Best books you have read in the last 12 months?

[Guyman1966]

Its an old one...

The Winds of War - Herman Wouk

[rhcolbert]

Redeployment by Phil Klay. Really hit home and gives such good insight to what it's like. Really therapeutic read for me

[Ken Gargett]

Its an old one...

The Winds of War - Herman Wouk

absolutely. great read.

[scottm12]

I"m a big Jo Nesbo fan. Great crime fiction coming out of Norway.

[Othello]

"One Summer; America 1927"

By Bill Bryson

Another excellent title from the same author, "A Brief History of Private Life"

[dogdays]

The inner game by Tim Gallwey . great book .

[TiminBC]

When I travel I take audio books with me. They fit on my phone nicely and I have no eye strain. On long drives they can make time past quickly and interestingly. It takes longer to get through a book as they are read aloud. Some books can have multiple readers but often it is only one reader using different voices.

For a science fiction classic try Childhoods End by Arthur C Clark

Just finished a Steven King book called Mr. Mercedes which is worth a listen

From 2008 another Steven King book I enjoyed was Duma Key

An older detective book I revisited in audio format is called Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen.

Go to twit.tv and you can get 2 free books books from audible.com (Amazon) and you could cancel after but I bet you may not

http://www.audible.com/t1/TWIT_14dpft?source_code=PBRP0256WS070108

[jedipastor]

"A Memory of Light,"

This is the final book in the Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan.

I'm a huge fan of long fiction series, especially scifi and fantasy. Of all the series I've read, not only was this one of the best, but the end was possibly the best / most satisfying series ending of any that I've ready. This is up there with Lord of the Rings (really), and I'd recommend it highly to any fans of the genre.

"Ready Player One."

This is a surprisingly awesome book for and of scifi / video games / '80s pop culture. The author's predictions about the future of virtual reality and how it might effect society are very interesting, and the story was great. It's a quick read too .. or if you're like me and prefer audio books, its' a quick "listen." And even better, the audiobook is read by none other than Star Trek's Will Weaton! I'm planning to go through it again before the years is out (which is saying something!).

"Ender's Game."

I realize this one is far from new, but I hadn't gotten around to reading it until the movie came out. Fantastic book! Yes, it's way better than the movie, but the movie was still entertaining. I'm working through the sequels now, which are very different, but also good books (only into the 2nd sequel now).

[merc]

"A Memory of Light,"

This is the final book in the Wheel of Time series by the late Robert Jordan.

I'm a huge fan of long fiction series, especially scifi and fantasy. Of all the series I've read, not only was this one of the best, but the end was possibly the best / most satisfying series ending of any that I've ready. This is up there with Lord of the Rings (really), and I'd recommend it highly to any fans of the genre.

Glad to hear this. I read the first three books years ago (which were great), but was put off by the fact that Robert Jordan died before finishing the last book. I know he left notes for his son to finish the series, but I thought it couldn't be as good as what he would have written himself.

I might buy the whole series and start at book one again.

[jedipastor]

Glad to hear this. I read the first three books years ago (which were great), but was put off by the fact that Robert Jordan died before finishing the last book. I know he left notes for his son to finish the series, but I thought it couldn't be as good as what he would have written himself.

I might buy the whole series and start at book one again.

You should get them! While in the hospital, Robert Jordan wrote extensive outlines for the finale of the series (which turned into 3 books). Brandon Sanderson wrote those last 3 books, he's an excellent writer and he really did do an awesome job, imvho. Different, yes, but true to Jordan's characters and story.

[Piligrim]

It was Baudolino by Umberto Eko

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[champ]

Without doubt Confessions of a Carp Fisher by BB.It a little book that i keep going back to it tells of the authors obsession with fishing and was written in the mid 1940s.I am lucky to have a copy of the tiny first edition in its dust wrapper.

[tdlfoto]

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad

God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy

History Will Absolve Me - Fidel Castro

[HarveyBoulevard]

Rip Tide Ultra Glide -- by Tim Dorsey

Tiger Shrimp Tango -- by Tim Dorsey

Dad Is Fat -- by Jim Gaffigan

The Zombie Survival Guide -- by Max Brooks

Havana Nocturne -- by T.J. English

Scalia Dissents -- by Antonin Scalia and Kevin A. Ring

[Overproof]

11 Rings by Phil Jackson. Great read so far.

[danielmgibbs]

the dune film was so truly appalling that it put me off trying the books. assume they are better?

[shlomo]

Based on the posts here, I started on 11/22/63 last night. Excellent so far!

[mash]

Based on the posts here, I started on 11/22/63 last night. Excellent so far!

I hope you like it as much as I did. I just finished Mr. Mercedes which I thought was great too.

[LLC]

Based on the posts here, I started on 11/22/63 last night. Excellent so far!

I loved this book. Hard to put down.

[shlomo]

Based on the posts here, I started on 11/22/63 last night. Excellent so far!

Finished it a couple nights ago. VERY enjoyable. Far from King's best work imo, but still an excellent read, with quick little sections and interesting and captivating plot. I do have to say that the end was kind of hokey, almost M. Night Shmayalan hokey, but other than the last 50 or so pages, well worth the time commitment. Very much recommended!

[shlomo]

Also finished FOUR from the Divergent collection. Very short, but a nice accompaniement to Divergent. Started Insurgent a couple nights ago. Just as enjoyable as the others. I do like this series very much, even though the target audience is clearly adolescent females....

[canadianbeaver]

Finished it a couple nights ago. VERY enjoyable. Far from King's best work imo, but still an excellent read, with quick little sections and interesting and captivating plot. I do have to say that the end was kind of hokey, almost M. Night Shmayalan hokey, but other than the last 50 or so pages, well worth the time commitment. Very much recommended!

Loved this book.

Reading an oldie but a goodie. Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song". What happened was I was trying to get through "The Goldfinch"... forever. I just could not do it. Finally I gave up when I was ready to chew my arms off holding up my ipad mini.

Went to my faithful Pulitzer Prize list and came up with this ^^^. Riveting!

[helix]

Keith Richards.."Life" The guy unbelievably has it together and remembers everything. A very interesting read from post war England as a boy to recent times. A different take on the history of rock & roll. Some good pic's and worthwhile reading.

[Mckucci]

Death, Drugs and muscle. It's a book about Gregg Valentino's life (the man who's arms exploded)

It's actually a very interesting read!

[shlomo]

Recently read Kitchen Confidential (Uncut Version) by Anthony Bourdain. Laughed my ass off and very well written.........great VACA read btw.

JD

Just finishing this one up. Didn't understand lot of the kitchen and food lingo, but enjoyed it. He is a truly funny *******.