what are the best books you've read recently?
AnonymousThe most enjoyable books I’ve read in the past few months (in no particular order):
- The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
- Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
- Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell
- Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
- Medium Raw by Anthony Bourdain
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder
- Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America’s Soul by Karen Abbott
- Anti-Intellectualism in American Life by Richard Hofstadter
- Interpretations of American History, Volume 2: From Reconstruction by Francis G. Couvares
- Real Money: Sane Investing in an Insane World by Jim Cramer
Work book I’ve read recently:
- Damned by Chuck Palahniuk (lately, I find this guy nearly unreadable).
I’m more curious: what has everyone else has been reading lately?
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alecforshort said:
Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides), Them (Jon Ronson), and The Visible Man (Chuck Klosterman).
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stephhalch said:
Chuck Palahniuk has decided to be the worst writer of all time in the past few years.
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defiled said:
Swamplandia, Welcome to the Goon Squad, IQ84, and the Pale King - and to be honest, I really only enjoyed two of those four novels.
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awritersruminations said:
Communist Manifesto. Outline of Psychoanalysis, Gertrude Stein, Louise Erdrich, Heart of Darkness, and I’m reading Austerlitz at the moment along with several poetry anthologies.
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aerogare said:
Currently reading “Those Guys Have All The Fun” about ESPN; last fiction I read was “1Q84” by Murakami.
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