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     Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 212.183.128.136 |
Here it is. The complete list of all the books I read in 2012... HORROR NOVELS: ‘Sacrament’ (1996) by Clive Barker [also Fantasy] ‘The Darkest Part Of The Woods’ (2003) ‘The Overnight’ (2004) by Ramsey Campbell ‘The Little People’ (1966) by John Christopher [also Fantasy/Sci-Fi] ‘Darkest Day’ (1993) ‘Psychoville’ (1995) by Christopher Fowler ‘The Santaroga Barrier’ (1968) by Frank Herbert [also Sci-Fi] ‘Picnic At Hanging Rock’ (1967) by Joan Lindsay ‘Burnt Offerings’ (1973) by Robert Marasco ‘The Narrative Of Arthur Gordon Pym Of Nantucket’ (1838) by Edgar Allan Poe ‘The Sphinx Of The Ice Fields’ (1897) by Jules Verne [also Sci-Fi] SCI-FI NOVELS: ‘The World In Winter’ (1962) ‘The Possessors’ (1964) [also Horror] ‘A Wrinkle In The Skin’ (1965) by John Christopher ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ (1954) by Jack Finney [also Horror] ‘The Forever War’ (1974) by Joe Haldeman ‘Space Cadet’ (1948) ‘Red Planet’ (1949) ‘Starman Jones’ (1953) ‘Double Star’ (1956) [also Comic] ‘Have Space Suit, Will Travel’ (1958) by Robert A. Heinlein [for Children] ‘Fury’ (1947) by Henry Kuttner ‘The Stepford Wives’ (1972) by Ira Levin [also Horror] ‘The Shrinking Man’ (1956) by Richard Matheson [also Horror/Fantasy] ‘Earth Abides’ (1949) by George R. Stewart ‘More Than Human’ (1953) by Theodore Sturgeon FANTASY NOVELS: ‘Imajica’ (1991) by Clive Barker [also Horror] ‘Outside The Dog Museum’ (1991) ‘After Silence’ (1992) ‘From The Teeth Of Angels’ (1994) by Jonathan Carroll [all also Horror] ‘Red Shift’ (1973) by Alan Garner ‘A Voyage To Arcturus’ (1921) by David Lindsay [also Sci-Fi] ‘Free Live Free’ (1984) [also Crime] ‘Soldier Of The Mist’ (1986) ‘The Wizard Knight’ (2004) by Gene Wolfe CRIME NOVELS: ‘The Deadly Percheron’ (1946) ‘The Last Of Philip Banter (1947) ‘Devil Take The Blue Tail Fly’ (1948) by John Franklin Bardin [also Horror] ‘Death Is A Lonely Business’ (1985) by Ray Bradbury [also Horror] ‘The Memory Of Blood’ (2011) by Christopher Fowler [also Horror/Comic] ‘The Thin Man’ (1934) by Dashiell Hammett ‘Deep Water’ (1957) ‘This Sweet Sickness’ (1960) by Patricia Highsmith ‘Dead Man Upright’ (1993) by Derek Raymond [also Horror] ‘Nothing More Than Murder’ (1949) ‘Savage Night’ (1953) ‘A Swell Looking Babe’ (1954) by Jim Thompson ‘Waltz Into Darkness’ (1947) by Cornell Woolrich COMIC NOVELS: ‘Indecent Exposure’ (1973) by Tom Sharpe OTHER NOVELS: ‘A Burnt Out Case’ (1960) by Graham Greene [Psychological/Character Drama] ‘Mysteries’ (1892) by Knut Hamsun [Psychological/Character Drama/Love Story – borderline Crime] ‘The Tremor Of Forgery’ (1969) by Patricia Highsmith [Psychological/Character Drama/Love Story – borderline Crime] ‘The Doubleman’ (1985) by C.J. Koch [Psychological/Character Drama/Love Story - borderline Fantasy/Horror] ‘The Devil In A Forest’ (1976) by Gene Wolfe [Historical Adventure - borderline Fantasy] AUTOBIOGRAPHY: ‘The Hidden Files : An Autobiography’ (1992) by Derek Raymond COLLECTIONS: ‘Night Terrors : The Complete Ghost Stories Of E.F. Benson’ (2012) [Horror] ‘The Paradoxes Of Mr Pond’ (1936) by G.K. Chesterton [Crime] ‘His Last Bow’ (1917) ‘The Casebook Of Sherlock Holmes’ (1927) by Arthur Conan Doyle [both Crime] ‘The Orchard’ (1986) by Charles L. Grant [Horror] ‘The Right Hand Of Doom And Other Tales Of Solomon Kane’ (2007) by Robert E. Howard [Fantasy/Horror] ‘Dark Gods’ (1985) by T.E.D. Klein [Horror] ‘The Complete Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe’ (1938) [Horror/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Crime/Comic/etc.] ANTHOLOGIES: None HORROR READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Dark Gods’ (1985) by T.E.D. Klein SCI-FI READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Earth Abides’ (1949) by George R. Stewart FANTASY READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Outside The Dog Museum’ (1991) by Jonathan Carroll CRIME READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Dead Man Upright’ (1993) by Derek Raymond SHORT STORY COLLECTION OF THE YEAR: ‘Dark Gods’ (1985) by T.E.D. Klein SHORT STORY READ OF THE YEAR: 'Nadelman’s God' (1985) by T.E.D. Klein MOST ENTERTAINING READ OF THE YEAR: ‘The Memory Of Blood’ (2011) by Christopher Fowler MOST DISTURBING READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Dead Man Upright’ (1993) by Derek Raymond MOST MOVING READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Earth Abides’ (1949) by George R. Stewart MOST PROFOUND READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Earth Abides’ (1949) by George R. Stewart READ OF THE YEAR: ‘Earth Abides’ (1949) by George R. Stewart | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.66.23.11 |
