What's everyone reading?

[Kev]

World War Z - I'd recommend it.

 

[KeithTalent]

Last night I started reading Franny and Zooey by Salinger. I've had the book forever, but have never gotten around to reading it. So far so good; I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy it.

KT

 

[CraKaJaX]

Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walker.

 

[jandrews]

just got done w/ hyperion and it was good, reading american gods now, pretty good.

 

[Brainonska511]

I'm waiting on my "for fun" reading as I'm at school again, but I would be reading "Dracula" by Bram Stroker.

Right now, I'm reading "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes. I think the next thing I'll be reading some stuff by Rousseau....

 

[nageov3t]

just finished "Whatever," a french novel about an IT worker who suffers from a disconnect from the world.

I started "Catch 22" a few days ago... it's alright. parts are funny, but I just haven't been really able to get into it yet. probably due to the total lack of anything resembling a plot.

 

[irishScott]

A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah

http://www.alongwaygone.com/

I'm just starting itt, so nothing disturbing has happened yet. It's well written though, easy to read.

 

[jandrews]

Originally posted by: loki8481
just finished "Whatever," a french novel about an IT worker who suffers from a disconnect from the world.

I started "Catch 22" a few days ago... it's alright. parts are funny, but I just haven't been really able to get into it yet. probably due to the total lack of anything resembling a plot.

catch 22 is either love or hate. Personally, I hated it, really boring. In my mind it seems more of a dryer british sort of humor or maybe a humor for generations past, I wouldnt even recommend finishing it.

 

[PrinceofWands]

How Humans Evolved - Boyd
After the Fact - Davidson
Murder Trials - Cicero
A History of the Roman People - Ward
Roman Society - Boren
A History of the Ancient World - Starr
Bloodlines: Odyssey of a Native Daughter - Hale
The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine - Eusebius
The Pacific Northwest: An Interpretive History - Schwantes
The Good Rain - Egan
The Twelve Caesars - Suetonius
Makers of Rome: Nine Lives - Plutarch
The History of Rome from Its Foundation, books XXI-XXX - Livy
Speeches that Changed the World - Montifiore

 

[Electric Amish]

Road of the Patriarch - RA Salvatore

Book 3 of the Sell Swords trilogy. It was good, but the series is not the greatest from RA.

Next up is the first book of the Thrawn Star Wars series.

 

[Huntsvillain]

Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett

Rereading it currently. One of my favorites.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Soundmanred

My favorites are Mr. Murder, Phantoms, From The Corner Of His Eye, and Watchers.

have you read Fear Nothing and Seize the Night?

 

[ManBearPig]

Rubicon: the triumph and tragedies of the roman republic...it's really good, the author does a good job keeping it exciting...and roman history IS exciting.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

The last book I read was 'Free Culture' by Lawrence Lessig. It's a free download
Pretty interesting take on how copyright law works. I read it because it was referenced in a XKCD strip.

 

[yankeesfan]

Just finished:
Crime and Punishment
Julius Caesar

Reading:
Breakthrough Rapid Reading
Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers
Anna Karenina
Inferno
Republic

On deck:
Making of the Atomic Bomb
War and Peace
Brothers Karamazov
Count of Monte Cristo

 

[edro]

Game Theory: A Very Short Introduction
It seems very interesting, but it is very complicated and tough to tie it to real life.

 

[zerocool1]

recently read
fury - rushdie
after dark - marakami

currently reading
mass career customization-benko
new ideas from dead economists-Buchholz

 

[clamum]

Project-Based Software Engineering

I'm working on an application for my own use and just wanted to refresh my memory of some things. We used the book in my Team Software Project class when I was going to school.

 

[lokiju]

Just finished Tyrannosaurus Canyon by Douglas Preston and am now reading Next by Michael Crichton.

After that I'll read Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko

 

[Vidda]

Frank Herbert - Children of Dune

I'm re-reading the whole Dune series as it's my favorite sci-fi epic(s).

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
The fact is that people don't read anymore. - Steve Jobs

I'd say the Kindle is more likely to fail due to the cost over anything else.

Why pay $400 for a device that replaces books when it cost waaaay more than even a good number of books?

 

[techs]

Just finished Dreadnaught. Very good.
Now reading Castles of Steel. Good so far.

 

[Super56K]

Originally posted by: zerocool1
recently read
fury - rushdie
after dark - marakami

currently reading
mass career customization-benko
new ideas from dead economists-Buchholz

I read Fury over the last summer I believe, and thought it was great. I also read a bunch of Haruki Murakami novels too..Murakami writes some very strange novels/short stories.



I myself an winding down from a recent apocalyptic type theme. Over the course of this month I've read-

Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven + some other author (great book)
The Road by Cormac McMarthy (overall kind of dull, but I still finished it)
Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne (top notch zombie book, great page turner)
Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks (awesome stuff)

Next up on that theme will be Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank, and I ordered World War Z by Max Brooks last night off of Amazon.

I'm also reading a light non-fiction book about various behind the scene jobs that make movie/tv productions a reality. Not the most interesting book, but it is informative and easy to digest, plus the words are big so I burn through 20-30 pages before I end up stopping.

 

[Rockinacoustic]

I just finished Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins- Really an underrated book.

I'm debating whether to start The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky before I go back to all the hoopla of school. If anything I'll more likely start reading ahead for Organic Chem and Calculus.

 

[BigJ]

The Bonehunters by Steven Erikson. Absolutely fantastic book.

Comparably, I'd say The Malazan Book of the Fallen series is as good if not better than Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series.