Summertime, When the Reading is Easy
Looking for a great mystery/thriller read this summer or while you're on vacation? The American Booksellers Association posted their bestselling titles for the eight-week period ending May 20, which is a good place to start, although I'm quite surprised to see so many titles held over from last year:
1. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
2. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith (Pantheon)
3. Elegy for Eddie by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper)
4. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson, (Vintage)
5. The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party by Alexander McCall Smith (Anchor)
6. The Snowman by Jo Nesbø (Vintage)
7. The Affair by Lee Child (Dell)
8. Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon (Penguin)
9. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James (Knopf)
10. The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson (Vintage)
11. A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper Perennial)
12. Beastly Things by Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly)
13. Force of Nature by C.J. Box (Putnam)
14. The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark (S&S)
15. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Bantam)
16. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (Penguin)
17. Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George (Dutton)
18. Iron House by John Hart (St. Martin's Griffin)
19. Sixkill by Robert B. Parker (Berkley)
20. Mr. Churchill’s Secretary by Susan Elia MacNeal (Bantam)
21. Sister by Rosamund Lupton (Broadway)
22. Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson (Reagan Arthur)
23. The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian (Broadway)
24. Robert B. Parker’s Lullaby by Ace Atkins (Putnam)
25. I’ll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark (Pocket)
If you've read all of the above and are hankering for some brand-spanking new titles, then Jeff Pierce over at the most excellent Rap Sheet blog has a handy list of the books due out this summer that he's keeping his eye on (for both the U.S. and U.K.). There are some exciting books and terrific authors on his list, so it 's definitely worth checking out.
