I saw on Writer’s Almanac earlier today that Nelson Richard DeMille, pictured at right, was born on this day in 1943.DeMille, a novelist who writes his first drafts by hand on legal pads using a pencil, is most famous for his books “Word of Honor,” The Charm School,” The Gold Coast,” and “Night Fall.” Many of you will be familiar with his book “The General’s Daughter,” which was turned into a major motion picture that starred John Travolta.
I’ve never read any of DeMille’s books, but I’ve always wanted to. Tonight, I give you a complete list of his novels, in order of publication.
Here they are:
- The Sniper (1974)
- The Hammer of God (1974)
- The Agent of Death (1975)
- The Smack Man (1975)
- The Cannibal (1975)
- The Night of the Phoenix (1975)
- Hitler's Children: The True Story of Nazi Human Stud Farms (1976) (as Kurt Ladner)
- Killer Sharks: The Real Story (1977) (as Brad Mathews)
- The Quest
- By the Rivers of Babylon (1978)
- Mayday (1979, updated 1998) (with Thomas Block)
- Cathedral (1981)
- The Talbot Odyssey (1984)
- Word of Honor (1985)
- The Charm School (1988)
- The Gold Coast (1990)
- The General's Daughter (1992)
- Spencerville (1994)
- Plum Island (1997)
- "Revenge and Rebellion", in The Plot Thickens, ed. by Mary Higgins Clark (1997)
- The Lion's Game (2000)
- Up Country (2002)
- Night Fall (2004)
- Wild Fire (2006)
- The Gate House (2008)
In the end, how many of these books have you had a chance to read? What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.
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