City Of The Dead105 reviews
Brian Keene

Leisure Books, 2005

masterful

+ Has it's faults, but still a fun read
+ Good read - with a twisted ending

This is the best new horror writer I know of, and is up there with S.King and Dean Koontz in the privileged place of excellent horror writers. There are also some humorous scenes, and is refreshing the unusual finale.
  
  











  



  
The Road (Oprah's Book Club)1490 reviews
Cormac McCarthy

Vintage Books, 2007

Children into darkness

(SPOILER WARNING!) As a father of a boy some years younger than the boy portrayed in the book I can't help feeling that the book touched an inner blind spot of myself. A father stands beside birth and doesn't possess the immediate emotional connection that mothers do as a source of comfort and ...
  
  











  



  
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War416 reviews
Max Brooks

Three Rivers Press, 2007

Chilling....Perfect!

+ GET THIS BOOK

Wow! After reading the Zombie Survival Guide, I was compelled to pick this book up. And let me tell you...I was riveted! I've read quite a few horror books, but this one had me one edge. The interview format was unique to me, and perfect for the storyline. Max Brooks has simply sold me, I'd ...
  
  











  



  
The Minds of Billy Milligan36 reviews
Daniel Keyes

Bantam, 1994

Really Makes You Think

+ Not Detailed Information enough!
+ Wow!!
+ A different read about MPD
  
  











  



  
Plague of the Dead (The Morningstar Strain)62 reviews
Z. A. Recht

Permuted Press, 2006

The Nuts? I'd say so.....

+ Great Book
+ Better by Far
+ A refreshing take on the zombie genre...
+ An amazing read!
  
  











  



  
Swan Song457 reviews
Robert McCammon

Pocket, 1987

An amazing read

+ Swan song book review
+ 5 Stars with a bullet!
+ An Epic Story You Just Can't Put Down
+ This book will leave you feeling.........
  
  











  



  
'Salem's Lot442 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket, 1999

Stands the test of time

+ Best King Yet!!
+ Tied with Pet Sematary as King's best novel.
+ Fantastic!
+ One of King's best ! A great scary read with plenty of twists !!
  
  











  



  
I Am Legend504 reviews
Richard Matheson

Tor Books, 2007

I won't stay long in this world so wrong

+ Amazing Novel Not Just About Survival.
+ Outstanding Classic

Robert Neville is he who strives for perfection, he whose goal is to soar among the stars with the angels on high; Neville is the man who, despite everything, has fallen into the eternal charnel pit of the soul. The bleakest and farthest regions of the dismal are his and his alone. How then did ...
  
  











  



  
The Sun Also Rises468 reviews
Ernest Hemingway

Scribner, 2006

The novel that made me love Hemingway

+ The sun went up. We had a drink. The sun went down. We had another.
+ Rewards the Patient Reader

Hemingway wrote like a man that knew he was going to be big. I absolutely enjoyed this novel cover to cover. Typically, I try to avoid 20th century American Literature (I read more British literature) but I tip my hat to Mr. Hemingway after reading this novel. I have read that because this is ...
  
  











  



  
Day by Day Armageddon (A Zombie Novel)183 reviews
J. L. Bourne

Permuted Press, 2007

Well written Zombie Book - With a military angle

+ A Truly Excellent Zombie Novel
+ fan to fan
+ Day By Day armagedom
  
  











  



  
Intensity474 reviews
Dean Koontz

Bantam, 2000

Top Notch

+ Classic extreme horror brought to life
+ Just Review the Book!!
+ Koontz's shining jewel!
  
  











  



  
Monster Island: A Zombie Novel75 reviews
David Wellington

Running Press, 2006

Same Old? Same Old? No!

+ Great concept, crumbles a little towards the end.
+ A solid and inventive zombie movie... er, book.

Okay, the zombies have taken over the world. There are a few humans left...only part of the zombies' food sources. But there are some twists in this book that take the zombie genre in new directions. I enjoyed this book immensely...gets five chomps from me!
  
  











  



  
Galapagos (Delta Fiction)112 reviews
Kurt Vonnegut

Dial Press Trade Paperback, 1999

better twenty years later

+ A generous 4 stars for Vonnegut

Sometime in the late Eighties I read this book, started it anyway, and remember not being very impressed and putting it aside without finishing it. I had cause recently to buy the book again, for someone else, and found myself rereading it with great enjoyment. Maybe it's because it's been more ...
  
  











  



  
Women: A Novel119 reviews
Charles Bukowski

Ecco, 2007

A woman on 'Women'

+ A Raucous Good Time
+ Women

There isn't anything I can add to what has already been said, and better than I could say it anyways. But I noticed one review a guy said not to let your wife read it. WRONG. I'm 26, a wife, mom, so on and so forth, and I'm the Bukowski reader in my house. I picked up Post Office and was hooked, ...
  
  











  



  
The Rising205 reviews
Brian Keene

Leisure Books, 2004

The Best Zombie Novel Ever!

+ the rising is awesome!

The Rising had a blurb on its cover by Richard Laymon - so I bought it, and I am soooooo glad that I did - as it is, hands down, the best zombie novel that I've ever read!! I do not want to give anything away, but Keene's twist on the zombie genre is awesome!! I loved the concept, right away!! ...
  
  











  



  
Dying to Live: A Novel of Life Among the Undead58 reviews
Kim Paffenroth

Permuted Press, 2007

Bring on the sequel!!!

+ A great read!
+ Pretty decent.
+ Good book, allusions are heavy handed
+ Paradise Lost.
  
  











  



  
Ask the Dust (P.S.)92 reviews
John Fante

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2006

Loved it

+ Hell with Hitler
+ Ask the Dust
+ Pretty great book; read it if you like bukowski
+ Good Read
  
  











  



  
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)531 reviews
Stephen King

Signet, 2003

You have to read the whole series

+ I want more
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ Imagination Galore
+ The Beginning...
  
  











  



  
Women: A Novel119 reviews
Charles Bukowski

Ecco, 2007

A woman on 'Women'

+ A Raucous Good Time
+ Women

There isn't anything I can add to what has already been said, and better than I could say it anyways. But I noticed one review a guy said not to let your wife read it. WRONG. I'm 26, a wife, mom, so on and so forth, and I'm the Bukowski reader in my house. I picked up Post Office and was hooked, ...
  
  











  



  
The Rising205 reviews
Brian Keene

Leisure Books, 2004

The Best Zombie Novel Ever!

+ the rising is awesome!

The Rising had a blurb on its cover by Richard Laymon - so I bought it, and I am soooooo glad that I did - as it is, hands down, the best zombie novel that I've ever read!! I do not want to give anything away, but Keene's twist on the zombie genre is awesome!! I loved the concept, right away!! ...