Gretchen's List for 2008

G’s list for 2008's Best Books

In no particular order:

Non - Mystery – but most excellent:

Sex and Bacon, Sarah Katherine Lewis ($14.95 Seal Press).THE best girls guide to life I’ve ever read.

American Wife, Curtis Sittenfeld, (Random House, $26.00). Well written, can’t-stop-reading tale of a woman’s journey from humble beginnings to the White House. How much is true???? Leaves one wondering.

Okay, onto the mysteries:

The Dawn Patrol, Don Winslow, (Random House $23.95)

The Dirty Secrets Club, Meg Gardiner, (Dutton, $24.95 – a couple of signed copies remain.)

Dead Yard, Adrian McKinty, (Simon and Schuster $7.99)

LA Outlaws, Jefferson T. Parker, (Penguin $25.95 – some signed copies left)

Blackout, Lisa Unger, (Random House $23.00)

The Fourth Watcher, Timothy Hallinan, (HarperCollins $24.95 – some signed copies left)

House Rules, Mike Lawson, (Atlantic $23.00 – some signed copies remain.)

The Brass Verdict, Michael Connelly, (Little Brown $26.99 – some signed copies remain.)

The Lace Reader, Bruniona Berry, (Morrow $24.95 – signed bookplates for copies while they last.)

Runner, Thomas Perry, (January Release, Harcourt $26.00)

Trigger City, Sean Chercover, (HarperCollins $24.95 - signed copies available)

Renegades, Jefferson T. Parker, (February Release, Penguin $25.95)

Beat The Reaper, Josh Bazell, (January Release, Little Brown $24.99)

Comments

[Timothy Hallinan]

Thanks, Gretchen -- means a lot to me.

In a peculiar development, it was also named one of the best books of 2008 by the Japan Times, which is Japan's biggest English-language newspaper.

Will probably be coming up to see you guys in August/September for the next one, BREATHING WATER.

Thanks again,

Tim