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shadowkatWell heard back from book-publishing friend on novel..."We'll give this a read and see what we can do - I'll keep pulling for your talent."
So good news eh?
A couple of things about Kindles. 1) The damn things need re-charging. Unlike an actual book. I worried today that I wouldn't be able to read on the way home, because the battery was low and worked hard to conserve it. 2) Would never have read these books or picked them up if not for the Kindle. There's no way in hell, I'd buy this in paperback or hardback. Have enough frigging pulp novels that I've no clue what to do with. Binge reading is all well and good...except when you start to run out of space.
On the 50 Shades Book? Have decided the dang thing is a gothic mystery romance thriller, with a lot of sex, although disappointingly not all that much or that kinky. (Nauti's Crave had more.) So far. Reminds me a little of Dauphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, Bronte's Jane Eyre, and those novels...except, no evil ex-wife in the attic. Very similar to Nauti's Crave, yet not nearly as dark or insane. Both star egnimatic, insanely attractive men, who are sex-gods, and have a thing for BDSM due to harrowing child-hoods. Also both men are insanely wealthy. To the point that they could buy and sell countries. (This reminds me a lot of the 19th Century Gothics. And to a degree the stuff by Victoria Holt. In historicals, they are princes or kings or Lords.)
Took a gander at the notorious NY Times Best-seller list and it never changes. Same people.
Fifty Shades is at the top of the paperback and e-book fiction and combined. But we also have David Baldacci (I've read three of his books, can't remember any of them), Nora Roberts (I remember the jewel thief one), James Patterson (god, read him too although not this book, thank heavens), and there's The Tiger's Wife (which I might try at some point since it looks interesting) and something called Lifeboat, which just looks harrowing.
Hmmm...I'm doing a meme - books I've read on past NY Times Best-Seller Lists:
1950
The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - February 19, 1950
The Wall by John Hersey (Knopf) - March 26, 1950
The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson (Simon & Schuster) - April 30, 1950
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner's) - October 15, 1950
The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg (Random House) - December 3, 1950
1951
Joy Street by Francis Parkinson Keyes (Messner) - January 14, 1951
From Here to Eternity by James Jones (Scribner's) - March 25, 1951
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (Doubleday) - August 12, 1951
1952
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - March 30, 1952
The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain (Doubleday) - September 7, 1952
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Viking) - November 2, 1952
1953
Désirée by Annemarie Selinko (Morrow) - March 8, 1953
Beyond This Place by A. J. Cronin (Little, Brown) - October 11, 1953
Lord Vanity by Samuel Shellabarger (Little, Brown) - November 29, 1953
1954
Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson (Scribner's) - February 14, 1954
Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - August 1, 1954
Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - October 17, 1954
1955
The View from Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso (Doubleday) - January 2, 1955
Sincerely, Willis Wayde by John P. Marquand (Little, Brown) - April 10, 1955
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (Dutton) - May 22, 1955
Something of Value by Robert Ruark (Doubleday) - July 3, 1955
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis (Vanguard) - August 28, 1955 - Great book, I laughed all the way through it. Was Sally Cato in High School Play version.
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk (Doubleday) - October 2, 1955
1956
Andersonville by McKinley Kantor (World Publishing) - January 1, 1956
The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor (Little, Brown) - March 25, 1956 - own.
Don't Go Near the Water by William Brinkley (Random House) - August 12, 1956
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (Messner) - November 25, 1956 [This was the 50 Shades of its day.]
1957
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - March 24, 1957
By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens (Harcourt) - September 22, 1957
1958
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver (St. Martin's) - March 9, 1958
Lolita by Vladimir Nakobov (Putnam) - September 28, 1958 (own and also the 50 Shades of its day.]
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Pantheon) - November 16, 1958
1959
Exodus by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - May 17, 1959
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury (Doubleday) - October 4, 1959
1960
Hawaii by James Michener (Random House) - January 17, 1960
1961
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart (Atheneum) - March 26, 1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - April 23, 1961
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Sallinger (Little, Brown) - October 29, 1961 (read but no memory of it)
1962
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter (Little, Brown) - April 29, 1962
A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury (Doubleday) - October 28, 1962
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel (Harper) - November 18, 1962
1963
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J. D. Sallinger (Little, Brown) - March 10, 1963
The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - May 19, 1963
The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West (Morrow) - June 30, 1963
The Group by Mary McCarthy (Harcourt) - October 6, 1963
1964
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (Coward-McCann) - February 23, 1964
The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss (Houghton Mifflin) - October 4, 1964
Herzog by Saul Bellow (Viking) - October 25, 1964
1965
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman (Prentice Hall) - May 16, 1965
The Source by James Michener (Random House) - July 11, 1965
1966
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (Geis) - May 8, 1966 [Definitely the 50 Shades of Grey of it's time. 50 is better by the way. Silly book. Had a movie and a mini-series.]
