I suppose I should begin this post with the obligatory, “It’s been a while…”

Anyway.

I just finished reading S.A. Cosby’s “All The Sinners Bleed” and I have to say that every chapter featured one or two lines, ideas, or twists that drove me absolutely mad. The good stuff that made me twist in my chair and grind my teeth wishing I’d written that! I realized that every now and again, a story just grabs the reader by the heart and throws them around the room. So here’s an inexhaustive list of books that have done that for me!

The Lesson
Cadwell Turnbull

Sonja Blue
Nancy Collins

Laird Barron
Blood Standard

James A. Moore
Seven Forges

Austin Grossman
Soon I Will Be Invincible

Christopher Golden
Tin Men

Maurice Broaddus
Pimp My Airship

Richard Kadrey
Sandman Slim

Chuck Wendig
The Blue Blazes

Walter Mosley
Devil In A Blue Dress

Brian Keene
The Complex

Ed Kurtz
Boon

Veronica Roth
The Chosen Ones

Christa Faust
Money Shot

Kieran Shea
Koko Takes A Holiday

Positive
David Wellington

Daryl Gregory
We Are All Completely Fine

April Daniels
Sovereign

Joe Haldeman
The Forever War

Kealan Patrick Burke
Kin