Monday 22 June 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART THIRTY-SEVEN

50 more from the mass of tubs in the attic- number 37 this week.

Pre-logging look!

Mark Twain, Ted Lewis, David Butler, Robert Littell, Len Deighton,

70's Deighton espionage!

Ted Lewis 70s UK crime!

Cold War espionage from Robert Littell

Tom Sharpe, James Clavell, Laura Lippman, Len Deighton, Liz Holliday,

Cracker series book with a young Hagrid aka Robbie Coltrane!

Len Deighton standalone.

James Clavell.

Tom Sharpe and a touch of satire!

Robert Harris x 2, Andy McNab, Anthony Bruno, Jim Thompson,

Non-fiction Robert Harris,

Anthony Bruno series book!

Jim Thompson 40s book!

Mark Brandon Read, Ian McEwan, Christopher Moore, Jan Karski, Edward Lewis Wallant, 

Christopher Moore,

Ian McEwan.

Jan Karski - non-fiction

Early 60s novel.

Robert Littell, Andrew Holmes, George MacDonald Fraser, Andy McNab x 2,

More Robert Littell espionage!

Flashman series book!

Robert Campbell, Jim Kelly x 2, Peter James, Ron Ellis,

LA Crime series book.

Ned Beauman. Sean Condon, Andrew Williams, Donald Westlake, Flannery O'Connor,

Short story chunkster collection.

Westlake and Dortmunder!

Ned Beauman

Paul Levine, Dennis Lehane, Andrea Camilleri, David Baldacci, Sjowall-Wahloo,

Italian detective!

Swedish Crime series,

Glenn Meade, Val McDermid, Mike Knowles x 3,

Irish author.

Trilogy of books - Canadian author?

Jess Walter, Andy McNab, Ryu Murakami, Gerald Seymour, Steve Weddle - Needle Magazine!

Raw crime!

Japanese noir!

Jess Walter - long-time favourite author!


HIGHLIGHTS..... Mike Knowles, Robert Campbell, Jess Walter, Donald Westlake,

LOWLIGHTS..... size alone has me fearful of the David Baldacci book!


FULL LIST OF 50............

AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES FICTION/NON
BALDACCI DAVID THE CAMEL CLUB 2005 CC1 F
BEAUMAN NED BOXER BEETLE 2010 F
BRUNO ANTHONY DOUBLE EXPRESSO 1998 LK+FM2 F
BUTLER DAVID THE FALL OF SAIGON 1985 N
CAMILLERI ANDREA THE PATIENCE OF THE SPIDER 2007 IM8 F
CAMPBELL ROBERT W. ALICE IN LA-LA LAND 1987 W2 F
CLAVELL JAMES KING RAT 1962 AS4 F
CONDON SEAN DRIVE THRU AMERICA 1998 N
DEIGHTON LEN GOODBYE MICKEY MOUSE 1982 F
DEIGHTON LEN TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE SPY 1976 HP6 F
ELLIS RON THE SINGING DEAD 2000 JA4 F
HARRIS ROBERT ENIGMA 1995 F
HARRIS ROBERT SELLING HITLER 1996 N
HOLLIDAY LIZ CRACKER: THE BIG CRUNCH 1995 C5 F
HOLMES ANDREW SLEB 2002 F
JAMES PETER LOOKING GOOD DEAD 2006 RG2 F
KARSKI JAN STORY OF A SECRET STATE 2014 N
KELLY JIM THE COLDEST BLOOD 2006 PD4 F
KELLY JIM THE FIRE BABY 2004 PD2 F
KNOWLES MIKE DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE 2008 W1 F
KNOWLES MIKE GRINDER 2009 W2 F
KNOWLES MIKE IN PLAIN SIGHT 2010 W3 F
LEHANE DENNIS GONE BABY GONE 1998 K+G4 F
LEVINE PAUL FLESH & BONES 1997 JL7 F
LEWIS TED PLENDER 1971 F
LIPPMAN LAURA THE LAST PLACE 2002 TM7 F
LITTELL ROBERT MOTHER RUSSIA 1978 F
LITTELL ROBERT THE AMATEUR 1981 F
MACDONALD FRASER GEORGE FLASHMAN AND THE DRAGON 1985 FP8 F
McDERMID VAL UNION JACK 1993 LG4 F
McEWAN IAN THE INNOCENT 1990 F
McNAB ANDY LAST LIGHT 2001 NS4 F
McNAB ANDY DEEP BLACK  2004 NS7 F
McNAB ANDY FIREWALL 2000 NS3 F
McNAB ANDY SEVEN TROOP 2008 N
MEADE GLENN BRANDENBURG 1994 F
MOORE CHRISTOPHER THE LUST LIZARD OF MELANCHOLY COVE 1998 PC2 F
MURAKAMI RYU IN THE MISO SOUP 2005 F
O'CONNOR FLANNERY THE COMPLETE STORIES 1971 F
READ MARK BRANDON CHOPPER 7 2007 N
SEYMOUR GERALD THE WAITING TIME 1998 F
SHARPE TOM  THE WILT ALTERNATIVE 1979 W2 F
SJOWALL/WAHLOO MAJ/PER THE FIRE ENGINE THAT DISAPPEARED 1969 MB5 F
THOMPSON JIM NOTHING MORE THAN MURDER 1949 F
TWAIN MARK THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER 1876 F
WALLANT EDWARD LEWIS THE PAWNBROKER 1961 F
WALTER JESS LAND OF THE BLIND 2003 F
WEDDLE STEVE NEEDLE ISSUE 2: FALL 2011 (ed.) 2011 F
WESTLAKE DONALD DROWNED HOPES 1990 D7 F
WILLIAMS ANDREW THE INTERROGATOR 2009 F

