The SLIS Reading Group

Akunin, Boris
Alexie, Sherman
Andrews, Donna
Armstrong, Charlotte
Barr, Nevada [2]
Beaton, M.C.
Bell, James Scott [C]
Bowen, Gail
Bowen, Rhys
Braun, Lilian Jackson [4]
Brown, Dan
Buckley, William F.
Bruen, Ken
Bunn, T. Davis [C]
Cain, James M.
Callanan, Liam
Chandler, Raymond [3]
Chesterton, G.K. [C]
Christie, Agatha [5]
Clark, Mary Higgins
Connelly, Michael [2]
Cornwell, Patricia
Craft, Michael
de Alba, Alicia Gaspar
Dekker, Ted [C]
DePoy, Phillip
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Dubois, Brendon

Evanovich, Janet [6]
Frazer, Margaret
George, Elizabeth [2]
Goodwin, Jason
Grafton, Sue [4]
Gregory, Susanna
Griffith, Nicola
Groot, Tracy [C]
Haines, Carolyn
Hall, Linda [C]
Hammett, Dashiell [3]
Harris, Charlaine [2]
Henderson, Dee [C]
Henderson, Lauren
Hines, T.L. [C]
Huggins, James Byron [C]
James, Dean
Kaminsky, Stuart M.
Kellerman, Jonathan [2]
King, Laurie R.
Kirino, Natsuo
Koontz, Dean
Koryta, Michael
Kozak, Harley Jane
Le Carre, John
Lehane, Dennis [2]
Leonard, Elmore [2]
Levine, Laura
Lindsay, Jeff

Lippman, Laura [3]
Liss, David
McCall-Smith, Alexander [2]
McCrumb, Sharyn
McDermid, Val
Maney, Mabel
Massey, Sujata
Mosley, Walter
Page, Katherine Hall
Parker, Robert B.
Parker, T. Jefferson [2]
Pawel, Rebecca C.
Penny, Louise
Perry, Anne
Peters, Elizabeth [3]
Peters, Ellis
Pickard, Nancy
Rice, Christopher
Rozan, S.J.
Sandford, John [2]
Sayers, Dorothy L. [2]
Smith, Martin Cruz
Spencer-Fleming, Julia
Spillane, Mickey
Stevens, Rosemary
Walter, Jess
Wignall, Kevin
Wilson, Debbie

Adult Reading Round Table - characteristics of the various mystery subgenres as well as benchmark authors
Bloodstained Bookshelf - get the skinny on upcoming mystery releases from ClueLass.com
Dorothy-L - the premier mystery listserv, archives available
The Gumshoe Site - news, reviews, and a decent look at nonfiction resources
MysteryReader.com - reviews and much more
MysteryNet.com - mystery genre timeline, author bios, and more
The Poisoned Pen - a bookstore website with mystery resources
StopYou'reKillingMe.com - search by character name, story location, historical setting, and much more
ThrillingDetective.com - reviews, author profiles, news, and more

Anderson, Patrick. (2007). The Triumph of the Thriller: How Cops, Crooks, and Cannibals Captured Popular Fiction. New York: Random House.

Gannon, Michael. (2004). Blood, Bedlam, Bullets, and Badguys: A Reader's Guide to Adventure/Suspense Fiction. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Herald, Diane Tixier. (2005). Genreflecting: A Guide to Reading Interests in Genre Fiction. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited

Niebuhr, Gary Warren. (2003). Make Mine a Mystery. Greenwood, CT: Libraries Unlimited.

Saricks, Joyce. (2001). Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction. Chicago: ALA Editions.