I've never thought of them as crime novels, except Caves of Steel (which was explicitly written to prove that sci-fi is not a genre), but I've already read half of the top 10. Guess I'll add the other half to my to read list.
Wow. A list I don't have too much of a beef with. I would probably rearrange it a little, but it would be quibbles. Mostly, I'm 100% on board, if not with the exact placing, with the titles listed at least.
My poor to-read list, have mercy.
This is like 9/11 for our to read lists
I mentally prepared myself to be skeptical of anything listed above "The Caves of Steel", but I'll have to keep my mouth shut, because yeah, Altered Carbon, fair enough. Lol.
RIP my reading list, though.
So he killed a guy, except he did it with a laser.
Mind=blown.
I would add Daniel Suarez‘ Daemon to that list.
The rape depiction is insanely unsettling.
Edit: and really isn’t necessary for the book.
Wait what? I’ve read the book twice, but it’s been a long while… I don’t remember any such scene? Must have blocked this out of my mind… gonna have to reread.
It’s fairly early in the book, basically the nightclub guy drugs up an underage (iirc could be wrong on the age) girl and convinces her boyfriend to start having sex on camera- then is followed by every guy in the room.
It’s absolutely gratuitous and, even it was really important for the audience to know, it could have easily been alluded to. It serves not real purpose to the plot.
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