Friday, January 30, 2004

A Harvard Education in a Book, by the editors of The Harvard Lampoon

(0399516654)
The good news about this book, which is 13 years old now, is that there are 45 used copies available on Amazon, at least one for the price $0.01. In my estimation, that may be overpriced. Maybe it's just way too old to be relevant. Or maybe I've got a rampaging case of reverse snobbery. Either way, I only got to p. 31. There appear to be some mildly amusing pages later; I just don't feel like finding all 4 of them.

Silver Lies, by Ann Parker

(1590580729)
Yes, all you catalogers will recognize this as an "off" ISBN, i.e., not a big press-- Poisoned Pen. A name to keep in mind...

Because, this is a damn good book. I hope she keeps writing. It is set in Leadville in 1879, just as silver has begun to pour out of the ground. The main character is 1/3 owner (along with her missing husband and a friend, who happens to be a black man) of a bar and "gaming establishment." It really is a murder mystery, but the setting is pretty major (to me) as well.

I know I've been in Leadville, I'm sure we've eaten there on the way over the mountains, but I have no strong memory of it. Unlike 'old' Central City and Black Hawk, which I refuse to go back to until they close the casinos.

Whoops. The beauty of this book is that the characters are all solid and believable people, and the historical research has obviously been done. Inez, the main character, is far from perfect, even by less stringest 21st century standards, and her choices are sometimes pretty off-kilter. Harry, the obvious "bad guy" throughout the book, isn't as bad as she thinks--although he's pretty much a low-life greedy scoundrel MCpig (man of his time, Cat) with an eye toward politics. But he's not (exactly) a murderer. Someone else is. Definitely.

Then there's Inez' relationship with Abe--her remaining business partner--and the whereabouts of her missing husband (dead? or maybe not?).... What a nice change to not have everything tidily boxed up and polished off at the end.

Of course I'd like to see more of these folks, but actually if she just populated the city of Leadville (a la Jan Karon) and focused on someone beside Inez, I'd be as happy too.

Keep an eye out for more by her.

Monday, January 26, 2004

Shadows on the Aegean, by Suzanne Frank

(044652090X)

Part two in this series of stories about Chloe and Cheftu. This is set for the most part on islands near ancient Greece, in what Chloe thinks is the Minoan culture that her mother has studied. Eventually the two of them figure out that this is actually Atlantis, and of course they are there at the end of the road for this civilization: earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions abound.

However, instead of going back to the 20th century at the end of the first book, the two of them have ended up further back 400 years. Cheftu in Egypt (in his same body) and Chloe in Aztlan, where she is inhabiting the body of a prophetess. So somehow Cheftu has to figure out that she's alive, and who she is, and where.

Everyone on these islands is oddly related family-wise but not exactly family in the same sense we think of today. The inheritance laws are a bit confusing, and so are all the relationships in the 'royal family.' Just like usual, that.

There is a short glimpse of what's going on with Chloe's 20th century family since she left. It's not good, to say the least. I suspect the third book will be bringing in more of this whole situation.

The end leaves us hanging again. Of course our heroes are separated by time and, one has to presume, space. There was a lot of research that went into this book, but Frank manages to (mostly) not bore the readers with too much historical detail (although there are a few pretty disgusting scenes that involve eating). Yes, I will be looking for the third book. It's nice to come in on a series like this that is finished! Betcha Egypt plays into the next one somehow!

Grandmother Spider, by James Doss

(0380803941)

I'm backtracking in this series a bit. This is a rather creepy story about an apparent giant spider making off with two people (hence the title--Grandmother Spider is not a very jolly grandmother figure in Ute folklore). Somehow Charlie Moon figures out how these two characters (and they are characters in many senses of that word) were left out in the middle of nowhere--one in the top of a tree!--and why one of them then disappears from the hospital.

More important to the series itself are the details of how he comes to be owner of a large working ranch, and how he meets his matukach lady friend.

