Book Resolution

[rachelmanija]

Many people are making book resolutions. Here is mine.

I resolve to read whatever I want, however I want. If I feel like whittling down the number of books that have been lurking unread for 20 years, I will do that. If I feel like reading the entire Anthony Award longlist, I will do that. If I feel like making a poll, I will do that. If I feel like diving into contemporary horror, I will do that.

Rec me a book?

Comments

[carbonel]

Have you read any of Anthony Price's books? He wrote intelligent Cold War spy thrillers with an ongoing cast of revolving characters. He stopped writing when the Cold War ended and only died a few years ago, in 2019.

I'm particularly fond of Our Man in Camelot, but Colonel Butler's Wolf is generally considered a good place to start.

[pameladean]

I heartily second this recommendation, with some sad caveats for a couple of bad fairies and at least one inadvertent howler because certain historical information was not known at the time the book was written; if you know it, an authority figure's rebuttal falls very flat. But, whatever you do, DO NOT begin with Tomorrow's Ghost. That one needs to come in the right order, after War Games, Colonel Butler's Wolf, and, argh, at least one more.

P.