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Christopher’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Christopher’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Christopher Swann
Goodreads Author
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in The United States
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May 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/christopherswann
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Shadow of the Lions
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2017
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12 editions
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A Fire in the Night
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2021
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7 editions
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Never Turn Back (Faulkner Family, #1)
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2020
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9 editions
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Never Go Home (Faulkner Family #2)
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2022
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7 editions
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Never Back Down (Faulkner Family #3)
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2023
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6 editions
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The History of Oilfield Diving: An Industrial Adventure
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Marguerite Explorer
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Never Back Down: Library Edition
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Never Back Down: Faulkner Family Thriller, Book 3
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The global FX industry: Coping with consolidation
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October Travels
Here's where I am heading this month with
Shadow of the Lions.
Come on out and say hi.
Tuesday, Oct. 10 - Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans
Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Page and Palette in Fairhope, AL
Thursday, Oct. 12 - Bayside Academy in Fairhope, AL
Friday, Oct. 13 - Southern Festival of Books in Nashville
Tuesday, Oct 24 - Indian River Literary Society in Vero Beach, FL
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Tuesday, Oct. 10 - Garden District Book Shop in New Orleans
Wednesday, Oct. 11 - Page and Palette in Fairhope, AL
Thursday, Oct. 12 - Bayside Academy in Fairhope, AL
Friday, Oct. 13 - Southern Festival of Books in Nashville
Tuesday, Oct 24 - Indian River Literary Society in Vero Beach, FL
More details at: christo Read more of this blog post »
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| 3.5. Gorgeously written. Vividly imagined. Leaves any plot, and most of its characters, behind. | |
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Christopher Swann
entered a giveaway
A Violent Masterpiece
by Jordan Harper (Goodreads Author)
10 copies
available, ends on
December 01, 2025
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Christopher Swann
voted for
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
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Readers' Favorite History & Biography
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Opening Round
of the
2025 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“Love can be a hell of a draw, the emotional holy grail. But love also exposes our flaws, can even draw out the worst in us. People want to perform heroic deeds, commit flagrantly dramatic acts for love. What they don't realize is that the daily grind is what is required. Instead of a single extraordinary act--slaying the dragon, throwing yourself in front of a bus--it is the repetition of small gestures over a course of years that makes love work.”
― Shadow of the Lions
― Shadow of the Lions
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Reading with Style:
FA 2017 Completed Tasks
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1001 | 115 | Nov 30, 2017 09:00PM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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2639 | 787 | Nov 30, 2017 09:01PM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD
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4046 | 367 | Nov 30, 2018 09:27PM | |
| 2025 & 2026 Readi...: ** Susan C's 100 book challenge for 2018 ** | 96 | 156 | Jan 01, 2019 03:52PM | |
| Busy as a Bee Books: Book News: 10/06/20 | 4 | 6 | Oct 07, 2020 07:31PM | |
| Aussie Readers: October 2020 Challenge - A Breath of Fresh Air! | 160 | 150 | Nov 03, 2020 04:25PM | |
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NetGalley Readers:
Just Requested and Recently Approved
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The Mystery, Crim...:
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2984 | 944 | Dec 31, 2020 09:26AM |
“First, I'm going to give you all the Copperfield crap, and I'm not going to apologize for any of it, not one paragraph, so if you're not interested in how I came to see the future, or how I came to understand that the biggest truth in my life was a lie, or, for that matter, how I parlayed my distaste for hot dogs into an '84 RX-7 and a new self-concept, do us both a favor, and just stop now.”
― All About Lulu
― All About Lulu
“He piled upon the whale's white hump the sum of all the general rage and hate felt by his whole race from Adam down; and then, as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart's shell upon it.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
fiction files redux
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this is a literary love-in, baby . . . books, literature, fiction of all shapes and sizes, these things we discuss . . . make yourself at home, check ...more
All About Lulu
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— last activity Jan 02, 2009 11:38AM
. . . a forum for discussing jonathan evison's critically acclaimed novel "all about lulu," moderated by the author. welcome. . . hey, is there an ec ...more
BookWorld
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A mixture of non fiction, fiction and anything else to do with literature!
Inner Workings
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A place for essays, poetry, streaming and ranting. An offshoot of fiction files redux. "Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen t ...more
The Buried Masterpieces!
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— last activity Dec 17, 2009 10:10AM
Dust of time settled a bit too heavily on a book that, in your opinion, is one of the greatest novels ever written, but that no one knows about becaus ...more
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Maureen wrote: "hey swanny:i'm determined to read a martin cruz smith this year: tell me which one to try, please?
thanks
mo"
If you've never read anything by him, read "Gorky Park" first so you can meet Arkady Renko...then read "Polar Star" immediately afterwards. I still remember seeing "Polar Star" in the bookstore--I guess it was like I had thought Raymond Chandler had only written "The Big Sleep" and then one day finding "Farewell, My Lovely" in a bookstore window. "Polar Star" is one of the best things Smith has written.
hey swanny:i'm determined to read a martin cruz smith this year: tell me which one to try, please?
thanks
mo
