Tough guy fiction - what next?
- Thread starter JoeZhang
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), Elvis Cole/Joe Pike are done, Reacher is done, Bob Lee Swagger is done, Harry Bosch is done... and now...
Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp series? Greg Rucka's Atticus Kodiak? Or for a bit of an SF take on it, Neal Asher's Agent Cormac series?
You might want to check out Max Allan Collin's Quarry series. I've only read one book (Quarry's Ex) and I liked it a lot. I would like to read more.
There's also Lawrence Block's Keller series. I recently bought the first book, Hitman, but haven't read it yet.
I enjoyed Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series. I'm down to the final book and a book of short stories to wrap up the Rawlins series. I've enjoyed them all, and I have one book to go in the Fearless Jones series.
Chester Himes's Harlem Cycle books. I've only read one, The Real Cool Killers, and the two hero cops, Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones, were pretty hard core.
There's also Lawrence Block's Keller series. I recently bought the first book, Hitman, but haven't read it yet.
I enjoyed Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins and Fearless Jones series. I'm down to the final book and a book of short stories to wrap up the Rawlins series. I've enjoyed them all, and I have one book to go in the Fearless Jones series.
Chester Himes's Harlem Cycle books. I've only read one, The Real Cool Killers, and the two hero cops, Coffin Ed Johnson and Gravedigger Jones, were pretty hard core.
Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor series is phenomenal. I'm not a tough guy fiction fan yet those books are some of my favorite books full stop so I can't recommend them enough.
Adrian McKinty's Dead Trilogy (Dead Though I May Be, The Dead Yard, The Bloomsday Dead) featuring the brilliant anti-hero Michael Forsythe.
You referred to Bob Lee Swagger Joe Zhang. Can I assume you've also read the Earl Swagger books? And if not, why not?!
You referred to Bob Lee Swagger Joe Zhang. Can I assume you've also read the Earl Swagger books? And if not, why not?!
