BILL RYAN Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Billy Summers
Stephen KingBILL RYAN14. BILLY SUMMERS by Stephen King - This book manages to be an interesting departure for King without actually being very good. https://t.co/DQmLcvoqxx
Paperback, Mass Market, 2023
$11.99Member price:$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gold Coast
Elmore LeonardBILL RYAN6. GOLD COAST by Elmore Leonard - Solid '80s Leonard, with a more interesting ending than I was expecting, though he does take something that had been subtext and promoted it to text. Also, what's up with that gun on the front cover. Why didn't it fall off the hat? https://t.co/APAlakXOXJ
Paperback, 2020
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles DickensBILL RYANWatching a sitcom that has a character whose interests are "boring." One character is trying to cheer him up & suggests watching the NICHOLAS NICKLEBY because there are lots of long, quiet scenes. Charles Dickens, the man who wrote novels where nothing ever happens. Dumb assholes
Paperback, 1999
$10.00Member price:$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Symposium
Muriel SparkBILL RYAN8. SYMPOSIUM by Muriel Spark - Scenes from a climactic dinner party are interwoven with chapters about the guests, day or weeks before the gathering. This book almost plays like a thriller, though a highly idiosyncratic one. My fourth Spark, and I still don't know what to expect. https://t.co/JFocMxXkvN
Paperback, 2006
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Ivory Grin
Ross MacDonaldBILL RYAN35. THE IVORY GRIN by Ross MacDonald - A very solid mid-20th century detective novel, typically convoluted plot, Archer rules, darker and more bitter than I expected, and all the better for it. https://t.co/utgesinTVN
Paperback, 2007
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Quick Change
Jay CronleyBILL RYAN25. QUICK CHANGE by Jay Cronley - Bill Murray didn't take many liberties, but those he took were rather large. https://t.co/LP65GTsVUG
Paperback, 2006
$16.95Member price:$16.10 + Free shipping5% off
First Love, Last Rites: Stories
Ian McEwanBILL RYAN21. FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES by Ian McEwan - I know a lot of people have given up on McEwan, saying his books are now dull and that he puts on airs. I'm still a fan, though a more cautious one. His two early story collections are so different, so perverse [cont'd] https://t.co/MNEzPMzUAl
Paperback, 1994
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Floating Dragon
Peter StraubBILL RYAN34. FLOATING DRAGON by Peter Straub - More to come. https://t.co/TgeIpVFlAl
Paperback, Mass Market, 2003
$9.99Member price:$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Strange
Nathan BallingrudBILL RYAN14. THE STRANGE by Nathan Ballingrud - Ballingrud is one of my favorite living writers, of horror or anything else & with his first novel he's written a coming of age story free of sap or sentimentality. It's also an eerie, pulp adventure on Mars. Wonderful, excellent, gripping. https://t.co/tx5xG0O03S
Paperback, 2024
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Passersthrough
Peter RockBILL RYAN24. PASSERSTHROUGH by Peter Rock - My third by the undersung Peter Rock. In his one, he effectively toys with horror, with a mysterious ending that was more satisfying than something seeking closure could ever manage. https://t.co/qBRJjXvjun
Paperback, 2023
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book