ETA: I have read and downloaded many of your recommendations and have had lots of fun reading them! You are such a welcoming enthusiastic bunch. Thanks a lot! Still looking for more suggestions in case someone wants to add to the ever growing list. So far this year I have read twenty seven books.
Looking for some good mystery novels/short story compilation, etc. Preferably no sci fi or futuristic stuff, no Stephen King. TIA.
FWIW just finished reading “We have to talk about Kevin” by Lionel Shriver. It was OK.
I assume fantasy is also out based on the no sci-fi and no Stephen King request. That eliminates the majority of what I read.
How do you feel about true crime? In Cold Blood is a classic and a very engaging read. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark is quite good and the killer had not been identified when the book was written. The Poisoner’s Handbook gets into the origins of forensic science. The Blood of Emmett Till successfully presents Emmett Till is a human being while still framing his murder as the significant cultural event that it became. This last one is a bit controversial but If I Did It is very well written and very strange to read. The ghost writer’s commentary adds to the book in very meaningful ways.
In cold blood was a great read, a riveting classic. Gone in the dark was also good! She did such a thorough job investigating the whole thing.
I will look up The poisoner’s handbook because I enjoyed reading Mindhunter many years ago.
Thanks.
@Truffle @Lemmeenym the poisoners handbook is amazing! There is a show adapted from it on prime i think? Equally good!
Oh I’ll check it out. Thanks!
If fantasy is back in then Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series is very good. For a while Laurel Hamilton was my favorite modern author. I can recommend the first 9 books of the Anita Blake series. Unfortunately the further you get into the series the more mystery gets replaced with erotica. I didn’t read the last couple of books she released in that series.