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton (Simon & Schuster) - November 20, 1966
1967
The Arrangement by Elia Kazan (Stein & Day) - March 26, 1967
The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder (Harper) - June 4, 1967
The Chosen by Chiam Potok (Simon & Schuster) - October 1, 1967 [Great book]
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (Random House) - November 5, 1967
1968
Airport by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - April 7, 1968
Couples by John Updike (Knopf) - June 30, 1968
The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes (Harcourt) - November 10, 1968[The female Ian Fleming, except I liked her better.]
1969
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (Random House) - March 16, 1969
The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann (Simon & Schuster) - June 22, 1969
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (Putnam) - September 21, 1969 - own
1970
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (Little, Brown) - February 8, 1970 [Head-ache inducing book. Movie is better. Fowles is an acquired taste.]
Love Story by Erich Segal (Harper) - May 10, 1970 (I tried, couldn't handle the movie or the book)
1971
QB VII by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - February 21, 1971
The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - April 25, 1971
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Harper) - July 25, 1971
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - October 17, 1971
Wheels by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - November 7, 1971
1972
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk (Little, Brown) - January 23, 1972
The Word by Irving Wallace (Simon & Schuster) - May 14, 1972
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (MacMillan) - July 2, 1972
1973
The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - March 25, 1973
Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann (Morrow) - May 6, 1973
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (Delacorte) - July 1, 1973
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart (Morrow) - September 9, 1973
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene (Simon & Schuster) - November 25, 1973
Burr by Gore Vidal (Random House) - December 9, 1973
1974
Watership Down by Richard Adams (MacMillan) - May 5, 1974 - loved this book
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (Knopf) - August 4, 1974
Centennial by James Michener (Random House) - October 13, 1974
1975
The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - May 4, 1975
Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner (Simon & Schuster) - August 3, 1975
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow (Random House) - August 24, 1975
Curtain by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead) - November 30, 1975
1976
1876 by Gore Vidal (Random House) - April 11, 1976
Trinity by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - June 13, 1976
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead) - November 7, 1976
1977
Oliver's Story by Erich Segal (Harper) - April 10, 1977
Falconer by John Cheever (Knopf) - May 22, 1977
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (Harper) - June 19, 1977 - I loved this one too.
Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein (Houghton Mifflin) - October 2, 1977
1978
Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - March 12, 1978
Scruples by Judith Krantz (Crown) - June 18, 1978
The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum (Putnam) - July 9, 1978
Chesapeake by James Michener (Random House) - July 23, 1978
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk (Little, Brown) - November 12, 1978
1979
Overload by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - February 25, 1979
The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum (Richard Marek) - April 8, 1979
Good as Gold by Joseph Heller (Simon & Schuster) - April 22, 1979
Sophie's Choice by William Styron (Random House) - July 22, 1979
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart (Morrow) - September 9, 1979
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut (Delacorte) - October 7, 1979
The Dead Zone by Stephen King (Viking) - October 14, 1979
The Establishment by Howard Fast (Houghton Mifflin) - October 28, 1979
Triple by Ken Follett (Arbor House) - December 9, 1979
1980
Smiley's People by John le Carré (Knopf) - January 20, 1980
Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz (Crown) - February 17, 1980
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (Richard Marek) - March 23, 1980
Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - July 13, 1980
Firestarter by Stephen King (Viking) - September 28, 1980
Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett (Morrow) - October 19, 1980
The Covenant by James Michener (Random House) - November 2, 1980
1981
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House) - April 26, 1981
Noble House by James Clavell (Delacorte) - May 10, 1981
Cujo by Stephen King (Viking) - August 23, 1981
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (Dutton) - September 27, 1981
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough (Harper) - November 15, 1981
1982
North and South by John Jakes (Harcourt) - February 28, 1982
The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 21, 1982
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer (Linden Press) - July 4, 1982
Different Seasons by Stephen King (Viking) - August 15, 1982
Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - September 12, 1982
Space by James Michener (Random House) - October 10, 1982
1983
Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz (Bantam) - February 20, 1983
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré (Knopf) - March 20, 1983
The Return of the Jedi by Joan D. Vinge (Random House) - June 12, 1983 (I didn't know she wrote the novelization, that explains why I liked the book better than the movie - it was a lot better.)
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harcourt) - August 7, 1983
Poland by James Michener (Random House) - September 11, 1983
Pet Sematary by Stephen King (Doubleday) - November 13, 1983 (I used to read Stephen King books in a book store in college. I could go through those books in 2 hours.)
1984
Who Killed the Robins Family? by Bill Adler and Thomas Chastain (Morrow) - January 29, 1984
The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 11, 1984
Full Circle by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - June 3, 1984
"...and Ladies of the Club" by Helen Hooven Santmeyer (Putnam) - July 8, 1984
First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer (Linden Press) - August 26, 1984
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - September 16, 1984
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (Viking) - October 28, 1984
1985
The Sicilian by Mario Puzo (Simon & Schuster) - January 20, 1985
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - February 3, 1985
Family Album by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - March 31, 1985
Thinner by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (NAL Books) - April 28, 1985
Hold the Dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford (Doubleday) - June 9, 1985
Cider House Rules by John Irving (Morrow) - June 16, 1985
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Putnam) - June 23, 1985
Lucky by Jackie Collins (Simon & Schuster) - September 1, 1985
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (Viking) - September 15, 1985
Texas by James Michener (Random House) - October 13, 1985
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel (Crown) - November 24, 1985
1986
Lie Down with Lions by Ken Follett (Morrow) - February 16, 1986
The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 9, 1986
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré (Knopf) - May 4, 1986
I'll Take Manhattan by Judith Krantz (Crown) - June 8, 1986
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour (Bantam) - June 22, 1986
Wanderlust by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 20, 1986
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 17, 1986
It by Stephen King (Viking) - September 14, 1986
Whirlwind by James Clavell (Morrow) - November 23, 1986
1987
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (Viking) - February 1, 1987
Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - February 8, 1987
Fine Things by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - March 29, 1987
The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour (Bantam) - May 31, 1987
Misery by Stephen King (Viking) - June 7, 1987
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus) - July 26, 1987
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 2, 1987
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - October 25, 1987
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (Putnam) - November 29, 1987
1988
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (Farrar, Straus) - January 24, 1988
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 20, 1988
Zoya by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - May 15, 1988
Alaska by James Michener (Random House) - July 3, 1988
The Cardinal and the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 7, 1988
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 30, 1988 ( I was obsessed with this book for a bit...the mythology was way too close to what I'd studied in school.)
The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - November 20, 1988
1989
Midnight by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 5, 1989
Star by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 26, 1989
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (Viking) - March 26, 1989
While My Pretty Once Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 28, 1989
The Russia House by John le Carré (Knopf) - June 11, 1989
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House) - August 6, 1989
Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 3, 1989
The Dark Half by Stephen King (Viking) - November 5, 1989
Daddy by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 19, 1989
1990
The Bad Place by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 4, 1990
Devices and Desires by P. D. James (Knopf) - February 18, 1990
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (Random House) - March 4, 1990
The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 18, 1990
September by Rosamunde Pilcher (St. Martin's) - April 22, 1990
The Stand by Stephen King (Doubleday) - May 13, 1990
The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus) - June 17, 1990
Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - September 2, 1990
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (Viking) - September 16, 1990
The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel (Crown) - October 21, 1990
1991
The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré (Knopf) - January 20, 1991
Cold Fire by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 3, 1991
Heartbeat by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 24, 1991
The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings (Del Rey-Ballantine) - April 21, 1991
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 12, 1991
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Bantam) - June 30, 1991
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan (Putnam) - July 7, 1991
The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 25, 1991
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (Warner) - October 13, 1991[Yes, the horrible Gone With the Wind Sequel made the best-seller list]
1992
Hideaway by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 2, 1992
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton (Putnam) - March 1, 1992
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 15, 1992
Jewels by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - May 17, 1992
Gerald's Game by Stephen King (Viking) - July 19, 1992
Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffet (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) - September 20, 1992
The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - October 18, 1992
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 25, 1992
Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 22, 1992
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (Viking) - December 6, 1992
1993
Dragon Tears by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - January 24, 1993
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (Warner) - January 31, 1993
The Client by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 21, 1993
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 29, 1993
Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller (Warner) - November 14, 1993
1994
Disclosure by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - January 23, 1994
Accident by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 27, 1994
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (Warner) - April 3, 1994
Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 22, 1994
The Chamber by John Grisham (Doubleday) - June 12, 1994
The Gift by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - August 7, 1994
Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 4, 1994
Taltos by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 16, 1994
Insomnia by Stephen King (Viking) - October 23, 1994
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner (MacMillan) - December 11, 1994
1995
The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Doubleday) - April 30, 1995,
Beach Music by Pat Conroy (Talese/Doubleday) - July 16, 1995 [I tried.]
