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27 December 2010

Think about your best Crime Fiction reads in 2010


In the middle of the year I collected a list of best crime fiction reads for 2010 from readers of this blog.

Now I want to put together a definitive list for the year.
The rules are simple - you just have to have read the books in 2010, regardless of when they were published.

You can give me a list of up to 10 or so, in a comment to this post. (I'm not fussed about there being more than 10, I'm going to have problems shortening my list too)

I need title and author.

If you are listing best reads for the year on your blog, by all means leave the URL of your blog post too (as well as a summary list in the comment).

I will write a summary post of those early in the new year - Let's make 4 January the deadline for getting your comments in.
Feel free to use the image to the right in your blog post and to link it back to this one.
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21 comments:

  1. raidergirl327 December 2010 at 11:52

    1. Thirteen Hours - Deon Meyer
    2. Truth - Peter Temple
    3. Alone in the Crowd - Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza
    4. Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie
    5. August Heat - Andrea Camilleri
    6. Crossfire - Miyuki Miyabe
    7. The Darkest Room - Johan Theorin
    8. The Murder Stone - Louise Penny
    9. Maisie Dobbs - Jacqueline Winspear
    10. Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - Alan Bradley

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  2. Bev Hankins27 December 2010 at 11:53

    I had already posted my list of best reads for 2010. I've gone back to the post and marked each of the mystery books with ***. You'll find my top reads at http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-of-2010-by-month.html.

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  3. Anonymous27 December 2010 at 11:56

    Kerrie - I'm going to have to think about that one.... But thanks in advance for compiling everyone's reads.

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  4. kathy d.27 December 2010 at 19:19

    Yes, definitely, thank you for compiling readers' best books of 2010.

    Will ponder this and then list them here.

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  5. Jose Ignacio Escribano28 December 2010 at 06:21

    Kerrie I've already posted my list at http://ignacioescribano.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010-best-reads.html
    But just to make it easier:
    * A Sweet Scent of Death by Guillermo Arriaga
    * Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland
    * Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
    * Needle in a Haystack by Ernesto Mallo
    * Affairs of State by Dominique Manotti
    * Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
    * Nemesis by Jo Nesbø
    * Murder at the Savoy by Maj Söjwall and Per Wahlöö
    * The Darkest Room by Johan Theorin
    * Death on a Galician Shore by Domingo Villar
    (no particular order)
    Thanks

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  6. Margaret @ BooksPlease28 December 2010 at 07:00

    I'm still thinking about this - I read so many good books this year.

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  7. Unknown28 December 2010 at 21:01

    I've written a post on my favourite reads which includes non crime novels as well at- http://alister-rutherford.blogspot.com/2010/12/2010-highlights-of-year-in-books.html
    Difficult to get just 10 favourites, but here goes:

    Raven Black - Ann Cleeves
    If the Dead Rise Not - Philip Kerr
    The Redbreast - Jo Nesbø
    Truth - Peter Temple
    Heart of the Hunter - Deon Meyer
    A Florentine Death - Michele Guittori
    Blood Red - Quintin Jardine
    Woman with Birthmark - Håkan Nesser
    A Florentine Death - Michele Guittori
    Started Early, took my dog - Kate Atkinson

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  8. Golem28 December 2010 at 22:39

    This is my top ten:


    - The Mysterious Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie
    - The shape of water, by Andrea Camilleri
    - Death on a Galician Shore, by Domingo Villar
    - The Power of the Dog, by Don Winslow
    - The Redbreast, by Jo Nesbø
    - Nemesis, by Jo Nesbø
    - La hora de las sombras, by Johan Theorin (I’m not sure if there is English version)
    - The Spy Who Came in from the cold, by John Le Carre
    - La estrategia del agua, by Lorenzo Silva (No english version)
    - The black echo, by Michael Connelly

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  9. Paul D Brazill29 December 2010 at 18:11

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  10. Paul D Brazill29 December 2010 at 18:27

    Hey, my list is here: http://pdbrazill.blogspot.com/2010/12/mysteries-in-paradise-best-crime.html


