The following is a short list of my (current) favourite fiction writers and the books. I didn't put any classics on this list, which I will do separately in the future.
1. Adam Hall- The entire Quiller series
2. John LeCarre- The Constant Gardener, The Tailor of Panama
3. Martin Cruz Smith- December 6, Havana Bay
4. Ian Rankin- The Rebus Series
5. Frank McCourt- Angela's Ashes
6. Dennis Lehane- Shutter Island
7. Len Deighton- The Spy Game, Set, Match series
8. Thomas Harris- Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs
9. James Lee Burke- The Dave Robichaux series
10. Max Brooks- World War Z
11. Gregg Hurwitz- The Crime Writer
12. Paul Theroux- The Mosquito Coast
13. Ace Atkins- The Devil's Garden
14. Cormac McCarthy- The Road, No Country For Old Men
15. Philip Kerr- The Bernie Gunther series
16. Caleb Carr- The Alienist
This is a list of my favourite non-fiction books to date.
1. The Shock Doctrine- Naomi Klein
2. god is not Great- Christopher Hitchens
3. Flames Across the Border, The Invasion of Canada- Pierre Berton
4. A Man Called Intrepid- William Stevenson
5. Nam- Mark Baker
6. With Wings Like Eagles- Michael Korda
7. The Circumnavigators- Derek Wilson
8. Danse Macabre- Stephen King
9. Norma Jean (The Life of Marilyn Monroe)- Fred Lawrence Guiles
10. On The Take; Crime, Corruption and Greed During the Mulroney Years- Stevie Cameron
11. Shooting The Hippo; Death by Deficit and other Canadian Myths- Linda McQuaig
12. The Greatest Fight of Our Generation; Louis vs. Schmeling- Lewis Erenberg
13. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell- Tucker Max
