What are you reading?

[Fly at Night]

Cronkite - a biography by Douglas Brinkley.

[Goal15]

FAN, that's a great read. Made me wish my journalism career had been 40 years earlier before the internet and corporate greed ruined the newspaper industry

[Goal15]

Speaking of corporations, currently reading "Insanely Simple, The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success

[bike_addict]

Tyler Hamilton's "The Secret Race: Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France"

[Goal15]

Vive Lance Armstrong! #neverfailed

[CanoeStream]

There never is one book. I've spun through the following in the last 6 weeks. I can scarcely get through 5 pages before conking out at night but make up for it at 5:30 AM. I would recommend the first five wholeheartedly:

Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World by Roger Crowley

Castles of Steel by Robert K Massie (or why Churchill's WW I dud performance as First Sea Lord did not predict his later greatness)

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness (now suffering Deborah Harkness withdrawal until the third book of this trilogy comes out in a couple years)

Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett (Discworld series -- supernatural weirdness not far off from the Hitchiker's Guide books. my first exposure to this author. clever & intelligent.)

current: Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin. Vampires on Mississippi riverboats? A hundred pages in, I'm not at all sure that this is up to his Game of Thrones books. I'll get through it, but I dunno...

next up: Trinity by Leon Uris. And probably Terry Pratchett again.

[Michigander]

Nelson DeMille's "The Lion's Game", Also, by DeMille, "Up Country", "The Charm School", "The Gold Coast" and many others.

[Scott J-24]

I am re-reading a first addition copy of James Michener's Hawaii. Rediscovered this copy while cleaning out the garage. Found a picture taken in December 1959 with me, my mom and Jim Michener. He was an old family friend while I was growing up in Hawaii. Finding and re-reading this book has brought back loads of great memories.

[mpl]

Finishing a biography of Hank Williams and an academic dissection of the origins of Bluegrass music (2 separate books). I'll then be starting a re-read of 'David Copperfield' for our monthly book club.

[slowmover]

Originally Posted by Gringo

I average about two books a week, and have for most of 50 years. Where would I start...

Lately I been searching the Kindle cheapo book bin at Amazon. 100 books under five bucks or whatever it is.

Like me, but 3-5 for about forty. Of this past year are several standouts:


Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945: Tony Judt


and

The Comanche Empire (The Lamar Series in Western History): Pekka Hamalainen


and

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern: Stephen Greenblatt


.

[casa3805]

Working my way thru The Game of Thrones series...

[Big C]

Fires in the Dark by Louise Doughty
About the Gypsies before and during WW2

[Goal15]

Just finished Yes Chef by Marcus Samuelson and now reading Over Time: My Life as a Sportswriter by Frank Deford

[MrUKToad]

Bill Bryson's "The Lost Continent". A bit our of date but excellent for a non-native of the Lost Continent, especially when think of camping trips, past and present.

[c_lewis77]

I have "life of Pi" by Yann Martel sitting next to my bed. So i guess its more "what I am about to read".

[jdalrymple]

Just finished "Thank You Marco Polo". The book was written by McGregor Smith, who was the corporate-hired public relations guy on the Around the World Caravan.

Not bad, but seemed to kinda skim the surface.

JD

[Hibby]

Simple Wealth, Inevitable Wealth by Nick Murray

[reinergirl]

Okay, I'm about to commit blasphemy but I hate the new JFK Rowling book (Casual Vacancy) after the first 100 pages I indeed have a vancant look in my eyes and it has the honor of being the first book in the last decade that I put down never to finish.

[whitsend]

Richard & John ~ Kings At War, or
Texas Monthly.

[BorninRI]

I usually read a few things at once:
Right now I am reading
The Newbies Guide To Airstreaming, even thought I'm not a newbie, but can't be too prepared.
and
Architectural Floor plans book of NYC apartment buildings.
and
If You Meet The Buddha On The Road, Kill Him.