Doss is so good at conveying personality traits for each person in the book. Each character is someone you want to know more about, even the waitress that runs off with the older white guy.

Now if only I could figure out where the little girl staying with Aunt Daisy came from....

[I think I'm over that fixation on death, at least with non-formulaic, mystery fiction, stylized death.]

Tuesday, January 20, 2004

In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death & the World It Made, by Norman F. Cantor

(0060014342)
Fast read. This was more the latter half of the subtitle than the former. I wasn't prepared for the unexpected directions the author took. He mostly focused on England, but also dealt with some of the rest of (mostly Western) Europe. This was the first time I had heard that some of "the plague" might have been anthrax and/or other cattle diseases. I had not internalized just how many people actually died of the plague in England and what percentage of the population (something like 1/3). So of course a huge impact on EVERYthing: farming, law, psychological outlook, women's place in culture, theology/science, the monarchy.

The chapter on the Jews was expecially helpful; I now understand, among other things, why so many Jews lived in Poland (and western Russia) in the early 20th century.

Also, I had not heard that scientists now think that most plagues come up the same way ancient humans migrated, from eastern Africa.

For a little book, there's an awful lot here. And a great bibliography, sorted by area of interest: Historical Contexts, Kabbalah, Film...

I will probably put him on The List.

Friday, January 16, 2004

MORE DEATH

Yes, it's true.

I'm reading something about the bubonic plague now, a history of the first wave around 1340. Quick read. I should be back here soon to report in on the sum total.

Feeling so far: Possible list author??

Land That Moves, Land That Stands Still, by Kent Nelson

(0670032263)
WOW. I wouldn't have picked this up if I hadn't read a review--in Book Magazine, which is gone now. A moment of sadness in its honor....

This is a book that fits in with Atticus and Plainsong and Mavis about strong, modern westerners. This follows Mattie and her life directly before and after the death of her husband, Haney. It also climbs inside the heads of her daughter and the "hired man" she hires who calls herself Dawn in this incarnation of self. With the addition of a runaway Indian boy, they run the ranch through the spring and summer following Haney's death. Between rotten-awful neighbors--balanced by good-people friends--a secret uncovered in the trunk of Haney's Lincoln (the Doom Car itself), absolute hard work, mourning, and trying to find the pieces of oneself....well. The ending is horrific but happy. The only drawback was the relatively neat romantic package we are presented with at the end, with the exception of Shelley, the daughter. But one can see her as happy too... grr.

Still, a very effective evocation of the West: the space between people and places, the sweat and labor involved in doing anything worthwhile. The real story is how survivors feel about things they find out about the dead after the funeral is over. Very complicated. Like life.

(Again, what is it with the death theme?!)

Deadly Divots: A Golf Murder Mystery, by Gene Breaznell

(188259374x)
Oh my God, why did I waste my time on this? At least it was a quick read, but it was bad, bad, bad. I should keep this book around to remind of why I shouldn't try to write a book! Obviously no one told this guy: his plot was thin, his characters pretty stereotypical, not to mention leaden.

The only upside (and I think this is what kept me reading) is that the premise was interesting: the actual mystery in the book tracked the mystery novel he was reading, a book written by a British author a la Dame Christie.

(Then there's the fact that his wife died of cancer last year. I'm sensing a theme. This is one of the things about reading that I love. Serendipity.)

Nelson DeMille is quoted on the cover saying "A hole in one." He doesn't say 'one what.'

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road, by Neil Peart

(1550225480)
OK, I can't stand Rush, and know nothing about the individuals in the band, but here is a book by the drummer (whose voice is not the grating horrible voice I hate Rush for!). When I cataloged this at work, it looked interesting: motorcycle trip to anywhere as escape from reality: Dealing with the death of a family member (in his case two--hmmm, in my case, two....). He's quite a good writer ("for a rock musician"), no really he is. He is obviously every-so-slightly more literate than say, Britney Spears or (to be less ageist and obvious) Ozzy Osbourne.

