Fiction
Related: About this forumWhat Fiction are you reading this week, October 20, 2024?


I'm reading The Cabinet of Dr. Leng by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. There's a whole lot going on in this 21st Pendergast novel. I'm finding it hard to put down.
Listening to The Dark Wind by Tony Hillerman. Great story from 1982 and I hear it's become a quite popular TV show.
These great books are helping me cope with this very messed up world right now.
What books are helping make the world right for you?

murielm99
(31,852 posts)Mary Kubica. I am reading much more slowly these days. Post-covid symptoms are taking a toll on me.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Do take care. I had the damn disease a couple of years ago and food still doesn't taste the same. And I think I'm more tired. Hang in there.
Book sounds good, though. Told in alternating perspectives, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves a chilling thriller -- "one that explores the dark recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some secrets might be better left buried."
Srkdqltr
(8,281 posts)Easy to read. Interesting situations. The people are easy to read about. Just fun. There are 6 now I'm hoping for more.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Love this title: GREAT PARTY! SORRY ABOUT THE MURDER
Srkdqltr
(8,281 posts)The first story is about the invention of fire. The peoples reaction to it is predictable. People are people no matter what age.
displacedvermoter
(3,685 posts)Hound of the Baskervilles and Frankenstein next two weeks!
Movie versions to follow.
40RatRod
(566 posts)I published this years ago
Bayard
(24,785 posts)hermetic
(8,839 posts)on GoodReads. Says author is: "writing as tracy." Is that you? 968 pages, ebook, Published November 21, 2021. Interesting.
40RatRod
(566 posts)I am Carl F Pirkle
40RatRod
(566 posts)This is the link to my book. There are two with the same title.
Bayard
(24,785 posts)Engrossing, as usual.
Just started, "The Witch Elm," based on recommendations here. Haven't made up my mind about it yet.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)I remember the plot points but can't recall how much I liked it. Reviews are mixed.
bbrady42
(193 posts)cbabe
(4,903 posts)by James Patterson.
Volcanoe explodes. World ending secret toxic waste dump at risk. Light romance. Clashing egos and fiery deaths.
Dont expect too much. Simple enjoyment.
I also read a couple Tony Hillerman books! Thief of Time and Listening Woman. Special and satisfying and ageless.
Dear_Prudence
(852 posts)I have a poor memory for book plots, but I remember book characters very well. So I have enjoyed re-reading Hillerman because I it is like I am visiting old friends, while the mystery part, well, I can't remember who-done- it. 😄
Bayard
(24,785 posts)I could see it as a movie.
cbabe
(4,903 posts)Daring do not derringer. Darn auto correct.
brer cat
(26,900 posts)This is a new author to me, and was published in 2000. Good so far.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Agent is charged with locating Hitler's priceless, missing art treasures before a band of neo-Nazis can sell them to benefit a neofascist regime.
LogDog75
(405 posts)I enjoy the Aloysius Pendergast novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child but the one criticism I have is they use obscure or antiquated words and Latin phrases (without translation) causing me to look them up in the dictionary or online.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Lots of that Latin verbiage in this book. I do wish they'd include the translations.
Dear_Prudence
(852 posts)I am audiobooking a couple of cozy mysteries: 'Granny's Got a Gun' (the snoop is an old retired lady, like me) & Witchy Whiskers (snoop is a cat lady, like me). Also I am listening to an old (2011) non-fiction course, 'Astronomy II, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe', which takes me about as far away from election news as I can get.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)This retired granny, cat lady loves cozies. I will check those out. Hang in there.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Quite entertaining. I've always enjoyed stories with talking cats.

CANADIANBEAVER69
(661 posts)I love fantasy, so I am enjoying this series tremendously. I started with Sarah's Crescent City series and was hooked. I still have the third book to read in that one, but in the meantime I started her Court series books.
Robert McCammon - Swan Song. I have read this book multiple times. I go back to it every couple of years.
hermetic
(8,839 posts)AN EPIC JOURNEY OF TERROR ACROSS A LAND SEETHING WITH UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS. AMERICA!-HAUNTED BY AN EVIL WHOSE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.
Did you know there's almost 90 books with that or similar title?
CANADIANBEAVER69
(661 posts)It was given to me by my mom, who had received it from a friend. I read it and kept it with me all these years.
LogDog75
(405 posts)Kelly Armstrong is a Canadian author who wrote the Rockton novels, which I enjoyed. I
hermetic
(8,839 posts)Then I found her name is spelled Kelley and this book was just published Oct 1. "a spellbinding new tale of supernatural horror involving a haunted-house, seances, lost loved ones, and a sinister spirit out for blood." Perfect Halloween fare.
cbabe
(4,903 posts)mentalsolstice
(4,570 posts)Its about an 82 year old woman who moves from Los Angeles back to her childhood home in NJ where she grew up in a crime family. So far, so good.
Have a great week everyone!
hermetic
(8,839 posts)"Utterly enchanting. A deeply human novel that sings the song of life itself. What a brilliant feat of empathy, style, and transcendent beauty"
rsdsharp
(10,684 posts)Ive read the first two, Semper Fi and Call to Arms, and am now working on Counterattack.
Ill probably take a break on Tuesday when the new Reacher book comes out.
Jeebo
(2,413 posts)Won a Hugo award. I have a nice leather-bound Easton Press copy that they sent me as part of their Masterpieces of Science Fiction series 35 years ago, and that's when I read it for the first time. Blish wrote some good stuff; I also read his "Cities in Flight" novels.
Ron
