Some books that Robert has read and enjoyed and which you may enjoy too. In no particular order, and updated yearly.

Novels:

LIVE BY NIGHT, THE GIVEN DAY, SHUTTER ISLAND, PRAYERS FOR RAIN, MYSTIC RIVER, and DARKNESS, TAKE MY HAND by Dennis Lehane
ALREADY DEAD (and the rest of the Joe Pitt Casebooks) and THE MYSTIC ARTS OF ERASING ALL SIGNS OF DEATH by Charlie Huston
GET SHORTY and LABRAVA by Elmore Leonard
THE BLACK BOX and THE POET by Michael Connelly
THE ODDS, A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, THE SPEED QUEEN and SONGS FOR THE MISSING and EMILY, ALONE by Stewart O’Nan
SAN MIGUEL, A FRIEND OF THE EARTH, RIVEN ROCK, WORLD’S END, EAST IS EAST, and THE TORTILLA CURTAIN by T.C. Boyle
MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides
ALL THE KING’S MEN by Robert Penn Warren
INVISIBLE MAN by Ralph Ellison
LORD OF THE FLIES by William Golding
GHOST STORY and THE HELLFIRE CLUB by Peter Straub
DOCTOR SLEEP, 11/23/63, THE DEAD ZONE, PET SEMATARY, THE DARK HALF, THE STAND, INSOMNIA, DESPERATION, THE GREEN MILE, BAG OF BONES, DUMA KEY and THE DARK TOWER series by Stephen King
THE TALISMAN and BLACK HOUSE by Stephen King and Peter Straub
VELOCITY by Dean Koontz
THE LAST KIND WORDS, A LOWER DEEP, THE MIDNIGHT ROAD and EVERY SHALLOW CUT by Tom Piccirilli
THE STRAW MEN by Michael Marshall
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE by James M. Cain
HEART-SHAPED BOX by Joe Hill
THE BEACH by Alex Garland
THE ROAD by Cormac McCarthy
FORTY WORDS FOR SORROW by Giles Blunt
THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini
ELECTION by Tom Perrotta
THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA and THE HUMAN STAIN by Philip Roth
FREEDOMLAND and LUSH LIFE by Richard Price
KING SUCKERMAN and THE SWEET FOREVER by George Pelecanos
THE RESURRECTIONISTS by Michael Collins
ROAD KILL (or JOYRIDE) and RED by Jack Ketchum
A SIMPLE PLAN by Scott Smith
RUN by Douglas E. Winter
AMERICAN GODS and CORALINE by Neil Gaiman
PERDIDO STREET STATION and THE SCAR by China Miéville
THE GOLDEN COMPASS by Philip Pullman
PARIS TROUT and THE PAPERBOY by Pete Dexter
SPHERE, RISING SUN, and PREY by Michael Crichton
SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
FLESH AND BLOOD by Michael Cunningham
GOOD PEOPLE by Marcus Sakey
CHASING THE DEAD by Joe Schreiber
THE BELL JAR by Sylvia Plath
THE HARD WAY by Lee Child
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by Harper Lee
EVERY DEAD THING by John Connolly
THE KEEP by Jennifer Egan
THE LATHE OF HEAVEN by Ursula K. Le Guin
LOWBOY by John Wray
THE STRAIN by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan
LIGHT BOXES by Shane Jones
BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
BEAT THE REAPER by Josh Bazell
THE CARETAKER OF LORNE FIELD by Dave Zeltserman
SWAMPLANDIA! by Karen Russell
RUN, PINES, WAYWARD and THE LAST TOWN by Blake Crouch
THE HUNGER GAMES, CATCHING FIRE and MOCKINGJAY by Suzanne Collins
FUN AND GAMES by Duane Swierczynski
THE GROVE and OUT OF THE BLACK by John Rector
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS by Kurt Vonnegut
READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline
DEATH WISHING by Laura Ellen Scott
THE IMPERFECTIONISTS by Tom Rachman (under novels, but it’s really a novel-in-stories)
BRIGHT SHINY MORNING by James Frey
THE SECRET HISTORY by Donna Tartt
SHARP TEETH by Tony Barlow
THE PASSAGE and THE TWELVE by Justin Cronin
PRINCE OF THIEVES by Chuck Hogan
NEVER LET ME GO by Kazuo Ishiguro
THEN WE CAME TO THE END by Joshua Ferris
ROOM by Emma Donoghue
TELL NO ONE, GONE FOR GOOD and MISSING YOU by Harlan Coben
THE SISTERS BROTHERS by Patrick deWitt
WESTLAKE SOUL by Rio Youers
SAMSON AND DENIAL by Robert Ford
CLOUD ATLAS by David Mitchell
BIG MARIA by Johnny Shaw
THE GIRL ON THE GLIDER by Brian Keene
SANDMAN SLIM by Richard Kadrey
THE MESMERIST and THE MARSHALL OF THE BORGO by Joseph D’Agnese
WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY by Brian Hodge
UNDERSTUDIES by Ravi Mangla
OUT OF THE BLACK by John Rector (ebook)
THE BREACH, GHOST COUNTRY, DEEP SKY, and RUNNER by Patrick Lee
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE by George V. Higgins
GALVESTON by Nic Pizzolatto
AN UNTAMED STATE by Roxane Gay
THIRD RAIL by Rory Flynn
LEXICON by Max Barry
BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY by Jay McInerney
NEVERLAND by Douglas Clegg