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice (Knopf) - July 30, 1995[Tried, gave up]
From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell (Scribner) - August 27, 1995
"L" Is For Lawless by Sue Grafton (Holt) - September 17, 1995
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans (Delacorte) - October 1, 1995
The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - October 8, 1995
Five Days In Paris by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - December 3, 1995
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster) - December 17, 1995
1996
Intensity by Dean R. Koontz (Knopf) - January 28, 1996
Primary Colors by Anonymous (Joe Klein) (Random House) - February 18, 1996
Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - April 21, 1996
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Viking) - May 19, 1996
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham (Doubleday) - June 2, 1996
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - July 21, 1996
Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice (Knopf) - August 25, 1996
Executive Orders by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 1, 1996
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Viking) - October 6, 1996
Desperation by Stephen King (Viking) - October 13, 1996
Silent Honor by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - December 1, 1996
Airframe by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - December 29, 1996
1997
Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - February 2, 1997
Sole Survivor by Dean R. Koontz (Knopf) - March 2, 1997
The Partner by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 16, 1997
Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 4, 1997
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille (Warner) - June 15, 1997
Special Delivery by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 20, 1997
Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - August 3, 1997
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly) - August 31, 1997
Flood Tide by Clive Cussler (Simon & Schuster) - October 12, 1997
The Ghost by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 30, 1997
1998
Paradise by Toni Morrison (Knopf) - February 1, 1998
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham (Doubleday) - February 22, 1998
The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - April 26, 1998
You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 10, 1998
"N" Is for Noose by Sue Grafton (Wood/Holt) - May 31, 1998
A Widow For One Year by John Irving (Random House) - June 14, 1998
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Regan Books/HarperCollins) - July 5, 1998
The Klone and I by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 12, 1998
Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - July 26, 1998
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 23, 1998
Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Scribner) - October 11, 1998
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (Tor/Doherty) - November 8, 1998
A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) - November 22, 1998
1999
Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - January 31, 1999
The Testament by John Grisham (Doubleday) - February 21, 1999
Bittersweet by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - April 25, 1999
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (Scribner) - May 2, 1999
We'll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 9, 1999
Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks (Lucas/Ballantine) - May 23, 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - June 20, 1999
Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) - June 27, 1999
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - August 15, 1999
Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - August 22, 1999
The Alibi by Sandra Brown (Warner) - September 19, 1999
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - September 26, 1999
So good news eh?
A couple of things about Kindles. 1) The damn things need re-charging. Unlike an actual book. I worried today that I wouldn't be able to read on the way home, because the battery was low and worked hard to conserve it. 2) Would never have read these books or picked them up if not for the Kindle. There's no way in hell, I'd buy this in paperback or hardback. Have enough frigging pulp novels that I've no clue what to do with. Binge reading is all well and good...except when you start to run out of space.
On the 50 Shades Book? Have decided the dang thing is a gothic mystery romance thriller, with a lot of sex, although disappointingly not all that much or that kinky. (Nauti's Crave had more.) So far. Reminds me a little of Dauphne Du Maurier's Rebecca, Bronte's Jane Eyre, and those novels...except, no evil ex-wife in the attic. Very similar to Nauti's Crave, yet not nearly as dark or insane. Both star egnimatic, insanely attractive men, who are sex-gods, and have a thing for BDSM due to harrowing child-hoods. Also both men are insanely wealthy. To the point that they could buy and sell countries. (This reminds me a lot of the 19th Century Gothics. And to a degree the stuff by Victoria Holt. In historicals, they are princes or kings or Lords.)
Took a gander at the notorious NY Times Best-seller list and it never changes. Same people.
