What books have you read recently?

[x88x]

Well, we have one for music and one for video games, so why not?

Recently I've been reading through the Dune series. I also recently found a collection of short stories by Orson Scott Card set in his Ender universe...that was fun. IMO the Ender and Shadow sagas are just about the best science fiction ever written.

Not exactly recent, but thought I'd throw it out there because I think a lot of people here would enjoy it. Makers by Cory Doctorow is great. It's a nice change to see a novel written with an insider view into maker culture. For anyone interested in information security, his earlier novel Little Brother is also a good read.

[mDust]

I just read Ender's Game last week. It was really good...so good in fact that I'm going to have to read the other three now.

I also read a book called 'Hold Tight' by Harlan Coben. It is a #1 New York Times Bestseller just like every other book, but I liked it.

And before that I read 'Earth (The Book) ... A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race'. It was mildly entertaining and not at all what I was expecting.

[farlo]

well, it doesnt qualify as a book, but i re-read the walking dead comics issues 1-80 in a couple days. prior to that was world war z.

[killergamer]

Right now, I'm not currently reading any thing good. I finished "The Law of Nines" by Terry Goodkind, he is the author that wrote The Sword Of Truth Series. They are all great books! I've also finished Butcher Bird and a couple other Richard Kadrey books they were amazing books to!

[x88x]

I just read Ender's Game last week. It was really good...so good in fact that I'm going to have to read the other five now.

FTFY.

I would also highly recommend Ender's Shadow. It follows Bean through the same time period as Ender's Game. The Ender series is more hard sci-fi, following Ender, whereas the Shadow series is more political intrigue, following Peter, Valentine, Bean, and a few others. Personally, I thought all of them were amazing.

First Meetings was the collection I read recently. I actually didn't know it existed until I found it on a bookstore shelf a couple weeks ago.

[Lothair]

Harry Potter. Lord of the Rings. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Sword of Truth. Forgotten Realms. Fablehaven. Septimus Heap. Chronicles of Narnia. Artemis Fowl.

I have an interesting taste in books. It seems I'm very bipolar within one genre. It's either an adult book suited for fairly mature audiences or it's a children's book suited for pretty much anybody. Well, except the religious right. But they're all insane to begin with so of course they'd relate "the anti-christ here to corrupt our youth" with a feel-good book about a young, innocent and good hearted boy wielding an imaginary magic piece of wood whose sole purpose basically becomes to defeat evil itself. lol I've never quite understood that.

I've read plenty of other books, but those are the most recent one's I've enjoyed reading. My library looks like it belongs to a nerdy teenager. :/

[artoodeeto]

Re-reading Harry Potter, also re-read LOTR, finished Sword of Truth series not too long ago, and I'm starting to read the new "History of the Hobbit" boxed set that came out recently. My fiancee got it for me for Christmas, 3 volume set, should be interesting!

[billygoat333]

I just finished Towers of Midnight by Robert Jordan/Brandon Sanderson. two thumbs up.

[dr.walrus]

textbooks

[Technochicken]

"Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character)"

A great, very funny book, especially if you are interested in science/physics.

Plus SAT prep books.