Books

It's been almost a perfect storm with my favorite authors. I've put in a huge order at Amazon.com, and I've already received most of them. You can see what I've already read here. In particular, "Thirteen" and "A Killer's Kiss" have been superb.

Favorite authors with new books:

Andrew Vachss - Terminal
China Mieville - Un Lun Dun
Orson Scott Card - A War of Gifts
Peter F. Hamilton - The Dreaming Void
Martin Cruz Smith - Stalin's Ghost
Michael Connelly - The Outlook
Richard Morgan - Thirteen
William Gibson - Spook Country
William Lashner - A Killer's Kiss
John C. Wright - Titans of Chaos

Honorable mention:
Michael Chabon - The Yiddish Policeman's Union
Michael Lewis - The Blind Side

Charles Stross and Michael Lewis have officially moved up from "Honorable Mention" to my favorites list. And Stephen White (Kill Me) and John Burdett (Bangkok 8) are going to the favorites as well.

I check my favorites list for new releases every time I make an order on Amazon.com, and I order their latest as soon as it is released. I usually won't buy a book until it comes out in paperback, except for the authors on my list, but now the list is getting pretty long, and hard cover books are so expensive, I may reconsider.