What is everybody reading these days?

[Danmel]

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I was reading "Being Mortal" by Atul Gawande. But I'm already too depressed and a book about end of life choices just wasn't helping!

[madaboutharry]

1. Kon Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl

Because I need to sail away on a raft to Polynesia and get away from this all.

BTW, it is a great book.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

2. Bruce Springsteen's autobiography.

Read by him on audiobook, so, does that count? I think it's very, very good. Even for non-fans.

Too low brow? Or reeeeeealy not a fan? I highly recommend this:
Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, And Hurtful Acts

[cilla4progress]

53. Thanks for the rec

Dying to read it!

[hibbing]

3. City on Fire

900 page fiction, multiple characters and their intersections during the 70s around the time of the blackout. I'm enjoying it, only another 100 or so pages to so to go.

Peace

[kimbutgar]

4. The Journeyer by Gary Jennings

I decided to read an epic historical novel to get my mind off the election. I read his Aztec book at least 25 years ago. I haven't read a thick heavy novel in years just fluff. I forgot how those books can take you away from reality.

[BlueSpot]

38. Love Gary Jennings

If you can find it, read Spangle. That's my favorite of all of his that I've read. My favorite ending of any book which, of course, means you can't even sneak a peek ahead or you'll ruin it.

I really dislike the add-ons (written by others after his passing I think) to the Aztec story. But his originals are all good - at least to the extent that I've been able to find copies.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

5. Gateway by Frederik Pohl.

I've been on a science fiction kick lately. (Listening to audio books at night to rest my eyes.)

I should probably read one about extraterrestrials saving people from a tyrant.

[First Speaker]

9. Try *The Space Merchants*...

...it's from the 50s, also by Pohl--and the late, great C.L. Kornbluth. They often collaborated before Kornbluth's untimely death in 1958, only 34. This is one of the great "modern" SF classics, and it's portrait of an America ruled by corporations, with an environmental underground as Public Enemy Number One, is amazingly contemporary...

[Buckeye_Democrat]

11. Thanks! I'll do that! n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I've been on a re-re-read of David Eddings' "Belgeriad" from the 80s

and fucking still loving it!

It's been twenty years or so since my last re-read.

Genius.

Also reading "Sacred Spaces: Contemporary Religious Architecture", though not really reading so much as pouring through slowly and being inspired by inspirational spaces.

And as I always do, a daily dose of the letters to the editor in the local paper.

[The Blue Flower]

7. Survival in Auschitz by Primo Levy

I read Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl last month. Looking for hope.

[ailsagirl]

8. A cozy Scottish mystery

It helps

[First Speaker]

10. Chuck Klosterman's *But What If We're Wrong*...

...a brilliant book by a brilliant, contrarian writer about how everything we think we know may be overturned by future generations. It packs a lot of insight into a small space...

[IcyPeas]

12. All the Ugly and Wonderful Things...

by Bryn Greenwood

[fNord]

13. Mein kanpf

Tring to get a handle on our cocktatter in chief....

Best book ever. So great. 'Uge. And the paperback makes my hand look SO big. Just great.

[thinkingagain]

14. Lately the DU:)

but one of the best books I read this past year was a book called

Sgt. Reckless: America's War Horse Paperback by Robin Hutton

about this incredible horse (oops sorry "he wasn't a horse he was a Marine&quot from the Koren war
only animal (at that time to get and keep his medals and also be promoted to Sgt)

another good read

The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: A Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic by Margaret A. Oppenheimer
born in poverty ended up being one of NY richest women at the time of her death (married & divorced Aaron Burr)

or for a more recent history

The Plot to Hack America: How Putin’s Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election by Malcolm Nance (written before the election)

another favorite

When I found you by Catherine R Hyde
fiction easy read her books always are good she wrote the book pay it forward (now a movie)

my co workers favorite this past year

The Nightingale: by Kristin Hannah
about Nazi Germany and these women that help save soldiers & children based on some true facts but is fiction

I could go on & on so I apologize

[cilla4progress]

52. I was reading The Nightengale

During the election. Set the mood. Chilling.

[3catwoman3]

15. The Art of Raising a Puppy...

...by the Monks of New Skete. I don't have a puppy, but my younger son and his roommates just became daddies to a 7 week old golden retriever - a little guy named Coop.

The book was recommended by one of the nurses at the pediatric office where I work. She had had Bouviers for several years now, and nows a lot about dogs. Being a cat momma, I know nothing about dogs. Interesting so far.

[Codeine]

16. Wellington at War in the Peninsula

by Ian Robertson. Eminently readable history of the Napoleonic period in Spain and Portugal.

Also thumbing through a few role playing rulebooks and a set of fantasy wargame rules; basically anything not connected to the increasingly ugly real world.

[Jamaal510]

17. Reading a physical copy of "The Caine Mutiny" while

listening to the audiobook.

[sarge43]

18. The War that Ended Peace, Margaret MacMillan

Excellent survey of the events that led to WWI

[uppityperson]

21. Have you considered collecting bottle caps?

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. Or beer bottles!

I've known people who did that.

