Best Top Fiction Books

Whether you are sheltering from winters cold by the fire or laying on a beach in summer there are always some good books to read that can make your leisure more enjoyable.

Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
This sweeping, powerful epic tells the story of one of the bloodiest years in Rome’s history through the eyes of two remarkable women fighting for survival.A.D. 69. The Roman Empire is up for the taking. The Year of the Four Emperors will change everything – especially the lives of two sisters with a very personal stake in the outcome.

No One Left To Tell by Karen Rose
A woman is dead and her fianc is serving a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit. Now PI Paige Holden holds the only piece of evidence that could see him freed, and she cannot take it to the police.With the help of disarming state attorney, Grayson Smith, Paige is determined to avenge the murdered woman and set an innocent man free

Worth Dying For by Lee Child
61 Hours ended with maverick loner Jack Reacher trapped in a desperate situation from which escape seemed impossible. Even for him. But Reacher has done the impossible before. Now there’s deadly trouble in the wilds of Nebraska.and Reacher walks right into it.

Fall Of Giants by Ken Follett
This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911

Of course you ought to get into anything by

• Robert Crais
• John Lescroart
• Michael Connelly
• James Grippando
• James Lee Burke
• Sharon Kay Penman
• Colleen McCullough

I wouldn’t bother with Clive Cussler or James Patterson as they are just churned out novels with heaps of contrivance and little substance anymore.

For more ideas go to my top fiction books website

Enjoy your reading!

Well good holiday reading 2012 may only apply to the southern hemisphere where it is summer and folks take breaks – but whatever! A good read will always have time set aside for it!

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Goodreads have released their winners for the best books of 2011 across a wide range of genres.

The following are a taste

Favorite Book: “DIVERGENT” BY Veronica Roth (also best Young Adult fantasy)
Best Fiction: “IQ84” by Haruki Murakami
Best Mystery & Thriller: “SMOKIN’ SEVENTEEN” by Janet Evanovich
Best Historical Fiction: “THE PARIS WIFE” by Paula McLain
Best Fantasy: “A DANCE WITH DRAGONS” by George R.R. Martin
Best History & Biography: “STEVE JOBS” by Walter Isaacson

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Being a lover of crime mysteries and police procedurals, I am always open to crime thrillers with a difference.

Recently I came across two that filled the bill – both were set in Asia, with (obviously) Asian protagonists. One was set in modern China and the other in 17th century Japan during the Shogunate regime.

The first was “The Eye of Jade” by Diane Wei Liang – a first novel.  The main character is Mei Wang who has just started as a private detective and been commissioned to find the “Eye Of Jade”.

It has interesting insights into both Mao’s China and the China of the post Mao period – all of which adds extra interest – and a difference.

The other one was “The Perfumed Sleeve” – by Laura Joh Rowland.  A murder has to be solved, and it being Shogunate Japan, if the Shogun’s investigator San Ichiro does not succeed, he could lose his life.  It is set amidst the rivalry of two powerful men who are seeking supreme power behind the ineffectual Shogun. Both of the latter have an interest in having their opposite number found guilty and Sano is constantly working on a tightwire of neutrality.

The insights into the Japan of the period make this an interesting read, as well as a good yarn with characters we are interested in and care about.

See more about crime thrillers at my personal site Top Fiction Books

The Drop, the new Harry Bosch novel, is now available in the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. It will be released in the US and Canada on November 28th. Have you seen the commercial for The Drop yet?

Watch The New Video For THE DROP – On YouTube – or see it on my book site

Get A Signed & Personalized Copy Of THE DROP

Michael has a very limited US tour schedule for The Drop beginning November 28th. He only has events scheduled in California, Florida and Alabama.

But you can still get a personalized and autographed copy of The Drop shipped directly to you or to a friend as a gift.

Michael is working with a small group of stores and will be signing their stock. Details: CLICK HERE

If you place an order with one of these bookstores by the specified date you will get the signed book before the holidays.
THE FIFTH WITNESS Paperback Out In THE UK & Ireland

Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. He expands his business into foreclosure defense, only to see one of his clients accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take her home.

The Fifth Witness was just released as a mass market paperback in the UK and Ireland. It is available now in trade paperback in the US and Canada.

THIS IS A GREAT READ – I ENJOYED IT AS IT WAS CONNELLY’S USUAL HIGH STANDARD.

With the release of Amazon’s new reader the KINDLE FIRE, customers have a wider selection of devices to choose from – and not limited to iPad and the older Kindle device.

