The Ten Scariest Books of All Time…

The Ten Scariest Books of All Time… As a seasoned horror author, I’m often asked not only what books I find the scariest, but also what novels have inspired me the most. Without further ado, I give you a handful of my favorites, though, when I say favorites, there are a few selections here that […]

The Top Five Heist Novels of All Time

The Top Five Heist Novels of All Time Gary Phillips’ Picks   Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett Not remembered as well as he should be these days, William Riley Burnett was an agile crime fiction writer from Little Caesar to High Sierra to one of my favorites by him, the Asphalt Jungle.  What always struck me about his work was how the flaws of […]

Ten Mathematical Mystery-Suspense Novels

Ten Mathematical Mystery-Suspense Novels If mathematics is a universal language—“the language God talks,” as physicist Richard Feynman said—it’s not surprising that these ten mathematical stories should come from a culturally far-flung group. This list includes British, American, Argentinian, Japanese, and Greek authors; mathematicians and laypeople; contemporary and period fiction. Of course, we all know that […]