Crime Fiction - embedded
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I'm playing around at Shelfari, LibraryThing, and Good Reads. I've set up links to my pages on these sites. And, yes, I have a hard time keeping up-to-date on these sites...
I've set up "shelves" from these sites on Overbooked - here
Overbooked is spacing out: Myspace: Overbooked and Crime Space - and, facing out: Facebook profile.

Snitch Jacket
by Christopher Gofford

The Chicgo Way
by Michael Harvey

The Hard Man
by Allan Guthrie

Dust Devils
by James Reasoner

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Oct 07:
I'm starting to compile/update the all stars lists and bracing for the best of the year lists .
Sept 07:
I'd like to mention some of my favorite smaller publishers - folks who make an efffort to publish a range of interesting author and titles. I'll try to highlight more of my favorite publishers and publishing folks, but for starters here are few:
Toby Press web site | Overbooked: Toby Press Stars
African American Fiction | Christian Fiction
2008 Excel Files: (download - print, sort, etc.)
Crime Fiction | Fiction | African American Fiction | Christian Fiction | Nonfiction Notables
Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
Crime Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
Speculative Fiction
Romance
Historical
Nonfiction | YA
Hotlists: Fiction | Crime Fiction
Genre Hotlists: Christian Fiction | African American Fiction
Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
Crime Fiction: Jan-June | July-Dec
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