I hate to admit this, but I'm going for the record. The nerd record. For the past four years I have kept a list of every book I've read by year. It's partially for the sake of remembering and partially a challenge to read a minimum baseline number of books. I also have a personal best, set in 2005, of the most books read in a single year. Call me Barry Bonds (without the asterisk), but this might just be a record breaking year.
In the interest of setting a new personal best, I'm reaching out to you - both of you - my loyal blog readers. I am accepting any and all book recommendations, keeping in mind that I'm looking for page turners. I have a little over two months to read around ten books. Luckily, the air in DC has just turned cool and I won't be distracted by the urge to put on a sun dress and sip cans of PBR on U St. So, if you have any good books to recommend please drop me a note in the comments. Thanks for your help in advance, and I'll let you know how the record goes.
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I support your in your nerdery. And as such I recommend:
round ireland with a fridge
a death in belmont
devil in the white city
Thanks Tom! I read Devil in the White City and I liked it, but - not to be all Jeffrey Dahmer - I thought it was going to be more serial killer-y and less World's Fair-y.
Hrm...
Well, I recently listened to David O. Stewart talk about his newest book 'The Summer of 1787' which is about the Convention to write the constitution. His talk was good enough that I got the book, though I haven't had a chance to read it yet. Along the same historical non-fiction lines is 'Guns, Germs and Steel' by Jared Diamond, which is pretty interesting, though I'm not sure if it's your kind of thing. 'Last Chance to See' by Douglas Adams is a little dated now (re:yangtze river dolphins) but is still a pretty good read. 'Lonesome George' by Henry Nicholls, another eco-related non-fiction. 'The Eloquent President' by Ronald C. White Jr. if you have any interest in Lincoln at all. I've also been browsing through 'Ever Since Darwin' by Stephen Jay Gould which is just one of several books which are collections of some of his essays. These in particular are of course centered on Darwin, but are pretty interesting. If you feel like reading about depressing law crap (hahahahaha) you can read 'Gangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy' by Ted Nace... though I'm sure you know it all already. I heard about 'City' by Clifford D. Simak a while back on NPR... it's a sci-fi, humans have disappeared due to their own stupidity kinda thing which I've always found interesting... a what if book. 'Mother Tongue' by Bill Bryson, mostly about language, but some of the more interesting parts of it.
Just some of the random stuff I've been toying with. :-p Good luck on your quest!
i like the classics.
Old Man in the Sea (hemingway) is short and a fast read.
Lady Chatterly's Lover
Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde books/plays are fun and so witty
Me Talk Pretty
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is a fabulous read
the HarryPotters can be read in a single day or two.
i'm a nerd and i like sci-fi, but i think Ender's Game and Stranger in a Strange Land are awesome for anyone to read.....
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