When I get a few minutes spare I'll see how few I've read in comparison to this list... | ||
| Mbfg (Mbfg) Username: Mbfg Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 90.199.246.248 |
A good exercise, but will take a few days to sort out exactly what I did read last year. All that wood pulp is just a blur. Cheers Terry | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.8.31 |
Mine built up towards end, when I got busy: Needful Things - Stephen King Cell - Stephen King Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King 11:22:63 - Stephen King Pet Sematary - Stephen King Lionel Asbo – Martin Amis The Ritual – Adam Nevill McTeague – Frank Norris The Beetle – Richard Marsh Queen Lucia – E F Benson The Pregnant Widow – Martin Amis Jimbo – Algernon Blackwood Red Badge of Courage – Stephen Crane The Card – Arnold Bennett Call of the Wild – Jack London O Pioneers – Willa Cather The Napoleon of Notting Hill – G K Chesterton Crome Yellow – Aldous Huxley The Gambler – Fyodor Dostoevsky The Tragedy of Pudden’ead Wilson – Mark Twain The Rainbow – D H Lawrence Washington Square – Henry James The History of M Polly – H G Wells | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.8.31 |
This year will be better. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.150.18.3 |
In approximate sequence - and excluding a couple of plays I've read at least a hundred times each in order to memorise the damned things (and anything I didn't list on the WAYR threads - this year I have been mostly reading From Blue to Black - Joel Lane - excellent start to the year Keeping Britain Tidy - Steve Hollyman - new writer - may be worth keeping an eye out for more Life andd fate - Grossman - gave up on this turgid doorstop Blind assassin - Atwood - one of my top reads of the year Brookly Follies - Auster - the usual excellence Drop dead Gorgeous - Wayne simmons - nice simple zombie mayhem 11:23:62 - King - another pick for read of the year Dexter is Delicious - naff title aside, a worthy entry in the series. Hunters moon - Jim Butcher - will definitely be reading the rest of the series Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 3/4 - Townsend - as funny now as it was when I first read it 30 years ago - if not funnier Bloodwind - Charles l grant - not his best Cyberabad days - Ian MacDonald - Ok I suppose but a bit meh overall Last Light of the Sun - Guy Kay - very good indeed Embassytown - China Mieville - hard to get into but worth the effort Mandelbaum gate - Muriel Spark - gave up on this one too Some Kind of fairytale - Graham Joyce - excellent as usual Fractured - Karin Slaughter - dead easy read and good mystery story Little Star - Lindqvist - possibly my favourite of his to date another pick for book of the year Great House - Nicole Krauss - Auster wannabe without the readability. Hunger games - easy read, derivative and creaky storyline. Good for what it is and better grammatically at least than most of these teen bestsellers at the moment Under the Dome - another big King book this year and another pick for best of the year Last days - Adam Neville - not as good as the Ritual for me. Some brilliant set pieces but it lacked something. The Faceless - Simon bestwick - good and atmospheric. still not quite sure if I liked the ending though but definitely worth reading Dead island - mark Morris - readable but poorly plotted - but it is the book version of a zombie shoot-em-up game so didn't have huge hopes In Evil Hour - GG Marquez - disappointing to say the least. My definite least favourite book of the year that I actually finished Double Dexter - another cracking Dexter book. Dead Right - Peter Robinson - good fun, I'll be reading more Banks novels | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 109.150.18.3 |
Can't decide between the top books... | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
