Month: December 2010

I starting a new book club for 2011. Hard-boiled crime fiction is the focus. Possible names are

1. Behind the Eight Ball Book Club
2. Mickey Finn Book Club

Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis, Charles Williams, Elmore Leonard, and James M. Cain are just some of the authors I will be looking at for book club selections.
The first book with be The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett. for January 2011. Due to other book club commitments I am going to start out slow and commit to one book a month. 12 hard-boiled crime novels should be a good start.

One of my 2011 goals is to read ALL of the Bram Stoker Award for Novel Winners. While I read the few that I own, I will need to acquire the rest from different sources, mainly online used ones. I do not plan to read the books in any specific order.

The List:
Key: BLUE – own | BLACK – need to buy/acquire | RED – read

• 1987: Misery by Stephen King (tie)
• 1987: Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon (tie)
• 1988: The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
• 1989: Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons
• 1990: Mine by Robert R. McCammon
• 1991: Boy’s Life by Robert R. McCammon
• 1992: Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 1993: The Throat by Peter Straub
• 1994: Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder
• 1995: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
• 1996: The Green Mile by Stephen King
• 1997: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge
• 1998: Bag of Bones by Stephen King
• 1999: Mr. X by Peter Straub
• 2000: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon
• 2001: American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• 2002: The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli
• 2003: Lost Boy, Lost Girl by Peter Straub
• 2004: In the Night Room by Peter Straub
• 2005: Creepers by David Morrell (tie)
• 2005: Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob (tie)
• 2006: Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
• 2007: The Missing by Sarah Langan
• 2008: Duma Key by Stephen King
• 2009: Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan