What's The Best Book You've Read Recently?

[effzee]

Well, I'm burning though our Agatha Christie collection and enjoying it immensely. That Dame could write

Think I'll pick up old Plumb next; Jeeves and Wooster would be a perfect escapist retreat from all the rotten craziness swirling around the world today.

And here's a good read about particularly good writer

The man who wrote the most perfect sentences ever written

In our latest essay in which a critic reflects on a cultural work that brings them joy, Nicholas Barber pays tribute to the blissfully escapist comic novels of PG Wodehouse.

www.bbc.com

 

[Dostradamas]

Scalzi's Old Mans War series is some great new science fiction.
This is a great science fiction comedy.

 

[DekeDog]

Elegant People, A History of the Band Weather Report, by Curt Bianchi.

 

[The Angle]

Generally I read history and pre-1970s SF, but right now I'm really enjoying The Storyteller by Dave Grohl.

 

[johnny k]

George jones' i lived to tell it all. I read it in 2 days.

 

[Oxidao]

Patti Smith’s Just Kids

Patti and Mapelthorpe, cool cats.

 

[Stubee]

Just finishing this. Great & stunning read.

 

[blowtorch]

As I find myself tentatively re-entering the world of reading for enjoyment, I've recently received these in the mail

I'd pretty much sworn off Stephen King three decades back, but my recent reading of "Elevation" reminded me how much fun he can be.