Books! Books! Books!

From 1995-2007, I catalogued all of the books I read in a database. There are a little more than 650 in that database. In 2008, I started using goodreads website. I have now moved the entire list and all the reviews to goodreads . Here's a sampling of the books I've read most recently.

My top ten lists for 1996-2003

For several years, The Seattle Mystery Bookshop asked me to compile my top ten list for the year. I don't do it any more but the old lists are still good!

1996 For the last four years, I was asked by my a local bookshop to compile a list of my top ten favorites of the year for their newsletter. The rules are the lists can include NO Northwest authors.

What the Deaf Mute Heard, g.d. Gearino
Becker's Ring, Steven Martin Cohen
Black Light, Stephen Hunter
Cast in Stone, G.M. Ford
Lilly White, Susan Issacs
Medussa's Child, John Nance
f2f, Phillip Fench
Weatherman, Steve Thayer
Dark Spector, Michael Dibdin
anything by Colin Bateman

1997

Counting Coup, g.d. Gearino
Red Sky at Night, James W. Hall
Lucky You, Carl Hiassen
King Con, Stephen J. Cannell
Virgin Heat, Laurence Shames
The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr
Killing Floor, Lee Child
The Bone Collector, Jeffrey Deaver
The Judgement, William J. Coughlin

1998

Mangrove Squeeze, Laurence Shames
Mortal Fear, Greg Illes
The Tenth Justice, Brad Meltzer
The Death and Life of Bobby Z, Don Winslow
Whacking Jimmy, Willilam Wolf
Criminal Seduction, Darian North
Body Language, James W. Hall
Die Trying, Lee Child
The Job, Douglas Kennedy
Coffin Dancer, Jeffrey Deaver
The Blue Place, Nicola Griffith
The Genesis Code, John Chase

1999

Outside the Rules - Dylan Jones
Blue Hole - g.d. gearino
Messiah - Boris Starling
Term Limits - Vince Flynn
Welcome to Paradise - Laurance Shames
Quiet Game - Greg Illes
Blood Money - Rochelle Krich
Wild Horses - Brian Hodge
Gideon - Russell Andrews
Eleven Days - Donald Harstad

2000

Nathan's Run - John Gilstrap

Even Steven - John Gilstrap

At All Costs - John Gilstrap

Saving Faith - David Baldacci

Demolition Angel - Robert Crais

Deep Background - David Corn

Void Moon - Michael Connelly

First Counsel - Brad Meltzer

Wild Justice - Phillip Margolin

Decade The shop asked for top ten for the last 10 years.... This turned out to be very difficult. I could have done the top 20 fairly easily and, as you can see, I cheated with my 'anything by' entries.

Mortal Fear - Greg Illes
Becker's Ring - Steven Martin Cohen
Anything by g.d. gearino
Messiah - Boris Starling
Outside the Rules - Dylan Jones
The Death and Life of Bobby Z. - Don Winslow
Bookman's Wake - John Dunning
Anything by Michael Connelly
Anything by Laurence Shames
Anything by Carl Hiassen

And, this leaves out Caleb Carr and Jeffrey Deaver who should not be left out - ooops cheating again. And, I would have loved to have room for Tenth Justice by Brad Meltzer and Divorcing Jack by Colin Bateman. Ok. That's it. I'm done. (For various reasons, I was not allowed to include Northwest authors in these lists.)

I am no longer affiliated with the bookshop for which I gathered my top ten lists in previous years, but now I'm in the habit! Here are is the top 10 for 2001... (list now includes Northwest authors - at least one anyway!)

Anything by Stephen White
Anything by PJ Parrish
Total Recall by Sara Paretsky
Mengele's Legacy by David Jay Weinberg
Tell No One by Harlen Cobin
Dead Sleep by Greg Illes
Fury by GM Ford
Headwinds by John Nance
Death Benefits by Thomas Perry
Echo Burning by Lee Child

2002 2002 was not a spectacular year. I could only find 9 for my top 10!

Paint it Black by PJ Parrish
The Expert by Lee Gruenfiled
Eureka by William Diehl
The Up and Comer by Howard Roughan
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly
City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Separation of Power by Vince Flynn
Turbulence by John Nance
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben

2003 - My 10 is 11 this year. Balance...

Scott Free- John Gilstrap
Black River - G. M. Ford
Final Victim - Stephen J. Cannell
Without Fail - Lee Child
Fender Benders - Bill Fitzhugh
Monkeewrench - P.J. Tracy
Lost Light - Michael Connelly
No Second Chance - Harlan Coben
Bangkok 8 - John Burdett
Second Watch - Lawen Clausen
The Devil's Bed - William Kent Kruger

Here are some reviews by my friends... mini reviews from people other than me!

Now, here's a treat! One of my regular readers of this page, Bill MacDonald, has a new website with great reviews! Check out his take on some of the same books I've read and lots that I haven't (but will soon)!

The last time this page was updated was 01/23/08
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