My top 10 CRIME/THRILLER reads of 2023

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Books discussed:
This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
All the Sinners Bleed by SA Cosby
Double Indemnity by James M Cain
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler
The Naked and the Deadly by Lawrence Block
Monster by Naoki Ursawa
Holly by Stephen King
The Hap and Leonard series by Joe R Lansdale
The Bernie Rhodenbarr Mysteries by Lawrence Block
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@imorca1994 7 ай бұрын

I really appreciate this list. It seems like most of the booktubers I watch avoid mystery books that have any kind of traditional series or those with police procedurals. Personally, I tire of those books quickly. Whereas, series police procedurals (or private detective equivalents don't get old for me. Thanks!

@MarilynMayaMendoza 7 ай бұрын

I love police procedurals and series. Aloha.

@daxwilson7991 6 ай бұрын

Same here. I actually am a private detective in real life, so I absolutely love PI stories. It makes my life feel more exciting than it actually is in reality 😂

@CriminOllyBlog 6 ай бұрын

@daxwilson7991 oh that’s cool though!

@rgc1600 23 күн бұрын

So refreshing to see Lawrence Block books on someone's "greatest" list. He's a terrific writer, with wonderful stories and great dialogue.

@gracewinchester-baggins4205 7 ай бұрын

Oooooh! *Adds books to Audible wishlist*

@books-on-a-wire 7 ай бұрын

I'm finally going to read Highsmith next year because of how highly you've spoken of her books.

@edwardcreighton2638 Ай бұрын

SA Cosby is a fantastic find for me, recommended. Have read all of the Hap and Leonard novels, Lansdale is the bard of East Texas. Bad Chili is brilliant.

@bobbyq1452 7 ай бұрын

S.A. Cosby is easily the best author that I’ve had the pleasure of stumbling across recently. I read horror fiction predominantly (I like all kinds of stuff, but I’m a horror nerd through and through), and I think Cosby has, in every single book so far, inspired a sense of dread and panic within me that surpasses 90% of the horror I’ve read in recent memory. He has such a knack for atmosphere and putting his characters in hyper-tense situations that get the blood pumping. Great list as always!

@PeculiarNotions 7 ай бұрын

The Lady in the Lake is one of my favorites by Chandler. I've taught it several times over the years, and my students always enjoy it.

@chrisgomes5048 7 ай бұрын

Another great video and more titles for my tbr piles.I love Joe R Lansdale and really enjoy the Hap and Leonard stories.

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! Hope you enjoy them

@user-kb9us8cz1m 2 ай бұрын

Hi, there is a TV series with Happ and Leonard from the first few books. Thought they were well done. Sorry I can't remember which channel they were on. I'm in England.

@johngaffney1671 4 ай бұрын

Great list. I'm on my third S A Cosby book. They have all been fantastic! Great characters and plot.

@CriminOllyBlog 4 ай бұрын

He's so good!

@michellesmelancholia 7 ай бұрын

Great list! Hoping to read Monster next year!

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

It's well worth it!

@bmhernandez8798 7 ай бұрын

I am just now reading my first Block book, A Diet of Treacle, in a nice little vintage looking "Hard Case Crime" edition and I am enjoying the heck out of it! It is a 50s beatnik crime thriller and it is a really fun read.

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

Not read that one, but he's pretty much always good value

@mindysbookjourney 7 ай бұрын

I agree, S.A. Cosby is the best. I want to read The Moonstone soon.

@MrEquusQuagga 7 ай бұрын

Beard’s coming back in nicely! I always have the desire to feel it, lol

@MarilynMayaMendoza 7 ай бұрын

Hi Olly, psychological thrillers on my favorite and thank you for giving me another Patricia Highsmith book. I’m definitely going to look into a sweet sickness. Aloha friend.

@nathanfoung2347 7 ай бұрын

Great list Olly, this blew up my TBR for the holidays. Go well.

@gregparker4472 7 ай бұрын

Coincidentally I just finished reading Drood by Dan Simmons in which the main character and narrator in the book is Wilkie Collins (author and friend of Charles Dickens). I didn't know if he was a real person or actual author of the book Moonstone till this review. Very Cool. Drood was very interesting btw if you like books about that era of London life. Simmons never disappoints in my humble opinion.

@sherreads1081 7 ай бұрын

Recommend Hit Man series by Lawrence Block if you haven't already read them.

@rscottwiley3624 7 ай бұрын

Agree! Love that series

@MarilynMayaMendoza 7 ай бұрын

I read lady in the lake last year and loved it. I agree with you about Raymond Chandler being a wonderful writer. I read two of his other novels as well and he never bores.

