Traveling by plane, have stacks of paperbacks to pick from

Hello hello! I'm traveling this week to upper peninsula Michigan, and have paperbacks upon paperbacks to pick from for packing. What should I bring?

I'd take Camp Concentration, Maigret & The Mad Killer and then Locked Room Puzzles (just to have some short stories to fill in any short waiting periods).

Can't go wrong with The Third Man.

How long will you be away?

I'd go for:
The Deptford Trilogy, by Robertson Davies
Puppies, by Maurizio De Giovanni
The Moving Toyshop, by Edmund Crispin
The Sirens Sang of Murder, by Sarah Caudwell
The Riddle of the Sands, by Erskine Childers
The Third Man, by Graham Greene (and watch the film, while you're at it)

I can recommend both Jo Walton and Sarah Caudwell

Seconding Or What You Will by Jo Walton, of the ones I haven't read I'd probably try the Silvia Moreno-Garcia or the Angela Carter. Oh, and Peter Beagle!

>2 bnielsen: Thanks! Solid suggestions definitely, likely will be taking Locked Room Puzzles.

>3 tealadytoo: Valid, the movie is a favorite but somehow still haven't actually read the book.

>4 lilithcat: Thank you! I'll be gone for about a week. What is it about these that makes you recommend them?

>5 reconditereader: Thanks! I've read and loved Walton's Among Others and her columns on Tor, would love to read more of her work.

>6 Aquila: I've been meaning to read that one for a minute!

>9 Amateria66:

Just that I've read and enjoyed them.

I'd grab a classic like The Moving Toyshop -- a mystery tied in with a bit of British farce. Also The Sirens Sang of Murder by Sarah Caudwell. And Thirteen Guests by Jefferson Farjeon.

Then as a change of pace in terms of genre, I'd take along The Fantasy Worlds of Peter S. Beagle.

>13 jillmwo: The Caudwell has popped up in these replies a bunch. What makes it stand out?

Seconding >13 jillmwo: on the Farjeon, the Crispin and the Caudwell; and seconding whoever it was above that recommended The Deptford Trilogy. That and one more should see you through a week.

>14 Amateria66:. That series, some of which dates back to the 80's, is about a small cohort of young legal professionals and their brushes with crime, at home and abroad. There is much British humor and slang, but the real fun of the four-book series by Sarah Caudwell is that they are narrated in the voice of the somewhat older Hilary Tamar. While we gather that Tamar was both tutor (in the British sense) and mentor to these young lawyers, Tamar's gender is never made clear to the reader. While more recent authors have experimented with this (Scalzi in the Lock-In series, for one), Caudwell was early in the game with it. My favorite of the four is The Sibyl in Her Grave but they're all nice light reads.

>16 jillmwo:

And, if you're lucky, you might be able to find the editions with cover art by Edward Gorey!

>17 lilithcat: I had those mass-market paperbacks with the Gorey covers for the first three titles, but at some point released them back into the wild for others to enjoy. Only Sibyl remains on the shelf.

Thanks to the both of ya! I somehow managed to snag the Gorey cover for Sirens sang of murder.

Going to visit the Yoopers! Excellent. Weather should be pretty nice. I'm a couple hours away from the edge of the UP and it's nice here.

I see some Hammett and Rendell - both good choices. Westlake is fun in a capery sort of way so I recall.