It’s the first of the month which brings a new set of 99p Monthly Deals for the Kindle. And we all (most) have more time on our hands. My personal selections:
Lit Fic:
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
A Good Man in Africa William Boyd
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier by Michael Chabon
The Slap – Tsiolkas
Abide With Me – Liz Strout
Closed Circle – Jonathan Coe
Good selection – I can thoroughly recommend the Chabon and Tsiolkas, looking forward to the Boyd
There’s also the new Caitlin Moran on Britpop, How to Be Famous.
Classics
Not a great month TBH but there’s the Penguin Classics version of Don Quixote (‘award winning translation’) which I think is made for the Kindle and I will yet again fail to quite commit to the Count of Monte Cristo.
Scifi
John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War is very well reviewed, even if I generally steer well clear of military themed sci-fi.
I can recommend Jeff Vermeer’s outstanding Annihilation, filmed a couple of years ago, as a genuinely new and deeply unsettling.
I’m unconvinced by Adrian Tchiakovsky – he’s written a lot quite quickly – but Dogs of War may just be worth a 99p punt.
Thrillers:
Two goodies. James Ellroy’s The Black Dahlia is a must-read, the first of his stellar LA Quartet. And Hitler’s Peace from Afterword favourite Philip Kerr. lots more other people who know more about the genre can recommend.
Some very good choices there, a number of which I had already bought in previous Kindle deals. A few years ago I was struggling to read books because of pressure of work. I did manage to get through some short stories but anything longer was too much. Then I picked up the very long “Count of Monte Christo” and got my reading mojo back. I couldn’t put it down and sill think it was one of the best and most enjoyable reads of my life.
Also in the deal this month is Svetlana Alexievich’s book on life under communism “Second hand Life”. She won the Nobel for her books of interviews, wonderfully edited together. This looks like it should be as good as her book on the experience of Chernobyl. I quite like the look of the compilation of stories called “Weird” and might go for that.
Russell Senior’s memoir of life in Pulp is one of the few music books this month. Does anybody know if it is any good?
I loved A Prayer For Owen Meany when I read it years ago. Also on Kindle deals, although I think this may be today only so hurry, there’s the first Jeeves omnibus for 99p. You owe it yourselves to read it.
also, this is a great idea for a monthly thread, please feel free to keep it up!
The Slap and Closed Circle are both excellent.
Great idea for a thread!
They also have Don Winslow’s The Cartel on offer.
The Cartel is a great read as are most of Don Winslow’s books.
Thanks @moseleymoles, I’ve taken a punt on Annihilation, Old Man’s War, The Blach Dahlia & Hitler’s Peace.
That’s 4 more books to the 476 I have waiting to be read!
In today’s Kindle daily deals I bought 2 omnibus editions of Wodehouse and Rumpole for 99 pence each.
Who’s June Kindle? Is she a friend of @Gary?
“Kavalier & Clay” is outstanding.
Lots of interesting stuff there.