I'm ending my BEA coverage with the panel, The Great Readalike: If You Like This...You'll LOVE That! Talia Sherer at Macmillan invited a group of librarians to talk about books and genres we're passionate about. The panel was presented by the Association of American Publishers and Library Journal. It was such an honor to be on this panel with librarians whose names I recognize from Fiction_L, a Readers' Advisory listserv. Wilda Williams of Library Journal moderated. I was joined on the panel by Stephanie Chase, Multnomah County Library, Kaite M.Stover, Kansas City Public LIbrary, Shayera Tangri, Los Angeles Public Library, and Robin Beerbower, Salem Public Library (Oregon). Truly an honor to be there with all of them.
I discussed traditional mysteries on the panel. I didn't get to talk about all the books, since we only had ten minutes apiece, but the 100 attendees did receive copies of our lists. I waited until after the panel was over to share my list, but I thought some of you might be interested.
Traditional Mysteries (Lesa Holstine)
*If you like –
Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny (next one – A Trick of the Light, 8/30/11)
ISBN 9780312377045
2010
St. Martin’s Minotaur
Try - One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
9780312334895
St. Martin’s Minotaur
2011
The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson (next one – Hell is Empty, 6/2/11)
9780670033690
Viking
2004
Among the Departed by Vicki Delany
9781590589243
Poisoned Pen Press
2011
*If you like –
Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich (next one – Smokin’ Seventeen, Bantam, 6/21/11)
ISBN 9780312383305
St. Martin’s Press
2010
Try - Lucky Stiff by Deborah Coonts
9780765325440
Forge Books
2011
Sticky Fingers by Nancy Martin
9780312573737
St. Martin’s Minotaur
2011
Liar, Liar by K.J. Larsen (next one – Sticks and Stones, 8/2/11)
9781590587256
Poisoned Pen Press
2010
*If you like –
Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson
9780061348150
William Morrow
2011
Try - The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames (Latest book – Lost and Fondue, 2011)
9780425235522
Berkley
2010
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy (Latest book – Buffalo West Wing, 2011)
9780425218693
Berkley
2008
Devil’s Food Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
9780758234919
Kensington
2011
If you like –
Sherlock Holmes/Dr.Watson pairing by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Nero Wolfe/Archie Goodwin pairing by Rex Stout
Try - John Ceepak/Danny Boyle pairing by Chris Grabenstein
Tilt-A-Whirl by Chris Grabenstein (Latest – Rolling Thunder, Pegasus, 2010)
9780786717811
Carroll & Graf
2005
Thank you again to Talia and my fellow librarians. It was a terrific experience!
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18 comments:
I love this post. Taking notes!
Great post and I'm reading Lucky Stiff which I love and next up is Sticky FIngers. I already read Liar, Liar.
I read the Davidson books and the try me books as well.
Thanks for mentioning Ceepak and Boyle is such stellar company!!!
Great post, Lesa. Just the type of info that is so helpful to readers who know the big names .... but haven't yet discovered the not-as-big names. Cheers!
Thanks Wendy! In my talk, I mentioned that these all had strong characters and settings. That's what I read for first - characters.
Thanks, Dru. And, the other librarians had great lists, too. I just didn't feel I had the right to post their lists. They covered Gilded Age novels, thrillers, magical realism & romances.
And, after listening to Spencer Quinn that afternoon, Chris, I could have put him in the same grouping. You're welcome, though. Ceepak/Boyle deserves to be there.
Exactly, Deborah! I'm glad you like the list.
This is such a terrific list! Thanks so much for sharing, Lesa ... I now have many more books to add to my TBR list.
I hope you and the kitties have a lovely weekend!
I think I just hit copy/paste right into my TBR file !! How awesome was that? What a great opportunity you had. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.
Thanks Lesa for including me in your appreciation of fellow panelists. :) For those who are interested, I'll post my thriller list on Google docs and when done will share the link (if that's OK).
Robin,
I'm so glad I got the chance to meet you. Please let us know the link for your thriller list. Thanks!
Terrific list, Lesa--I can use sure it! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Terry. I wished I had the time to discuss every group and what they all had in common, but I didn't. Starts with good characters for me, and all of these books have strong characters. The first group includes a strong setting, too. In fact, most of the books I selected have strong characters and settings that are important to the storyline.
Great -- so key are good characters and settings, too.
Appreciate this list. It reminds me to read some books which are on my TBR list, actually, to move them up and look for them.
It's hard to keep up, what with global challenges, trying to follow the nominees for the Dagger and also U.S. mystery awards. Yikes!
What a task we all have for the summer.
You're right, Kathy. And, for me, it's keeping up between work, travel, and the rest of life. I hope you enjoy the books.
Great list Lesa!
Thank you, Kris. I just wish I'd had time to talk about all of them.
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