Finders Keepers by Stephen King

Finders Keepers is the sequel to Mr. Mercedes and like its predecessor it isn't a horror novel at all. It isn't even like Mr. Mercedes at all either. Whereas the previous book was the usual "catch a serial killer before he kills again" story, this book is about a bunch of stolen journals and the way that people become obsessed with their favorite series (of course there are some murders along the way but it is never about anyone trying to solve them). The first two thirds of the book aren't even particularly suspenseful but it is entertaining and I wanted to know who would end up with the journals... the obsessed criminal that stole them originally? or the boy that finds them years later? The epilogue hints at a supernatural twist for the next book in the series, so the next book might be a more typical King type novel. I'll give this one a B+

Also, a bunch of novel mentions: Huck Finn, Catcher in the Rye, Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22, Frankenstein, and To Kill A Mockingbird.