December / Crime Fiction Poll

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

2. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

3. The Boy Who Followed Ripley

4. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad

5. The Talented Mr. Ripley...

6. Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates

7. The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler.

8. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers

[OrphanPip]

Um, how about And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, it's 1930s pulp fiction so it's not exactly artistically great, but she's had a significant influence on crime fiction in popular culture.

(This novel has also been published under the names Ten Little Niggers and Ten Little Indians, but the more PC title above is probably the one you'll find it under.)

[kasie]

I know I suggested this under the Detective Fiction heading, but I'm going to nominate it again: The White Lioness by Henning Mankell.

I find it hard to distinguish between 'detective' fiction and 'crime' fiction. I suppose in the former, the detective and his deductions is of prime interest to the readers, while in the latter, the nayure of the crime is main interest in the book. I think perhaps Mankell's books fit into both genres: his Dective Wallander is of interest in his own right as a character that develops through the series of nine books, but in his role as detective, he is given to musing about the nature of Crime and the state of society that produces the criminals he seeks.

[OrphanPip]

I think detective fiction is a sub-genre of crime fiction so you should be OK.

[Scheherazade]

Nominations so far:

1. Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

2. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

3. The Boy Who Followed Ripley

4. The Secret Agent - Joseph Conrad

5. The Talented Mr. Ripley...

6. Rape: A Love Story by Joyce Carol Oates

7. The Big Sleep Raymond Chandler.

8. Five Red Herrings by Dorothy L Sayers

9. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

10. The White Lioness by Henning Mankell

[Scheherazade]

Please vote for the crime novel you would like to read in December by November 30th.

[bouquin]

I encourage you to vote for Rape: A Love Story. It's only a short read (153 pages) so won't get in the way of your Christmas shopping and holiday-making!

[Rachel1965]

I just had a quick look at a review for "Rape: a love story" but dont think I could read it. as I get older I find books like that extremely unsettling. give me Ms Cristie anyday.
sometimes books can be too realistic, funny when I was much younger I adored horror and crime the more grusome and bloodthirsty the better.

Rachel

[OrphanPip]

I think everyone voted for their pick except me haha.

[motherhubbard]

I can join in on a December read. I'm excited! But, if it's too scary I'll have to sit out. I can't take it. I'm still having bad dreams after reading The Road some time back.

[Scheherazade]

I can join in on a December read. I'm excited! But, if it's too scary I'll have to sit out.

Same here!

[balehead]

Hmmmm... I ended up voting for my own suggestion (lol) but was close to choosing And Then There Were None, I read that recently and loved it.

[MANICHAEAN]

Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler.

[Jozanny]

The Oates novella is out of stock. I just checked, but we have no break away voting here. I don't know if I am in or not, since as much as I struggle with the woe of instant gratification, kindle has besotted me and I have not gotten over my delight with my instant library, and not just the Gutenberg free stuff. I spent some money, and don't care.

Meaning that if I cannot download the eventual winner, I'm not sure I want to stroll up and back the Parkway chasing the selection down.

[MANICHAEAN]

Apart from Project Gutenburg which seems to include books only written up to the 15th Century, you might care to look at free downloads on "The Burgomeister's Books". Plenty of crime/detective novels, especially Raymond Chandler & Dashell Hammett.