14 comments:

  1. Oh, Col, I really like some of those covers! And you've got some great reads there. Deighton, plus the Martin Beck series, too. And a Jim Thompson! I like the variety of books you have, too. As you get to them, I'll look forward to your reviews.

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    1. Cheers Margot, hopefully we both live to be about 150 years old, so I can get around to reading and reviewing everything!

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  2. Three really good books there: Enigma by Robert Harris (I also love the film), and Gone Baby Gone by Denis Lehane, and the Laura Lippman. You should keep those three near the top!

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    1. 47 turkeys? Only joking, I don't think I have seen the film of ENIGMA, though I have the Lehane one. Not tried Laura Lippman yet, which is a shame.

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  3. I agree about Enigma, the book, being really good. The movie was interesting, more so on a second viewing. Tracy thinks she remembers you saying you don't like Kate Winslet. She's in it.

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    1. Glen, I'm going to have to try and get past that Winslet thing I think. I have enjoyed her in the odd-film previously, I just don't warm to her though.

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    2. I can take or leave Kate Winslet but as Tracy knows all too well, I'll watch Emily Blunt in anything.

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    3. I think my favourite film of hers was SUNSHINE CLEANING, I keep meaning to watch it again sometime. I would rather watch EB than KW anytime.

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  4. Two Deightons, I am not sure if I have those or not. I have a lot of Deightons. Two Littells. I have those but I think you had a couple of Littell books in earlier boxes that I don't have.

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    1. One of the Deightons is a standalone - about a couple of pilots in WWII, the other is part of his 6 or 7 book Harry Palmer series, which pre-dates the Bernard Samson one. I think I probably have all the Littells bar one...and not read one yet - ridiculous!

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  5. Hm. A Dortmunder that I haven't come across. Must check it out . . .

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    1. I just checked there are 14 novels on total and a collection of short stories. I don't have them all, but there's a few.

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  6. Col, I'm delighted to see a Tom Sharpe in your tub. It reminds me that I should re-read at least one of his novels in my collection. I'm also tempted to read Flannery O'Connor's stories, especially since I have been reading about her work on some blogs and websites. I like the European flavour among this lot.

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    1. I have had the Flannery collection for a few years, just have never gotten around to reading it.

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