My list! The year of reading crime/mysteries for me... more than ever in one year... not all great, either (but most of them). And sadly, nothing terribly current (*sigh*). Margaret Millar, Beast in View An Air That Kills Rex Stout, The Second Confession Three Witnesses Gene Wolfe, The Wizard Ross MacDonald, The Way Some People Die Sara Paretsky, Deadlock Killing Orders Harold Bloom, The Shadow of a Great Rock Ed McBain, Hail, Hail, The Gang's All Here! He Who Hesitates Tony Hillerman, Dance Hall Of The Dead Eilis Dillon, Death In The Quadrangle Walter Kaufmann, Religions in Four Dimensions Karl Edward Wagner, Conan: The Road of Kings The Book of Kane Death Angel's Shadow Clive Barker, The Inhuman Condition Ramsey Campbell, The Count of Eleven Ruth Rendell, Death Notes (Put On By Cunning) A Judgement in Stone From Doon With Death A Sight For Sore Eyes To Fear A Painted Devil No More Dying Then Frank McCauliff, Of All The Bloody Cheek William Burroughs, Naked Lunch Ernest Hemingway, Winner Take Nothing The Snows of Kilimanjaro, and other stories Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics Israel Zangwill, The Big Bow Mystery Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon The Dain Curse (+ "Corkscrew") Robert A. Heinlein, Orphans of the Sky Agatha Christie, A Holiday For Murder Charles L. Grant, The Last Call of Mourning Patricia Highsmith, Creepers Joseph Hansen, Fadeout (ed. David Willis McCullough) City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present Great Detectives: A Century of the Best Mysteries from England & America (ed. Richard Davis), The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series II (ed. Gerald W. Page) The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.8.31 |
Did you like A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES, Craig? | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
Yep, Gary! Once I got the hang of what she was doing there, it became quite a ride. I sort of tend towards her more traditional Wexford/mysteries... but I've become quite a fan of Rendell's... sadly, since reading her alone might very well take me years to get through everything.  | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.25.8.31 |
Have you read her Barbara Vine stuff? The Brimstone Wedding is astonishing. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 99.126.164.88 |
No, Gary—but I will, I hear they're quite good. I'll look for that one. | ||
| David_m (David_m) Username: David_m Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 2.26.140.31 |
I'll try to remember to make a list as I proceed through 2013, as this seems like a fun exercise. Standout novels I read last year were: James Ellroy, The Black Dahlia Adam Nevill, Last Days Don Winslow, The Power of the Dog On Adam Nevill's recommendation, the first non-academic book I'll be reading in 2013 is Donald Ray Pollock's The Devil All the Time. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 90.244.37.64 |
Offhand, this is my list for 2012. Not including stuff I started but didn't finish. Novels: ROSEMARY'S BABY-- Ira Levin AFTER SILENCE -- Jonathan Carroll BAIT MONEY -- Max Alan Collins SCRATCH FEVER -- Max Allan Collins SPREE -- Max Allan Collins QUARRY -- Max Allan Collins YOUR TURN TO CURTSY, MY TURN TO BOW -- William Goldman NIGHT SONGS -- Charles L Grant THE BULL AND THE SPEAR -- Michael Moorcock THE OAK AND THE RAM -- Micheal Moorcock STONE COLD -- Robert B Parker PALE KINGS AND PRINCES -- Robert B Parker BRIMSTONE -- Robert B Parker NIGHTLIFE -- Brian Hodge THE BURNING SOUL -- John Connolly DIRTY WEEKEND -- Helen Zahavi Short story collections: GENERAL MURDERS -- Loren D Estleman NIGHTMARE SEASONS -- Charles L Grant THE ORCHARD -- Charles L Grant FALLING IDOLS -- Brian Hodge Comics: FATALE Volume 1 -- Ed Brubaker IRREDEEMABLE Volumes 1-9 -- Mark Waid INCORRUPTIBLE Volumes 1-7 -- Mark Waid DAREDEVIL Volumes 1-3 -- Mark Waid MS TREE -- Max Allan Collins AMERICAN FLAGG! -- Howard Chaykin CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN -- Howard Chaykin SWORDS OF HEAVEN, FLOWERS OF HELL -- Howard Chaykin CITY OF TOMORROW -- Howard Chaykin LEGEND -- Howard Chaykin DOMINIC FORTUNE: IT CAN HAPPEN HERE AND NOW -- Howard Chaykin WOLVERINE AND NICK FURY -- Archie Goodwin and Tom DeFalco CRADLEGRAVE -- John Smith WAR IS HELL: FLIGHT OF THE PHANTOM EAGLE -- Garth Ennis SPIDER-MAN: KRAVEN' S LAST HUNT -- J.M. DeMateis HELLBLAZER:FEAR AND LOATHING -- Garth Ennis HELLBLAZER:TAINTED LOVE -- Garth Ennis BATTLEFIELDS Volume 1 -- Garth Ennis UNKNOWN SOLDIER -- Garth Ennis STEVE ROGERS SUPERSOLDIER -- Ed Brubaker CROSSED: BADLANDS -- Garth Ennis and Jamie Delano THE SHADOW -- Garth Ennis PROMETHEA Volumes 1-5 -- Alan Moore JLA: ULTRAMARINE CORPS -- Grant Morrison SEVEN SOLDIERS OF VICTORY Volumes 1-2 -- Grant Morrison WOLVERINE -- Chris Claremont STITCHED -- Garth Ennis and Mike Wolfer FURY: MY WAR GONE BY -- Garth Ennis LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN Volume 1 -- Alan Moore LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: 1910 -- Alan Moore | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.25.141.120 |
