92. Killer Delivery, Claire Feeney, mystery
93. The Mezzanine, Nicholson Baker, literary fiction
94. Dykette, Jenny Fran Davis, literary fiction
95. Body By The Docks, Diane Dickson, mystery
96. The Silver Forest, J.D. Rasch, fantasy
97. Fox Creek, William Kent Kruger, mystery
98. Why Mermaids Sing, C. S. Harris, mystery
99. Where Monsters Dwell, Jorgen Brekke, mystery
100. Dark Pines, Will Dean, mystery
101. Episode Thirteen, Craig DiLouie, horror
102. Hotel Paradise, Martha Grimes, mystery
103. A Ladder To The Sky, John Boyne, literary fiction
104. The Dudgeon House, Martin Edwards, mystery
105. The Housekeeper, Natalie Berelli, mystery
106. Better, Atul Gawande, nonfiction
107. Then She Was Gone, Lisa Jewell, mystery
108. The Shooting Party, Isabel Colegate, literary fiction
109. The Burning Wire, Jeffrey Deaver, mystery
110. The Broken Window, Jeffrey Deaver, mystery
111. Red As Blood, Lilja Sigurdardottir, mystery
112. An Unkindness Of Ravens, Ruth Rendell, mystery
113. The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein, nonfiction
114. G-Man, Beverly Gage, nonfiction
115. Broken, Karin Slaughter, mystery
116. Cold Days, Jim Butcher, fantasy
117. A Brief History Of Seven Killings, Marlon James, literary fiction
118. Austerlitz, W.G. Sebald, literary fiction
119. Portrait Of An Eye, Kathy Acker, literary fiction
120. Gilded Needles, Michael McDowell, historical fiction
121. Saint Jack, Paul Theroux, literary fiction
122. The Dinner Guest, B. P. Walter, mystery
123. Hold Your Breath, B.P. Walter, mystery
124. The Thief Of Time, John Boyne, literary fiction
125. Dirty Weekend, Helen Zahavi, mystery
126. The Year Of Jubilo, Howard Bahr, historical fiction
127. All This Could Be Different, Sarah Mathews, literary fiction
128. Captives, Travis Tougaw, mystery
129. The Scarlet Gospels, Clive Barker, horror
130. The Apprentice, Tess Gerritsen, mystery
131. Signs For Lost Children, Sarah Moss, literary fiction
132. Old Evils, Alex Walters, mystery
133. Blowback, Peter May, mystery
134. The Pattern In The Carpet, Margaret Drabble, nonfiction
135. The Bricklayer, Noah Boyd, mystery
136. Downtown Owl, Chuck Klosterman, literary fiction
137. The Distance Between Us, Maggie O'Farrell, literary fiction
138. Hell's Angels, Hunter S. Thompson, nonfiction
139. Miami, Joan Didion, nonfiction
140. Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil, Melina Marchetta, mystery
141. Torn, Rowena Miller, fantasy
142. Everything And Nothing, Araminta Hall, mystery
143. Mercury, Amy Jo Burns, literary fiction
144. Songdogs, Colum McCann, literary fiction
145. The Last Precinct, Patricia Cornwell, mystery
146. The Curious Affair Of The Somnambulist & The Psychic Thief, Lisa Tuttle, mystery
147. The Fortunes, Peter Ho Davies, literary fiction
148. Lake Life, David James Poissant, literary fiction
149. The Family Cabin, James Caine, mystery
150. Breath, Tim Winton, literary fiction
151. Silent Scream, Angela Marsons, mystery
152. Tepper Isn't Going Out, Calvin Trillin, literary fiction
153. The Stranger Behind You, Carol Goodman, mystery
154. The Dark Corners Of The Night, Meg Gardiner, mystery
155. Prince Of The Blood, Raymond Feist, fantasy
156. A River Of Crows, Shanessa Gluhm, mystery
157. Virtual Light, William Gibson, science fiction
158. Ozark Dogs, Eli Cranor, mystery
159. Crush, Alan Jacobson, mystery
160. I Am Death, Chris Carter, mystery
161. How To Kidnap The Rich, Rahul Raina, literary fiction
162. Bitter Greens, Kate Forsyth, fantasy
163. Beyond The Sea, Paul Lynch, literary fiction
164. Sacrifice, Sharon Bolton, mystery
165. Always Carry Your Scythe, Pip Paisley, horror
166. The Girls In The Snow, Stacy Green, mystery
167. In The Absence Of Miracles, Michael Malone, literary fiction
168. On The Trails, Robert Moor, nonfiction
169. In Dust And Ashes, Anne Holt, mystery
170. You Will Never Be Found, Tove Alsterdal, mystery
171. The Devil's Playground, Craig Russell, horror
172. Below Ground, Michael Wood, mystery
173. Vengeance Is Mine, Michael Wood, mystery
174. The Body In The Marsh, Nick Louth, mystery
175. We Are Only Ghosts, Jeffrey Richards, literary fiction
176. The Mermaid Of Black Conch, Monique Rafferty, literary fiction
177. Someone Savage, Mike McCrary, mystery
178. Perris, California, Rachel Stark, literary fiction
179. The Unseen World, Liz Moore, literary fiction
180. The Tricking Of Freya, Christina Sunley, literary fiction
181. Border Crossing Pat Baker, literary fiction
182. A Manuscript Of Ashes, Antonio Munoz Molina, literary fiction

Here's what I'm reading:

1. Shadows Reel, CJ Box, mystery, Kindle
2. Fellside, M.R. Carey, mystery, hardback
3. After That Night, Karin Slaughter, mystery, Kindle
4. An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, literary fiction, Kindle
5. In The Dark Places, Peter Robinson, mystery, paperback
6. Let The Great World Spin, Colum McCann, literary fiction, hardback
7. Manhattan Beach, Jennifer Egan, literary fiction, Kindle
8. The Echo Man, Sam Holland, mystery, audio
9. The Limits, Nell Freudenberger, literary fiction, hardback

Happy Reading!

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