Daughter died in car accident on her way to college, wife died of cancer less than a year later, but he's convinced her broken heart killed her. They were his life. So now what? His answer: drive around North America for the better part of two years on his 'bike. Would that we could all run away (erg) from our troubles so easily. But that is a minor quibble for me.

Generally I liked this book. I could see what he was seeing (inside his head and out). Gotta love a man not afraid to admit he cries. He did get to the wallowing stage right around year one. Reminded me of that awful period of crying in the shower when everyone thinks, "Why isn't she over this?? It's been months!" Too bad it ends with a hokey-dokey romantic la-la ending. Quite a let-down (although I guess I'm happy for him)....grudge grudge. ;-)

INTENT

I've kept a reading log for over 10 years now, even inching up towards 15, I think. I'd have to go find them all. It has evolved. At the beginning, it was part of my 'regular' journal, so books and life were merged, but eventually I realized I was mostly writing in book titles and barely mentioning life. Plus, it was complicated to read.

So about 5 years ago I began a new notebook just for books. That works much better for that purpose. However, I haven't journalled in the normal sense in about 18 months. Life has been too hectic, which just means I have other priorities now. I will regret it later. Or not. Maybe getting the books in here will free up my ink and paper time to put down some stuff about the rest of the world.

This is not meant as a book review per se, but a log of what I was reading when, what I thought of it, and whether it was worthwhile, among other things.

Once I get a better handle on the whole Blog "thing," I hope to link the books to Amazon and do other fun things. Evolution is a wonderful thing!

So I will go get what I've been reading over the past couple of weeks and kick this off for real.

ADDED INFO: One of the things that evolved in the written log was the concept of List Authors. These are authors who write well, or whose books are enjoyable for some reason, anyway. They are Old Faithfuls, to whom I can return, or want to return and read the rest of their works. They are not usually "classics" in the Dickens or Plato set. Just fun authors to read, or intriguing characters that are worth following.
The Beginning
All right, blame this on Amy (and Jenica, too) and whoever it was that suggested keeping a journal of any kind. It's 9:40 at night and after the week I've had, I should be in bed. Instead I'm sitting at yet another computer, eating Chex mix (so much for no carbs!) and typing what the single functioning brain cell left in my head tells me to.

So, let's see if this works!

Saturday, January 10, 2004

Recommended Books

Compiled over the years from assorted review sources, and frequently updated:




