Bagels and Books is a program at the Maynard Public Library. We choose a category each month and invite our patrons and friends to choose a book in that category/subject and then join us on the 3rd Saturday of each month at the library at 10:30 to share what they have read. We hope to come away with some great recommendations (and perhaps some warnings on time wasters). The blog is intended to let people communicate during the month while they are reading and to allow people who can’t join us on Saturday morning to be a part of the program.
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Sharing our Reading with the World
Some mysteries/thrillers
*Black Out, Die For You, Sliver of Truth Lisa Unger (easy read for escapism)
Skeletons at the Feast Chris Bohjalian
The Double Bind Chris Bohjalian
Ghostwalk Rebecca Stott
The Last Child John Hart
*The Brutal Telling (start), Bury Your Dead (next) Louise Penny
*The Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafon
*The Angel’s Game Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Dante Club, The Last Dickens Matthew Pearl
The Thirteenth Tale Diane Setterfield
*The Alienist Caleb Carr
*Gabriel Allon Series (e.g. A Death in Vienna) , plus The Unlikely Spy Daniel Silva
*In the Heart of the Sea Nathaniel Philbrick (non-fiction); the best of his books
*The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million Daniel Mendelsohn (non-fiction); amazing story
The Man who Loved Books Too Much Allison Hoover Bartlett, non-fiction
*Found Wanting, Long Time Coming, Sight Unseen Robert Goddard, very good English mystery writer; written a number of books
*The Disappeared Kim Echlin
The Medusa Amulet Robert Masello
The Coral Thief Rebecca Stott
The Lockup Artist , Night Work Steve Hamilton
Altar of Bones Philip Carter
The Last Brother Nathacha Appanah
The School of Night Louis Bayard
The Man from Saigon Marti Leimbach
*Iron Horse John Hart
*Portrait of the Spy Daniel Silva
Spycatcher Matthew Dunn
*The Hypnotist Lars Kepler
The Ice Princess Camilla Lackberg
The Snowman Jo Nesbo
*A Trick of Light Louise Penny
*Red Leaves Thomas H.Cook
*Master of the Delta Thomas H. Cook
The Devil’s Star Jo Nesbo
The Night Strangers Chris Bohjalian
*Before I Go to Sleep .J.Watson
*The Leopard Jo Nesbo
Rogue Island Bruce Desilva
The List Martin Fletcher
Three Seconds Roslund and Hellstrom
*Cell 8 Roslund and Hellstrom
Box 21 Roslund and Hellstrom
Murder in the Marais Cara Black
*Defending Jacob William Landay
The Whisperer Donato Carrisi
*A Good American Alex George
The Invisible Ones Stef Penney
*The Bedlam Detective Stephen Gallagher
The Retribution Val McDermid
*A Place of Execution Val McDermid
The Grave Tattoo Val McDermid
Killing The Shadows Val McDermid
Kingdom of Bones Stephen Gallagher
A Darker Domain Val McDermid
*Blue Monday Nicci French
Gods of Gotham Lyndsay Faye
The October Killings Wessel Ebersohn
*Dorchester Terrace Anne Perry
The Expats Chris Pavone
The Inquisitor Mark Allen Smith
The Neruda Case Robert Ampuero
The Orphanmaster Jean Zimmerman
The Nightmare Lars Kepler
The Absolutist John Boyne
Trespasser Paul Doiron
The Poacher’s Son Paul Doiron
The Fear Artist Timothy Hallihan
I’d Know You Anywhere Laura Lippman
A Foreign Country Charles Cumming
Bad Little Falls Paul Doiron
Mission to Paris Alan Furst
Faith Jennifer Haigh
City of Women David R. Gillmam
*The Beautiful Mystery Louise Penny
*The Fallen Angel Daniel Silva
Broken Harbor Tana French
A Killing in the Hills Julia Keller
The Absent One Adler-Olsen
*Sutton J.R. Moehringer
Invisible Murder Lene Kaaberbol & Agnette Friis
*Live by Night Dennis Lehane
Phantom Jo Nesbo
Wow – what a great list. Lots of books I have enjoyed but more than I haven’t read – which is a really good thing. I’ll have to add them to my to-read list on good reads.