What book are you reading?

[lew]

I just finished Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne. If you’re into western history it’s worth a read.

If you liked that one, check out the following:

The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History by Paul Andrew Hutton
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn
Comanches: The History of a People by TR Fehrenbach

All three books were hard to put down. I like learning about the Apache Wars in particular, since some of those events happened literally within sight of my house. Normally I have a healthy respect for Amerindians, to include my Mexica ancestors, but the Comanche were absolutely worthy of the title "savage". Amazing what kind of barbarity those people dreamt up, and most of it was visited upon their fellows Amerindians.

[BLachance75]

I’ll have to check all 3 of those out. I really been into learning about western exploration lately so all 3 of those will fit in nicely. What I’ve learned so far is vastly different than what was taught in school as a child growing up. Thanks for the recommendations.

[lew]

De rien, mon ami. Also grab a hold of Lewis and Clark's journal. Enlightening stuff.

[BLachance75]

I’m starting Apache Wars now

[Challenger007]

At the moment I am reading Frederick Buckman's "The Second Life of Uwe". The novel sucked me in, in a few days I read 3/4 of the books, despite the fact that there is not so much time for reading.

[Brokeass_baller]

Is this the same book as "A Man Called Ove"? When I search your title, I get Russian results, for some reason. Lol

[BLachance75]

I finished “Endurance, Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage” by Alfred Lansing. I like polar exploration books and this one was very good. It is amazing to read what they lived through.

[Diomedes]

I've been reading stories that do weird things with time. So like The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which was fantastic and basically Knives Out + Momento + Edge of Tomorrow; All You Need is Kill, which is the book Edge of Tomorrow was based on, it was good, and I'm just about to finish Piranesi, which was...weird but enjoyable.

[Ratzo]

Currently reading "Kill-O-Byte".
It's about a VR video game. I think it was from 1993.

[Brokeass_baller]

I'm reading this right now. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I'm some regards, it's pretty well done. In others, it's pretty terrible. Lol. The technical stuff has definitely not aged well. I'm a little more than halfway through it.

[Axel]

When I was a teenager I started reading my dad's John Grisham novels. Saw "A Time For Mercy" on the grocery store rack the other week and picked it up. It's pretty good, not exactly a sequel but it picks up with the same attorney and setting as his first novel "A Time to Kill" (of "Yes they deserved to die, and I hope they burn in hell!" fame) five years later

[JonM]

The Cosmere marathon continues. I’ve completed The Way of Kings and I’m now on to Words of Radiance. As for recurring characters, I Felt that concept had a bit of Wit to it, don’t you think?

[Diomedes]

Edit: Went back up, and it looks like you already covered Warbreaker, so you're good. In for a treat with this installment. Possibly my favorite of the series. Maybe. It's hard to pick.

Read Warbreaker before Words of Radiance! No, really, you're gonna want to read Warbreaker first.

[gabe]

The Hunt for Red October is my current read. I read it probably once a year. My favorite book of all time.

On standby (I jump in and out of books halfway through) are: Pioneer Bush Pilot -Story of Noel Wien, In the Shadow of Eagles (another bush pilot bio), and Carrying the Fire (Michael Collins, Apollo astronaut bio). My tastes run mainly nautical and aeronautical history and biographies.

[Brokeass_baller]

Currently reading "Hot Springs" by Stephen Hunter. It's meh. I'm about halfway through. It's entertaining, but not amazing. The guy can write macho without coming off as cheesy, which is great. But the story is bland and predictable. I'll probably give another book or two a shot before I complete my opinion on this author.

[SpinDoctor15]

Skin in the Game by Nicholas Tassim Taleb. Loved The Black Swan and this one is also really interesting. Very dense, chewy reading (and re-reading since it takes me a bit to process!).

[stealthfox1]

Perry Rhodan #106 love this scify storry since about 20 years now

[Diomedes]

Okay current read is The Lies of Locke Lemora, which, not far into it yet, but I'm really enjoying so far. Just finished Neighborhood Defenders, which is about housing policy and specifically community involvement in planning and zoning meetings and how it generally prevents housing from being built. Let's see, did How the Word is Passed last week, which was a fantastic and thought-provoking read about the legacy of slavery in the US (and not just in the south), and also The British Are Coming, which was a solid first entry in a forthcoming nonfiction trilogy on the American Revolution by Rick Atkinson (who did a well-regarded trilogy on WWII).

[BLachance75]

I just finished "Ridgeline" by Michael Punke. It was an excellent book that made you not want to stop.

[bored383]

I started reading 'the three body problem' series over the summer. I am nearly done the 3rd book, 'death's end', and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in hard sci-fi and interesting concepts on the future

[JonM]

I've completed Words of Radiance and I'm on to Oathbringer.

Words of Radiance was certainly a fantastic read! I can also see why Warbreaker was recommended prior to reading this one. I was pleasantly surprised when Szeth was presented with a particular sentient blade near the end.