Like any self-respecting blogger, I have a TBR pile the size of a small mountain. According to Goodreads, I have 415 books across my to-read shelves. And those are only books that I own. Add the books I want to read that I don’t own, and the books I want to reread (I just cracked Friday Night Lights back open for a reread), and, yeah, small mountain. So for this week’s Top Ten Tuesday I really needed to whittle my list down somehow. I am, then, sticking to country noir.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by Jana at The Artsy Reader Girl.
I finally read Winter’s Bone, but I remain badly under read when it comes to Daniel Woodrell.
And, believe it or not, there are still books by Ron Rash and Cormac McCarthy that I have not read (including The Road, which isn’t country noir but has been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read for years).
Joe Lansdale doesn’t qualify as one of my favorite authors (yet), but I really need to continue with his Hap & Leonard books so I can watch the TV show (check out my review of Savage Season).
(Click on the covers for affiliate links to each book at Amazon.)
Ron Rash
The World Made Straight
Saints at the River
Something Rich and Strange (short story collection)
Cormac McCarthy
Child of God
The Road
Daniel Woodrell
Tomato Red
The Bayou Trilogy
Joe Lansdale
Mucho Mojo
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I haven’t read THE ROAD either, although I’m not sure I can stomach it after watching the movie! It gave me major nightmares! I haven’t read any of these other authors. I hope you are able to get to these books, though, and that you love them 🙂
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
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Have you read any other Cormac McCarthy? His work is SUPER dark. It also isn’t an easy read for other reasons–his writing is very Faulknerian (although I’ve read a bunch of Cormac McCarthy and I’ve always bounced off Faulkner).
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You know, I have the same reactions to McCarthy and Faulkner. I’ve read a few McCarthy (No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian, The Road) but I’ve never really be into Faulkner.
But yeah, if you are bothered by darkness stay away from his books. Particularly Blood Meridian.
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