Sidney Sheldon (SS). I love him. I absolutely do. He is the only author, whose ALL novels I have read. He published them in this order.
The Naked Face (1970)
The Other Side of Midnight (1973)
A Stranger in the Mirror (1976)
Bloodline (1977)
Rage of Angels (1980)
Master of the Game (1982)
If Tomorrow Comes (1985)
Windmills of the Gods (1987)
The Sands of Time (1988)
Memories of Midnight (1990)
The Doomsday Conspiracy (1991)
The Stars Shine Down (1992)
Nothing Lasts Forever (1994)
Morning, Noon and Night (1995)
The Best Laid Plans (1997)
Tell Me Your Dreams (1998)
The Sky Is Falling (2001)
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2004)
I read them considering how I could beg-borrow-buy. I don’t remember exactly when I read my first SS novel but I remember first one was Master of the Game.
I have met many people who say SS novels are for kids and they lack a certain taste which epics or classic fictions have. I believe- To each its own. If people can appreciate Harry Potter series, Twilight Series and 50 Shades of Grey series, C’mon SS series was good enough too.
The story build up, the plot, the characterization, the minute description of each and every turn on the road and peck on the cheek in fact elates the quality of his novels. It keeps you hooked on to the book till you know what is going to happen Agreed, sometimes it becomes predictable, but hey! you can’t judge him for that. All authors become predictable if they write many many many novels. (Dan Brown is an exception I feel).
So as a tribute to one of my all-time-favorite authors, I write this post and shamelessly fearlessly say that I can read his books over and over again. For people who act as book critics and yet secretly are charmed by Christian Grey or Edward Cullen, you just CANNOT judge me!!!!
~Cruising through my Life~ 
Well, I feel the only story where Sidney Sheldon was actually unabashedly imaginative was “I dream of Jeanie”….. 🙂 did u know this show was written by him??? Rest somehow doesn’t rock my boat much (for the record neither does twilight or grey….. Ms Rowling is a different matter though … PERSONAL OPINION).mm
No. not Twilight nor Harry Potter nor Grey! 😀
i read Rage of the angels and Tell me your dreams! Brilliant plots! Amazingly written! And if people can read 50 shades then they can definitely read this!!!
Sure yeah! If people can read 50 shades, they definitely can read Sidney Sheldon!
“Morning, Noon and Night (1995)” and “Tell Me Your Dreams (1998)” two books of SS that i have read. but i love “Morning, Noon, and Night” the most :).
So glad bey… 🙂
🙂
He is my most liked author. His style of writing fascinated me. He won’t write a sentence more than with five or six words. His insights on human passion and greed are very deep. I too have read all his novels, each not less than 5 times. Every time you read, it will be fresh and you never get bored. I keep all his novels in my shelf. After reading Sheldon I never tried to read any other English novel except that of Tamil Novelist Rajesh Kumar. I think they are available on line, some English rendering of Rajesh Kumar too. He is at par with Sheldon.
Oh that is great…I am travelling today, maybe I can get hold of a book of Rajesh Kumar on airport. That’ll be great…
Happy journey!
I share your opinion as I have also read all of them. Some I loved, some were ok but yes I liked them all. I still have some of the hard copies but all of them in e format. By the way, I loved ” I dream of Genie” too. I read 50 Shades part one and finished part two with some effort but ran out of patience for part three, though I have it in my iPad.
I had same scenario…first I managed, second I read half, then finally deleted all three from my lappie. Useless crap it was!
You did the right thing !! By the way, have you read the collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer? They are really good. And I have also deleted Christian Grey from my ipad.
No, I havent read that, but since you mentioned, I would check it out…
My own favorites are John Creasey and Dorothy Sayers…for different reasons. Good to hear somebody still likes the older stuff.
Old is Gold !!!
I read a lot of him, too. Have you tried Lawrence Sanders?
Ooooo. Lawrence Sanders, I’ll buy that next, thanks for recommending 🙂
I love his books and some of them were made into very good movies! A good choice I agree with you but not just to say it, He was a very good writer!
He indeed was. Now a days too much boom of vampires and dark magic and sci-fi. I sort of like the old fashioned novels.
Thanks for stopping by my post! By the way, I completely agree with you on ”If people can appreciate Harry Potter series, Twilight Series and 50 Shades of Grey series, C’mon SS series was good enough too.” 😀 By the way, I love SS, and I can’t stand Harry Potter!
