Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Violent Screen | 1995 | Stephen Hunter | Buy |
| 2 | Now Playing at the Valencia | 2005 | Stephen Hunter | Buy |
| 3 | American Gunfight | 2005 | Stephen Hunter | Buy |
Stephen Hunter spent nearly four decades as a newspaper journalist and film critic before retiring in 2008. His non-fiction reflects both sides of that career. Violent Screen (1995) and Now Playing at the Valencia (2005) collect his film reviews and criticism, drawing on the sharp analytical voice that earned him the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism at The Washington Post.
American Gunfight (2005) is a historical account of the November 1950 assassination attempt on President Harry Truman by two Puerto Rican nationalists at Blair House. The book combines Hunter’s interest in firearms and their place in American history with the kind of detailed research that characterizes his fiction.