BOOKS I READ IN 2019

In no particular order. NOTE: All links go to Amazon US

FICTION – HISTORICAL

1. THE DEVIL’S PAINTBOX – Victoria McKernan

FICTION – CRIME / MYSTERY

2. DARK COUNTRY – Catherine Lee
3. GONE TO DUST – Matt Goldman
4. LADY KILLER – Ed McBain
5. THE BIG SLEEP – Raymond Chandler
6. A IS FOR ALIBI – Sue Grafton
7. DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS – Walter Mosley
8. THE BURNING GIRL – Mark Billingham
9. THE LAST DETECTIVE – Robert Crais
10. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME Mark Haddon
11. STAR STRUCK – Val McDermid
12. GET SHORTY – Elmore Leonard
13. NATURE GIRL – Carl Hiassen. 
14. FRONT PAGE FATALITY – LynDee Walker
15. HANGMAN – Jack Heath
16. WEEPING IN HER RAPTURE – W Glenn Duncan
17. SCRUBLANDS – Chris Hammer
18. THE PROMISED LAND – Barry Maitland
19. THE CHAIN – Adrian McKinty
20. WHERE THE TRUTH LIES – Rupert Holmes

FICTION – CRIME / MYSTERY (GRAPHIC NOVELS)

21. QUARRY’S WAR – Max Allan Collins
22. THE NIGHT I DIED (MICKEY SPILLANE’S MIKE HAMMER) – Max Allan Collins
23. BREAKNECK – Duane Swierczynski

FICTION – POST-APOCALYPTIC (GRAPHIC NOVELS)

24. CROSSED – Garth Ennis / Jacob Burrows

FICTION – COZY CRIME

25. DEATH AT THE DOG SHOW – Grace York
26. EVIL AT ECHO POINT – Grace York
27. FATALITY AT THE FUNERAL – Grace York. 
28. GIRL BY THE GRAVE – Grace York. 
29. THE HOLIDAY HOMICIDE – Grace York. 

FICTION – LITERARY

30. THE LAST RIDE – Denise Young
31. FAHRENHEIT 451 – Ray Bradbury

FICTION – ACTION AND ADVENTURE

32. THE THREE SECRET CITIES – Matthew Reilly
33. NORTH STAR – Hammond Innes

FICTION – YOUNG ADULT

34. SKULLDUGGERY PLEASANT – Derek Landy 

FICTION – SHORT STORIES

35. MAD AS HELL – Mike McCrary
36. DARK CHRISTMAS – Catherine Lee

NON-FICTION

37. HELP, MY FACEBOOK ADS SUCK! – Michael Cooper & Mal Cooper
38. STORY GENIUS – Lisa Cron
39. BUILD YOUR OWN HOME ON WHEELS – Alex Shone
40. VAN CONVERSION GUIDE – Nate Murphy
41. NEWSLETTER NINJA – Tammi Labrecque
42. WRITE TO MARKET – Chris Fox
43. EVERYTHING IS FUCKED – Mark Manson
44. LOST BOYS AND GONE GIRLS – Justine Ford
45. READY TO RUN – Kelly Starrett and T J Murphy
46. HACKERS – Steven Levy
47. THE RISE OF THE ULTRA RUNNERS – Adharanand Finn. 
48. LET YOUR MIND RUN – Deena Kastor and Michelle Hamilton. 
49. THE SECRET RACE – Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle.