I know I'm late with this. I wasn't going to make a list at all, but then I decided I'd bite the bullet and put one together. Part of the difficulty is that my list has changed several times. It would probably be more accurate to make a Top 20 list and then I could include all the books I was considering. That seems like cheating, though, so I went ahead and narrowed it down to just ten. (Note: the books I selected for my Top 5 Debuts were not considered for this list.)
All of these were books that delighted me during the year. But I'll be honest and say that there were several others that I enjoyed very nearly as much, and that could reasonably have been included here instead. But ten seems to be the magic number, so here they are, in alphabetical order:
Robert Crais -
The Watchman
Joseph Finder -
Power Play
Robert Harris -
The Ghost
John Hart -
Down River
Gregg Hurwitz -
The Crime Writer
Charlie Huston -
The Shotgun Rule
David Ignatius -
Body of Lies
Laura Lippman -
What the Dead Know
M.J. Rose - The Reincarnationist
Daniel Silva - The Secret Servant
I reviewed most of these, and wrote about the rest here on the blog, in case you're interested in learning a little more about why I liked them.
If anyone else has a list, I'd like to see it. Please share in the comments section.
My list is here (split into fives):
http://petrona.typepad.com/petrona/2008/01/my-favourite-bo.html
I've only read one book on your list, but am looking forward to the Crais when it is out in PB over here.
Posted by: Maxine | January 13, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Yuck! Daniel Silva? I'm not sure why people are creaming their pants over the latest Huston novel, kids in trouble novels really aren't my thing, I was about as disappointed with this Charlie Huston novel as I was when I read Donna Tart's second book. I'm more of a Hank Thomson guy myself.
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