{"id":5115,"date":"2023-07-18T05:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T12:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:32:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T08:32:29","slug":"readers-picks-favorite-reads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/readers-picks-favorite-reads\/","title":{"rendered":"Reader’s Picks: Favorite reads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This list was complied from passionate reader’s suggestions on facebook, after I published an oddball top 10 list that had many people protesting.\u00a0 I can see that facebook folks LOVE their classic and traditional mysteries – as do I – but I also see there aren’t many recent novels on this list (Naomi Hirahara and Richard Osman being exceptions).\u00a0 Enjoy this list but I put it to you readers – there have been other great books published recently!\u00a0 In the traditional category it’s hard to discount Anthony Horowitz’s Magpie Murders; <\/em>new books by E.J. Copperman and Gigi Pandian that are experimenting and pushing the traditional form; new series from S.J. Bennett and Harini Nagendra that I feel may become as beloved as some of these books listed; and books by Ann Cleeves, Peter Robinson and Allison Montclair that honor the form and deepen it.\u00a0 Thanks to readers who brought new titles to my attention – Ronnie Bannerjie posted two lists including authors I haven’t yet read.\u00a0 Thank you! Read on!<\/p>\n

The Gryth Chalice Mystery<\/em> (aka Look to the Lady<\/em>), Margery Allingham<\/p>\n

Police at the Funeral<\/em>, Margery Allingham<\/p>\n

The Menagerie<\/em>, Saradindu Bandyopadhyay<\/p>\n

Death on the High C\u2019s<\/em>, Robert Barnard<\/p>\n

The Poisoned Chocolates Case,<\/em> Anthony Berkley<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie<\/em>, Alan Bradley<\/p>\n

Green for Danger<\/em>, Christianna Brand<\/p>\n

The Running Woman<\/em>, Patricia Carlon<\/p>\n

The Case of the Constant Suicides,<\/em> John Dickson Carr<\/p>\n

And Then There Were None,<\/em> Agatha Christie<\/p>\n

Death on the Nile<\/em>, Agatha Christie<\/p>\n

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd<\/em>, Agatha Christie<\/p>\n

Bloodwork<\/em>, Michael Connelly<\/p>\n

The Moving Toy Shop<\/em>, Edmund Crispin<\/p>\n

Dreaming of the Bones<\/em>, Deborah Crombie<\/p>\n

The Hotel of Three Roses<\/em>, August DeAngelis<\/p>\n

He Wouldn\u2019t Kill Patience,<\/em> Carter Dickson<\/p>\n

The Complete Sherlock Holmes<\/em>, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle<\/p>\n

Rebecca<\/em>, Daphne Du Maurier<\/p>\n

Dolly and the Bird of Paradise,\u00a0<\/em>Dorothy Dunnett<\/p>\n

A is for Alibi<\/em>, Sue Grafton<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>B is for Burglar,<\/em> Sue Grafton<\/p>\n

The Crossing Places,<\/em> Elly Griffiths<\/p>\n

The Maltese Falcon<\/em>, Dashiell Hammett<\/p>\n

Tragedy at Law<\/em>, Cyril Hare<\/p>\n

A Killing Kindness<\/em>, Reginald Hill<\/p>\n

Clark and Division<\/em>, Naomi Hirahara<\/p>\n

Hamlet, Revenge!<\/em> Michael Innes<\/p>\n

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman<\/em>, P.D. James<\/p>\n

Beat Not the Bones<\/em>, Charlotte Jay<\/p>\n

Death in the Andamans,\u00a0<\/em>M.M. Kaye<\/p>\n

The Hidden Staircase<\/em>, Carolyn Keene<\/p>\n

Folly,<\/em> Laurie R. King<\/p>\n

Composition for Four Hands<\/em>, Hilda Lawrence<\/p>\n

The Uninvited<\/em>, Dorothy Macardle<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Death of a Peer<\/em> (aka Surfeit of Lampreys<\/em>), Ngaio Marsh<\/p>\n

Light Thickens<\/em>, Ngaio Marsh<\/p>\n

When Last I Died<\/em>, Gladys Mitchell<\/p>\n

The Thursday Murder Club<\/em>, Richard Osman<\/p>\n

How the Light Gets In<\/em>, Louise Penny<\/p>\n

Finishing Stroke<\/em>, Ellery Queen<\/p>\n

Beyond the Dark<\/em>, Helen Reilly (aka Kieran Abbey)<\/p>\n

A Judgement in Stone<\/em>, Ruth Rendell<\/p>\n

The Wall,\u00a0<\/em>Mary Roberts Rinehart<\/p>\n

Gaudy Night<\/em>, Dorothy L. Sayers<\/p>\n

Murder Must Advertise<\/em>, Dorothy L. Sayers<\/p>\n

The Nine Tailors,<\/em> Dorothy L. Sayers<\/p>\n

In the Bleak Midwinter<\/em>, Julia Spencer-Fleming<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A Cold Blooded Business,<\/em> Dana Stabenow<\/p>\n

The Tattoo Murder Case,<\/em> Akimitsu Takagi<\/p>\n

Brat Farrar,<\/em> Josephine Tey<\/p>\n

The Daughter of Time,<\/em> Josephine Tey<\/p>\n

Miss Pym Disposes,<\/em> Josephine Tey<\/p>\n

A Dark Adapted Eye<\/em>, Barbara Vine<\/p>\n

The Sculptress<\/em>, Minette Walters<\/p>\n

The Clock Strikes Twelve<\/em>, Patricia Wentworth<\/p>\n

The Happy Hollisters<\/em>, Jerry West<\/p>\n

Maisie Dobbs<\/em>, Jaqueline Winspear<\/p>\n

Under the Lake<\/em>, Stuart Woods<\/p>\n

Rendevous in Black<\/em>, Cornell Woolrich<\/p>\n

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This list was complied from passionate reader’s suggestions on facebook, after I published an oddball top 10 list that had many people protesting.\u00a0 I can see that facebook folks LOVE their classic and traditional mysteries – as do I – but I also see there aren’t many recent novels on this list (Naomi Hirahara and … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1283],"class_list":["post-5115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essays","tag-reader-faves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5115"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5123,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions\/5123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auntagathas.com\/aa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}