    1, Bye Bye Baby – Allan Guthrie

    2. One Too Many Blows To The Head- JB Kohl & Eric Beetner

    3. Broken Dreams - Nick Quantrill

    4. The Twelve (The Ghosts Of Belfast) – Stuart Neville

    5. Old Dogs - Donna Moore

    6. Bed Penny Blues- Cathi Unsworth

    7. The Ice Harvest – Scott Phillips

    8. The Windowlicker Maker - Danny Hogan
    9. A Quiet Belief In Angels – R J Ellory

    10 .Gutted - Tony Black

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  11. gautami tripathy30 December 2010 at 01:34

    I have posted my best reads of 2010 here:

    http://readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com/2010/12/best-reads-of-2010.html

    Most are crime fiction marked by CF. But I will post those here as well: (10+1)

    1). The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
    2). Venom by Joan Brady
    3). The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
    4). The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson
    5). Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
    6). Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten
    7). The Rule Book by Rob Kitchin
    8). The Likeness by Tana French
    9). The Memorist by M J Rose
    10). The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
    AND

    11). Inside Out by Barry Eisler

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  12. Anonymous30 December 2010 at 04:14

    Kerrie - This was hard to do, as I had some excellent reading experiences this here. If you ask me next week, I will probably change my choices, so better do it now. Here, in alpha order is my list:

    9 Dragons – Michael Connelly
    Gunshot Road – Adrian Hyland
    Rupture (AKA A Thousand Cuts) – Simon Lelic
    Random Violence – Jassy Mackenzie
    Woman With Birthmark - Håkan Nesser
    Smoke and Mirrors – Kel Robertson
    What Was Lost - Catherine O'Flynn
    Last Rituals - Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
    My Soul to Take – Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
    Truth – Peter Temple

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  13. Anonymous30 December 2010 at 05:15

    Think of a Number by John Verdon
    Caught by Harlan Coben
    Blood Memory by Greg Iles
    Black Water by T Jefferson Parker
    Die Trying by Lee Child

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  14. kathy d.31 December 2010 at 17:29

    I'm going to list only global crime fiction (at least global, from my U.S. location), as I read many U.S. authors, but since MIP has increased my international reading, I'm going to limit myself to these.

    Gunshot Road (Adrian Hyland)
    Let the Dead Lie (Malla Nunn)
    The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (Stieg Larsson)
    Hypothermia (Arnaldur Indridasson)
    A Not so Perfect Crime (Teresa Solana)
    Crossing Places (Elly Griffiths)
    The Demon of Dakar (Kjell Eriksson)
    The Man from Beijing (Henning Mankell)
    August Heat (Andrea Camilleri)
    Involuntary Witness (Gianrico Carofiglio)

    (Wish this were a longer list, as I left out some good books)

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  15. Deb1 January 2011 at 01:59

    Here in the States we still have a few hours left in 2010, but I realized this morning that even if the book I'm currently reading turns out to be one of the best of the year, I'm not going to finish it until 2011--so here's my list:

    Don Chaon - AWAIT YOUR REPLY: I finished this book on January 2, 2010, and at the time I thought that I'd be surprised if I read a better book the rest of the year--and I was right. The rest of this list is not really in any order, but AWAIT YOUR REPLY was the best book I read in all of 2010.

    Jim Kelly - DEATH WORE WHITE

    Dorothy B. Hughes - IN A LONELY PLACE

    Kate Atkinson* - CASE HISTORIES

    Susan Hill* - THE VOWS OF SILENCE

    Tana French* - THE LIKENESS

    Judy Blundell - WHAT I SAW AND HOW I LIED: Very well-written YA novel about a teenage girl's coming-of-age in post-WWII America, including her part in a murder-mystery.

    Ruth Rendell - THE BRIDESMAID

    Elizabeth George - CARELESS IN RED

    Elizabeth Hand - GENERATION LOSS

    *When it comes to books by Atkinson, Hill, and French, I could easily have chosen any (or all) of the books in their respective series--but for each of them I chose the book of the series that I liked the best.

