CONTEST: VOTE FOR YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2012


UPDATE: with so many votes coming in today, I'm extending the deadline until noon tomorrow (January 2nd). I have a couple of ties right now, so your votes will really count. As of 1 pm (Montréal time) I've received over 450 ballots, way more than I ever expected! Thank you. I'll post the results on Friday, January 4th. Happy New Year!

Last year, I wrote a list of my favourite books of the year; this time, because I don't want to omit too many books (I can't read everything that's out there, unfortunately) I want to try something different. How about you tell me what books you most enjoyed in 2012.
I've written down a list of some of my favourites to help you out, in each category, but you don't have to pick one of these titles --just add your own favourites. To be eligible, the novels need to have been published between November 1st, 2011 and October 31st, 2012.

Click here to send me your selections (one pick per category, 6 answers total--you can do it quickly by just writing the authors's last names or part of the titles, etc) and you'll be entered automatically into a contest for the chance to win a bundle of books (some were published in 2012, others are advance reader's copies of 2013 titles). Also, every writer, agent, publicist, and publisher who would like to add a book or two to the bundle, you are welcome to send them to me (my mail address can be found in the OFFICE DESK/INFO KIT page on this site). My goal is to give 5 books to one winner, and 2 books to four more winners. Additional books will be given away every week, through January.

Everyone over 18 years of age can participate --from any country (on this planet). Don't forget to give me your full name and postal address. Results will be posted on January 3rd, and then I'll contact the winners of the giveaways before announcing them. After that, I'll post my personal list of favourite crime fiction books of 2012.
Please pass the word around!


November 1st, 2011 to October 31st, 2012
1- WORLD (except CAN, USA, UK)    
     
CALL ME PRINCESS Sara BLAEDEL  
SAIL OF STONE Ake EDWARDSON  
THOSE WHO LOVE NIGHT Wessel EBERSOHN  
BURNED Thomas ENGER  
SOME KIND OF PEACE C. GREBE & A. TRAFF  
BRENNER and GOD Wolf HAAS  
SALVATION OF A SAINT Keigo HIGASHINO  
1222 Anne HOLT  
AUTUMN KILLING Mons KALLENTOFT  
SEVEN DAYS Deon MEYER  
BLESSED ARE THE DEAD Malla NUNN  
PHANTOM Jo NESBO  
THE VIPER Hakan OSTLUNDH  
SAY YOU'RE SORRY Michael ROBOTHAM  
CAPTURE Roger SMITH  
     
2- UNITED KINGDOM    
     
RUSH OF BLOOD Mark BILLINGHAM  
A DARK AND BROKEN HEART R. J. ELLORY  
SAFE HOUSE Chris EWAN  
BROKEN HARBOUR Tana FRENCH  
HANGING HILL Mo HAYDER  
INTO THE DARKEST CORNER Elizabeth HAYNES  
THE FIRST CUT Ali KNIGHT  
THE VANISHING POINT Val MCDERMID  
THE DEVIL'S RIBBOND.E. MEREDITH  
DARK ROOM Steve MOSBY  
STOLEN SOULS Stuart NEVILLE  
STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE Ian RANKIN  
VALLEY OF ASHES Cornelia READ  
AGENT 6 Tom Rob SMITH  
THE KEY Simon TOYNE  
     
3- UNITED STATES of AMERICA    
     
GUN CHURCH Reed Farrel COLEMAN  
THE DROP Michael CONNELLY  
CLIFF WALK Bruce DESILVA  
GONE GIRLGillian FLYNN  
SIMPLE Kathleen GEORGE  
LONESOME ANIMALSBruce HOLBERT  
DEAD HARVESTChris F. HOLM  
THE DISPATCHERRyan David JAHN  
11/22/63 Stephen KING  
THE PROPHET Michael KORYTA  
DEFENDING JACOB William LANDAY  
EDGE OF DARK WATER Joe R. LANSDALE  
LIVE BY NIGHT Dennis LEHANE  
AND WHEN SHE WAS GOOD Laura LIPPMAN  
THE CUTTING SEASON Attica LOCKE  
EL GAVILANCraig MCDONALD  
WHAT IT WASGeorge PELECANOS  
HELLBOX Bill PRONZINI  
DRIVEN James SALLIS  
LET THE DEVIL SLEEPJohn VERDON  
     
4- CANADA    
     
A KILLING WINTER Wayne ARTHURSON  
TRUST YOUR EYES Linwood BARCLAY  
THE BEGGAR'S OPERA Peggy BLAIR  
UNTIL THE NIGHT Giles BLUNT  
CONFINED SPACE Deryn COLLIER  
THE NEXT ONE TO FALL Hilary DAVIDSON  
BELLRINGER J. Robert JANES   
THE DEAD OF WINTER Peter KIRBY  
THE PROFESSIONALS Owen LAUKKANEN  
TUMBLIN' DICEJohn MCFETRIDGE  
BLOODMANRobert POBI  
CROW'S LANDINGBrad SMITH  
      
5- TOP INDIE or SELF-PUBLISHED    
     
HILL COUNTRY R. Thomas BROWN  
BLOOD TEARS Michael J. MALONE  
GHOST MONEY Andrew NETTE  
A DETAILED MANDavid SWINSON  
RESURRECTEDSteve TROTTER  
      
6- YOUR 2012 FAVOURITE CRIME FICTION NOVEL  
TITLE WRITER  
     

Thank you for taking the time! And HAPPY HOLIDAYS, whatever you celebrate, as long it involves peace!

JF
December 2012

2 comments:

  1. Hi Jacques - just to say how much I appreciate being included.

    Joyeux Noel.

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  2. It's well deserved, Michael. I really enjoyed BLOOD TEARS. Happy Holidays!

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