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Kelvin Mace

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32. Hmmmmm...

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 12:50 AM

Nov 2013

Memoirs of a Mangy Lover - Groucho Marx (Comedy)

Lord D'Arcy Investigates - Randall Garrett (Fantasy/Sci-Fi)

Myth Adventures - Robert Asprin (Fantasy/Comedy)

The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher (Series/Horror)

Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date - Robert X. Cringely (Non-Fiction)

Maus: A Survivors Tale - Art Spiegleman (Graphic Novel)

Travis McGee series - John D. McDonald (Detective fiction, with a dash of liberal politics and environmentalism)

Anything by David Sedaris (Social satire)

The Guns of August - Barbara W. Tuchman (History)

The Big Short - Michael Lewis (Current events, economics)

Packing for Mars - Mary Roach (Science)

Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain (Non-Fiction)

All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of Slavery - Henry Mayer (Biography)

Bring on the Empty Horses - David Niven (Biography)

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Can someone suggest a good book to read? [View all] samplegirl Nov 2013 OP

What genres? PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #1

Nonfiction preferably. samplegirl Nov 2013 #6

There's a new biography of Barbara Stanwick pscot Nov 2013 #11

Interesting, my Dad just loved her moxie and raised me be the wise cracking dame she often bettyellen Nov 2013 #44

I suggest you take your question to the "Reading and Writing" groups: scarletwoman Nov 2013 #2

I'm in the middle of Butch McQueen Nov 2013 #3

I loved Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior trishtrash Nov 2013 #4

THAT was a feast of the imagination, from family life to nature. I highly recommend it, even though ancianita Nov 2013 #22

Loved The Lacuna also by Kingsolver roody Nov 2013 #26

I also highly recommend Flight Behavior. northoftheborder Nov 2013 #53

bill bryson... MrMickeysMom Nov 2013 #5

Excellent suggestion Ron Obvious Nov 2013 #31

See? Now, I'm gonna look for more of him! MrMickeysMom Nov 2013 #43

Thank you for the great suggestions samplegirl Nov 2013 #7

Don Quixote?!1 n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #8

Sand county almanac by aldo leopold; second nature, a gardeners education by Michael Pollan peacebird Nov 2013 #9

"War & Peace"... Historic NY Nov 2013 #10

I apologize if you've read it already ballabosh Nov 2013 #12

I just finished ''Nine and Counting: The Women of the Senate''. I liked it a lot. Tx4obama Nov 2013 #13

I liked "Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution" by Michelle Moran. Kablooie Nov 2013 #14

Sycamore Row: John Grisham Logical Nov 2013 #15

I haven't read that one yet, but I love all his books! B Calm Nov 2013 #41

Robert Draper's "When the Tea Party Came to Town." CBHagman Nov 2013 #16

Here. This will keep you busy for 10 years.... RagAss Nov 2013 #17

I am going to have a hard time deciding samplegirl Nov 2013 #18

Mark Kurlansky's two books, Cod and Salt Paulie Nov 2013 #19

yeah, cod is a great one arely staircase Nov 2013 #55

I am Malala davidpdx Nov 2013 #20

Are you into historical fiction? alittlelark Nov 2013 #21

Godel Escher Bach, and eternal golden braid Taitertots Nov 2013 #23

"God is not Great" -- Christopher Hitchens Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #24

Some recent non-fiction books I've read mythology Nov 2013 #25

"The Discoverers" by Daniel Boorstein fayhunter Nov 2013 #27

Excellent book that's now well known. SheilaT Nov 2013 #33

I've heard great things about this book, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close oregonjen Nov 2013 #28

I've been enjoying the Wicked series TlalocW Nov 2013 #29

Can't Find My Way Home;: A history of drugs in America. Bennyboy Nov 2013 #30

Hmmmmm... Kelvin Mace Nov 2013 #32

Generations by SheilaT Nov 2013 #34

Several come to mind. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #35

The Presidents Club. PeteSelman Nov 2013 #36

"The Assault on Reason" by Al Gore. Uncle Joe Nov 2013 #37

At Home by Bill Bryson cynannmarie Nov 2013 #38

As I said upthread Ron Obvious Nov 2013 #47

If you don't mind a really old book... jmowreader Nov 2013 #39

I want to thank each of you again samplegirl Nov 2013 #40

Fiction or Non? demwing Nov 2013 #42

Another older book that I love ballabosh Nov 2013 #45

Can this "Flag" book be the same as in this OP? fadedrose Nov 2013 #46

Loved the book! samplegirl Nov 2013 #49

How We Decide Cannikin Nov 2013 #48

Nobel laureate Coyotl Nov 2013 #50

a few nonfiction I've liked ... ctaylors6 Nov 2013 #51

Really loved Shadow Divers! Laffy Kat Nov 2013 #61

What do you like reading? My wife suggested The 12th Wife diabeticman Nov 2013 #52

We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #54

Twelve Years a Slave grasswire Nov 2013 #56

More truth than fiction..."Catch-22". Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #57

Wow...this is great samplegirl Nov 2013 #58

Thanks for the time and samplegirl Nov 2013 #59

"Death at SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity" ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #60

The World According To Garp... The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test... Childhood's End...Cosmos... WillyT Nov 2013 #62

"A Fine Balance" by Rohinton Mistry. A longstanding favourite of mine. applegrove Nov 2013 #63

So many, but as of yesterday "Zealot" by Reza Aslan. truebluegreen Nov 2013 #64

Zealot RosettaStoned77 Nov 2013 #65