    Finally, I changed jobs in August and, sadly, do not now have as much time to read as I did before. I notice that almost all of the books on my list are ones that I listed back in June as my favorites for the year so far. I don't think I read 100 books this year, which is unusual for me--but, hey, at least I'm employed, and for that I'm very grateful!

    Happy New Year to everyone!

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  16. Bullwinkle1 January 2011 at 08:56

    * The Innocence of Father Brown -- G.K. Chesterton
    * The Water's Edge -- Karin Fossum
    * The Chalk Circle Man -- Fred Vargas
    * The Spellmans Strike Again -- Lisa Lutz
    * The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo -- Stieg Larsson
    * Baked -- Mark Haskell Smith
    * When Will There Be Good News? -- Kate Atkinson
    * The Big Boom -- Dominic Stansberry
    * The Gentlemen's Hour -- Don Winslow

    The list of my favorite books read this year without regard to genre is at my blog, if a blog is what it is.

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  17. Rob Kitchin2 January 2011 at 01:55

    I've been umming and ahhing over this for a couple of days. I just scraped 100 books for the year and many of them were very good, but here is my top ten.

    Brodeck's Report by Phillipe Claudel
    The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston
    The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M Cain
    Small Crimes by Dave Zeltserman
    The Ones You Do by Daniel Woodrell
    Gunshot Road by Adrian Hyland
    Vanilla Ride by Joe Lansdale
    Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski
    Dead I May Well Be by Adrian McKinty
    Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason

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  18. Anonymous2 January 2011 at 13:09

    Here's my list - but it's more than 10 - sorry! It will post on my blog tomorrow.

    Wife of the Gods - Kwei Quartey
    The Crossing Places - Elly Griffiths
    The Case of the Missing Servant - Tarquin Hall
    Sprinkle With Murder - Jenn McKinlay
    The Janus Stone - Elly Griffiths
    Rolling Thunder - Chris Grabenstein
    So Cold the River - Michael Koryta
    Ice Cold - Tess Gerritsen
    A Trace of Smoke - Rebecca Cantrell
    Ashes to Water - Irene Ziegler
    The Brutal Telling - Louise Penny
    Bury Your Dead - Louise Penny
    Singularity - Kathryn Casey
    Dark Road to Darjeeling - Deanna Raybourn

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  19. Sally3 January 2011 at 04:37

    Penny, Louise, Bury Your Dead
    Connelly, Michael, The Scarecrow.
    Ellory, R J, The Anniverary Man
    Giarratano, Leah, Voodoo Doll.
    Hart, John, The Last Child
    Hyland, Adrian, Gunshot Road
    Larsson, Stieg, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.
    Nesbo, Jo, The Snowman.
    Rotenberg, Robert, Old City Hall
    Theorin, Johan, The Darkest Room

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  20. moonsword3 January 2011 at 05:45

    I tried to read new authors in 2010 and found some excellent books!
    The sweetness at the bottom of the pie : a Flavia de Luce mystery / Alan Bradley
    The weed that strings the hangman's bag : a Flavia de Luce mystery / Alan Bradley
    A bad day for sorry / Sophie Littlefield
    A bad day for pretty / Sophie Littlefield
    The girl who played with fire / Stieg Larsson
    Faithful Place / Tana French
    The ghosts of Belfast / Stuart Neville
    Final witness : a novel / Simon Tolkien
    Haunt me still : a novel / Jennifer Lee Carrell
    A beautiful place to die : a novel / Malla Nunn
    In the shadow of Gotham / Stefanie Pintoff
    Starvation Lake : a mystery / Bryan Gruley
    The shape of water / Andrea Camilleri ; translated by Stephen Sartarelli

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  21. Gavin3 January 2011 at 08:03

    Here you go:

    The Broken Shore - Peter Temple
    Black Water Rising - Attica Locke
    The Devil's Star - Jo Nesbo

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