2019 in review (III): Books
I read–or listened to–just over fifty books this year. You can find the full list here. A few were audiobooks that I listened to in the car. Several were books I read to my wife in the evening, part of our regular routine. A few were for research for a project that never came to fruition, some were for essays I had to write, and a couple were for research for a novel I’m currently writing.
I also got to read Gwendy’s Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar a couple of times, and I did some research for him while he was working on this follow-up to Gwendy’s Button Box.
I reviewed fourteen books this year at Onyx Reviews:
- Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré
- Broken Man on a Halifax Pier by Lesley Choyce
- Elevator Pitch by Linwood Barclay
- The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson
- Land of Wolves by Craig Johnson
- The Chain by Adrian McKinty
- From Sea to Stormy Sea: 17 Stories Inspired by Great American Paintings edited by Lawrence Block
- If She Wakes by Michael Koryta
- Just Watch Me by Jeff Lindsay
- Exhalation by Ted Chiang
- The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden
- Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
- Inspection by Josh Malerman
- Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan
I also reviewed The Institute by Stephen King at News from the Dead Zone.
Other works I enjoyed but haven’t yet had a chance to review include Full Throttle by Joe Hill and three forthcoming books: Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough, All Adults Here by Emma Straub, and The Chill by Scott Carson. The latter is one you’ll be hearing a lot more about, I think. It’s the first supernatural novel by Michael Koryta (writing under a pen name) in a good many years, and it’s a real winner!
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