Monday 23 November 2015

LOGGING THE LIBRARY - PART FIFTY-SIX

I must admit whilst I feel foolish about the number of books I have it is fun rediscovering titles and authors I have forgotten about, though unless I actually read them what's the point........

Tub 56!

Donald Westlake x 4, Richard Stark x 1 - same thing really!

Dortmunder series book

Alan Grofield - a mate of Parker's!

James W. Hall, Bill Fitzhugh, Donald Westlake, James Patterson, Garry Disher,

Aussie crime - a Wyatt series book,

Joe Nelms, Russ Litten, Carl Hiaasen, Max Pemberton, Harper Lee,

Scream if you want to go Faster!

New-to-me author

Thomas Perry, Anthony Price, Steve Redgrave, Stuart MacBride, Adam Hall,

Roddy Doyle, John McFetridge, Kim Zupan, David Cray x 2, Donald Westlake, Thomas F. Murphy,

Michael Dobbs

Dr. David Audley series book,

Stuart Pawson, Dallas Murphy, Elmore Leonard, Karin Slaughter,

Henry Porter, Stuart Pawson, Chris Petit,

David Peace, Anthony Price, Charles Perry, Leonardo Padura x 2, Kevin Power,

"Powerful and disturbing"

Another Audley series book,

Thomas Perry, Urban Waite, Charlie Higson, Marcus Trescothick, 

90s UK comedic crime!

James Patterson/Howard Roughan x 2, Tony Parsons, Leonardo Padura, Charles Portis,


Butcher Boy series book 3



HIGHLIGHTS.... Westlake-Stark, Garry Disher, Anthony Price, Thomas Perry, John McFetridge, Joe Nelms, David Cray,

LOWLIGHTS.... I've kind of inherited the Patterson and Patterson collaboration books from my son clearing out his stuff. I expect they'll entertain me to a greater or lesser degree if I get around to reading them, but I'm not eagerly anticipating them.

FULL LIST OF 50 AS FOLLOWS: 


AUTHOR TITLE YEAR SERIES
CRAY DAVID LITTLE GIRL BLUE 2001
CRAY DAVID WHAT YOU WISH FOR 2002
DISHER GARRY THE FALLOUT 1997 W6
DOBBS MICHAEL THE EDGE OF MADNESS 2008 HJ2
DOYLE RODDY PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA 1993
FITZHUGH BILL THE ORGAN GRINDERS 1998
HALL JAMES W. RED SKY AT NIGHT 1997 TPI6
HALL ADAM QUILLER'S RUN 1988 Q12
HIAASEN CARL NATURE GIRL 2006
HIGSON CHARLIE HAPPY NOW 1993
LEE HARPER TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD 1960
LEONARD ELMORE PRONTO 1993 RG1
LITTEN RUSS SCREAM IF YOU WANT TO GO FASTER 2011
MACBRIDE STUART BROKEN SKIN 2007 LMCR3
McFETRIDGE JOHN TUMBLIN' DICE 2012
MURPHY THOMAS F. EDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2005
MURPHY DALLAS LUSH LIFE 1992 ADM2
NELMS JOE THE LAST TIME I DIED 2013
PADURA LEONARDO HAVANA BLACK 2006 MCM2
PADURA LEONARDO HAVANA BLUE 2007 MCM3
PADURA LEONARDO HAVANA FEVER 2009 MCM5
PARSONS TONY ONE FOR MY BABY 2001
PATTERSON JAMES CAT AND MOUSE 1997 AC4
PATTERSON/ROUGHAN JAMES/HOWARD SAIL 2008
PATTERSON/ROUGHAN JAMES/HOWARD HONEYMOON 2005 H1
PAWSON STUART LIMESTONE COWBOY 2003 CP9
PAWSON STUART SOME BY FIRE 1999 CP6
PEACE DAVID NINETEEN EIGHTY 2001 RRQ3
PEMBERTON MAX TRUST ME I'M A JUNIOR DOCTOR 2008
PERRY THOMAS RUNNER 2009 JW6
PERRY THOMAS THE INFORMANT 2011 BB3
PERRY CHARLES PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN DROWNING 1962
PETIT CHRIS THE HUMAN POOL 2002
PORTER HENRY BRANDENBURG 2005 RH3
PORTIS CHARLES TRUE GRIT 1968
POWER KEVIN BAD DAY IN BLACKROCK 2008
PRICE ANTHONY COLONEL BUTLER'S WOLF 1972 DDA3
PRICE ANTHONY OTHER PATHS TO GLORY 1974 DDA5
REDGRAVE STEVE A GOLDEN AGE 2000
SLAUGHTER KARIN FAITHLESS 2005 GC5
STARK RICHARD LEMONS NEVER LIE 1971 AG4
TRESCOTHICK MARCUS COMING BACK TO ME 2008
WAITE URBAN THE TERROR OF LIVING 2011
WESTLAKE DONALD THE GETAWAY CAR 2014
WESTLAKE DONALD GOOD BEHAVIOUR 1986 D6
WESTLAKE DONALD JIMMY THE KID 1974 D3
WESTLAKE DONALD THE DAMSEL 1967 AG1
WESTLAKE DONALD THE BLACKBIRD 1969 AG3
WESTLAKE DONALD THE DAME 1969 AG2
ZUPAN KIM THE PLOUGHMEN 2014

14 comments:

  1. Col, after Tub 56 I have got to ask you: where do you keep all your books? I mean, where is Col's Criminal Library located?!

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    1. In the attic Prashant - which is a bit of a pain in the arse when I want to browse a book or two before deciding on the next read. I do have a shelf or two of books downstairs which holds maybe 50 - 100 books.
      I ought to take a photo or two of the tubs all lined up in two rows!

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    2. So I'm guessing your attic is a mile long!

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    3. haha hardly - in most places where the roof eaves allow - I can stack them 5 high!

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  2. Disher, MacBride, Padura, Westlake, Hiaasen, yes, you've got some good reading in store, Col. I hope you enjoy them when you get there.

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    1. I'm definitely sorted for the next 25 years or so. I should turn off the internet and just read!

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  3. I am envious of all the Westlake. I had hoped to start with the more hard-boiled stuff under the Richard Stark pseudonym but I enjoyed the more humorous one I recently read. Lots of good stuff here. I would enjoy finding all of these books too.

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    1. Tracy thanks - I'm looking forward to more Westlake/Stark when I get around to it. I'm glad you enjoyed the recent one you read, especially as you aren't too keen on humour in your mysteries. Maybe Westlake will be the exception.

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  4. I want to see that picture of the tubs in their overwhelming numbers.
    Not much that I've read here, though I do like Thomas Perry.

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    1. Yes - I do like a bit of Thomas Perry - The Butcher's Boy is a particular favourite. Next time I'm up there pulling together a future 50, I'll see what I can do!

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  5. Col – Some good books, some great books, some funny books, and some books I never heard of. Man, you must have the world’s largest attic.

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    1. Haha no I don't think I have. If I did, I would probably have the world's largest house and then wouldn't be reduced to storing them up in the roof!

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  6. I must read some Thomas Perry. (Also, a medal to whoever built your attic floor strong enough for these books!)

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    1. I need to read more Perry. His Jane Whitefield series is supposed to be very good, but I've not started it yet. I'll second your praise of my probably long-passed house builder. Hopefully they built them to last in the 30s!

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