Pill, Pygmy Chimps & Degas' Horse
Unauthorized Version
Organized Obsessions
Seeing Red or Tickled Pink
Magical Alphabets
Garden of Words
Womanwords
One of a Kind
Baby Doctor
In a Word
Dickson's Word Treasury
Understanding the Dead Sea Scrolls
If at All Possible, Involve a Cow
Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered
By Jove!
Born of a Woman
Born Again at the Laundromat
Lost Gospel
Cause of Death
Scene of the Crime
Superior Person's 2nd Book of W…
"Nice Guys Finish Seventh"
Letters of a Victorian Madwoman
Women on the Edge
Take a Deep Breath
Baikal
Jesus and the Dead Sea Scrolls
Grim Reaper's Book of Days
America Then & Now
Bleep
Russian Leave
Carpool
So Far From Home
Totally Useless Skills
Cinderella's Gold Slipper
So Very English
Wordplay
Parables from Other Planets
Two Women of London
On the Oregon Trail
City of Dreadful Delight
More Whatdunits
Why Doesn't My Funny Bone Make…
Looking for History on Highway 14
Hue & Cry and Humble Pie
Mouthful of Air
Fine Art of Murder
Zero to Lazy Eight
Putting Away Childish Things
Jesus the Sage
Social Art
Out of the Garden: Women Writers…
Origin of Language
Scandal of the Evangelical Mind
Game of Thirty
Real Life
Condition Critical
Why Greenland is an Island…
Women of the Asylum
God and the Philosophers
Jesus Didn't Go to Church
Turin Shroud
Single Tree
Handbook of Christian Apologetics
Who Do You Think You Are?
Other Bible
Origins of Christian Morality
Schindler's Legacy
Bible: Designed to be Read
Now All We Need Is a Title
Man in the Ice
Time Detectives
Plagues and Peoples
Alphabetic Labyrinth
From Achilles' Heel to Zeus's Shield
Anthropologist on Mars
Secret Language of Birthdays
Je Ne Sais What?
Blown Sideways Through Life
Two or Three Things I Know For Sure
History Laid Bare
Dead Men Do Tell Tales
All Rivers Run to the Sea
Wisdom of the Bones
Her Story
Is There a God?
Numbers
Making the Alphabet Dance
Inside the Vatican
Psychologist's Book of Self-Tests
I Am Spock
Full House
Paintings in the Vatican
Paintings in the Hermitage
Sisters in Arms
In the Beginning
Chasing the Sun
Hatchepsut
Venetian's Wife
Captain's Logs
Captain's Logs Supplemental
History of Reading
Edge of the Unknown
Way It Wasn't
What's In a Name?
Murder & Other Acts of Literature
Prospect Before Her
Alphabet of Modern Annoyances
Bottom Line Personal Book of Bests
Illustrated Book of Signs & Symbols
Random House Word Menu
Plague Tales
History of Heaven
Good Book
Speaking Freely
Unwritten Laws
Letters From a Nut
How the Mind Works
Illustrated Jesus Through the Cent...
Complete Dead Seas Scrolls in ...
Guns, Germs and Steel
Into the Forest
Generations
70 Wonders of the Ancient World
Story of Time
World of Words
Guide to Monastic Guest Houses
Grimm's Grimmest
Underground Education
Blood and the Shroud
Greatest Benefit to Mankind
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Every Eye Beholds You
Physics of Christmas
Escape of Alexei
Paranoid's Pocket Guide
More Letters From a Nut
Don't Know Much About the Bible
Guide to Reading the Entire Bible…
Poem a Day
Cherokee Feast of Days II
Bizarre Books
After Long Silence
Why Christianity Must Change or Die
Calling
Harlot By the Side of the Road
Cowboy
Mysteries of the Alphabet
Tales of the Brothers Grimm
What If?
How We Believe
Words and Rules
Last Survivor
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
How Sharp Is Your Pencil?
Who Are You?
Dead Sea Scrolls
Global Soul
Little Lit
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Losing Matt
(Un)Fashion
Author Unknown
Pobby & Dingan
Do One Thing Different
Jumbo's Hide, Elvis's Ride…
Massive Swelling
Best American Travel Writing 2000
Walking a Sacred Path
Up in the Air
Good Old Days
ABCs of the Bible