Fifty Shades is at the top of the paperback and e-book fiction and combined. But we also have David Baldacci (I've read three of his books, can't remember any of them), Nora Roberts (I remember the jewel thief one), James Patterson (god, read him too although not this book, thank heavens), and there's The Tiger's Wife (which I might try at some point since it looks interesting) and something called Lifeboat, which just looks harrowing.
Hmmm...I'm doing a meme - books I've read on past NY Times Best-Seller Lists:
1950
The Parasites by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - February 19, 1950
The Wall by John Hersey (Knopf) - March 26, 1950
The Cardinal by Henry Morton Robinson (Simon & Schuster) - April 30, 1950
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner's) - October 15, 1950
The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg (Random House) - December 3, 1950
1951
Joy Street by Francis Parkinson Keyes (Messner) - January 14, 1951
From Here to Eternity by James Jones (Scribner's) - March 25, 1951
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk (Doubleday) - August 12, 1951
1952
My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - March 30, 1952
The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain (Doubleday) - September 7, 1952
East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Viking) - November 2, 1952
1953
Désirée by Annemarie Selinko (Morrow) - March 8, 1953
Beyond This Place by A. J. Cronin (Little, Brown) - October 11, 1953
Lord Vanity by Samuel Shellabarger (Little, Brown) - November 29, 1953
1954
Not as a Stranger by Morton Thompson (Scribner's) - February 14, 1954
Mary Anne by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - August 1, 1954
Love Is Eternal by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - October 17, 1954
1955
The View from Pompey's Head by Hamilton Basso (Doubleday) - January 2, 1955
Sincerely, Willis Wayde by John P. Marquand (Little, Brown) - April 10, 1955
Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan (Dutton) - May 22, 1955
Something of Value by Robert Ruark (Doubleday) - July 3, 1955
Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis (Vanguard) - August 28, 1955 - Great book, I laughed all the way through it. Was Sally Cato in High School Play version.
Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk (Doubleday) - October 2, 1955
1956
Andersonville by McKinley Kantor (World Publishing) - January 1, 1956
The Last Hurrah by Edwin O'Connor (Little, Brown) - March 25, 1956 - own.
Don't Go Near the Water by William Brinkley (Random House) - August 12, 1956
Peyton Place by Grace Metalious (Messner) - November 25, 1956 [This was the 50 Shades of its day.]
1957
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - March 24, 1957
By Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens (Harcourt) - September 22, 1957
1958
Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver (St. Martin's) - March 9, 1958
Lolita by Vladimir Nakobov (Putnam) - September 28, 1958 (own and also the 50 Shades of its day.]
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak (Pantheon) - November 16, 1958
1959
Exodus by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - May 17, 1959
Advise and Consent by Allen Drury (Doubleday) - October 4, 1959
1960
Hawaii by James Michener (Random House) - January 17, 1960
1961
The Last of the Just by André Schwarz-Bart (Atheneum) - March 26, 1961
The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - April 23, 1961
Franny and Zooey by J. D. Sallinger (Little, Brown) - October 29, 1961 (read but no memory of it)
1962
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter (Little, Brown) - April 29, 1962
A Shade of Difference by Allen Drury (Doubleday) - October 28, 1962
Seven Days in May by Fletcher Knebel (Harper) - November 18, 1962
1963
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J. D. Sallinger (Little, Brown) - March 10, 1963
The Glass Blowers by Daphne du Maurier (Doubleday) - May 19, 1963
The Shoes of the Fisherman by Morris West (Morrow) - June 30, 1963
The Group by Mary McCarthy (Harcourt) - October 6, 1963
1964
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (Coward-McCann) - February 23, 1964
The Rector of Justin by Louis Auchincloss (Houghton Mifflin) - October 4, 1964
Herzog by Saul Bellow (Viking) - October 25, 1964
1965
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman (Prentice Hall) - May 16, 1965
The Source by James Michener (Random House) - July 11, 1965
1966
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (Geis) - May 8, 1966 [Definitely the 50 Shades of Grey of it's time. 50 is better by the way. Silly book. Had a movie and a mini-series.]
The Secret of Santa Vittoria by Robert Crichton (Simon & Schuster) - November 20, 1966
1967
The Arrangement by Elia Kazan (Stein & Day) - March 26, 1967
The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder (Harper) - June 4, 1967
The Chosen by Chiam Potok (Simon & Schuster) - October 1, 1967 [Great book]
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron (Random House) - November 5, 1967
1968
Airport by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - April 7, 1968
Couples by John Updike (Knopf) - June 30, 1968
The Salzburg Connection by Helen MacInnes (Harcourt) - November 10, 1968[The female Ian Fleming, except I liked her better.]
