If you're in an airport, stay away from this book...

come on, you know i've read this...

 

Was on a plane not too long ago and some guy was reading this book. The woman who was sitting next to him asked him how he liked the book so far, and he replied with a resounding, "I love it."

 

I don't know what airports it's at, but there's a bunch of airport bookstores that you buy the book at one airport, read it on your flight, then you can trade it in at the next one for like half your money back, allowing you to buy a new one. I think. I can't remember the exact details. But I did it during one long trip. I didn't have books to lug home, and I got to read two of them on the trip.

 

Whitlock- pick anything up by Web Griffin- His books in Corps series are best .

His new series "By Order of President" is also good. 3rd book in that series is just out - The Hunters. perfect airport read . there is always a slew of his paper backs in airport.

 

Second the Michael Connelly and John Sandford nominations. Love Harry Bosch.

Try John Lescroart, his series with Dismas Hardy, a SF attorney, is very good. Start from the front, though, so you might not be able to find the first book at an airport.

You should be able to find some Caleb Carr unless you're flying from a very small airport. "The Alienist" is outstanding, as is his other book, the name of which escapes me at the moment.

 

I agree that Harlen Coben is a good airport pick.

 

I'm waiting for Jason Whitlock's first airport novel.

 

Hopefully it will be on Swin NashCash.

 

Honest question:

What makes a book an "airport" book?

 

J- don't take this the wrong way but it always seems like your questions are loaded as opposed to honest. Some poor slub will provide honest answer and you will procede to tell him why he is wrong .

That said I think airport novel is something that is light reading but has way of locking you in to story early on. Idealy it will make time go by very fast because you are so locked in.

My gage is when my flight lands and I stay in seat still reading until I absolutly have to get off plane

 

Elmore Leonard. Best dialogue writer going.

Stephen King (read "It" on a flight from London to Toronto. Time just zipped by).

Used to be a huge Robert Parker fan but after a while all his books were baically the same.

For the life of me I don't understand the popularity of Clancy. His stuff is almost unreadable or, as FB would say, just inches from actual English.

This may sound odd but Charles Dickens would be a great airport book--if you could actually find anything by him in an airport bookstore.