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Robert Ferrigno, author of
Sins of the Assassin (pub. date 2008)
- John Connolly - Bad Men. Nothing beats a horror thriller by a guy who can actually, you know... write.
- Vali Nasr - The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future. In 2006, the new Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee admitted he didn't know the difference between a Shiite and a Sunni Muslim. The outgoing Republican chairman said the same thing. Read this and you'll be smarter than any of the geniuses charting our foreign policy.
- Don Winslow - The Winter of Frankie Machine. Because I like a guy who can kill you in any of a hundred ways, or make you the perfect breakfast.
David Morrell, author of Scavenger
[Note: Due to his leadership position in ITW, David didn't want to discuss any current thrillers.]
- FAA's Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. This hasn't been a typical reading year for me. In March, I started taking flying lessons, and there's an enormous amount of studying involved. My nose has been stuck in this book.
- Stuart Woods - Chiefs. I also revisited some old favorites and liked them every bit as much as I did the first time.
- Thomas Tryon - The Other
M.J. Rose, author of The Reincarnationist
Because I can't follow directions well, I gave the questions sub-categories.
- Paula Cohen - Gramercy Park. Best undiscovered book discovery in 2007.
- Javier Sierra - The Lady in Blue (translated from Spanish). Best book foreign book of 2007.
- Heather Terrell - The Chrysalis. Best debut of 2007.
Tom Nolan, frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal's Leisure &
Arts page and the editor of
The Archer Files: The Complete Short Stories of Lew Archer, Private Investigator
by Ross
Macdonald
- Daniel Stashower - The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder. A fine and exciting work from 2006 which I caught up with this year.
- George J. "Rhino" Thompson - Hammett's Moral Vision. The first hardcover publication of several stimulating 1972 essays which helped shape modern appreciation of the novels of Dashiell Hammett.
- Ross Macdonald - The Barbarous Coast. This 1956 book has been newly reissued in trade paperback, and it's still as good to read as ever.
Kasey Michaels, author of Bowled Over
- Terry Pratchett - Guards! Guards! I read Terry Pratchett every year -- whatever is new, and at least one older book. This year that older book was Guards! Guards! My very first Pratchett, and still my favorite. Now, hearing his announcement, I know I'm going to treasure my Pratchett collection even more.
- Joseph Finder - Killer Instinct. I attended my first ThrillerFest this year and sat in on a panel that included nominees for Thriller of the Year. I was struck by Joseph Finder as he answered questions -- he just seemed to "have it all knocked," you know? So it was no surprise to me later that same evening when his book was named Thriller of the Year. I immediately bought it, tackled him in a hallway, had him autograph it for me -- and enjoyed every moment of Killer Instinct.
- James Rollins - The Judas Strain. And what would my reading year be (at least lately) without James Rollins? This year it was The Judas Strain that kept me turning the pages, and guessing, and guessing wrong, and staying up half the night to finally get it right!
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