I usually read fiction; what are some good novels? I can recommend Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series, and John Sandford's Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers books.

Your post about what we are reading


Someone had to do it

I like fiction TOO ... BS harp

So I get most of that from reading the posts on ....

moparts !

Well I don't have any books here, wasn't really planning on staying here long. I thought about downloading a book to my kindle but with the crappy, limited internet we get here it would probably take a week to download and use up all my limited download ability. So, I'm stuck reading moparts.

I am reading up on building a safe room using info from FEMA.

I was intrigued by the guy that had a safe house that looked like a cement outhouse - saved him and his family in the last tornadoes that went through the south.

One person's Mopar history of '68 - '70 B-Body in semi-hard cover

The First and the Last by Adolph Galland

I have been reading a couple of books, one is "Inside Shelby America" and the other is "Christine" from Stephen King.

Infolinks.

Since you asked, my recent stack of read Non-fiction:

"Fascism" Madeleine Albright 2018

"The Sociopath Next Door" Martha Stout, PhD 2005

"The Art of the Deal" Donald Trump, 1987

"Paris 1919" Margaret Macmillan 2001

"How Democracies Die" Steve Levitsky & Daniel Ziblatt 2018

"Sacred Duty" Tom Cotton 2019

"Once upon a time in Russia" Ben Mezrich 2015

"A very stable Genius" Philip Rucker & Carol Leoning 2020

"Fear" Bob Woodward 2018 will finish within a day or two

The last two were given to me for reading by my 90 year old mother.

I prefer non fiction, as I get enough fiction on the nightly news shows.

Everything above I found to be a worthwhile read, and will only discuss by PM, until further notice.

Russian Passion in the night. By Hoonawder Titzov.

I read this one by Scott Adams last week. The creator of Dilbert has several good books out there.
https://www.amazon.com/Loserthink-Untrained-Brains-Ruining-America-ebook/dp/B07P8J8YB6

I recently read Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. I never read it before until now...great story!

This. Very sad but a good read. A must read for a die-hard RUSH fan.

Check out "In the Heart of the Sea" it is the true story of the event that inspired Melville to write Moby Dick. Excellent book.

I probably started Moby Dick a half-dozen times before I got past the 30th page. When I finally did read it, I was glad that I did. It's easily one of the best American novels ever written. Like a lot of readers, I struggled reading the long and descriptive passages related to the anatomy of whales, etc., but Melville's knowledge of whales and the whaling industry is impressive. It's probably not true, but I read somewhere that Melville purposefully made those passages tedious and boring to give the reader an idea of what it was like to be stuck at sea for months on end.

For the seafaring genre, Patrick O'Brian does it as well as anybody.

I just finished Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants.

THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE AMERICAN RACING CAR by Griffith Borgeson

"The Golden Age of the American Racing Car" emphasizes the human side of racing history, offering insight into the men who shaped the golden age. Covering a period of time from the 1910s through the 1930s, the book describes the historical development of race car technology and presents fascinating information on race courses, designers, builders, drivers, and events. Racing pioneers covered include: Fred Duesenberg, Louis Chevrolet, Harry Miller, Leo Goossen, and Fred Offenhauser."

I find it a fascinating read.




https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Age-American-Racing-Car/dp/B000LB60SO

Next on your list should be "Gunpowder: Alchemy, Bombards, and Pyrotechnics: The History of the Explosive that Changed the World" by Jack Kelly. Very readable.