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I think if you read his other novels you will get the same feeling. Different place, different time, his writing feels authentic. Makes me wonder how he prepared for his writing: through research,...

"Maybe I'm dead," Valdez said. "Am I dead?" He could see the children of Diego Luz behind their father, in the doorway.
"You looked near to it. Somebody stabbed you in the back."
"No, a tree did...

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite authors. I've read everything he has written and will probably read them again.

It is fun to stumble into an author you like, and read everything he (or she) has written in a series. I'm doing that now with Ace Atkins. One of the first series I devoured over 35 years ago was...

HOLMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

American Catch: The Fight For Our Local Seafood by Paul Greenberg
A life changing read...

This is not about what I am reading now, 1 novel and one autobiography, but about reading fiction in general. In another post I mentioned that it is difficult for me, not impossible, to read science...

Winter's Bone by Daniel Woodrell. This is the last of Woodrell's novels I have been privileged to read....I waited to read it because I saw the film when it was released and thought that that fact...

The Complete Short Stories of Flannery O' Connor

This Wicked World by Richard Lange.......could not put it down....SWMBO said I did not talk to her the whole weekend! As I scramble to defend myself, I'm thinking, yes, and what is your point?

Angel Baby by Richard Lange...a review by another author I like said of it: "...a bone crushing-nightmare parable: bad people doing the wrong things for love." I've known this to happen.

Give Us A Kiss by Daniel Woodrell......when I find an author I like I tend to read everything he has written.....I'm just about at the end of Woodrell's output and that is always a sad day....hoping...

Back to back Bukowski's: Ham on Rye, Post Office, and Women.....should have read these when I was 17.......now starting Elephant Company by Vicki Constantine Croke a book about my least favorite...

Finished Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan......as has been said....this is a modern masterpiece of literature.....

Gould's Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan......so far, just into it but, astounding work.....

Unbroken.....felt like 2 books to me, war and post war....I preferred the first part but saw the need for the second. Overall, a great tale of tough individuals, and on multiple levels an important...

Invisible Monsters Remix by Chuck Palahniuk

Funny you mention Naked Lunch. Here is a review of Crooked Little Vein from the Chicago Tribune, "Crooked Little Vein" ---which combines the noir sensibilities of Raymond Chandler with the...

Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis.......I feel just slightly ashamed posting after Pithor's post, but I'll soldier on and continue wandering in the undergrowth of humanity.

Just finished a novella by Haruki Murakami: The Strange Library, not a new novella but an extraordinary edition of a book written by one of my favorite authors. Now into Everything is Illuminated...

If this might be your first outing with Raymond Chandler....I recommend skipping Ian Rankin for now (a fine author) and beginning at the beginning....Chandler (or the reverse, Hammett), then to...

My favorite author....If you haven't already, be sure to read the other two books in his Border Trilogy.....

The Laughing Monsters by Denis Johnson
I've read 4 of his novels this one is equally infuriating and compelling.......highly recommended except for the infuriating part which is essential.

Just wrapped up Frank Sinatra IN A Blender written by Matthew Mc Bride and starting Hand to Mouth, Living in Bootstrap America by Linda Tirado

I always read about the font chosen for the book when I am finished (if available), never before, otherwise I might say something like....I can't read this....why didn't he/she demand Charter!