Good books you've read lately

[dandia89]

a thousand splendid suns

[Jlude]

Originally posted by 3g4u


Right on. I have met him a few times at different ralley's, really down to earth guy. I like his books.

I used to live in a town between Modesto (Where sonny was born/lived) and Oakland. There would always be a group of guys showing colors at any event in the towns... they all seemed pretty down to earth.

[sk8r3124]

Based on DARKANE's recommendation:

yesterday I picked up

Built for show - by Nate Green

[CMW403]

Originally posted by lil*tymer
Well i haven't seen a thread like this before, and im about to go to chapters with nothing in mind, and would like some idea's.

I just read Marching Powder, about an English guy who gets throuwn in jail in Bolivia. The book started off good, but it seemed to contradict its self about half way through, and went down hill from there.

your spelling of "lately" makes it look like you haven't been reading many books at all.

[Darkane]

I read "Inferno" not long ago. It's basically a modern Take on Dante's Inferno.

Pretty entertaining actually

[pinoyhero]

Survival of the Sickest ... a few slow chapters but a real interesting read.

[Canmorite]

The Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. His '10,000' rule is really interesting.

[Dumbass17]

any updates?

[max_boost]

The only thing I read is Beyond and google for something I am searching lol

But if you want to get strong and I mean stronger than you thought possible.

Rippetoe -- Starting Strength 2nd Edition.

[Jonel]

JPod by Douglas Coupland
Come On People by Bill Cosby

[dino_martini]

I know it is fairly old, and a lot of you have already read it...but

1984 - George Orwell

We read it for English class..so...yeah.

[HyperZell]

I am almost finished the third book of the Night Angel Trilogy. The books are "The Way of Shadows", "Shadow's Edge" and "Beyond the Shadows". Very cool Assasin's Creed vibe to it - the main character trains to be something past an assasin and is involved in a large-scale plot with a lot of cool characters and situations.


I only ever picked it up at first because of its cover:

[mac_82]

Been on a bit of a sci-fi kick lately and picked this up:

Selected short stories by Philip K. Dick



Includes:

-Paycheck
-The Minority Report
-Second Variety (Screamers)
-We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (Total Recall)
-The Electric Ant

[Mar]

I like reading books by A.J. Jacobs, I read one of his called "The Know It All" where he read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica A-Z and now I'm reading another of his called "The Year Of Living Biblically" where he lives his entire life exactly to the Bible, basically showing how stupid and contradictory it is. But very very funny.

[cressida_pimpin]

"Why We Buy" Paco Underhill

[B18C]

A Long Way Gone is pretty good. Kinda slow at parts but gives you a peak into the world of child soldiers which is horrible and fascinating at the same time.

Malcolm Gladwell's books are good as well. Read Outliers a couple months ago which is really quite good. Just finished Blink a little while ago. It's not as good as Outliers but still pretty good. They are really easy reads and easy to get through.

[lil*tymer]

Originally posted by stephen_haxton
I've been working my way through Daniel Silva's novels recently. His most recent is Moscow Rules

Picked up his book secret messenger, pretty good thriller that seemed quite accurate. Also just read American Psycho which i thoroughly enjoyed.

[JRSC00LUDE]

Penthouse Forum.

[flipstah]

Ugh. There was a recommendation on a thread here somewhere but I can't find it now.

It was apparently in the 'Top 100 Books to Read' and I can only remember certain parts of the plot. It's basically about the government and how flawed it is and how we should cherish our freedom... Sorry for being vague. It's not Fahrenheit 451 because I read that already (good book too! )

If I can only remember the title... It's been bugging me because I want to read it!

Other books have been said like Catcher in the Rye, Night...

Read the Sherlock Holmes novels. They're pretty sweet

[mycroftxxx]

Any Robert Heinlein novel, sci fi that really stretches out and beyond the science confines.

my favorite of his is "The moon is a harsh mistress." read it and you may possibly Grok my user name.

+1 for the dune series however anything written by his son brian herbert is kinda /meh