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David Morrell, author of The Spy Who Came for Christmas
Because I needed to write an essay about Geoffrey Household's classic thriller Rogue Male for ITW's upcoming anthology Thrillers: 100 Must Reads, I happily reread the book, one of my favorites. I was reminded yet again of how brilliant Household is and couldn't resist going back to a couple of other gripping novels by him, Watcher in the Shadows and Dance of the Dwarfs.
Ken Bruen, author of Once Were Cops
- Tony Black - Gutted
- Sean Chercover - Trigger City
- Alex Sokaloff - The Price
Linda McFall, Senior Editor at Mira Books
I've disqualified any books that I edited.
- Joshua Ferris - Then We Came to the End
- Laura Lippman - What the Dead Know
- Brunonia Barry - The Lace Reader
Louis Bayard, author of The Black Tower and critic (Salon.com, Washington Post, etc.)
- Craig Johnson - Another Man's Moccasins. I was a big fan of this beautifully crafted Western mystery.
- Matt Bondurant - The Wettest County in the World. I loved this book, which tells the story of Bondurant's grandfather and great-uncles, real-life Virginia moonshiners.
- Jane Mayer's - The Dark Side. A chilling look at the "war on terror." With its outsized villains, it's the most Dickensian book I've read all year.
Kevin Wignall, author of Who Is Conrad Hirst?
- Haruki Murakami - Sputnik Sweetheart. The first Murakami I've read, very much a mystery of sorts and quite beguiling.
- Tarjei Vesaas - Spring Night. First published in 1964 in Norway, a simple tale of two siblings left alone for the evening, encountering unexpected guests. It's beautiful and lyrical, and also a master-class in maintaining tension even when there's no action.
- Blake Snyder - Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need. This was recommended by a serious Hollywood insider as the one book he wished he'd seen when he was starting out. I agree, and it proved hugely useful when I was writing my first screenplay this year.
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