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    After 20 years, re-reading, Ayn Rand, "Atlas Shrugged".

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    Civilization by Neil Ferguson.
    I am a fun of Ferguson and this is one of his greatest books. A must read if you are interested in economic history and politics.
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    I love re-reading the books from my youth. Always interesting to catch things we may have missed when we were young and hurried.

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    Just re-read "The Camerons" by Robert Chrichton A young Scottish girl with a great deal of determination finds a husband and raises a family under brutal conditions in a turn-of-the-century Scottish mining town. Very inspirational story.
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    Since George Martin is taking forever to finish Winds Of Winter I'm currently reading the ten book saga Book of the Malazan Fallen.
    Razor rich, but money poor. I should have diversified into Eschers!

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    I'm working my way through a series of murder mysteries by Alan Bradley. They are interesting because the main character is an 11 year old girl-chemistry genius called Flavia De Luce, set in post WWII England.

    I think the murder mystery part is probably fairly standard fare (I don't read a lot of murder mysteries), but I really like how he writes the character. I sense a BBC/CBC tv series sometime in the future.

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    The Dog Stars by Peter Heller.
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    Oh, cool thread! I've been doing a lot of reading recently. Some good ones were:

    Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
    The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
    The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson
    Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell
    The Bourne Trilogy by Robert Ludlum
    Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
    American Gods by Niel Gaiman

    I read Animal Farm in a day, cause I hadn't read it in middle school. Not worth it, if you're an adult, but good for middle schoolers.
    I was unimpressed by the Divergent Trilogy, but I read all three anyway. Just fluff, imo.

    My summer reading list has mostly sci-fi on it, but I'll be looking through here for some good suggestions.

    Currently reading Anathem by Neal Stephenson.

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    Cryptonomicon was a good read. The Baroque Cycle is an incredible trilogy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by aa1192 View Post
    Since George Martin is taking forever to finish Winds Of Winter I'm currently reading the ten book saga Book of the Malazan Fallen.
    I thought this was normal until I realised I wasn't reading the Malazan forums. How far are you?

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