@thebookishbryants 7 ай бұрын

I was hoping to see All the Sinners Bleed on this list. It was easily my favorite crime novel of the year. I love this list! Scott.

@SubtropicBob 7 ай бұрын

Wow! Many thanks for putting out Lawrence Block anthology in such good company, Olly. You rock!

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@SubtropicBob 7 ай бұрын

I just emailed a link to this video to Lawrence Block. I think he'll dig having two books on your list. Cheers and Happy Holidays, mate! @@CriminOllyBlog

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

@@SubtropicBob oh man that makes me feel nervous! Thanks Bob, hope you have a great Christmas too

@SubtropicBob 7 ай бұрын

@@CriminOllyBlog Ha! Larry was pleased and says thanks.

@decox911 7 ай бұрын

I whole heartedly agree with your assessment of All the Sinners Bleed. It didn't quite measure up to Razorblade Tears, but still superb and it was on my personal top 10. Another from that approximate genre from my list that I would recommend is Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane. Murder, revenge, family loyalty and local crime bosses. All against the backdrop of the school busing conflict in Boston in the 1970's.

@SamHarrison2099 7 ай бұрын

I want to read more crime and thrillers next year, I read all the Holly Gibney books in October and really liked all of them. Especially Mr Mercedes and Holly.

@tyghe_bright 7 ай бұрын

I love the Hap and Leonard streaming series, and definitely need to check out the books.

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

I need to watch that!

@BookishChas 7 ай бұрын

Great recommendations Olly! I’ve been wanting to try out Raymond Chandler. I enjoyed the Big Sleep movie, so I want to read some Philip Marlowe.

@Fantumh 7 ай бұрын

Your review of The Lady in the Lake inspired me to buy it and read it and I'm glad I did. I'd put it off since I understood it wasn't a better Chandler book, but it was quite good.

@tamerlaaane 7 ай бұрын

Bought Hap and Leonard book 1, sounds like a lot of fun!

@magnusskallagrimsson6707 Ай бұрын

Joe Lansdale (check out The Donut Legion) and Lawrence Block (the Scudder books, I haven't read the Burglar books) hooked me completely.

@CriminOllyBlog Ай бұрын

I just saw The Donut Legion on someone’s Instagram yesterday- looks great!

@magnusskallagrimsson6707 Ай бұрын

@@CriminOllyBlog It was a lot of fun. On a Hap and Leonard point: Savage Season was a great first novel to kick off a series.

@eriebeverly 7 ай бұрын

The tension in this one was waiting to see where Highsmith was going to land.

@gweaver2090 7 ай бұрын

I read a handful of the Bernie Rhodenbarr books when they were reprinted by No Exit in the early nineties, but I also returned to them this year, reading the first seven in the series! Absolute gems, such a delight to read. I'm now reading Calendar Girl by Stella Duffy, another throwback to the nineties. I haven't read her before, but I thought her story in the recent Daggers Drawn CWA anthology was the pick of the lot, so thought I'd check out her novels. Calendar Girl is her debut, the start of a private eye series and I recommend it (so far): written with style, humour and pace.

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

Stella Duffy rings a bell but I can't think why,. will have to check her out - thanks for the recommendation

@bigaldoesbooktube1097 7 ай бұрын

I really must get to Philip Marlow

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

You must!

@DDB168 7 ай бұрын

The top 3 look like winners. May have to check those out.

@pandittroublejr 6 ай бұрын

📚😃📚👍🏾

@katjack2780 7 ай бұрын

Have you ever read any Margaret Millar? Since you enjoy Highsmith so much, you may also find Millar very interesting. She's in the psychological suspense category as well.

@kellyshaw7271 7 ай бұрын

After reading Drood, it has put me off reading The Moonstone. Basically it gives the ending away

@CriminOllyBlog 7 ай бұрын

Oh that's a shame!

@wendyvilla2904 7 ай бұрын

💚🖤

@nikkivenable73 7 ай бұрын

Holly? Omg lol. Well, at least someone likes it.

@stormy7722 6 ай бұрын

Im hearing many detractors saying Holly is just a platform for King to billow his political beliefs. I was going to pick it up but im sooooooooo sick of woke and political agendas finding their way into too many books these days. Also, how many books feature the protagonist from All the Sinners Bleed?

@CriminOllyBlog 6 ай бұрын

Fortunately there are lots of books with conservative politics too 👍🏻

@seanellio Ай бұрын

There was a movie made in the late 1980's staring Whoopi Goldberg. It was based on "The Burglar in the closet. She was "Bernice Rhodenbarr". I don't recommend it.

@CriminOllyBlog Ай бұрын

Oh, I remember that Goldberg film! Had no idea it was based on the book!