Gillian Flynn? Would you call her stuff mysteries? I think so.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
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."
-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:31:25 am PDT #27463 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
-t - Oct 18, 2022 11:31:56 am PDT #27464 of 28333
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 28333
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 28333
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 28333
"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 28333
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 28333
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 28333
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!
-t - Oct 18, 2022 1:35:37 pm PDT #27471 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Hm, that Goodreads list mentions Ben Aaronovitch which I wouldn't have thought of because they're fantasy but they are also good mysteries.
And I want to validate that Louise Penny is a good choice.
Oh, shoot, that one that I confuse with the other one...I talked about it here...just the one book but it's got a very Modern Classic vibe, I will keep trying to remember
-t - Oct 18, 2022 1:51:55 pm PDT #27472 of 28333
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Alex Pavesi The Eighth Detective. I found it by remembering that the author was a mathematician and then it came up as the first hit.