Okay, this is late, but in response to The Times Top Fifty Paperbacks article I blogged about here, I’ve compiled a list of ten paperbacks released this year that floated my boat.
Qualifications:
Each book was released in paperback for the first time in 2009 (or in the case of Winterland, will be released in November this year).
They aren’t all mass market paperbacks, but I didn’t count those paperbacks that come out at the same time as its hardback release (AKA C-format or trade paperbacks). An honourable mention goes to Gene Kerrigan’s Dark Times in the City which was disqualified on this rule. I loved it, though.
The list isn’t in order of preference. That sort of decision making process would take up too much energy.
And that’s pretty much it. The list:
So, yeah, buy all these books, people. They rock.
Qualifications:
Each book was released in paperback for the first time in 2009 (or in the case of Winterland, will be released in November this year).
They aren’t all mass market paperbacks, but I didn’t count those paperbacks that come out at the same time as its hardback release (AKA C-format or trade paperbacks). An honourable mention goes to Gene Kerrigan’s Dark Times in the City which was disqualified on this rule. I loved it, though.
The list isn’t in order of preference. That sort of decision making process would take up too much energy.
And that’s pretty much it. The list:
All the Colours of the Town by Liam McIlvanney
Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty
Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway
Mystery Man by Colin Bateman
Slammer by Allan Guthrie
The Dying Breed (US Title - The Price of Blood) by Declan Hughes
The Twelve (US Title - The Ghosts of Belfast) by Stuart Neville
The War of the Blue Roses by Garbhan Downey
Tower by Ken Bruen and Reed Farrell Coleman
Winterland by Alan Glynn
So, yeah, buy all these books, people. They rock.
