[physical editions only]
The Big Crime Read:
- 1929 –
Red Harvest – Dashiell Hammett - 1931 – The Lost Gallows – John Dickson Carr
- 1931 – The Yellow Dog – Georges Simenon
- 1933 – Thirteen at Dinner/Lord Edgware Dies – Agatha Christie
- 1939 – The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler
- 1944 –
The Case of the Gilded Fly – Edmund Crispin - 1946 – The Big Clock – Kenneth Fearing
- 1947 – I, The Jury – Mickey Spillane
- 1948 – Dreadful Summit – Stanley Ellin
- 1956 – Cop Hater – Ed McBain
- 1962 –
Love in Amsterdam – Nicolas Freeling - 1962 – The Hunter – Richard Stark
- 1972 – The Friends of Eddie Coyle – George V. Higgins
- 1972 – A Lively Game of Death – Marvin Kaye
- 1973 – The Godwulf Manuscript – Robert B. Parker
- 1974 – Fletch – Gregory McDonald
- 1976 – Swag – Elmore Leonard
- 1976 – Red Highway (The Oklahoma Punk) – Loren D. Estleman
- 1977 – The DieHard – Jon A. Jackson
- 1978 – The Last Good Kiss – James Crumley
- 1981 – Brown’s Requiem – James Ellroy
- 1987 – The Neon Rain – James Lee Burke
- 1992 – A Firing Offense – George Pelecanos
- 1992 – Death at La Fenice – Donna Leon
- 1992 – The Ice House – Minette Walters
- 2008 – The Long Fall – Walter Mosley
- 2014 – The Drop – Dennis Lehane
Official 2023 To Be Read List:
Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World – Haruki Murakami
- The Hare – Cesar Aira
- More Things in Heaven – John Brunner
- The Green Futures of Tycho – William Sleator
- Secret Rendezvous – Kobo Abe
- The Goblin Reservation – Clifford D. Simak
- Mona Lisa Overdrive – William Gibson
- Cursed – Benedict Jacka
- I Am Half Sick of Shadows – Alan Bradley
- The Forgotten Room – Lincoln Child
- Brother Odd – Dean Koontz
- Leave the Grave Green – Deborah Crombie
Meeting at Infinity – John Brunner- A Dedicated Man – Peter Robinson
- Red Chameleon – Stuart M. Kaminsky
- Sins of the Fathers – Ruth Rendell
- The Concrete Blonde -Michael Connelly
- Death in the Stocks – Georgette Heyer
- Look to the Lady – Margery Allingham
The Secret People – John WyndhamThe Naked Sun – Isaac Asimov- The Twilight World – Werner Herzog
Series Continuation Stuff:
Reliquary – Preston & ChildThe Third Gate – Lincoln Child- The Concrete Blonde – Michael Connelly
- Ghost of a Chance – Dan Willis
- The Snake Tattoo – Linda Barnes
- Dirty Deeds 2 – Armand Rosamillia
All Shall Be Well – Deborah Crombie- Flesh & Bone – Jefferson Bass
Forever Odd – Dean Koontz- Swift Vengeance – T. Jefferson Parker
- The Last Mile – David Baldacci
- Grave Secrets – Kathy Reichs
A Red Herring Without Mustard – Alan Bradley- Nightmare in Pink – John D. MacDonald
- Die Trying – Lee Child
Wildly Hopeful Goal Setting for 2022 2023:
- Legend – David Gemmell
- Time Out of Joint – PKD
- Gardens of the Moon – Steven Erikson
The Werewolf Principle – Clifford D. Simak- The Last Kingdom – Bernard Cornwell
- Mistborn – Brandon Sanderson
- Caliban’s War – James S. A. Corey
Books That Are Stuck:
- The Terror – Dan Simmons
- Titus Groan – Mervyn Peake