Crime
I read 34 crime novels and these were the particular highlights:
Bruce Graeme, Seven Clues in Search of a Crime, 1941
Science fiction
I read 26 science fiction/fantasy novels, the most memorable being:
Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett), Citadel of Fear, 1918
Ray Cummings, Into the Fourth Dimension, 1926
Charles Eric Maine, Spaceways, 1953
H. Beam Piper, Time Crime, 1955
Fred Hoyle, The Black Cloud, 1957
Other pop fiction
I read another 26 books that could be regarded as vintage pop fiction, the most impressive being:
Gavin Lyall, Judas Country, 1975
Harry Hossent, Spies Die At Dawn, 1958
Ian Fleming, Dr No, 1958
Desmond Skirrow, I’m Trying To Give It Up, 1968
Ian MacAlister, Driscoll’s Diamonds, 1973
Thanks for the list, which reminds me that I have Bruce Graeme’s novels sitting on my Kindle TBR pile. 🤓 Have you read “Case for Solomon”? I’ve heard good things about that title.
ReplyDeleteI haven't got to A Case for Solomon yet but I'm intending to read as many of Graeme Terhune mysteries as I can this year.
DeleteBelated happy New Year, D!
ReplyDeleteYes, Happy New Year! Let's hope it's a good one.
DeleteI have meaning to try Gavin Lyall for years, I am going to have to make a bigger effort to find a few of them. They don't show up at the book sale I go to annually.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you had such a good year in reading.
Lyall changed his style several times during his career. I've only read his early stuff which is in the Alistair MacLean mode. One thing I should do this year is try some of his later books.
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