October the First Is Too Late

6 best books like October the First Is Too Late (Fred Hoyle): The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession, Fevre Dream, Night Probe!, Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization, Den forsvundne fuldmægtig, Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 5

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

Author	Allison Hoover Bartlett
ISBN	1594488916

In the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him.

Rare-book theft is even more widespread than fine-art theft. Most thieves,...

Fevre Dream

Author	George R.R. Martin
ISBN	0553383051

When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of...

Night Probe!

Author	Clive Cussler
ISBN	0553277405

Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1

In the midst of an international crisis, Heidi Milligan, a beautiful, brilliant American naval commander, accidentally discovers an obscure reference to the long-buried North American Treaty, a precedent-shattering...

Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization

Author	Graham Hancock
ISBN	0517887290

Could the story of mankind be far older than we have previously believed? Using tools as varied as archaeo-astronomy, geology, and computer analysis of ancient myths, Graham Hancock presents a compelling case to suggest that it is.
In Fingerprints of the Gods, Hancock embarks on a worldwide quest...

Den forsvundne fuldmægtig

Author	Hans Scherfig
ISBN	8700143561

Two men, former schoolmates, disappear, and one appears to have committed suicide. Later, a strange man shows up in a rural town...

I can't remember where I found this book, but likely I picked it up due to the striking linocut print on the cover, made by the author, who was a painter and a naturalist...

Essential Amazing Spider-Man, Vol. 5

Author	Stan Lee
ISBN	0785108815

This volume marks a major milestone in the history of everybody's favourite wall-crawler in that it covers the issues where Stan Lee (Spidey's co-creator, for the benefit of those of you living under rocks in the DC Universe) stops writing the book.

The issues where the flame is passed are a...