Hiding Places of God
Gospel According to Jesus
Journeys Into Medieval England
Jesus Doesn't Live…
Men
Years of Rice and Salt
Skipping Towards Gomorrah
Child of My Heart
Firestorm at Peshtigo
How To Be Alone
We Interrupt This Broadcast
Uniforms
Speck
Stranger on a Train
Explorers and Artists in the Valley…
Archaeology of Qumran…
Complete World of the Dead Sea...
In Ruins
Tenacity of the Cockroach
Why I Am a Catholic
Angus
Swimming Across
Becoming Mona Lisa
Age of Homespun
Around the World in a Bad Mood
A is for American
Things You Get For Free
Poems Seven
In the Devil's Garden
Who Wrote the Bible?
Literary Trips
Storybook Travels
Kalahari Typing School for Men
Stiff
Songs of the Kings
In the Shadow of Memory
World's Most Dangerous Places
Watermelon King
Probable Future
Pursuit of Alice Thrift
Wandering Hill
Wigfield
Words we Live By
O Caledonia
If Grace is True
Sacred Rights
Magdalene's Lost Legacy
Ambulance Girl
Beautiful Shadow
Giants in the Earth
Quality of Life Report
Curious Incident of the Dog…
Importance of Being Lazy
Mean of Everything
True Story of Hansel & Gretel
Red-Color News Soldier
Dead Famous
Faint Cold Fear
Spygirl
Gun, with Occasional Music
Thousand Years Over a Hot Stove
America's Women
Bibliophilia
God's Bestseller
Cracked
Moral Man & Immoral Society
On to Orthodoxy
Down Peacock's Feathers
Quicksilver
Small Things Considered
Indelible Ink
Serious Way of Wondering
Escape from Slavery
Lost Christianities
Lost Scriptures
Cheap Hotels
Gucci Kangaroo
Where in the Word
More Annotated Alice
Bible Is History
New Testament
Songs of the Open Road
Atlas of Experience
These Ruins Are Inhabited
Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax
What Are We Talking About?
Unlocking the English Language
Death of Donna-May Dean
Solved: Famous Mystery Writers…
Quite Remarkable Adventures of…
Alfred & Guinevere
Charlie Peace, a Fable
Weird N.J.
Earth from Above
1,000 Places to See Before You Die
Mirror, Mirror
Dream me Home Safely
Bushwhacked
Witches of Chiswick
Mother, Come Home
I Had Brain Surgery, What's Your ...?
Lisa33
Jane Austen Book Club
Murder on the Leviathan
Stones of Summer
Stone Reader (DVD)
Shadow of the Wind
Poet
Narrows
Sex with Kings
Stories of English
My Kind of Place
Let Me Go
Mongo
Enduring Love
Naked Pictures of Famous People
Fork it Over
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained...
Soul Survivor
Rottweiler
Gilead
Children's Blizzard
Learning to Sing
Shakespeare After All
Founding Myths
Bad Dirt
Faith : Stories
Word Myths
Elephants of Style
Outposts
So Many Books, So Little Time
When Did I Stop Being Barbie...
Freakonomics
Word Origins and How We Know...
Gilead
When Jesus Came to Harvard
The Lake the River & the Other Lake
Breath and Bones
Pole to Pole
A Student's Introduction to English...
Close Up
Loretta Lux
Crossworld
March
1491
Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading
Garbage Land
Good Poems for Hard Times
Bound to Please
A World Lit Only By Fire
Your Final Diet
Never Let Me Go
God's Politics
How to Create a Flawless Universe...
Chronicles of Narnia
Billy Joel
Heavy Words Lightly Thrown
Expletive Deleted
Woman in Berlin
Everything I Ate
Recreation
Ditched by Dr. Right
Beasts of No Nation
Unfolding of Language
Why Do Men Have Nipples?
Music Through the Floor
Empires of the Word
Eye of the Wolf
Instance of the Fingerpost
Spies
Devil in the White City
Library: An Unquiet History
Inexcusable
Robe
Sword at Sunset
Name of the Rose
Girl Sleuth
One Last Breath
The Last Quarry
Interior Desecrations
Epileptic
Kafka on the Shore
Power of Images
Seeing Through Clothes
The Wild Man
Studies in Iconology
The Human Voice
The Devil's Feather
Brainiac
Prisoner of Trebekistan


