Here are the
Top 100 Killer Thrillers, chosen by 17,000 voters from NPR's audience.
Top ten thrillers:
1. The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
3. Kiss the Girls, by James Patterson
4. The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum
5. In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote
6. The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown
7. The Shining, by Stephen King
8. And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie
9. The Hunt tor Red October, by Tom Clancy
10. The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
For your convenience, there is a display of thriller in the center of the library that you can select from.
Theresa A.
Things That go Bump in the Stacks: Whole Collection Advisory for Paranormal Fiction from Readersadvisory.com is a great resources for paranormal fiction. Click on Paranormal Fiction: a Guide to view annotated bibliographies for books on ghosts, psychics, vampires, werewolves, witches, zombies, teen paranormal series, and paranormal graphic novels. Enjoy!
A recent editorial in the LA Times talks about how young adult novels have become popular with adults. These pages have links with brief descriptions of YA novels with adult appeal.
New Yorker magazine has chosen it's annual "20 Under 40" list, featuring twenty fiction authors under the age of forty that are worth watching. Prior authors chosen for this list include Jhumpa Lahiri and Jeffrey Eugenides.
