My Top 5 Reads of 2013

[Michael]

I've posted my top 5 reads for 2013:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

What were yours?

[Char]

I did not enjoy Floating Staircase as much as you did, Michael. :(
I did buy Scream of Angels though.

Here is my top ten of the year (meaning I read them this year, not that they came out this year:
http://charlene.booklikes.com/post/73...

[Michael]

Half the fun is learning peoiple's different tastes - it would be a boring world otherwise :-)

[Char]

Yes, it would. :)
Scream of Angels does look good though. I don't know how it has escaped my attention.

[Gregor]

Here's a link to my Top 10 from this year (not published this year):

http://gregorxane.blogspot.com/2013/1...

[Gregor]

Charlene wrote: "I did not enjoy Floating Staircase as much as you did, Michael. :(
I did buy Scream of Angels though.

Here is my top ten of the year (meaning I read them this year, not that they came out this ye..."

Nice list, Charlene!

[Ctgt]

Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Lions of al-Rassan

House of Leaves

The Last Good Kiss

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

honorable mention
Southern Gods

[Char]

You too, Gregor!
I've heard a lot of good buzz about that Graham Joyce book. I put it on my wish list for now. :)

[Char]

Nice, Ctgt! It's nice to see that Brian Hodge novella on there. :)

[Gregor]

Ctgt wrote: "Something Wicked This Way Comes

The Lions of al-Rassan

House of Leaves

The Last Good Kiss

Whom the Gods Would Destroy

hon..."

Southern Gods is a good one.

[Gregor]

Charlene wrote: "You too, Gregor!
I've heard a lot of good buzz about that Graham Joyce book. I put it on my wish list for now. :)"

Some Kind of Fairy Tale is very good. But since you're partial to the horror, I'd recommend Joyce's The Tooth Fairy as a better place to start.

[Char]

I'll check it out. I am partial to horror, but I do love sci-fi and fantasy as well.

[Gregor]

Charlene wrote: "I'll check it out. I am partial to horror, but I do love sci-fi and fantasy as well."

And don't let that title turn you off.

[Andy]

My Granny Writes Erotica?!? Gotta check that out.

My top 5 (in the order I read them)

Horns by Joe Hill
The Cipher by Kathe Koja
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
The Summer I Died by Ryan C Thomas
Stardust by Neil Gaiman

[Zulfiya]

Mine is quite eclectic genre-wise.
The top five are
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
NOS4A2by Joe Hill
City of Thieves by David Benioff

[Gregor]

Zulfiya wrote: "Mine is quite eclectic genre-wise.
The top five are
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
[book:House of ..."

NOS4A2 is on my list too.

[Larry]

The Summer I Died is deffently my fav book of the year

[Adam]

Top five read this year: I think only one was written this year.

Dead Sea
NOS4A2
Carrion Comfort
The Quiet Game
Boy's Life
honorable mention: Bleed
I'm Not Sam
Currency Of Souls

This was a really hard list to make. It started to become a top 10 list so I had to stop myself.

[Jon Recluse]

Ugly As Sin
Whom the Gods Would Destroy
A Matter Of Blood
Murder as a Fine Art
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

[Bandit]

This was tough, but after much deliberation I present Bandit's best of the year in horror and otherwise

[Gregor]

Interesting, Bandit. I've added several of these to my TBR pile. NOS4A2's on my list as well.

[Ken B]

How about a top 10 (in no particular order)...btw, it was hard to choose just 10!

[Kimberly]

Okay, I don't know how to post links, so here's my written top 10 list for 2013:

1.) UGLY AS SIN, James Newman
BOY'S LIFE, Robert McCammon
THE NIGHTMARE MAN, Alan Ryker
I TRAVEL BY NIGHT, Robert McCammon
THAT WHICH SHOULD NOT BE, Brett Talley
THE SUMMER I DIED, Ryan Thomas
WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE, Shirley Jackson
CLOCKWORK DOLLS, William Meikle
STRANGERS, Michaelbrent Collings
DIABLERO, Toby Tate

And many honorable mentions; but these were truly the stand-outs, to me. :) And yes, I had to go with ten....if that upsets anyone, just read the first 5!! ;)

[Ctgt]

Gregor wrote: "Southern Gods is a good one. "

That book hit so many sweet spots for me, just had to make the list.

[Char]

These are all good lists. Damn, we have good taste. :)

[Kimberly]

Charlene wrote: "These are all good lists. Damn, we have good taste. :)"

Yes, yes we do!!!!

