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Michael Connelly's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “The Gods of Guilt” would love to have met Raymond Chandler: “I’d say, Ray, can a writer be happy and still be good at it?” Or does it take a life of trouble?

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By the Book: Michael Connelly (2013)

NYT By the Book column (2013-12-12).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo
Jack Cheevers · Buy on Amazon
"I think I'll go with nonfiction and pick "Act of War: Lyndon Johnson, North Korea, and the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo," by Jack Cheevers. This book held me like "Flyboys" and "Lost in Shangri-La.""
Doctor Sleep
Stephen King · Buy on Amazon
"I will put aside a day or two to do nothing but read. I did that recently with Stephen King's "Doctor Sleep.""
The Last Coyote
Michael Connelly · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite will probably always be "The Last Coyote," because it was the first book I wrote as a full-time author, and I think the improvements were more evident to me than in the transitions between other books."
Travis McGee
John D. MacDonald · Buy on Amazon
"I would not say I got hooked in until I started reading John D. MacDonald, who was writing about the place where I was growing up. His character Travis McGee kept his boat, the Busted Flush, at the Bahia Mar Marina in Fort Lauderdale."
Red Dragon
Thomas Harris · Buy on Amazon
"I'll go with Francis Dolarhyde from Thomas Harris's "Red Dragon" as the villain. He remains in the shadow of Hannibal Lecter, but I find him more realistic and a reminder that these sorts of killers are more banal than genius."
Aubrey-Maturin series
Patrick O'Brian · Buy on Amazon
"Maybe the complete collection of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin novels."
The Public Burning
Robert Coover · Buy on Amazon
""The Public Burning," by Robert Coover? That's one of my favorite novels of all time."
The Closers
Michael Connelly · Buy on Amazon
""The Closers," because I think it's the book that underlines Harry Bosch's belief that everybody counts or nobody counts."
The Little Sister
Raymond Chandler · Buy on Amazon
"I'd like to ask Raymond Chandler about Chapter 13 of "The Little Sister." It describes a drive around 1940s Los Angeles, and it still holds up as a description of the city right now. Beautiful."
Cover of The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein · Buy on Amazon
""The Giving Tree," by Shel Silverstein."
Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Vincent Bugliosi · Buy on Amazon
""Four Days in November: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy," by Vincent Bugliosi. I've been sitting on this one for a long time. This is the time to read it."

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