Funny this thread should come up: the link leads to my list (with commentary): http://tbdeluxe.blogspot.com/2013/01/resolution-fail.html Stu: Good for you on Charles Grant. Wish he were more remembered than he is (Wish I could afford those new collections, too). | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.24.62.55 |
I read four outstanding horror collections last year and Grant's 'The Orchard' more than held its own with Edgar Allan Poe, E.F. Benson & T.E.D. Klein. I think of all the popular horror writers whose work I adored in the late 70s/80s golden era his & Ramsey's - above even King & Straub - will probably last longest. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 90.244.34.220 |
I picked up a ton of Grant books in a second-hand bookshop last year. £2 a copy. Now I just have to find time to read them all. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.24.62.55 |
Lucky you! I've found his books nearly impossible to come by in the second hand shops over here. 'The Orchard' was the first I'd come across in about 20 years. I still rank 'The Nestling' (1982) as one of the finest horror novels of the 20th Century - up there with; 'The Ceremonies', 'The Exorcist', 'The Shining', 'Incarnate', 'Rosemary's Baby', 'The Haunting Of Hill House', 'Harvest Home', 'Ghost Story', etc. I can feel a Charles L. Grant splurge on Amazon coming on... once January is out of the way.  | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Stevie, unless you're buying new copies (impossible for most Grant books), go for abebooks rather than Amazon. The former is a database of real second-hand book dealers who use dealer terminology fairly accurately. The latter is a rats' nest of idiots selling off their most beat-up, torn, stained and generally ruined copies and claiming they are in 'very good' condition. Having brought two second-hand paperbacks through Amazon that were described as 'very good' and found them both to be barely acceptable as reading copies (i.e. condition should have been ranked as 'poor'), I won't get fooled again. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.24.62.55 |
I use Abebooks and eBay often as well, Joel, when tracking down books I must read. Which reminds me... is there any word of the complete paperback edition of Ramsey's 'Secret Stories' coming out yet? That's next on my MBR list. | ||
| Playloup66 (Playloup66) Username: Playloup66 Registered: 05-2011 Posted From: 109.153.38.25 |
http://http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/secret-story-paperback-by-ramsey-campbell-1 343-p.asp I think this is what you're looking for Stevie. | ||
| Playloup66 (Playloup66) Username: Playloup66 Registered: 05-2011 Posted From: 109.153.38.25 |
http://www.pspublishing.co.uk/secret-story-paperback-by-ramsey-campbell-1343-p.a sp Or the correct address! | ||
| Thomasb (Thomasb) Username: Thomasb Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.25.141.120 |
I have just about all his original anthologies in paperback. I still remember the first story of his I read, "The Garden of Blackred Roses" in the Kirby McCauley anthology DARK FORCES. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.169.5.88 |
I've only once had issues with a book I was sent through amazon - where it was described as very good but arrived with a severely bent spine and dog eared corners. I put a negative review of the vendor on the site. Within a couple of hours the vendor contacted me and refunded my money so i got the book for free. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 86.24.62.55 |
I've yet to have a bad experience buying on Amazon, Weber. I find the percentage ratings for their sellers are a good indication of reliability - in much the same way eBay works. | ||
| Lincoln (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 124.181.147.40 |
Read in 2012. Novels - 'The Croning', Laird Barron 'The Passage', Justin Cronin Novellas - 'Dark Gods', Klein 'The Men from Porlock', 'TheBroadsword', Laird Barron 'The Turtle Boy', Kealan Patrick Burke 'Different Skins', Zed Shorts - read all of these RC collections, in order: 'Height of the Scream' 'Demons by Daylight' 'Dark Companions' 'Waking Nightmares' 'Alone With the Horrors' 'Told by the Dead' 'Just Behind You' And, these stand alone publications 'Holding the Light' 'The Callers' 'The Decorations' 'The Long Way' 'Occultation', Laird Barron 'In a Lonely Place', Wagner These are the books I completed. The rest of my reading was dipping into various antho's & collections. Also did a fair bit of non-fiction reading. | ||
| Stevie Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Thanks for the link to 'Secret Story'! I'll be ordering it as soon as I get paid again. It'll be good to get back to my chrono read of Ramsey's novels. |