1969
Portnoy's Complaint by Philip Roth (Random House) - March 16, 1969
The Love Machine by Jacqueline Susann (Simon & Schuster) - June 22, 1969
The Godfather by Mario Puzo (Putnam) - September 21, 1969 - own
1970
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (Little, Brown) - February 8, 1970 [Head-ache inducing book. Movie is better. Fowles is an acquired taste.]
Love Story by Erich Segal (Harper) - May 10, 1970 (I tried, couldn't handle the movie or the book)
1971
QB VII by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - February 21, 1971
The Passions of the Mind by Irving Stone (Doubleday) - April 25, 1971
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty (Harper) - July 25, 1971
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - October 17, 1971
Wheels by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - November 7, 1971
1972
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk (Little, Brown) - January 23, 1972
The Word by Irving Wallace (Simon & Schuster) - May 14, 1972
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (MacMillan) - July 2, 1972
1973
The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - March 25, 1973
Once Is Not Enough by Jacqueline Susann (Morrow) - May 6, 1973
Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (Delacorte) - July 1, 1973
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart (Morrow) - September 9, 1973
The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene (Simon & Schuster) - November 25, 1973
Burr by Gore Vidal (Random House) - December 9, 1973
1974
Watership Down by Richard Adams (MacMillan) - May 5, 1974 - loved this book
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (Knopf) - August 4, 1974
Centennial by James Michener (Random House) - October 13, 1974
1975
The Moneychangers by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - May 4, 1975
Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner (Simon & Schuster) - August 3, 1975
Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow (Random House) - August 24, 1975
Curtain by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead) - November 30, 1975
1976
1876 by Gore Vidal (Random House) - April 11, 1976
Trinity by Leon Uris (Doubleday) - June 13, 1976
Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie (Dodd, Mead) - November 7, 1976
1977
Oliver's Story by Erich Segal (Harper) - April 10, 1977
Falconer by John Cheever (Knopf) - May 22, 1977
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough (Harper) - June 19, 1977 - I loved this one too.
Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkein (Houghton Mifflin) - October 2, 1977
1978
Bloodline by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - March 12, 1978
Scruples by Judith Krantz (Crown) - June 18, 1978
The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum (Putnam) - July 9, 1978
Chesapeake by James Michener (Random House) - July 23, 1978
War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk (Little, Brown) - November 12, 1978
1979
Overload by Arthur Hailey (Doubleday) - February 25, 1979
The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum (Richard Marek) - April 8, 1979
Good as Gold by Joseph Heller (Simon & Schuster) - April 22, 1979
Sophie's Choice by William Styron (Random House) - July 22, 1979
The Last Enchantment by Mary Stewart (Morrow) - September 9, 1979
Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut (Delacorte) - October 7, 1979
The Dead Zone by Stephen King (Viking) - October 14, 1979
The Establishment by Howard Fast (Houghton Mifflin) - October 28, 1979
Triple by Ken Follett (Arbor House) - December 9, 1979
1980
Smiley's People by John le Carré (Knopf) - January 20, 1980
Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz (Crown) - February 17, 1980
The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum (Richard Marek) - March 23, 1980
Rage of Angels by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - July 13, 1980
Firestarter by Stephen King (Viking) - September 28, 1980
Key to Rebecca by Ken Follett (Morrow) - October 19, 1980
The Covenant by James Michener (Random House) - November 2, 1980
1981
Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House) - April 26, 1981
Noble House by James Clavell (Delacorte) - May 10, 1981
Cujo by Stephen King (Viking) - August 23, 1981
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving (Dutton) - September 27, 1981
An Indecent Obsession by Colleen McCullough (Harper) - November 15, 1981
1982
North and South by John Jakes (Harcourt) - February 28, 1982
The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 21, 1982
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer (Linden Press) - July 4, 1982
Different Seasons by Stephen King (Viking) - August 15, 1982
Master of the Game by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - September 12, 1982
Space by James Michener (Random House) - October 10, 1982
1983
Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz (Bantam) - February 20, 1983
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré (Knopf) - March 20, 1983
The Return of the Jedi by Joan D. Vinge (Random House) - June 12, 1983 (I didn't know she wrote the novelization, that explains why I liked the book better than the movie - it was a lot better.)
