What Books Are You Reading ? (2025)

[newnative]

   Currently reading the new Reacher novel, In Too Deep.  Have been reading some of the Robert Crais novels I missed featuring private detective Elvis Cole.   Found a wonderful Japanese writer, Keigo Higashino, and have been reading his mysteries.  John Sandford's Virgil Flowers novels are excellent--a companion series to the Lucas Davenport 'Prey' novels.  Also catching up with some of the Robert Harris novels I missed.  Good stuff.  Waiting next to be read, The Waiting, by the always reliable Michael Connelly.  

[BritManToo]

I'll lower the tone a bit,

Eric Vall - Magic Girls of Multiverse Inn

8 books of our multi-dimensional hero accumulating women to fill his harem.

[mikebell]

On 1/2/2025 at 5:04 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I read all Reacher novel until the moment Lee Child asked his brother to write them. One of those was enough to stop reading. Sad.

Agreed - though I thought it was his son? 

 

As I do all my nighttime reading on a Kindle, I recommend readers visit Ocean of PDF.  Lots of authors/titles are available for free as PDF downloads.  'Anyfile converter' will change this format to MOBI which can be dragged & dropped from computer to Kindle.

[BritManToo]

On 1/3/2025 at 1:48 PM, Keep Right said:

I tried ordering the new 2024 Kindle 7" Paperwhite from Amazon delivered to my address in Thailand but they said it could not be delivered to me here in Thailand. Not sure why as I have had other items from Amazon delivered to this address.

Just bought the new Kids 7" Paperwhite for 4,350bht (inc) from a Hong Kong dealer (4p store) on Lazada. Ordered on 2nd, delivered by DHL on 6th.

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.th766

 

Just downloaded Stigmata from Z Library, get all my books from there or Mobilism.

[petertucker48]

To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harper Lee.

[RuamRudy]

Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami - I always find I need to push myself to get through his books and this one is no different, but for all its lack of pazazz or page-turning intrigue, there is a constant warmth and humanity in his writing that makes the effort worthwhile. 

[Dazinoz]

Bankbook.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Agreed - though I thought it was his son? 

 

As I do all my nighttime reading on a Kindle, I recommend readers visit Ocean of PDF.  Lots of authors/titles are available for free as PDF downloads.  'Anyfile converter' will change this format to MOBI which can be dragged & dropped from computer to Kindle.

I used to download many eBooks, mostly all the NYT bestsellers.

Now I actually buy them on Amazon with OneClick. It is just so convenient, and most books are still cheap. 

 

[Watawattana]

I'm using the Kindle App on my iPhone, but books through Amazon with OneClick.  Generally works well.  I've been on planes a lot in recent months so being offline having downloaded the books before has been great.

 

I read some diverse stuff.  In the last couple of months I've read:

 - Lee Child's 'The Secret'.

 - Autobiography by the ex-tour manager of Oasis (Iain Robertson).

 - Autobiography called "Parole", written by Rob McKeon who chaired very many Parole Boards in the UK (very interesting take on the UK's failing justice system, probably relevant to many other countries too).

 - John Grisham's "The Reckoning".  Set in both 1940's farming and criminal justice system, alongside the US military's guerrilla actions in Bataan, Philippines, after the Death March at the hands of the Japanese military.  A good book.

 

Currently reading an autobiography called 'Shallow Graves' by Ray Fysh, who was a forensic investigator for the UK Police and ended up being at the forefront of forensic science developments in some very high profile cases.  Again, very interesting.

[Enoon]

 

The Crisis of Parliaments, English History 1509-1660.

 

 

 

 

[ujayujay]

My Bankbooks

[wwest5829]

“Thailand’s Secret War: …”

[jingjai9]

The Unholy Alliance by Paul L. Williams. It is a history of an alliance consisting of the Vatican, the Mafia and the CIA. The book is nonfiction and so far all of my fact checking has lent credence to the author's claims.

There is a podcast of some of this book. The name of the podcast is Eyes Wide Open.

 

LBJ biography by Robert Caro. 

[AlexRich]

On 1/3/2025 at 5:25 AM, blackcab said:

The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson.

I read that last year, but some of his claims (top trader, etc) have been contested … so perhaps he has exaggerated his performance.