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Ammer, Christine
Pennick, Nigel
Barnette, Martha
Mills, Jane
Felton, Bruce
Klass, Perri
(Hitt, Jack) ed.
Paul Dickson

Steinberg, Neil
Eiseman, Robert
Macrone, Michael
John S. Spong
Carty, David
Mack, Burton
Wilson, Keith
Wingate, Anne
Bowler, Peter
Keyes, Ralph


Cooper, Elmer
Matthiessen, Peter

Morrow, Ed

Burke, David
Stuart, Anthony
Cahill, Mary
Gilliss, Julia
Davis, Rick
Fohr, S.D.
(Rowe, Marsha) ed.
Langdon, John
Prather, Hugh
Tennant, Emma
Nicholas, Jonathan
Walkowitz, Judith
(Resnick, Michael) ed.
Xenakis, Alan
Miller, John E.
Freeman, Morgan
Burgess, Anthony
(Gorman, Edward) ed.
Humez, Alexander
Ranke-Heinemann, Uta
Witherington, Ben
Macaulay, Ronald
(Buchmann, Christina) ed.
Ruhlen, Merrit
Noll, Make
Kotzwinkle
Heymann, Tom
Heron, Echo
Davis, Joyce
Geller, Jeffrey
(Morris, Thomas) ed.
Smith, Charlton
Picknett, Lynn
Svee, Gary
Kreeft, Peter
Harary, Keith
(Barnstone, Willis) ed.
Meeks, Wayne
Brecher, Elinor
(Bates, Ernst) ed.
Bernard, Andre
Spindler, Konrad
Fagan, Brian
McNeil, William H.
Drucker Johanna
Corey, Dale
Sacks, Oliver
Goldschneider, Gary
Winokur, Jan
Shear, Claudia
Allison, Dorothy
Zacks, Richard
Maples, William R.
Wiesel, Elie
Walker, Alan
MacHaffie, Barbara
Swinburne, Richard
Sutcliffe, Andrea
Eckler, Ross
McDowell, Bart
Janda, Louis
Nimoy, Leonard
Gould, Stephen Jay
Pietrangeli, Carlo
Eisler, Colin
McNamera, JoAnn Kay
Armstrong, Karen
Green, Jonathan
Tyldesley, Joyce
Bantock, Nick
Gross, Edward
Gross, Edward
Manguel, Alberto
Trefil, James
(Greenberg, Martin) ed.
Dickson, Paul
(Slung, Michele) ed.
Hufton, Oliver
Steinberg,

Bruce-Mitford,
Glazier, Stephen
Benson, Ann
Russell, Jeffrey
Gomes, Peter
Flexner, Stuart
Rawson, Hugh
Nancy, Ted
Pinker, Steven
Pelikan, Jaroslav
(Vermes) ed.
Diamond, Jared
Hegland, Jean
Miedzian, Myriam
(Scarre, Chris) ed.
Lippincott, Kristen (et al.)
Stevenson, Victor
Regalbuto,
(Bulzone, Maris) ed.
Zacks, Richard
Wilson, Ian
Porter, Roy
Collier, Mark
(Craughwell, Thomas) ed.
Highfield, Roger
Petrov, Vadim
Tuttle, Cameron
Nancy, Ted
Davis, Kenneth
Garrison, Webb B.
(McCosker, Karen) ed.
Hifler, Joyce
Ash, Russell
Fremont, Helen
Spong, John
Whitney, Catherine
Kirsch, Jonathan
Davidson, Sara
Quaknin, Marc-Alain
Estes, Clarissa
(Cowley, Robert) ed.
Shermer, Michael
Pinker, Steven
Ryback, Timothy
(Cantor, Norman) ed.
(Bragdon, Allen) ed.
Godwin, Malcolm
Abegg; Flint; Ulrich…
Iyer, Pico
Spiegelman, Art
Atkinson, Kate
Loffreda, Beth
Kalman, Tibor
Foster, Don
Rice, Ben
O'Hanlon, Bill
Rachlin, Harvey
Wilson, Cintra

