Favorite Fiction Books

Here are the best fictions books I've read--at least, the ones I could think of.
  • The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum). Blew me away. The best thriller I've read.
  • The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy). Couldn't put it down. Lean and mean, unlike his later books.
  • The Lord of the Rings (JRR Tolkien). I've read the entire trilogy (plus the Hobbit) thrice.
  • It (Stephen King)
  • The Covenant (James Michener). An amazing piece of historical fiction about South Africa.
  • Twilight Eyes (Dean Koonts).
  • The Lady in the Lake (Raymond Chandler).
  • Silence of the Lambs (Thomas Harris).
  • The Red Tent (Anita Diamant). Can't recommend this one highly enough. 
  • Presumed Innocent (Scott Turow). Turow's first, and probably best. Great twists.
  • The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough).
  • Along Came a Spider (James Patterson).
  • The Firm (John Grisham). Launched Grisham's career. This remains my favorite.
  • Bel Canto (Ann Patchett). A beautiful, beautiful book based on a hostage situation in an unnamed Latin American country.
  • The Pilot's Wife (Anita Shreve).
  • The High Window (Raymond Chandler).

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Steve DennieCareer-wise, I've been hanging around and writing about and cheering on churches and pastors for the past 25 years as my denomination's Communications Director.
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