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Harcourt) - August 7, 1983
Poland by James Michener (Random House) - September 11, 1983
Pet Sematary by Stephen King (Doubleday) - November 13, 1983 (I used to read Stephen King books in a book store in college. I could go through those books in 2 hours.)
1984
Who Killed the Robins Family? by Bill Adler and Thomas Chastain (Morrow) - January 29, 1984
The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 11, 1984
Full Circle by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - June 3, 1984
"...and Ladies of the Club" by Helen Hooven Santmeyer (Putnam) - July 8, 1984
First Among Equals by Jeffrey Archer (Linden Press) - August 26, 1984
The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth (Viking) - September 16, 1984
The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub (Viking) - October 28, 1984
1985
The Sicilian by Mario Puzo (Simon & Schuster) - January 20, 1985
If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - February 3, 1985
Family Album by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - March 31, 1985
Thinner by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) (NAL Books) - April 28, 1985
Hold the Dream by Barbara Taylor Bradford (Doubleday) - June 9, 1985
Cider House Rules by John Irving (Morrow) - June 16, 1985
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King (Putnam) - June 23, 1985
Lucky by Jackie Collins (Simon & Schuster) - September 1, 1985
Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor (Viking) - September 15, 1985
Texas by James Michener (Random House) - October 13, 1985
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel (Crown) - November 24, 1985
1986
Lie Down with Lions by Ken Follett (Morrow) - February 16, 1986
The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 9, 1986
A Perfect Spy by John le Carré (Knopf) - May 4, 1986
I'll Take Manhattan by Judith Krantz (Crown) - June 8, 1986
Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour (Bantam) - June 22, 1986
Wanderlust by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 20, 1986
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 17, 1986
It by Stephen King (Viking) - September 14, 1986
Whirlwind by James Clavell (Morrow) - November 23, 1986
1987
The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King (Viking) - February 1, 1987
Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - February 8, 1987
Fine Things by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - March 29, 1987
The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour (Bantam) - May 31, 1987
Misery by Stephen King (Viking) - June 7, 1987
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus) - July 26, 1987
Patriot Games by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 2, 1987
Kaleidoscope by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - October 25, 1987
The Tommyknockers by Stephen King (Putnam) - November 29, 1987
1988
The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (Farrar, Straus) - January 24, 1988
The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 20, 1988
Zoya by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - May 15, 1988
Alaska by James Michener (Random House) - July 3, 1988
The Cardinal and the Kremlin by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 7, 1988
The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 30, 1988 ( I was obsessed with this book for a bit...the mythology was way too close to what I'd studied in school.)
The Sands of Time by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - November 20, 1988
1989
Midnight by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 5, 1989
Star by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 26, 1989
The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie (Viking) - March 26, 1989
While My Pretty Once Sleeps by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 28, 1989
The Russia House by John le Carré (Knopf) - June 11, 1989
Polar Star by Martin Cruz Smith (Random House) - August 6, 1989
Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 3, 1989
The Dark Half by Stephen King (Viking) - November 5, 1989
Daddy by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 19, 1989
1990
The Bad Place by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 4, 1990
Devices and Desires by P. D. James (Knopf) - February 18, 1990
Oh, the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (Random House) - March 4, 1990
The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum (Random House) - March 18, 1990
September by Rosamunde Pilcher (St. Martin's) - April 22, 1990
The Stand by Stephen King (Doubleday) - May 13, 1990
The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow (Farrar, Straus) - June 17, 1990
Memories of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - September 2, 1990
Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (Viking) - September 16, 1990
The Plains of Passage by Jean M. Auel (Crown) - October 21, 1990
1991
The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré (Knopf) - January 20, 1991
Cold Fire by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 3, 1991
Heartbeat by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 24, 1991
The Seeress of Kell by David Eddings (Del Rey-Ballantine) - April 21, 1991
Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 12, 1991
Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn (Bantam) - June 30, 1991
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan (Putnam) - July 7, 1991
The Sum of All Fears by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 25, 1991
Scarlett by Alexandra Ripley (Warner) - October 13, 1991[Yes, the horrible Gone With the Wind Sequel made the best-seller list]
1992
Hideaway by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - February 2, 1992
Rising Sun by Michael Crichton (Putnam) - March 1, 1992
The Pelican Brief by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 15, 1992
Jewels by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - May 17, 1992
Gerald's Game by Stephen King (Viking) - July 19, 1992
Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffet (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) - September 20, 1992
The Stars Shine Down by Sidney Sheldon (Morrow) - October 18, 1992
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 25, 1992
Mixed Blessings by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 22, 1992
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King (Viking) - December 6, 1992
1993
Dragon Tears by Dean R. Koontz (Putnam) - January 24, 1993
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller (Warner) - January 31, 1993
The Client by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 21, 1993
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 29, 1993
Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend by Robert James Waller (Warner) - November 14, 1993
1994
Disclosure by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - January 23, 1994
Accident by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - February 27, 1994
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (Warner) - April 3, 1994
Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 22, 1994
The Chamber by John Grisham (Doubleday) - June 12, 1994
The Gift by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - August 7, 1994
Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 4, 1994
Taltos by Anne Rice (Knopf) - October 16, 1994
Insomnia by Stephen King (Viking) - October 23, 1994
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories by James Finn Garner (MacMillan) - December 11, 1994
1995
The Rainmaker by John Grisham (Doubleday) - April 30, 1995,
Beach Music by Pat Conroy (Talese/Doubleday) - July 16, 1995 [I tried.]
