Books, beer and barbarians

by Frank Norris Started: December 22, 2008 Finished: January 1, 2009 Notes: This is one of those forgotten novels of classic literature, wri...

by David Gemmell Started: December 15 Finished: December 22 Notes: This is a pretty well-known modern author in the fantasy genre, and unfor...

edited by Lin Carter Started: December 9 Finished: December 15 Notes: I wasn't blown away by Flashing Swords! #4 , which I read a while ...

by Walter Van Tilburg Clark Started: December 1 Finished: December 9 Notes: This 1940 Western novel was made into a 1943 movie starring a yo...

by Cormac McCarthy Started: November 29 Finished: November 30 Notes: This is one of those books (by one of those authors) that no one had he...

by Koushun Takami Started: November 21 Finished: November 29 Notes: Though almost unknown in the U.S., "Battle Royale" has been qu...

by William Paul Young Started: November 14 Finished: November 21 Notes: Christian fiction isn't normally my thing unless it's also h...

by Dean Koontz Started: November 9 Finished: November 14 Notes: Something like twenty years ago, I had aspirations to be a horror novelist. ...

by Jack Schaefer Started: November 7 Finished: November 9 Notes: If the title of this book means nothing to you, then you're obviously n...

by Stephen King Started: October 31 Finished: November 7 Notes: Barely in time for Halloween, I decided to turn to some horror. This is one ...

by Ed McBain Started: October 24 Finished: October 31 Notes: I have not finished my last novel yet, nor had I planned to read another by Ed ...

edited by Lin Carter Started: October 21 Finished: October 30 Notes: Another classic collection of Sword and Sorcery stories I've been m...

by Gordon R. Dickson with Roland Green Started: October 15 Finished: October 21 Notes: I've long been a fan of the Thieves' World s...

by Ed McBain Started: October 11 Finished: October 15 Notes: Yes, I'm retreating into another 87th Precinct novel from McBain because I...

by William Gibson Started: October 3 Finished: October 11 Notes: This is a sci-fi classic originally published in the early 1980s. Though I ...

by Ed McBain Started: September 27 Finished: October 3 Notes: This is my third 87th Precinct novel. The first two were published in the 195...

by John Scalzi Started: September 22 Finished: September 27 Notes: I've just finished my first novel by this author, was quite impressed...

by John Scalzi Started: September 19 Finished: September 22 Notes: This writer has been pretty popular these last few years, especially with...

by Jack Vance Started: September 14 Finished: September 19 Notes: Yet another fantasy book I've been meaning to get to for a while, spec...

by Robert E. Howard Started: September 7 Finished: September 14 Notes: Okay, so I'm back to Sword and Sorcery stories again. This is a c...