Short Story Collections:

EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE by Flannery O’Connor
THE STORIES OF JOHN CHEEVER
THE DEAD FISH MUSEUM by Charles D’Ambrosio
THE RESURRECTION MAN’S LEGACY by Dale Bailey
THE COMPLETE STORIES OF TRUMAN CAPOTE
A MODEL WORLD and WEREWOLVES IN THEIR YOUTH by Michael Chabon
LUCKY GIRLS by Nell Freudenberger
LOST IN THE CITY by Edward P. Jones
The BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES series
The BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES series
CIVILWARLAND IN BAD DECLINE by George Saunders
THE THINGS THEY CARRIED by Tim O’Brien
AFTER THE PLAGUE and TOOTH & CLAW by T.C. Boyle
THE SECRET GOLDFISH and THE SPOT by David Means
PEACEABLE KINGDOM by Jack Ketchum
20th CENTURY GHOSTS by Joe Hill
IN THE ELECTRIC EDEN by Nick Arvin
WHEN THE NINES ROLL OVER by David Benioff
THE WHORE’S CHILD by Richard Russo
ANIMAL CRACKERS by Hannah Tinti
CORONADO by Dennis Lehane
THE GIRL ON THE FRIDGE and SUDDENLY, A KNOCK AT THE DOOR by Etgar Keret
EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED: STORIES by Wells Tower
MAD TO LIVE by Randall Brown
STORIES FOR NIGHTTIME AND SOME FOR THE DAY by Ben Loory
OLIVE KITTERIDGE by Elizabeth Strout
HOW THEY WERE FOUND by Matt Bell
THE WEATHER STATIONS by Ryan Call
8 POUNDS: EIGHT TALES OF CRIME, HORROR & SUSPENSE by Chris F. Holm
FULLY LOADED: The Complete and Collected Stories of Blake Crouch
THROTTLE by Joe Hill and Stephen King
SCAR TISSUE by Marcus Sakey
INTERPRETER OF MALADIES by Jhumpa Lahiri
THE KHMER KILL: A DOX SHORT STORY by Barry Eisler

Graphic Novels:

WATCHMEN by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
LOCKE & KEY, Vol. 1: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT and LOCKE & KEY, Vol. 2: HEAD GAMES by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez
THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER BORN by Peter David, Robin Furth, Jae Lee, and Richard Isanove
PRIDE OF BAGHDAD by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon
STITCHES: A MEMOIR by David Small
THE STRANGE TALENT OF LUTHER STRODE by Justin Jordan, Tradd Moore, and Felipe Sobreiro

Audiobooks:

THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein, read by Christopher Evan Welch
ECHO BURNING, THE AFFAIR, 61 HOURS, WORTH DYING FOR and GONE TOMORROW by Lee Child, read by Dick Hill
LIGHT OF THE WORLD, CREOLE BELLE, FEAST DAY OF FOOLS, THE GLASS RAINBOW and RAIN GODS by James Lee Burke, read by Will Patton
CITY OF THIEVES by David Benioff, read by Ron Perlman
THE LINCOLN LAWYER by Michael Connelly, read by Adam Grupper and THE BLACK ECHO by Michael Connelly, read by Dick Hill
LONG LOST by Harlan Coben, read by Steven Weber and THE INNOCENT by Harlan Coben, read by Scott Brick
THE CRIME WRITER, YOU’RE NEXT and TELL NO LIES by Gregg Hurwitz, read by Scott Brick
BOSSYPANTS by Tina Fey, read by Tina Fey
THE DETACHMENT by Barry Eisler, read by Barry Eisler
GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn, read by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne
NO EASY DAY: THE FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE MISSION THAT KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer, read by Holter Graham
ODD APOCALYPSE by Dean Koontz, read by David Aaron Baker
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green, read by Kate Rudd
FIGHT CLUB by Chuck Palahniuk, read by Jim Colby
14 by Peter Clines, read by Ray Porter
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE by Neil Gaiman, read by Neil Gaiman
DELIVERANCE by James Dickey, read by Will Patton
KILL THE DEAD by Richard Kadrey, read by MacLeod Andrews
MR. PENUMBRA’S 24-HOUR BOOKSTORE by Robin Sloan, read by Ari Fliakos
TAKEN by Robert Crais, read by Luke Daniels
LESS THAN ZERO by Bret Easton Ellis, read by Christian Rummel
MR. MERCEDES by Stephen King, read by Will Patton
RED DRAGON by Thomas Harris, read by Alan Sklar
FLASH BOYS by Michael Lewis, read by Dylan Baker
SPY THE LIE: THREE FORMER CIA OFFICERS REVEAL THEIR SECRETS TO UNCLOAKING DECEPTION by Philip Houston, Susan Carnicero, Don Tennant and Michael Floyd, read by Fred Berman
NO PLACE TO HIDE: EDWARD SNOWDEN, THE NSA, AND THE U.S. SURVEILLANCE STATE by Glenn Greenwald, read by L. J. Ganser
STEVE JOBS by Walter Isaacson, read by Dylan Baker
PAY ANY PRICE by James Risen, read by Christopher Lane

Non-Fiction:

SEX, DRUGS, AND COCOA PUFFS by Chuck Klosterman
MICROSTYLE: THE ART OF WRITING LITTLE by Christopher Johnson
SH*T MY DAD SAYS by Justin Halpern