[Va Lefty]

20. Dean Koontz "Saint Odd"

Just starting reading this Monday. Have the book for a long time. Love the series. It's the final installment. Hate to see it end.

[Angry Dragon]

23. DU and

John Sandford
C.J. Box
Charles Todd
Brad Thor

[Skittles]

24. Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman

yes indeed

[FrankfurtCat]

25. A few Anne Rule books...I love true crime and biographies.

Mid 19th/early 20th century American writers-reading along with my daughter's 11th grade English -just finished Poe, Hawthorne, Jack London and Stephen Crane. Crane died at 28, Poe at 40, London at 40 (he died on November 22, 1916, 47 years to the day that JFK died). Only Nathaniel Hawthorne lived past the age of 40, to the ancient age of...59! My daughter must be expecting me to drop dead any day, LOL.

My "special" reading is my favorite Christmas gift that I just started: "Running With Scissors" by Augusten Burroughs, a quirky memoir that's just right for me right now.

[Ilsa]

26. Reluctantly Charmed by Ellie O'Neill

Light, fun fantasy. Most of the setting is in the heart of Dublin.

Anything to take my mind off of Drumpf and his warmongering.

[Best_man23]

27. DU, Guardian, and WaPo

Also re-reading Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[Generic Brad]

28. I am reading this thread

And I am a better person for it.

[Slippery_Hammer]

29. Naomi Klein - The Shock Doctrine

[RobinA]

30. A History

of Scotland. I'm going there in June and figured I should know what I'm looking at. Started early so I can make sure to finish in time.

[ailsagirl]

42. Lucky you!!

Beautiful and haunting-- you'll love Scotland!

[alarimer]

31. "How to emigrate to Sweden."

(Not a real book as far as I know, but I wish there was).

[Danmel]

33. Sweden is tough

I have cousins who tried to emigrate there. They ended up in Ireland.

[alarimer]

34. Good enough for me.

I'd also take Costa Rica or Mexico, come to think of it. Well, almost any place that isn't here will do.

[femmocrat]

32. "Edge of Eternity" -- Ken Follett

It is the third volume of the Century Trilogy. This one is about the Cold War.

[Iggo]

35. Comic Books...er..um...that is to say..."Graphic Novels".

Could you see me making the air quotes? I knew you could!

[Thomthom5300]

36. "Zig Zag" by Bill Pronzini off the new book shelf at my library

first I have of his stuff
will read more

[csziggy]

37. Just finished "Hidden Figures"

I can highly recommend the book. There is no way they could put the depth of background and history into a movie that the book covers.

Tomorrow I will start "March: Book One" by Rep. John Lewis. I'm hoping it will inspire me and provide tips for the present!

[BlueSpot]

39. (Almost) Walking with the Wind by John Lewis

I ordered it after it was already sold out on Amazon. I had it delivered to a friend because I travel a lot for work and had no idea when it might arrive (I didn't' want it just sitting on the porch if I was away). It arrived yesterday and he will bring it by on Saturday. I'm looking forward to it and Sunday is my main reading day so I will be diving in then. I'm looking forward to it.

[Laffy Kat]

40. "Gene" bu Atul Gawande.

It's right up my ally. The only one of Gawande's I haven't read is "Checklist Manifesto" but I'll get around to it. I actually didn't think "Being Mortal" was depressing. He brings up some poignant observations about how we treat the elderly and sick and also suggests alternatives. I wish everyone working even in the periphery of medicine would read it.

[Little Star]

41. The Steel Kiss by Jeffery Deaver....

It's a Lincoln Rhyme Novel. Only about 50 pages into it but it's already pretty good.

[starshine00]

43. book about all the people who were executed after translating the bible

https://www.amazon.com/Murderous-History-Bible-Translations-Conflict/dp/1632866013

needless to say I would give my eye teeth to know what these sad unfortunate folks, killed in all kinds of grisly ways, found in there that was so unsettlling as to kill them over it. I've heard there are as many as 5000 different translations of the bible; if my memory was not so screwed up because of PTSD I'd learn all the necessary languages so I could translate it myself

[Smickey]

44. "Winter is Coming" Gary Kasparov n/t

[Grammy23]

45. Tom Jones The Life by Sean Smith

Biography of the singer. I have to read something completely unrelated to politics in order to get a wink of sleep. So it is the last thing I read at night. 😴😴😴😴😴

[LeftInTX]

46. I am Malala

Malala Yousafzai

[thinkingagain]

47. another interesting read

American Treasures by Stephen Puleo

tells how other administrations (before the current one) did so much to protect our Countries most valuable documents.
Goes to show how at one time these documents actually meant something to those leading this country

[mvd]

48. Right now, John Grisham - The Whistler

A bit different for him, but pretty good so far.

[mopinko]

49. murder mystery

reading the home town shero sara paretsky. mindless page turning is a must.

[Dulcinea]

50. The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagerkrantz

Where's Lisbeth Salander when you need her?!

[cilla4progress]

51. Hillbilly Elegy

2016 memoir describing growing up among Trump voters

[randr]

54. American Gods--Neil Gaiman

Simply amazing