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There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."

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flea - Oct 18, 2022 11:20:22 am PDT #27461 of 28067

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For the mystery book club I’m leading, I invite your suggestions of authors/books you’d call “modern classics.” I’m thinking post-2000, authors there’s general consensus that this person will go on the lists for a long time. So far I’m thinking Louise Penny. What else?

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-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:29:48 am PDT #27462 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Laura Lippman?

ETA I am currently reading John Dickson Carr after finishing Josephine Tey, so not the best source...

-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:31:25 am PDT #27463 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Gillian Flynn? Would you call her stuff mysteries? I think so.

-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:31:56 am PDT #27464 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, Richard Osman

Calli - Oct 18, 2022 11:32:37 am PDT #27465 of 28067

I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

For the mystery book club I’m leading, I invite your suggestions of authors/books you’d call “modern classics.” I’m thinking post-2000, authors there’s general consensus that this person will go on the lists for a long time. So far I’m thinking Louise Penny. What else?

Tana French, maybe? I don't enjoy her novels but the couple I've read I could see why people were into them.

-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:34:07 am PDT #27466 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

And I really like Gigi Pandian but I don't know what her reputation is outside of my personal taste. Pretty good I would guess, but not sure about modern classic. But should be, in my opinion.

DavidS - Oct 18, 2022 12:31:35 pm PDT #27467 of 28067

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Tara French and Gillian Flynn are the two I thought of.

bennett - Oct 18, 2022 12:32:47 pm PDT #27468 of 28067

Here's the Goodreads list of Best Mysteries of the 21st Century" for ideas. I'm not good at guessing what will stand the test of time, but I really liked Jane Harper's "The Dry".

Kate P. - Oct 18, 2022 12:34:12 pm PDT #27469 of 28067

That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

I *love* Tana French and heartily second that suggestion! Other possibilities: the Maisie Dobbs series? The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series?

-t - Oct 18, 2022 1:31:11 pm PDT #27470 of 28067

I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, C. S. Harris!

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