Best book you've read recently?

[bif]

The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Can't recommend it highly enough. An epic novel that will keep you up late at night.

[LisaM]

1. "Fun Home", by Alison Bechdel

Run, don't walk to the store, and buy it.

Then you will want to read:

Fitzgerald
Proust
James
Faulkner
Joyce

Seriously, it's fantastic. You can read it (the first time) in an hour. How long it sticks with you? Weeks.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Almost done "When You are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris

Sedaris is hilarious.

[underpants]

10. Just got that and three political books this week

My wife found a $100 Books-a-Million gift card in our cleanup.

Man Books-s-million has every single RW nut's book

I got
Sedaris
Taibbi
A book on AIPAC
and Perfectly Legal

[Connonym]

15. Which Taibbi did you get?

I've had (trying to think of the name) Spanking the Donkey(?) sitting in my stack for a while but haven't tackled it yet.

[underpants]

33. he Great Derangement

he Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics & Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire

His take on the nasty inner working of congress should be really funny

there is an excerpt on the web called "Jesus made me puke" Clown shoes and handwriting analysis--teased??? you should be

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20278737/jesus_made_me_puke

[sakabatou]

3. Germs, Guns and Steel

[SidneyCarton]

13. I really need to go back and read that

I got lost when he started talking about the domestication of almonds, got a little dull.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Oolon Colluphid's "Where God Went Wrong"

[NewEnglandGirl]

5. "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

Incredible. An experience to read.

:cry:

[malta blue]

31. great book! nt

[Rambis]

6. Cross by Ken Bruen

good stuff-

[Callalily]

7. The Glass Castle

Great story, great characters. Fast read too!

[Midlodemocrat]

8. Total Beach Read.

The Darkest Evening of the Year by Dean Koontz.

Now, I'm reading Bugliosi's book. It's fantastic. Hope to finish it this weekend.

[Forkboy]

9. Clash of Kings by George R.R.Martin

[yellowdogintexas]

27. so did you move on to Storm of Swords yet?

With luck the next one will be released around the time you finish A Feast for Crows

[Forkboy]

34. Not yet.

I just finished Clash of Kings. My library has it, but I just found out they cut the library hours back because the city is broke. I went on Monday to find out they're now only open Tuesday,Wednesday, and Thursday. x(

I'll get it this week though. It's good stuff. :)

[XemaSab]

11. Lisey's Story

by Stephen King.

That or "Under the Banner of Heaven." :P

[MISSDem]

12. Amreading War and Remembrance.

I saw the movie a long time ago but had not read the book. First I read Winds of War. They are really good.

[SidneyCarton]

14. I love these,

First read them as a teenager, just got them for Christmas and read them again.

[SidneyCarton]

16. "Born Fighting" by Jim Webb

I don't totally agree with all of Webb's conclusions, but being of Scots-Irish descent it gave considerable insight into my own family history.

[hellbound-liberal]

17. Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time

by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

This book tells the story of a mountaineer who devotes his life to building schools for poor villages in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It really made me appreciate all the opportunities that I have been given and how little we really need to get by.

[malta blue]

25. that is next on my list

Thanks for the review

:hi:

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Mine, too. TM has to read it before she arrives at college.

Which I LOVE.

[hellbound-liberal]

28. I'm sure you both will like it. It is a very inspirational book and it is a story worth sharing.

It might even make help you appreciate the much-maligned American educational system a bit more!

[kimmerspixelated]

18. The History of Love

by Nicole Krauss.

It's not a new book, but like most of my lucky finds...I found it at a garage sale! It's got humor, heartbreak, and great literary achievements! Want to read her other book, Man Walks In A Room.

[Brigid]

19. "The Assault on Reason"

by Al Gore. Fascinating and accessible.

[LostInAnomie]

20. World War Z

Awesome book about a zombie apocalypse.

[KayLaw]

21. The Girl who Stopped Swimming

By Joshilyn Jackson. I love all her books - she's my favorite author. Everything about her is right.

[two gun sid]

22. Empire's Workshop - Greg Grandin

[Hand]

23. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay--Michael Chabon

Extraordinary--the rare 600-plus-page novel that's a fast and engrossing read. :applause: Rapidly devouring The Yiddish Policemen's Union now! :thumbsup:

[Sequoia]

24. I've seen that book before. Isn't it like 2 thousand pages or so?

[Faygo Kid]

29. Just finishing "What Hath God Wrought", U.S. 1815-1848; Pulitzer Prize winner.

Won this year's Pulitzer Prize in History.

Extraordinary. Many parallels. People are people, whether born 200 years ago or now. Recommended.

[martymar64]

30. I'm reading "Live from New York" - Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller

It's a history of Saturday Night Live as told by the writers and actors of the show.

It's a very interesting read.

[femmocrat]

32. The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

You will learn so much! Best political book I ever read.

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. "Loving Frank" & the Warren Zevon bio...

"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."

Both excellent!

[MountainLaurel]

36. Skeletons at the Feast

by Chris Bohjalian -- about refugees of various sorts making their way across Germany at the end of WWII.

[YankeyMCC]

37. Lavinia by Ursula K Le. Guin

Also, The Histories by Herodotus

And Ilium/Olympos by Dan Simmons

[Adsos Letter]

38. "The Heavenly City of the 18th-Century Philosophers" by Carl Becker (1932)