Thank god HP and Twilight series are done and over with!!!
You make me curious about Sydney Sheldon, though I don’t read fiction.
Give it a try… SS won’t disappoint you, mostly.
I agree! I’m a book junkie so I’ll read anything as long as the story captivates me. And I think that’s the best part, reading what you love.
I’ve never read a SS book,but I’ll give it a whirl since you’re argument was so compelling 🙂
Do give it a try, and let me know if you write a post reviewing one of his books. I would love to know how you liked it. 🙂
Hey buddy, I grew up reading SS too!!
Ah!
So we had a fun childhood/teenage time.
*same pinch*
Thanks for liking on my post. You sure are one hell of a Sidney Sheldon fan!
Are you on twitter? I’d really love to get to know you more.
Unfortunately I am not addicted to twitter yet.. 😀 Wait till I create an account, there is no stopping then!
Are you also a fan of James Patterson books?
When he appeared on “Castle” to solve mysteries, yes :>
Hahah! He’s written some of my favorites. But stil, the number one book for me right now is the Perks of being a wallflower followed by I am Number Four (& the entire Lorien Legacy series which have more action than transformers! No bluf!)
I just love a book that can sweep me away!
Those books are going to mu bucket list for sure 😀
Thanks!
Haha no p!
I heard about that before… from a friend.
By the way, I’m kinda new here and I was wondering if you would like to make a guest post on my blog?
I sure would love to…
Thanks! I’m really excited, but not sure exactly how this works.
Just email me your post and any links and pictures you have in it to this address: duggyparks@gmail.com
Thanks again! Can’t wait!
The Other Side of Midnight was my first adult novel read when I snuck it off the lower shelf of my mother’s nightstand. It sat forgotten with Truman Capote’s, In Cold Blood and some strange self help book called “I’m Ok You’re Ok” the Sheldon book seemed to hold the most promise. This is so fun!
Haha..those are fun memories to recall now, aren’t they?
My first adult novel read was The Other Side of Midnight. I chose it from the lower shelf of my mother’s nightstand. It was between Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” and some self-help book titled “I’m Ok, You’re Ok” I actually enjoyed Sheldon and this is a fun blog.
Glad you enjoyed this post, which took you to the fun parts of our growing up… 😀 Have a great day!
He is great! I forgot about him and how I devoured his books way back when!! I might have to do some re-reading!
You must!
I am backing you up here..Revert when you’re starting to re-read. Maybe we’ll start on the same book.
my fav, the other side of midnight, and windmills of the gods was a good one too, he has a great style of writing. I can’t count how many of his I have read over the years… but my favorite author will always be Frank Herbert, the mans a genius in my book…lol
Now I have added Frank Herbert to my bucket list.. 😀 Thanks!
he has at least 7 degrees in the different sciences, which make his sci-fi absolutely incredible….you won’t be disappointed! 🙂
I particularly love ‘Tell Me your Dreams’ & ‘Sky is Falling’.. I totally agree with your article.. take a bow !
Thank you secretive-writer 😉
Fun name you got!
I llove him too. My favs are “Rage of Angels” and “Nothing lasts Forever”..
Rage of Angels was my first I think, and the only one I have read 4 times 😀
Thanks for stopping by, and checking me out. I followed you back here and took a look around, and now I am a follower. Great posts. “If Tommorrow Never Comes” was my first Sydney Sheldon book. I was a teenager and immediately was hooked. I went on to read all of his books. He will always be one of my old favorites. You have some fabulous pics and it is inspiring me to get out my camera and maybe take some pictures of the tremendous writing weather I have around me, for my blog. The snow drifts are huge, the road slippery and icy, and last week with the windchiil it was -40 celcius.
I am jealous! You have snow around and you’re not taking pictures! Unfair. 😉
Let me know when you post some snow-pics.. I would love to check ’em out… 😀
Done!
http://shannonraelynn.com/photos-of-winter-in-rural-canada/
This was this morning, when I drove my daughter to the end of our driveway for the bus to pick her up and take her to school. I can’t wait for spring, but then life gets crazy busy. For now I enjoy cross country skiing with my three dogs, and my daughter. I also included a picture of my big German Shepard dog. If you have a hard time with puppies, I assume a full sized dog would not be an animal you are crazy about.