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alexp3412
04-20-2010, 09:01 PM
The years best books?...i got mine.... "the millennium trilogy" of course.

As if you could tell by my signature ;)

I'm out of Reads...need good suggestions!
Modest Proposal
04-20-2010, 09:36 PM
2009 or 10?
alexp3412
04-20-2010, 09:41 PM
mmmm..I guess I should have been more specific....late 09/early10 I suppose....just something current!
MrRegular
04-23-2010, 01:07 AM
Two current books that I've read that really caught my attention, both were non-fiction:
The men who stare at goats- I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone interested in metaphysics and conspiracy theories (the movie is NOT a substitute).
The Mental Floss History of the World- a humorous run through the headlines of history with lots of interesting tid-bits mixed in.
Modest Proposal
04-23-2010, 01:49 AM
I realized after my question, that it really doesn't matter if you meant 09 or 10 since I've read zero novels published in the last few years.

The most recent novel I read that was worthwhile was probably 'The Road' and that was not even in the author's top 5 best books.
Dark Muse
04-23-2010, 02:11 AM
It is not very often that I actually read recent/brand new books but I loved the book Stunt Road by Gregory Mose. A very unique and engaging book.
MrRegular
04-23-2010, 06:42 AM
The most recent novel I read that was worthwhile was probably 'The Road' and that was not even in the author's top 5 best books.
You're right about that. Suttre was my fav, but did you read Child of God? That one was pretty...interesting.

Also I wanted to add a fairly new author I recently found: Walter Moers, his tale Rumo is crazy imaginative, a story about an orphaned puppy's journey into fundament-kicking sword-weilding maturity. And his The City of Dreaming Books, the journey of a Dinosaur author into a book-filled city of publishers, collectors, hunters and orators.
I don't mean to sound like a salesman, but they're good.
Bastable
04-23-2010, 06:59 AM
I realized after my question, that it really doesn't matter if you meant 09 or 10 since I've read zero novels published in the last few years.

The most recent novel I read that was worthwhile was probably 'The Road' and that was not even in the author's top 5 best books.

Blood Meridian gets my vote as his best, by far.

I must, also, confess that the most recent book i've read was (maybe) 2007, and even then I didn't like it.