What Books Are You Reading At The Moment?

[Ayjay]

I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Crime Thriller

@Ghost. By coincidence, I'm just reading that and it's fantastic. It's been on my Kindle for a long time and I thought that I had better get to it as the author has a new one out soon. I've also got to say that its description at the beginning of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the most truthful that I have ever seen. I always describe it as the shiniest third world sh1t hole in existence - get below the veneer of civilisation and you might as well be back in the 12th century. I hope all those footballers taking the Saudi money begin to regret their decisions (but I doubt that will happen some how).

 

[Ghost]

@Ayjay
One of the best I’ve read this year.
The Year of the Locust is out in November.

If you like a crime thriller, I’d also recommend Killing Jericho.

 

[HoopDub]

I don't really put effort into reading fiction or fantasy novels, i prefere non fiction. Recently finished "Chaos - The Truth Behind The Manson Murders" by Tom O'Neill
Excellent book. Well worth a read if you are into true crime and corruption.

The one fiction novel i do read every couple of months, because it's awesome, is "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline. This book really is brilliant. If you're an 80s child into gaming and pop culture of the time, this will bring back so many memories.
Speilberg made a movie based on this book a few years ago, but he only really took the idea in a different direction. The film is pretty crap.
The book is nothing like the movie. The book is awesome!!

 

[roadtripper]

Having a bit of a renaissance of the old Kindle paper white to step away from screens a bit more and going back through my favourite Pratchetts.

 

[pip13]

Ragged edge

 

[Bav]

The Great Post Office Scandal, Nick Wallis.

Reading this book makes my piss boil.

 

[T6_Bluey]

The Comfort Crisis - Michael Easter

 

[Ghost]

Books I’ve read / listened to this year…
Tuva Moodyson Mystery series by Will Dean. Crime Thriller.
I’ve enjoyed this series so much, I’ve read all 5 books since April.
Book 6 out soon.
Tuva, a deaf news paper reporter, in an isolated Swedish town.

 

[GUMY]

Picked up a crime thriller by Yrsa Sigurdardottir (The Reckoning) at a book exchange on the last campsite we were at. Not my normal preference (prefer non-fiction / travel) but quite good so far.
Prior to that, just finished Curfewed Night by Basharat Peer, a fascinating insight into the troubles in Kashmir (much more my type of thing).

 

[Ghost]

The Darkroom by AJ Hewitt
Case files of Scotland Yard Forensic Photographer.
This is the most graphic book I’ve read, no holds barred.
It’s a must-read for true crime fanatics.

 

[Ghost]

The Last Line by Stephen Ronson.
Thriller set in WWll , but it’s not a story about war.
Great characters, and a real feel for the time and place.

 

[slocumjoseph]

I’ve recently finished two books about lighthouses. A book called Seashaken Houses. A fascinating account of eight mainly rock lighthouses around Britain visited by Tom Nancollas. That prompted me to buy The Lighthouse Stevensons. They are a dynasty of engineers that includes Robert Louis Stevenson but he wasn’t suited to engineering and became a famous author instead. Four generations of them, from the late 18th century through to the turn of the 20th century. They built virtually all the lighthouses around Scotland and they’re still working, although they are now automated. I’ve now become so obsessed with the history of them and lighthouse keepers I’m reading two others. Stories of some of Stevensons Scottish lighthouses and the other which I find a real page turner is called Archies Lights. The biography of lighthouse keeper Archie Macearchern. Written posthumously by his wife and packed with his fascinating and funny stories.
All this has caught my imagination so much I’ve joined the Lighthouse Keepers Association and I now know that my next trip up North will be to visit all the lighthouses from Duncansby Head, near John o Groats to Muckle Flugga at the extreme Northern tip of Shetland. I’ll be taking the LKAs lighthouse passport to get a stamp at each visitor centre. It’s good that my van is now completely self sufficient as that’ll keep me busy driving for a while.

 

[bethamari]

I recently finished Redemption by Jack Jordan, which I thought was brilliant. It's about a couple whose young son is tragically killed in a hit-and-run. The mother has been waiting for the killer to be released from prison to exact what she considers to be justice and is relentless in her chase for him.

I set up a book blogging website and Instagram about a year ago and this year I'm longlisted for the Rising Star award at the UK Book Blogger Awards! The voting is now open to narrow down to the final shortlist so if anyone has a spare minute to vote for me that would be really appreciated! The voting is here, and this is me - BethReadsCrime.

 

[Ayjay]

Given all the sh1t going down in The Middle East at the moment, I'm revisiting 'From Beirut to Jerusalem' by Thomas L Friedman. It's getting on for 35 years now since it was first published but it remains as valid now as it did then (ie. very valid and still stands up as one of the best books on the region ever written).

 

[Bav]

Just ordered 1984 (George Orwell) off Amazon. Studied this for 'O'-level English Language, but didn't realise how prophetic it would turn out to be.

EDIT: That should, of course, have read English Literature.

 

[bethamari]

Just ordered 1984 (George Orwell) off Amazon. Studied this for 'O'-level English Language, but didn't realise how prophetic it would turn out to be.

Great book! We did The Handmaid's Tale during my A-levels and yeah that's very similar.

 

[GUMY]

Just received this. Think I'll save it for the next trip in the van.
Some great pictures:

 

[Sasquatch]

Isle of Noises : Conversations With Great British Songwriters by Daniel Rachel.

A nice bit of nerdy reading for a nerdy musician.

 

[bethamari]

I'm currently reading a proof copy of Simon Kernick's You All Die Tonight which releases next month.

I'm just over halfway in and really enjoying it. 7 people wake up in a mansion. They soon realise they all have ties to a dreadful massacre that happened 4 years prior. A voice addresses them all to let them know they have been posioned and have less than 12 hours to live - unless the person(s) responsible for the murders confess...