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What books are you reading right now? I just finished Baltimore by Mike Mignola and Chris Golden; and Hellboy All Seeing Eye and Ice Wolves (yeah, might be a little bit OCD :D ). I am working on several at the moment, including Homicide by David Simon. I just finished up Caesars of the Wilderness, a history of the Hudson Bay Company. I picked up several William Johnstone cowboy novels and a history of Russia for a great deal at the Goodwill (20 bucks can get you a box of great books! got The History of the M1 Garand there).

What are you reading?
 
I just finished The Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T.E. Lawrence and I'm part way through Samuel Hearne's A Journey From Prince of Wales Fort to the Northern Ocean.
 
I just finished reading some Ken Bruen novels. He is an Irish crime noir novelist. His novels are unrelentingly dark and depressing and you cannot put them down.
 
Just finished "Black Cross" by Greg Iles. 'Twas the first time I read his work - after a slow start, it became difficult to put down.
"The Relic" by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston is a must read if you like thrillers (the movie sucked, and didn't really follow the book at all) as well as many of their other collabs.
 
Getting ready to start on The Lions Game by Nelson DeMille. Never read anything by him, but a friend said I'd like it. I just finished The Last Centurion by John Ringo... it was a different sorta book, but in the end I liked it. Waiting to read Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn.
 
I'd suggest any freedom loving American to read Sonny Barger's "Freedom" ... Get passed the fact that the author is a multiple felon. Sonny is a true American.
 
Right now I'm reading "Last Of The Breed" by L. L. and finishing up "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell.
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
I've got that and "Atlas Shrugged" sitting here on my New Years Resolution reading list!!!
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+1 on Atlas Shrugged. It's her best work. A truly great book.

To the OP: I'd recommend anything by John Sandford or Jonathan Kellerman. I've read everything they've written and am looking for a new author now.
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
finishing up "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell.
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I also recommended:
The Undercover Economist by Tim Hartford
and
The Economic Way of Thinking by Paul Heyne


I'm reading:
Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game by Pimpin' Ken
The Theory of Poker: A Professional Poker Player Teaches You How To Think Like One by David Sklansky
Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole by Benjamin Barber
Life Among the Apaches by John Cremony
The 50th Law by 50 Cent and Robert Greene
One Man's West by David Lavender
 
Dracula, the original by Bram Stoker. Despite being written over 100 years go, I can still see the creepiness in the story. I can just imagine the impact it had on people when it was first published.
Even knowing the story, I'm highly enjoying it, for the story itself (and as a short-story writer myself); for the word choice used. Van Helsing in particular has a way with words "seven o'clock" becomes "seven of the clock." And one sentence was memorable: "If you leave her, and harm befall, you shall not sleep easy, hereafter!"
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
I've got that and "Atlas Shrugged" sitting here on my New Years Resolution reading list!!!
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I really enjoyed it. He gets a bit philosophical at times but it's still a good read. I thought it gave a good insight into the problems regarding the Arab tribes.

I haven't read Atlas Shrugged but it's on my list.
 
Right now I'm reading Day of Confession by Allan Folsom

I recently read The Day After Tomorrow by him. It was an interesting mystery novel. Very different. (It's nothing like the movie of the same name)
 
Maybeso said:
"The Relic" by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston is a must read if you like thrillers (the movie sucked, and didn't really follow the book at all) as well as many of their other collabs.
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The Relic was a great book, I loved the campiness of the movie, it could have been better if it followed the book.

I also saw a Barnes and Noble collection of Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator/author of Tarzan) John Carter of Mars series I want to pick up.
 
cgmblade said:
+1 on Atlas Shrugged. It's her best work. A truly great book.
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I've been working my way up to it, I deliberately started her fiction works in the order she wrote them earlier this year, so I can then move into her non-fiction stuff.

Her first book "We The Living" was good, "Anthem" was a great short story, very much in the vein of "1984", but "The Fountainhead" really was amazing.
 
An old science-fiction fan, I just finished China Miehville's The City & The City, and am now re-reading The Second Chronicles Of Amber.
 
Bear Claw Chris Lappe said:
I've been working my way up to it, I deliberately started her fiction works in the order she wrote them earlier this year, so I can then move into her non-fiction stuff.

Her first book "We The Living" was good, "Anthem" was a great short story, very much in the vein of "1984", but "The Fountainhead" really was amazing.
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I read "Anthem" and liked the story but I think she was around 19 when she wrote it and that shows. It's not as well written as some of her later works.

I could never get through "Fountainhead". I've started it a coupe times but never got into the story.

I think "Atlas Shrugged" is her best work. The writing style is a little dated now but the story is compelling and relevant to our world today.

I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
 
If you enjoyed Homicide you owe it to yourself to read The Corner by David Simon. I used to live down in the D.C./Baltimore metro area and all I can say is it's a harsh book detailing a harsh world. Very moving.

I just finished One Second After by William R. Forstchen. Very bleak but highly recommended. One of the best fictions I've read in years.

Other then that I've been reading a heck of a lot of nonfiction; military history, natural history, biographies, etc.

What can I say. I read like a mental patient. I could live without my TV long before I could ever think of living without my books. :D
 
The "Last Precinct" (Homicide) by Patricia Cornwell is decent, attracted a Scifi fundi so it has a good plot and interesting history.

"More Twisted" by Jeffery Deaver. Short stories with a wicked twist. Great for reading on the bog.
 
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