Artress, Lauren
Kirn, Walter
(Klee, Ernst) ed.
Reader's Digest
Cornwell, John
Mitchell, Stephen
Jenner, Michael
Porteous, Skipp
Shapiro, Joan
Robsinon, Kim Stanley
Savage, Dan
McDermott, Alice
Gess, Denise
Franzen, Jonathan
Garner, Joe
Fussell, Paul
(Buchanan-Smith, Peter) ed.
Diski, Jenny
Roehrig, Catherine
Magness, Jodi
Davies ; Brooke ; Calloway
Woodward, Christopher
(Thompson, Stephen) ed.
Wills, Garry
Siebert, Charles
Grove, Andy
Sassoon, Donald
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
Foss, Rene
Lepore, Jill
McGirr, Michael
Dugan, Alan
Allen, Stewart Lee.
Friedman, Richard Elliott
(Brookes, Victoria) ed.
Bates, Colleen Dunn
McCall-Smith, Alexander
Roach, Mary
Unsworth, Barry
Skloot, Floyd
Pelton, Robert Y.
Wallace, Daniel
Hoffman, Alice
Lipman, Elinor
McMurtry, Larry
Sedaris, Amy
Monk, Linda
Barker, Elspeth
Gulley, Phillip
(Maguire, Daniel) ed.
Starbird, Margaret
Stern, Jane
Wilson, Andrew
Rolvaag, O.E.
Daum, Meghan
Haddon, Mark
Gini, Al
Winchester, Simon
Murphy, Louise
Li, Zhensheng
O'Connell, Carol
Slaughter, Karin
Gray, Amy
Lethem, Jonathan
Schenone, Laura
Collins, Gail
Griffith, Michael
Moynahan, Brian
Pinsky, Drew
Niebuhr, Reinhold
Davies, D.R.
Davies, D.R.
Stephenson, Neal
Petrosky, Henry
(Larsen, Scott) ed.
Price, Reynolds
Bok, Frances
Ehrman, Bart
Ehrman, Bart
McLane, Daisann
Bishop, Amanda
Muschell, David
Carroll, Lewis
Wilson, Ian
Ehrman, Bart
(Carroll) ed.
van Swaaij, Louise
Beadle, Muriel
Pullum, Geoffrey
(Hitt, Jack) ed.
Burchfield,
Manley,
(Jones, Richard) ed.
Idle, Eric (RECORDING!!)
Schuyler, James
Pickering
Sceurman, Mark
Arthus-Bertrand, Yann
Schultz, Patricia
Maguire, Gregory
(Edleman, Marian Wright) ed.
Ivins, Molly
Rankin, Robert
Hornschemeier, Paul
Becker, Suzy
Blum, Dan
Fowler, Karen Joy
Akunin, Boris
Mossman, Dow
Moskowitz, Mark
Zafon, Carlos Ruiz (tr. L.Graves)
Connelly, Michael
Connelly, Michael
Herman, Eleanor
Crystal, David
Orlean, Susan
Schneider, Helga
Botha, Ted
Livesey, Margot
Stewart, Jon
Richman, Alan
Botz, Corinne May
Yancey, Philip
Rendell, Ruth
Robinson, Marilynne
Laskin, David
Aiken, Clay
Garber, Marjorie
Raphael, Ray
Proulx, Annie
(ed. C. Michael Curtis)
Wilton, David
Walsh, Bill
Winchester, Simon
Nelson, Sara
Pierce, Mary
Levitt, Steven D.
Liberman, Anatoly
Robinson, Marilynne
Cox, Harvey
Amick, Steve
Cokal, Susann
Palin, Michael
Huddleston, Rodney
Schoeller, Martin
Lux, Loretta
Romano, Marc
Brooks, Geraldine
Mann, Charles C.
Corrigan, Maureen
Royte, Elizabeth
Keillor, Garrison
Dirda, Michael
Manchester, William
Aronowitz, Abby
Ishiguro, Kazuo
Wallis, Jim
anonymous
Moore
Bordowitz
Roberts
Wajnryb
anonymous
Shaw, Tucker
Epstein, Mitch
Warner, Elizabeth
Iweala, Uzodinma
Deutscher, Guy
Leyner, Mark
Puchner, Eric
Ostler, Nicholas
Coel, Margaret
Pears, Iain
Frayn, Michael
Larson, Erik
Battles, Matthew
Lynch, Chris
Douglas, Lloyd
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Eco, Umberto
Rehak, Melanie
Booth, Stephen
Collins, Max Allen
Lileks, James
B, David
Murakami, Haruki
Freedberg, David
Anne Hollanders
Husband, Timothy
Panofsky, Irwin
Karpf, Anne
Walters, Minette
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LIST AUTHORS

