NIGHTLY READING THREAD: Welcome to Edition #34 of #GMGReads. Every night through this weird time, I'm tweeting out a list of my five favorite books around a general theme—and a link to an indie bookstore where you can order them online....
I've been trying on the weekends to feature slightly more fun reads, so tonight I wanted to share five favorite classic and sometimes overlooked thrillers:
1) Long before he wrote his CARTEL trilogy, @donwinslow penned one of my favorite thrillers, CALIFORNIA FIRE AND LIFE, about a wayward arson investigator and the Russian mob: bookshop.org/books/californ…
2) Speaking of California thrillers, Gerald Petievich's 1980 book about a counterfeiter, TO LIVE & DIE IN LA, is a great, fast read: powells.com/book/-97806716…
3) Frederick Forsyth's DAY OF THE JACKAL, published in 1971, about an assassin's hunt for General De Gaulle, is the definition of a classic thriller and deserves every accolade: powells.com/book/-97800919…
4) Written decades before it became the Denzel Washington movie, AJ Quinnell's hard-to-find MAN ON FIRE is a heart-racing story of corruption and vengeance: powells.com/book/-97800605…
5) Similarly, long before it became the hit movie series with Matt Damon, the Jason Bourne trilogy by Robert Ludlum—first published in 1980!—remains one of the best characters and thrillers ever created: bookshop.org/books/the-bour…
Those are tonight's #GMGReads. What are your favorite classic thrillers? What about your favorite recent thrillers? Share! #avidreadersunite
