What book are you reading atm??

theballz

Just finished Homo Deus (the follow up to Sapiens.)

Decent read 8/10

Any recommendations of similar books along the same lines?

ArchXStanton

You can't win by Jack Black

Autobiography of a burglar,safe cracker,opium addicted,freight train riding hobo

JohnnyFlash

theballz wrote: »

Just finished Homo Deus (the follow up to Sapiens.)

Decent read 8/10

Any recommendations of similar books along the same lines?

I found Homo Deus to be a very depressing read. Not because of the writer, or the way it was written; but more about what humans are leading themselves into. A very important book.


To be a Machine is a new book by an Irish writer. Haven't read it yet, but getting good reviews, and very much is the same territory.

Summer wind

I'm halfway through The Ritual by Adam Nevill. I've almost had a couple of heart attacks by now. Good really atmospheric so far.

2011

Chickenhawk, exciting stuff.

arybvtcw0eolkf

2011 wrote: »

Chickenhawk, exciting stuff.

That's like Huey 'copter flight training manual lol

I read it year again when it first came out, I think I was in Lebanon actually. Great book, just push through the beginning.

UsedToWait

Noel Some Cornbread wrote: »

Great book, just push through the beginning.

Funny, I didn't make it too far before putting it down - was on a Vietnam reading buzz at the time, including the great Dispatches by Michael Herr, A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo and the massive A Bright Shining Lie, so presumed I was just Nam'd out - it was always recommended, so I might give it another go...

arybvtcw0eolkf

UsedToWait wrote: »

Funny, I didn't make it too far before putting it down - was on a Vietnam reading buzz at the time, including the great Dispatches by Michael Herr, A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo and the massive A Bright Shining Lie, so presumed I was just Nam'd out - it was always recommended, so I might give it another go...

If you ever get a Vietnam buzz again I'd highly recommend 'Fields of Fire' by James Webb.. If fvcking unreal, its main characters have stayed with me since I read it in 1985 (during my army recruit training).

I've a few books which I'll always have a relationship with, this is right up in first or second place ~ it would be a toss up between this and Black Beauty.

I often think Black Beauty should be required reading for everyone. I don't think anyone who has ever read it could ever be unkind to an animal.

eisenberg1

Re Black Beauty, I feel the same way about Oscar Wilde’s Children’s stories, the best out there IMO.

Alway be a big fan of the Vietnam stuff, and most have stood the test of time and are worth re reading. An exception (more French Indochina) was “Devils Guard”
I read it many years ago and thought it was superb. But I gave it another go a couple of years back and it wasn’t all that....may best not to reread some books.

arybvtcw0eolkf

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Re Black Beauty, I feel the same way about Oscar Wilde’s Children’s stories, the best out there IMO.

Alway be a big fan of the Vietnam stuff, and most have stood the test of time and are worth re reading. An exception (more French Indochina) was “Devils Guard”
I read it many years ago and thought it was superb. But I gave it another go a couple of years back and it wasn’t all that....may best not to reread some books.

I loved the Devils Guard too, but haven't read it in almost thirty years so I can't really comment too much. I know I did enjoy it at the time.

I like the idea of a German unit working for the French in Indo China, and battle hardened WWII Vets too.

I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

arybvtcw0eolkf

Just finishing 'Emperor. The Gates of Rome', by Conn Iggulden.

Absolutely loved it and have just ordered the sequel 'Emperor. The Death of Kings' and can't wait for it!.

snor

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I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Love anything by Clare McIntosh 😀

RoboRat

Just about finished Ready Player One, it's a good bedtime read and I am finding it quite enjoyable.

eviltwin

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I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh

Loved this book.

CastielJ

The Fifth Sally by Daniel Keyes
and 2nd time read Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Ciaran_B

The new Stephen King, The Outsider. Very good so far and a real return to form after the terrible Mr. Mercedes trilogy.

mariaalice

Picked up and an omnibus edition of the inspector Mores mysteries in a secondhand shop in Manchester, perfect reading for a sunny day in the Garden.

I finished Faithful Place by Tana French. It had that sadness which I found in the previous two books. My next one was Broken Harbour and so far its my favourite. There was a lot of loneliness in it and I felt sort of empty when I finished it.

gutenberg

Finishing up Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker and it is brilliant, a real eye-opener (though perhaps they should be closed...!).

I'm going to Shanghai next week with work, so I have bought JG Ballard's Empire of the Sun and Kazuo Ishiguro's When We Were Orphans for some Shanghai-specific reading....

GLaDOS

Currently reading Tolkien's "The Silmarillion". I had tried to read it years and years ago and gave up halfway through. I feel like I've matured as a reader now though and am enjoying it, even if it is a little dense with detail.

RIGOLO

The Shield of Achilles, War Peace and The Course of History... Philip Bobbitt.
I loves a good whodunnit when the summer hits.

Daisy78

Elefant by Martin Suter.

Carry

I've started My Name is Bridget - The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home by Alison O'Reilly.

Fascinating and horrifying book that tells the story of the Tuam Mother & Baby Home following the life of one woman, who had the misfortune to end up there, but with lots of personal accounts of other people who survived this horror house.

The way the women are treated is nothing else but cruel, but the way the children had to suffer is simply unbelievable, as if the nuns tried to "abort" the babies after they were born and with utmost cruelty - starving them, torturing them, denying them basic hygiene and health care, not to mention love and compassion. And then there were the septic tanks ...

Highly recommended reading (especially for "pro-lifers").
But be warned: It's a book that encourages you to go to the shed, grab the pitchfork and go after every nun that crosses your path.

Paddy Samurai

Noel Some Cornbread wrote: »

Just finishing 'Emperor. The Gates of Rome', by Conn Iggulden.

Absolutely loved it and have just ordered the sequel 'Emperor. The Death of Kings' and can't wait for it!.

Great series ,liked it a lot.If your looking another fix of “ Rome “ give Harry Sidebottom a try.

Also Eagle in the Snow by Wallace Breem is a good one.

Paddy Samurai

Noel Some Cornbread wrote: »

I accidentally fell out of my comfort zone when I found a book someone had just finished (I hope) and left in work.

'Emperor', The Gates of Rome' by Conn Iggulden.

Started reading it in work, didn't think I'd get a taste for anything Roman and got hooked two pages in and stayed up until 3am this morning with it.

Best of all, I Googled the author and I've stumbled upon the first in a series of books. I've never heard of the author or his books and it seems I've stumbled upon a little gem

Iggulden was one of the authors that started me traveling on the historical fiction road.After I finished the emperor series I read his Genghis khan series which although not on a par IMO , is still top notch.

Autosport

Just finished Steve Cavanagh : Thirteen and it was an enjoyable read with plenty of twists to keep you hooked

Dial Hard

Currently re-reading The Stand for the nth time. I've genuinely lost count of how many times I've read it, all I know is that this is my second copy of it as I read the first one literally to flitters and this one is getting pretty dog-eared at this stage too.

Next up will be "The Surface Breaks".

wally1990

The spider network - absolutely gripping

Thargor

Dial Hard wrote: »

Currently re-reading The Stand for the nth time. I've genuinely lost count of how many times I've read it, all I know is that this is my second copy of it as I read the first one literally to flitters and this one is getting pretty dog-eared at this stage too.

Next up will be "The Surface Breaks".

Its a go-to Christmas present for me when I cant think of anything to get someone, nobody ever regrets reading it, the size on its own impresses them and you can get it for a fiver on Amazon whenever you want