What are you reading?
 

Just wondering what people here are reading, or even have read that shouldn't be missed.
I haven't read a book in a long time! Want to get back into reading something other than news. All suggestions welcome :thumbsup

If you're wondering what I might be most interested in:

True story, or something not stricyly true but based around historical facts.
Not really into Sci-fi, horror or rommance when it comes to books.
Or anything business/personal related like an auto biography by someone of importance.

I'm reading horror right now, so that won't help you, but an excellent autobiography that I can't recommend enough is:

Long Walk To Freedom by Nelson Mandela

http://www.amazon.com/Long-Walk-Free.../dp/0316548189

I haven't been into the books much lately but I've been researching stock trading a whole lot lately and have been reading up on game theory a bit, I'm still looking for some good books on these subjects though...

Game of Thrones. (first book in the series)

Pretty good so far.

Ummm not 100% on that one. Not really something I could probably draw from. Learnt a lot about him and his struggles at school aswell, but I will keep it in mind :thumbsup

Something like that could be interesting, anything educational is always more interesting in a book then anything fictional to me, unless it is a REALLY good story or has some kind of link to real stories or facts. Egyptian/Roman/Medieval/Japanese/Samurai/Ninja/etc

Will check that out! Something like would probably suit me, medieval is always interesting if it is fictional or factual.

Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything

GFY.com :pimp

Prisoner of X by Allan Macdonell. It's a pretty good read about the inner workings of Hustler

I definitely go in phases.. but generally history never gets dull with me. I am not a huge fan of fiction normally but sometimes getting lost in the fantastical can be a nice escape, can also be inspirational.

That sounds different and interesting, just read the summary.

Thanks for the tip :thumbsup

Haven't read a book in years.

Just never seem to have time or at least make time to sit down and just read. Unless it's work related...

That sounds interesting!

Added that to my shortlist :thumbsup

Yeah you're spot on there. But I usually prefer fiction in a movie most of the time.

Me neither really, I'm looking to get back into it :thumbsup

I usually read a lot online related to work, but rather than watch tv before bed I'm going to start reading instead.

this thread

trying to read the 'the similarion', hard getting into the swing of it lol

so i decided to try 'the dharma boys' and have finally ended up on some brutally stupid fictional 'alt history' novel

reading it makes me feel dirty lol

somebody had to do it :1orglaugh

haha I was gonna say I am reading gfy right now. Grown up men bitching and arguing with each other.

I won't tell ...

Currently on a brain candy jag. Reading Breathless by Dean Koontz.

I'm suprised it took so long!

:1orglaugh

Nothing to see here! Carry on!

Couldn't find them on the site i'm looking. Reckon they are worth reading/looking up? Or should they be avoided? :upsidedow

The last non technical book I read and enjoyed was Waiting for Godot by Sam Beckett. I enjoyed it but the person I gave the book to after I was done with it did not :(.

Happy hunting. :thumbsup

Probably not for me, sounds like a good book though. Good ratings aswell by the look of it. :thumbsup

about space, time, bing bang

Over the weekend I read ReWork by 37signals and was so impressed that I am now reading their first book called Getting Real

:1orglaugh

Dead Sleep by Greg Iles

these guys have all the fun

story of how espn started and how it functions really interesting. goes back to the beginning, a million interviews

Sounds different, added it to my shortlist :thumbsup

Thanks Sharky :thumbsup that is definately along the lines of something that I want to read.

That sounds like an intriguing storyline and suspenseful, will add that to the list :thumbsup

That could be good :thumbsup Sports + Business sounds like a good combination to me.

all are worth reading

the similarion is a book about the story of middle-earth before the 'hobbit' or 'lord of the rings'.. its' supposed to be better than the others but it's kinda like reading Hemingway when you wanna just go outside lol

dharma boys is jack kerouac, i had read a book by him before which i really enjoyed, i think i just hit a 'readers wall' and need some junk before i get into thinking mode again

if you're looking light but interesting reading, check out the malazan book of the fallen series..

if you want a 'bucket list' book, war and peace for sure

I had another look and still couldn't find it, so I searched for J. R. R. Tolkien

And The Silmarillion came up, is that the one?

Also noticed one called The Children of Húrin by him, have you read that one? Sounds pretty good aswell, set long before the LOTR apparently.

Will try and find the other 2 :thumbsup

Biography of Ozzy Osbourne :)

Steve jobs biography

Right now i'm reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Meridian.../dp/0679728759


It's an American Western loosely based on historical events, namely the Glanton gang, which was a group of scalp hunters who were contracted by the Mexican and American government to clear Apache and Comanche Indians from the Texas-Mexico borderlands in the 1850's. It's a really good book. The only thing that's kind of annoying about it is you need to keep a dictionary next to you when you read it because he uses a lot of archaic words from the historical setting of the story.


Next up on the list is Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon: a British Infantry officer who fought in WW1 on the Western front. Then it's Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You A Better Friend to Your Pet

a very interesting book

The Emperors New Mind by Roger Penrose.

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"Capital and Production"
by Richard von Strigl

interesting stuff on capital theory and business cycles....

I just finished reading "The Bunker" about the last month of Hilter in his little bunker there in Berlin. Now I'm reading "The Final Entries 1945" which is taken from the dairy of Joseph Goebbels, the Reich Minister of Propaganda for Nazi Germany.

Next up will be a break from my WWII reading - I'll just bought "The Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger, about Apollo 13. After that is a book by Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production for Nazi Germany. I believe this is an autobiography.

I read a lot - daily.

World Changing, A User's Guide for the 21st Century.

I've read a lot within last few months.
Won't suggest you any of my books though as it is pretty specific literature :pimp