Multipurpose e-book readers
This type, which include such tablet computers as the Apple iPad, typically offer a color screen, supplemented on a few models by a second, monochromatic E Ink screen. They usually also have a full Web browser, where as dedicated readers may have none, or only a limited one.

A tablet can be defined as a tablet computer having the main characteristics of a personal computer, as a machine operated by an end-user with no intervening computer operator. A portable tablet PC is equipped with a touchscreen as a primary input device. The tablet form factor is typically smaller than a notebook computer but larger than a smart phone.

Software applications for tablet PCs include office suites, web browsers,games and a variety of applications. It also includes a Wireless interface. Several types of tablets are available in the market. They are
Aple’s iPad (9.7 inches)
Asus Eee EP121 (has a 12 inch screen!)
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Screen sizes vary – I prefer the 12 inch – but that is an individual choice.

The Kindle Fire (7 inches) falls in between
Kindle Fire, Full Color 7″ Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi

These are basic – with e-ink screens
Barnes & Noble Nook
Sony Readers
Kindle Device

Top 20 alternatives to iPad
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Ever since I started my personal website Top Fiction Books, I have wondered if the  lists that come out at years end about the top ten fiction novels and authors the article writer opinion or genuinely  reflective of good research/surveys of ordinary readers.

I have my own top ten list of what I consider are the best novels – but it is purely subjective and based not so much on academic criteria, but on my own feelings and enjoyment.

What are your favorite books or authors?

I would love to have lists from you my visitors – so please consider and send to me your list – with a short comment on each as to why it is your choice.

I will publish here – with acknowledgements – and also make a list for my book website.

The only criteria you need is that it gave you satisfaction – there is no need for academic or technical explanations.

I find many of the books nominated for the Nobel Prize or the Booker (UK) are almost unreadable or mind-numbingly boring.  Like many high valued paintings that are sold for millions, they are subject to what I consider the spurious prentensions of those who love fads and have absolutley no idea of what is real or what real people appreciate.  The classic example of art that fits this is Andy Warhols works – art – my foot!  Oh well!

If you would like to submit a list contact me via the contact page on my website and I will reply within 24 hours – with an email address.

Although there are not many pages here, this is not a new blog – rather one that has had to be re-started after tech hitches meant I lost all my previous entries.

Guest Contributors Welcome

Simply to broaden and deepen what is offered here for my fellow book lovers – I welcome anyone who would like to be a guest poster.  If it fits I also welcome contributions to the website that this blog supports – CLICK HERE  for a look at it and see what you think.

Alternatively, I also welcome nant commenst or suggestions about the website and how it can be improved or added to to serve book lovers everywhere.

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cheers

Pete

Peter James is one of the UK’s most treasured crime and thriller novelists.

His Roy Grace detective novels have sold over one and a half million in the UK alone and five and a half million worldwide in total. The series is now translated into 34 languages.

He has developed a close working relationship with the Sussex Police over many years, spending an average of one day a week with them and his writing reveals a unique insight into the reality of modern day police work.

Not that well known in the States his books have been recently promoted there in an attempt to get a wider audience.

Immediately hailed in coast-to-coast reviews, his novel “Dead Like You” was singled out for “The Must List” by Entertainment Weekly, and received this superlative praise from Patrick Anderson of the Washington Post: “…a remarkably inventive story of sexual obsession, possibly the most engrossing thriller since Thomas Harris’s ‘The Silence of the Lambs.’”

The paperback edition of Dead Like You will be released by Minotaur Books in September, 2011.

See more about this novelist at my website Top Fiction Books  He is worth your time.

Go to my Amazon Bookstore on the site and use any link there to get to Amazon proper – simply enter Peter James in the search and “Bob’s your uncle!”  Their prices are excellent

If you love your novels in the hard format – that is, something you can hold in your hands and turn page by page, then add Amazon’s new releases to your resources list – bookmark them – because their prices are competitive with the e-book forms such as on Kindle.

NEW RELEASES THIS MONTH

“Death of Kings” by Bernard Cornwall

“The Affair” by Lee Child

“Pirate King” by Laurie R King

“Heat Rises” By Richard Castle

“Readme” by Neal Stephenson

“Only Time Will Tell” by Jeffrey Archer

“Theodora” by Stella Duffy

“New York to Dallas” by J D Robb

“The Winter’s In Bloom” by Lisa Tucker

Go to Amazon and find these and more …. just search for current releases – or go to my website and explore at

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