We asked our authors to share with us their favorites of 2010 – books, movies, anything that caught and held their interest. Terry Brooks reveals a few books that left an impression on him this year. Check back later on Suvudu for more favorites from our authors.
I’ve read quite a few good books this year. Here are some I still remember well:
I don’t usually care for vampire stories, but I couldn’t put this one down. The first of three, it is big and sprawling, an end-of-the-world novel reminiscent of Stephen King’s The Stand. A terrific read.
A young-adult baseball story with magic and kids. Again, the world is in danger of ending, due to the machinations of old Coyote, and only baseball and a kid who doesn’t believe in himself can save the day.
Right in the middle of this one, so I have to be quick here so I can get back to it. A prison that’s alive, a boy looking for the Outer World and a girl who is the daughter of the warden of the prison. Lots more, but the magic again plays a part in things. (Click here to listen to an excerpt from the Random House Audio edition.)
Just finished this true story of a man-eating Siberian tiger and the hunt to find it and to discover why it tracked and killed specific victims. Learned a lot about tigers, much of which raised the hair on the back of my neck. Lots of history and anthropology, but the tiger parts will have you riveted.
Anything by Robert Crais or T. Jefferson Parker
A new one comes out from each writer every year. Thrillers, but studies of human behavior and motivation, as well. Crais tends to be a wild ride, Parker a slower, more introspective walk. I love them both.
Terry Brooks is the New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, including the Genesis of Shannara novels Armageddon’s Children and The Elves of Cintra; The Sword of Shannara; the Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy: Ilse Witch, Antrax, and Morgawr; the High Druid of Shannara trilogy: Jarka Ruus, Tanequil, and Straken; the nonfiction book Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life; and the novel based upon the screenplay and story by George Lucas, Star Wars®: Episode I The Phantom Menace.™ His novels Running with the Demon and A Knight of the Word were selected by the Rocky Mountain News as two of the best science fiction/fantasy novels of the twentieth century. The author was a practicing attorney for many years but now writes full-time. He lives with his wife, Judine, in the Pacific Northwest.
