sleeper titles for 2014 challenge

[Justin]

post your picks for the 2014 sleeper challenge here. a sleeper title is a book that you have read and loved but is not very well heard of. at the end of the year i will create a challenge for the list and you can set your own goal for how many you want to try to read.

[Andy]

The M.D., by Thomas M Disch

The Descent, by Jeff. Long

[Justin]

as soon as this challenge was suggested i thought of Rulers Of Darkness unfortunately it is not available digitally but you can get a cheap copy on amazon (0.01 plus shipping) so i am throwing it out there anyway.

[Andy]

No problem here with a good, old fashioned book.

[Andy]

The MD is not available electronically either and The Descent is cheaper in paperback anyway.

I guess it comes with the sleeper territory.

[Kate]

I'm a big fan of Stuart MacBride. My favourites are ($3.79) and (1.99) The first three books in the Logan McRae series are $0.99 if anyone is interested.

I also really enjoyed which I read about a month ago, two great central characters and a very different take on the zombie genre.

[Andy]

Thanks, Kate. I picked up book 1.

[Justin]

Well, it don't look like it is going to be much of a challenge. I sent a broadcast message out and everything. There is still a little time though, I will set the challenges up the 29th

[Andy]

What if we moved this challenge over to the horror aficionados group? There might be more people who'd respond. If not, and it's under 10 books, I will pledge to read all of the suggestions.

[Justin]

I am ok with it, but you would have to suggest it to one of the admins over there. I think only admins can create them.

[Andy]

Sounds good. I will do that.

[Justin]

I saw one of your comments about this to ha in your newsfeed awhile back, did you get it set up over there or should I create the challenge?

[Justin]

Andy wrote: " The M.D., by Thomas M Disch

The Descent, by Jeff. Long"

The md sounds great but it is the second book in the series so I may have to look the first one up first.

[Andy]

I'm not sure who linked those four books as they are totally unrelated. I've read The Priest as well and it has absolutely nothing to do with the md.

I can't remember, but I'm assuming that the common link is a Minnesota setting and nothing else.

[Andy]

Justin wrote: "I saw one of your comments about this to ha in your newsfeed awhile back, did you get it set up over there or should I create the challenge?"

Not too much interest over at HA either. To be honest, I think we should just save this one til next year. We've got plenty of challenges. In the meantime, if people want to post their sleeper picks, I'd still be interested to hear them,

[Justin]

Ok, well unofficial challenge then is I am going to read at least one of yours and one of Kate's since you where the only two to post besides me and I was looking forward to it.

[Andy]

Sounds like a good deal. You'll love the MD. It's great!

[Andy]

Wanna buddy read them? I'd be happy to reread either or both of my suggestions,

[Justin]

Yea sure. I have a lot lined up but I will try to keep them towards the top of my tbr pile and let you know when I get a chance to find a time that works for us both.

[Robert Krone]

Only a couple books I can really think of that may fall into this category that I've read at least recently, and they would probably be and . I read The Floors as a pre-reader and even have an acknowledgment in it :)

I suppose another one that MAY count for this is , but am not really sure. It was published by Dark Regions back in 2011. I actually ordered the paperback of this in 2013 when they were doing their big sale and my copy was one of the 100 signed paperbacks, which meant the less than 100 paperback had been sold, and they weren't sold out of the HC last I checked (Though it's been months since I looked)!

Whether those would be considered sleepers or not, I'd highly recommend them all be read at some point if they sound interesting to you.

[Justin]

Fangtooth sounds great and it is only 3.99 for the kindle edition. I will check it out thanks.

[Robert Krone]

You're welcome. Not sure why it's sold so few copies at Dark Regions. I found it to be a very enjoyable read. Hopefully it sells better in eBook form

[Andy]

The Hangman's Replacement is free for kindle:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Hangmans-Re...

Thanks, Robert

[Robert Krone]

Ah, cool, you're welcome! I knew it had been for a little while before, but didn't know it still was.

[Scott]

I saw the movie and now reading the book. Crosses genre's, but I would say Horror/Scifi.

[RachelvlehcaR]

I love the book Under the Skin. I read it when it first came out. A friend recommended it to me and I was so happy about. Creepy books, at least at the time I read it. It's still so vivid in my mind and I read that a long time ago. I want to watch the movie.

It's for sure a cross in genre's. Good book!