What are you currently reading?

[chado]

I am currently reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu. Once finished I will be reading The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu.

Haha, so I'm not the only crazy guy who reads both books. Additionally you might be interested in Konfuzius.

At the moment I read many books at the same time. Books no one is interested in unless the person writes a thesis and needs some good looking quotes.  

Okay, one recommendation: "How to drive a tank..." by Frank Coles is a funny one. He tries to teach young men and softies what they need to know to become a McGyver and James Bond in one person. This book is a threat.. ;-)

[Alex]

I am currently reading The Art of War by Sun Tzu.

Brilliant piece of literature. Quoting it got me into university ^^

[biohazard]

I´ve just started with the first book of the forgotten realms of r.a. salvatore.
It is a fantasy story aroud Drizzt Do' Urden

[Historybuff83]

I´ve just started with the first book of the forgotten realms of r.a. salvatore.
It is a fantasy story aroud Drizzt Do' Urden

Always enjoyed the Drizzt Do'Urden stories myself.  Anyway, finished Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue, very good book, the author is a very entertaining writer and his theory on why English is so, well odd, is very thought provoking and well explained.  Definitely a good read to help explain why English, despite being a Germanic language, is so fundamentally different from any other Germanic tongue (and yes, it goes deeper than the French/Latin vocabulary)

Right now I am currently reading Lamb by Christopher Moore, a comedy based on the life of Jesus Christ between the ages of 10-30.  Funny, but definitely not for those who take their religion with a side of way too serious.

[Steggsaurus]

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut.

[KamSza]

Arnaldur Indriðason "Voices"

[Lisa2408]

I´m just reading and learning from GRAY´S Anatomie für Medizinstudenten,
Lehrbuch der Anatomie von LIPPERT,
MOLL Anatomie,
Florian HORN - Biochemie des Menschen and last but not least
KLINKE / PAPE / SILBERNAGL  Physiologie

[aepplerqueen]

I´m just reading and learning from GRAY´S Anatomie für Medizinstudenten,
Lehrbuch der Anatomie von LIPPERT,
MOLL Anatomie,
Florian HORN - Biochemie des Menschen and last but not least
KLINKE / PAPE / SILBERNAGL  Physiologie

sounds very exiciting 

[Jann]

I tend to read a lot of things more or less at the same time, one book at my bedside, another at my office for lunchtime reading, another and another.

For the last few months I have been trying to read The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett.  I keep having to put it down and may have done so permanently.  Usually when I start a book I finish it but in this case I may make an exception.  It is a sort-of historical novel set in medieval England and around the building of a cathedral, but I have concluded that all of the foregoing is merely the background on which Follett has pasted a number of poorly written sex scenes.  NOT recommended.

Right now the book in my office is Eric Block's Garlic and Other Alliums.  It doesn't sound exciting but it is very interesting and appropriate for my line of work.  Block combines the lore and science of alliums to make a very readable book for botanists as well as the general public.  Organic chemists might find it quite fascinating.  Recommended.

My main read at the moment is Faithful Place by Tana French, a detective novel cum family story set in modern Dublin.  From the very first page it had my full attention.  It has a strong narrative, a good plot line and characters about whom you want to know more.  Some of the dialogue is written in Dublin dialect though, and that may be puzzling for Europeans and North Americans. Strongly recommended.

In between the office and bedside books I've been reading the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich.  This is not great literature, it is a series of light, funny female romantic adventures set in, of all places, Trenton, New Jersey.  You wouldn't think that was much of a recommendation but the novels work nicely. They are good light entertainment, well written, with vivid character descriptions and laugh-aloud situations.  Since last Friday night I've read five of the sixteen and I am working on number six. Enthusiastically recommended.   

[Dan]

Who censored Roger Rabbit by Gary Wolf

It's very good and doesn't have much to do with the movie.

[mejor-desnudo]

I have just finished "Cutting for Stone" by Abraham Verghese. Loved it. Very beautiful. The story of two (twin) brothers in Ethiopia... and more... I cannot tell... .

[Setesh]

Currently, I am reading "Imperium" by Robert Harris.

[Dan]

Who censored Roger Rabbit by Gary Wolf

It's very good and doesn't have much to do with the movie.

I finished it, it's not too long. Great mystery novel, I highly recommend it. And since it has nothing to do with the movie beside sharing characters, you won't know who did it until the end.

[Jann]

My main read at the moment is Faithful Place by Tana French, a detective novel cum family story set in modern Dublin.  From the very first page it had my full attention.  It has a strong narrative, a good plot line and characters about whom you want to know more.  Some of the dialogue is written in Dublin dialect though, and that may be puzzling for Europeans and North Americans. Strongly recommended.

Finished reading it.  It is definitely an Irish tale with an Irish ending.  Strongly recommended.

[MrDude]

Carlos Luiz Zafòn - The angel's game
it seems interesting, but I am still at the beginning...