Last book I finished? I think it was Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky, but I'm not quite sure to be honest, how silly it may sound. I think it's a very good book. Lots of philosophical, ethical, religious and political questions between the lines. And I came to like the main character Artyom a lot. Book I read before that must have been Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski, unless I'm messing up the order here. That one was a master piece too. It's just so painful it'll take another two years before its sequel Times of Contempt gets released in a language I can read.
Now reading The Chronicles of the Black Company by Glen Cook and I'm very much enjoying the dark atmosphere. After this I'll read a collection of stories by H. P. Lovecraft and I'm looking much forward to that.

A Dance With Dragons, and it was the best book I have read all year, by far.

Warbreaker by Bandon Sanderson.
good stuff

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.
Good book , he states in great detail of his life as a cook which I may say for any cooks out there is quite amazing and stressful job. The book had some funny parts and I thought it was good then again I like Anthony a lot from his show too.

Orwell, A Clergyman's Daughter. It's not as good as Down and Out in Paris and London.

I'm about to start reading the Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Howard's End, but the last book I read was Fahrenheit 451. I liked Fahrenheit 451, don't care about Howard's End (for school, I didn't choose to read it), and the Seven Pillars of Wisdom looks interesting. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a huge book. I don't think I've read such a large book, before.

I could barely get through it the first time, man I am surprised someone has the patience to go through that book again in the first place. Poor Gardener.

The dunwich horror. It wasnt horrifying. Lovecraft is over rated. Im giving him a second chance with "Atthe mountains of madness" but so far I dont really feel like reading it. I got to the part with

I just finished Game of Thrones on Saturday, which I loved, and I'm currently working on The Sun Also Rises.

The last book I read (quite some time ago now) was With The Old Breed by Eugene Sledge. It's an excellent account of how miserable it was to be a US Marine in the Pacific during WWII. It's a great read for anyone that is interested in WWII history.

I should really read more books, it probably almost a year since I read that.

Last book I read?
"The Alaska Purchase and Russian-American Relations"
>>I do NOT recommend it unless you have to write a paper on the topic or suffer from insomnia. Boring as hell :/

Before that, though, I read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_B%C3%AAte_humaine by Zola. Much better :foodndrink:

Now I'm re-reading Michel Strogoff by Jules Verne.

Ender's Game.

I confess I had never read the book until about a week ago, when I had a 6 hour waste-my-life-staring-at-a-wall-all-night watch. I read through the entire book in one standing, and was pleased with it. It's not often I like Fantasy or Sci-Fi books, because too many end up like the one I read about a quarter of before deciding staring at the wall was better (The Pillars of Creation, from The Sword of Truth series). Unlike that one Ender's didn't have terrible cliche mary-sue characters, had a very interesting plot, and a pretty wild twist. At least I thought it was wild.

Just recently finished The Edge of War by Alex Darwin, with a ton of researchers.

It's an amazing and comprehensive account an history of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 (popularly leading to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm), and the Kuwaiti resistance efforts put forth by the Kuwaiti Government in exile. If anyone's interested in International affairs or politics, it's incredibly interesting and sheds light on a lot of how things go down within Middle Eastern politics.

Fun fact: I even personally know our former Ambassador to Kuwait, Edward "Skip" Gnehm, who's featured in the book several times.

Last book I read was a couple years ago while I was flying out to Vegas. I don't remember the title of it (possibly Marker), but I do remember the author being Robin Cook. I also remember it being a bit predictable, perhaps that's because I've read a few of them already and am familiar with his style of writing.

Best Book I read would've been either Travels with Charlie, or The Stand. I read a whole lot more when I was young, than I do now. I just don't have the patience to sit and read like that anymore.

Ecclesiastes. Awesome.

Yes! Finally someone else who has read it!

My all time favorite Steinbeck book.

The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe. I definitely liked it, despite getting a little bored of it. What I read before that, and what I'm reading again for the second time is The Songs of Maldoror by Comte de Lautréamont. I less than three this book so much :wub:.. Very dark stuff

Black Hole, by Charles Burns.
Depressing, but beautiful. A love story, and a mystery. A story about growing up, a story about being lost, or cast out socially.
Give it a try. You're bound to be thinking about it for days after you turn the last page.

Ender's Game is the first English novel I've ever read. I was 11 or something when I read it, and I don't quite recall the details and how it ended, but I remember how much I loved it. In fact I think it was my entrance ticket to the sci-fi universe. Never got around to read the rest of the series though. Gotta re-read the whole thing sometime.

last book I read for fun, or latest textbook I had to read for classes?

Last book for fun... I think it was a Discworld book a few years ago, the one that comes before Thud! since I haven't read that one yet.

I used to be a voracious reader, now I can't stand it, it's way too passive an activity for me. I should probably try to sell my books, since I doubt I'll ever re-read them.

work related book = national electrical code book

When reading it for the purpose of taking a test, it will make most people want to shoot themselves in the face.

fun related book: lightning in his hands (about Nikola Tesla)

Nikola was one of the most amazing minds of the modern world. His works have benefited the whole world astronomically. If your unaware of how much he was involved in i recommend a look see.

World War Z. A bit slow and lacking on action, but the writing was amazing and the depth of detail was astounding. It read like a legitimate recounting of a zombie war, and not some action book. Completely different than what I thought it would be but was still great.

The Stranger by Albert Camus. Depressing as hell, but also absolutely beautiful. The most interesting aspect is that the writing style itself changes to reflect the main character's development.

My favorite King book, strictly for the characters rather than the plot.

I finished Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars the other day, which is a collection of 4 Novellas. It's the Stephen King book I've read, and I absolutely loved it, although the novella Fair Extension left me quite upset and feeling a little depressed, so I put the book down for a while. It was still an amazing book though, and I can't wait to get another of Stephen King's books.

At the moment I'm reading a book called Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick, which is terrible. It's one of those teenage girl books where an ordinary girl gets svcked up into extraordinary fantasy events by a sixy, mysterious and elusive guy. The main character is frustratingly gullible, stupid and impulsive, and seems to have an unrealistic ability to not have a mental breakdown at all the drastic and terrible events that happen to her. It's also far too focussed on her break-up with her boyfriend, which is something I hate in a story. The story twists and turns far too quickly, with little recognition for major events after they've happened. The first book, Hush, Hush, was okay, but this sequel is terrible. Unfortunately, I hate to stop in the middle of a book, so I can't stop until I've finished. Please, for your own good, don't read it