[David]

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[Andy]

Zulfiya wrote: "Mine is quite eclectic genre-wise.
The top five are
We Are Water by Wally Lamb
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
House of ..."</i>


I noticed you had a Wally Lamb book in your top 5. Anyone ever read [book:Wishin' and Hopin' ? It's a hilarious Christmas story.

[Shaun]

My top 5 for the year (in no particular order):

Turner by Karl Drinkwater
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
That Which Should Not Be by Brett J. Talley
The Shining by Stephen King
Hell House by Richard Matheson

[Spyros]

This year I read only 14 books, so my top 5 is:
Stephen King- Rose Madder
Richard Matheson- I am legend
Jonathan Carroll- Voice of our shadow
Ruth Newman- Twisted Wing
Joe Hill- 20th century ghosts

[Heidi]

Horror:

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[Gregor]

Heidi wrote: "Horror:

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Very nice list, Heidi!

[Char]

You have a nice collection there, Heidi. I need to read that Laird Barron.

[Heidi]

A lot of blue covers,right? Definitely check out Barron -- I'm a huge, unapologetic fangirl. But his short stories, they just bowl me over every time.

[Kimberly]

My eclectic top 7 (not published this year) because the first 2 aren't fiction

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[Char]

Heidi, I don't blame you. I did read The Light is the Darkness, and it's in my top ten of the year. :)

[Kimberly]

Charlene wrote: "Heidi, I don't blame you. I did read The Light is the Darkness, and it's in my top ten of the year. :)"

I definitely need to read some Laird Barron this year...

[Kaisersoze]

My Top 10 horror reads are here: Kaiser's Horror List

It would be different if it was across all genres. For example and would be in there somewhere.

[Anthony]

The trouble for me is trying to remember what I read this year vs. previous years. This problem has been increasing with age. Sigh.
Excellent horror titles that come to mind (that I think I read this year) in no particular order:
The Cold Spot
The New Flesh
Nightmare Man
Mirror of the Nameless
The Dazzling Darkness
Doctor Sleep
Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Non-horror: Benediction; The President's Club.
There are probably others, but this is just off the top of my head...

[Kimberly]

Anthony wrote: "The trouble for me is trying to remember what I read this year vs. previous years. This problem has been increasing with age. Sigh.
Excellent horror titles that come to mind (that I think I read th..."

I forgot the New Flesh and Fevered Hills!!!

[Dennis]

My top books for 2013 are:
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
River Of Stars by Guy Gavriel Kay
Life by Keith Richards
The Harsh Cry of the Heron by Lian Hearn
Pines by Blake Crouch
Syndrome E by Franck Thrilliez
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
The Providence Rider by Robert McCammon
Dark City by F. Paul Wilson
Lost in Shangra-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

[Char]

The Providence Rider! GREAT stuff!

If you like McCammon we are reading his book The Five this month in the McCammon group. All are welcome. :)

[Jenn]

My top picks would be:

The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Hobbit
Gridlinked
Gears of a Mad God: A Steampunk Lovecraft Adventure

[Abby]

Shiver
Linger
Forever
The Dar Devine
Wings
Love unscripted
Love unrehearsed
Storm
Spark

[Marc-Antoine]

The Girl Next Door
NOS4A2
Off Season
Doctor Sleep
Ghost Story

[Andy]

Marc-Antoine wrote: "The Girl Next Door
NOS4A2
Off Season
Doctor Sleep
Ghost Story"

Nice list of books, Marc-Antoine!

[(shan) Littlebookcove]

My top books for 2013 are: The kingmakers daughter By Philippa Gregory, The Exocist by William Peter Blatty, Rosemarys baby by Ira levin, It by Stephen King, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold




I Don't know how to link them all.

[Hudson]

Just when I thought my TBR list was going to settle down along comes a post like this one....a good problem to have though. Here are my top five horror books of 2013:

The Remaining D.J. Molles
The Terror Dan Simmons
20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill
Contagious Scott Sigler
The Wasp Factory Iain Banks

[Angel]

I wish I'd had more free time to read all of the books I had wanted to read in 2013. Oh well, this year's off to a good start! My five favorite horror reads in 2013 (so hard to choose just five!):

Survivor (I'm adding this one even though I just finished it...I started it in 2013)
Bestial
Product
Run
Don't Need No Water

I didn't consider The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a horror novel but it did contain some horrific subject matters and was an excellent book.

[Rob]

My favourite books I read last year are:-

NOS4A2
Doctor Sleep
11/22/63
Redshirts