Memnoch the Devil by Anne Rice (Knopf) - July 30, 1995[Tried, gave up]
From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell (Scribner) - August 27, 1995
"L" Is For Lawless by Sue Grafton (Holt) - September 17, 1995
The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans (Delacorte) - October 1, 1995
The Lost World by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - October 8, 1995
Five Days In Paris by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - December 3, 1995
The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans (Simon & Schuster) - December 17, 1995
1996
Intensity by Dean R. Koontz (Knopf) - January 28, 1996
Primary Colors by Anonymous (Joe Klein) (Random House) - February 18, 1996
Moonlight Becomes You by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - April 21, 1996
How Stella Got Her Groove Back by Terry McMillan (Viking) - May 19, 1996
The Runaway Jury by John Grisham (Doubleday) - June 2, 1996
Cause of Death by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - July 21, 1996
Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice (Knopf) - August 25, 1996
Executive Orders by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - September 1, 1996
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard (Viking) - October 6, 1996
Desperation by Stephen King (Viking) - October 13, 1996
Silent Honor by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - December 1, 1996
Airframe by Michael Crichton (Knopf) - December 29, 1996
1997
Hornet's Nest by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - February 2, 1997
Sole Survivor by Dean R. Koontz (Knopf) - March 2, 1997
The Partner by John Grisham (Doubleday) - March 16, 1997
Pretend You Don't See Her by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 4, 1997
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille (Warner) - June 15, 1997
Special Delivery by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 20, 1997
Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - August 3, 1997
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Atlantic Monthly) - August 31, 1997
Flood Tide by Clive Cussler (Simon & Schuster) - October 12, 1997
The Ghost by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - November 30, 1997
1998
Paradise by Toni Morrison (Knopf) - February 1, 1998
The Street Lawyer by John Grisham (Doubleday) - February 22, 1998
The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - April 26, 1998
You Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 10, 1998
"N" Is for Noose by Sue Grafton (Wood/Holt) - May 31, 1998
A Widow For One Year by John Irving (Random House) - June 14, 1998
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb (Regan Books/HarperCollins) - July 5, 1998
The Klone and I by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - July 12, 1998
Point of Origin by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - July 26, 1998
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy (Putnam) - August 23, 1998
Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Scribner) - October 11, 1998
The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan (Tor/Doherty) - November 8, 1998
A Man In Full by Tom Wolfe (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) - November 22, 1998
1999
Southern Cross by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - January 31, 1999
The Testament by John Grisham (Doubleday) - February 21, 1999
Bittersweet by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) - April 25, 1999
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King (Scribner) - May 2, 1999
We'll Meet Again by Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster) - May 9, 1999
Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks (Lucas/Ballantine) - May 23, 1999
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - June 20, 1999
Hannibal by Thomas Harris (Delacorte) - June 27, 1999
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - August 15, 1999
Black Notice by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam) - August 22, 1999
The Alibi by Sandra Brown (Warner) - September 19, 1999
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling (Levine/Scholastic) - September 26, 1999
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Date: 2012-05-02 11:53 pm (UTC)Read a lot of those. Love smut.