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Given that i suspect, as I often do, that I'll be reading some 2010 books after Dec. 31, I'm going to try to list my "best of" for now and probably alter it later.

As usual, it feels odd and quirky to try to list 10 best mysteries. I have a "best" list and a "next, close to best" list. I did check the list at "Deadly Pleasures" for reminders and even then had problems. I have no "best firsts" (alas the galley I'm reading now might make NEXT year's list as it's not due til February, 2011) and am grateful that Yvonne at RTE asked us to list our favorite review of the year as I actually had forgotten the book I wrote about there. I don't keep detailed notes, but I do look back at what i reviewed. And I try to start a "best of list" mid-year so I don't forget books I might have really enjoyed but for some reasons did not review.

Keeping in mind that I only list books published in the calendar year of which I speak (some folks when they do "best of" lists, confuse the hell out of me by simply listing books they read/found/discovered in the year and that just doesn't work for me.)

So my absolutely top books of 2010 are

I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE, Laura Lippman
THE INVISIBLE BOY, Cornelia Read
ON THE LINE, S J Rozan
CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, Tom Franklin
INNOCENT, Scott Turow

The Franklin, by the by, would be in the "best first" category but he has other work published.

Other books that came very close are

QUEEN OF PATPONG, Tim Hallinan
MOONLIGHT MILE, Dennis Lehane
LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, Colin Cotterill
CRASHERS, Dana Haynes
COMING BACK, Marcia Muller
BURY YOUR DEAD, Louse Penny

A non-fiction book on art crime that tops my list is

PRICELESS, Robert K Wittman

there may be more and I probably missed a lot because my reading evolves out of what I'm sent to review and what I request from the public library. But that's it at the moment. I think. Maybe more later?

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2010-12-27 10:29 AM Best of 2010 - a work in progress Previous Entry :: Next Entry Read/Post Comments (2) Share on Facebook	Given that i suspect, as I often do, that I'll be reading some 2010 books after Dec. 31, I'm going to try to list my "best of" for now and probably alter it later. As usual, it feels odd and quirky to try to list 10 best mysteries. I have a "best" list and a "next, close to best" list. I did check the list at "Deadly Pleasures" for reminders and even then had problems. I have no "best firsts" (alas the galley I'm reading now might make NEXT year's list as it's not due til February, 2011) and am grateful that Yvonne at RTE asked us to list our favorite review of the year as I actually had forgotten the book I wrote about there. I don't keep detailed notes, but I do look back at what i reviewed. And I try to start a "best of list" mid-year so I don't forget books I might have really enjoyed but for some reasons did not review. Keeping in mind that I only list books published in the calendar year of which I speak (some folks when they do "best of" lists, confuse the hell out of me by simply listing books they read/found/discovered in the year and that just doesn't work for me.) So my absolutely top books of 2010 are I'D KNOW YOU ANYWHERE, Laura Lippman THE INVISIBLE BOY, Cornelia Read ON THE LINE, S J Rozan CROOKED LETTER, CROOKED LETTER, Tom Franklin INNOCENT, Scott Turow The Franklin, by the by, would be in the "best first" category but he has other work published. Other books that came very close are QUEEN OF PATPONG, Tim Hallinan MOONLIGHT MILE, Dennis Lehane LOVE SONGS FROM A SHALLOW GRAVE, Colin Cotterill CRASHERS, Dana Haynes COMING BACK, Marcia Muller BURY YOUR DEAD, Louse Penny A non-fiction book on art crime that tops my list is PRICELESS, Robert K Wittman there may be more and I probably missed a lot because my reading evolves out of what I'm sent to review and what I request from the public library. But that's it at the moment. I think. Maybe more later? Read/Post Comments (2) Previous Entry :: Next Entry Back to Top
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