My favorites:
  • Allegretto, Michael
  • Barker, Pat
  • Barnard, Robert
  • Barr, Nevada
  • Bedford, Martyn
  • Black, Veronica
  • Bleeck, Oliver (pseud. for Ross Thomas)
  • Block, Lawrence
  • Boyle, Gerry
  • Brown, Dan
  • Brunvand, Jan
  • Bryson, Bill
  • Burke, Jan
  • Burns, Rex (pseud. Tom Sehler)
  • Cahill, Tim
  • Camp, John (pseud. for John Sandford)
  • Cantor, Norman
  • Caudwell, Sarah
  • Coe, Jonathan
  • Coel, Margaret
  • Cooper, Susan Rogers
  • Doss, James D.
  • Dunning, John
  • Early, Jack (pseud. for Sandra Scoppettone)
  • Edwards, Ruth Dudley
  • Elkins, Aaron
  • Emerson, Earl W.
  • Feldman, David
  • Fforde, Jasper
  • Foxx, Jack (pseud. for Bill Pronzini)
  • Frank, Suzanne
  • Fyfield, Frances (pseud. Frances Hegarty)
  • Gellis, Roberta
  • George, Elizabeth
  • Grabien, Deborah
  • Grafton, Sue
  • Graham, Caroline
  • Haddam, Jane (pseud. Orania Papazoglou)
  • Hallinan, Timothy
  • Hansen, Joseph
  • Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia
  • Harvey, John
  • Hayden, Torey
  • Healy, Jeremiah
  • Hegarty, Frances (pseud. for Frances Fyfield)
  • Hillerman, Tony
  • Holton, Hugh
  • James, P.D.
  • Jance, J.A.
  • Kaminsky, Stuart M.
  • Kellerman, Faye
  • Kelly, Jim
  • Kerr, Philip
  • Kilmer, Nicolas
  • King, Laurie
  • Langton, Jane
  • Lawrence, Margaret (pseud. M.K. Lorens)
  • Lawrence, Martha C.
  • Lipez, Richard (pseud. for Richard Stevenson)
  • Lorens, M.K. (pseud, for Margaret Lawrence)
  • Maitland, Barry
  • Marsh, Ngaio
  • Marston, Edward
  • Matera, Lia
  • McCrumb, Sharyn (Windsor Knot series only)
  • McDermid, Val
  • McQuillan, Karin
  • Mertz, Barbara (pseud. for Elizabeth Peters)
  • Muller, Marcia
  • O’Connell, Carol
  • Oliphant, B.J. (pseud. for Sheri Tepper)
  • Orde, A.J. (pseud. for Sheri Tepper)
  • Page, Jake
  • Papazoglou, Orania (pseud. for Jane Haddam)
  • Paretsky, Sara
  • Parker, Ann
  • Parker, Robert B.
  • Perry, Michael
  • Perry, Thomas
  • Peters, Elizabeth (pseud. Barbara Mertz)
  • Phillips, Mike
  • Pickard, Nancy
  • Pronzini, Bill (pseud. Jack Foxx, Alex Saxon)
  • Prowell, Sandra West
  • Ramos, John R.
  • Riggs, John
  • Roberts, Gillian
  • Robinson, Peter
  • Sandford, John (pseud. John Camp)
  • Saxon, Alex (pseud. for Bill Pronzini)
  • Scoppettone, Sandra (pseud. Jack Early)
  • Sehler, Tom (pseud. for Rex Burns)
  • Smith, Joan
  • Stevenson, Richard (pseud. Richard Lipez)
  • Sutherland, John
  • Thomas, Ross (pseud. Oliver Bleeck)
  • Van Gieson, Judith
  • Walters, Minette
  • White, Stephen
  • Willis, Connie
  • Zigal, Thomas
  • Zubro, Mark David