{"id":4432,"date":"2021-03-01T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=4432"},"modified":"2021-02-28T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T20:57:41","slug":"readers-advisory-episode-166-the-big-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-166-the-big-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers Advisory: Episode 166 &#8211; The Big Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading <i>The Big Sleep<\/i> by Raymond Chandler.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-166-the-big-sleep\/\">the podcast<\/a>\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/keepthis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/keepthis-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/keepthis-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/keepthis-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/keepthis.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lastseen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lastseen-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lastseen-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lastseen-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/lastseen.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maltese.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maltese-142x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett\" width=\"142\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maltese-142x220.jpg 142w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maltese-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/maltese.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep This to Yourself by Tom Ryan (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3aZHTpy\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780807541494\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uHDCz9\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781250085634\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3r4Ndxt\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780679722649\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/missing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/missing-145x220.jpg\" alt=\"Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist\" width=\"145\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/missing-145x220.jpg 145w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/missing-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/missing.jpg 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 145px) 100vw, 145px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/murder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/murder-146x220.jpg\" alt=\"Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie\" width=\"146\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/murder-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/murder-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/murder.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oneofus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oneofus-150x213.jpg\" alt=\"One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus\" width=\"150\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oneofus-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oneofus-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/oneofus.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3bQAgRw\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062642813\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3q3bMcM\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780062073495\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uDPfqL\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781524714680\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thousand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thousand-147x220.jpg\" alt=\"The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas &amp; Jennifer Graham\" width=\"147\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thousand-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thousand-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/thousand.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 147px) 100vw, 147px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/what.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/what-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell\" width=\"137\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/what-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/what.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 137px) 100vw, 137px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vmars.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1861\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vmars-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"Veronica Mars\" width=\"153\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vmars.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/vmars-150x215.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Thousand Dollar Tan Line by Rob Thomas &amp; Jennifer Graham (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3r6T8SI\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780804170703\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3q3hM5F\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780439903486\">Bookshop<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ksVLfi\">Veronica Mars<\/a> (TV show)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em>Worst Bestsellers<\/em>\u00a0<em>is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/b?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;node=1000&amp;site-redirect=&amp;tag=worstbests0e-20&amp;linkId=Z2A4ORUYFZJ4UA6Q\">Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s what we suggest instead of\/in addition to reading The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.\u00a0Listen to\u00a0the podcast\u00a0to hear us talk about some of these titles in more depth!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[894,1892,2018,2017,2016,260,1646,2015,48,30,1694,2014,1796,931],"class_list":["post-4432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ra","tag-agatha-christie","tag-caleb-roehrig","tag-dashiell-hammett","tag-emma-berquist","tag-jennifer-graham","tag-judy-blundell","tag-karen-mcmanus","tag-raymond-chandler","tag-readalikes","tag-readers-advisory","tag-rob-thomas","tag-the-big-sleep","tag-tom-ryan","tag-veronica-mars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4432"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4443,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4432\/revisions\/4443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}