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Author of Joe Hustle, Rovers, The Smack, Sweet Nothing, Angel Baby, This Wicked World, and Dead Boys.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 5,756 ratings · 937 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Rovers 3.91 avg rating — 1,562 ratings — published 2021 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Angel Baby 3.70 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2013 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Smack 3.94 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2017 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Boys: Stories 3.98 avg rating — 617 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Wicked World 3.82 avg rating — 562 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joe Hustle 3.80 avg rating — 544 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sweet Nothing 4.07 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daggers Drawn by Richard Lange (Goodreads Author), Ian Rankin (Goodreads Author), John Connolly (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Must Come Down 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bank of America 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Sweet Nothing is the December pick for the LitReactor Book Club. The book is out in paperback tomorrow. https://litreactor.com/discuss/decemb...

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Desperate Characters

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This collection, which includes such shorter works as Typhoon, The Secret Sharer, and Heart of Darkness, is a great read if you’re a Conrad fan. Most of the stories are sea tales, full of exquisitely rendered storms, mutinies, and other disasters. Ac ...more
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I don't know why it took me so long to get to Rhys when she's a favorite of so many readers whose opinions I respect. I think it's because I heard the plot of Wide Sargasso Sea (a "feminist response" to Jane Eyre and her "comeback" novel, appearing a ...more
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“I like the way we talk to each other. It feels honest. It was different with Manuel. One of us always had to win. Husbands and wives do that, worry more about being right than being truthful.”
― Richard Lange

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“Being nothing special is nothing special.”
― Richard Lange, Sweet Nothing

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“His desolation is as beautiful as a broken mirror.”
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4th Quarter 2021 - Horror #2

Wilder Girls by Rory Power, 357p

3 votes, 37.5%

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry, 320p

2 votes, 25.0%

Rovers by Richard Lange, 304p

2 votes, 25.0%

Near the Bone by Christina Henry, 336p

1 vote, 12.5%

Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite, 416p

0 votes, 0.0%

Billy Summers by Stephen King, 515p

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Nightfall by Daniel Barnett, 140p

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Weep, Woman, Weep by Maria DeBlassie (ebook format only)

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Where They Wait by Scott Carson, 400 p

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