Recreational reading or TËKKŸ's book club.

[GWARGHOUL]

I think that wiki page was enough reading on the book for me.

Totally. I bet you already ordered it.

[VitaminG]

If I was a betting man, I'd take you up on that. I can confirm that I haven't and won't be ordering it. It holds about as much interest for me as any of those serial killer's autobiographies.

[outsider666]

I started reading Stephen King when I was 10 and have almost his entire library.....Lovecraft and Poe are excellent as well...but I'm a diehard fan of Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, SUPREME epic fantasy.....

[Extant]

Big fan of Lovecraft-style horror, and a fair bunch of everything in other genres.

I love Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, and Bill Bryson's stuff, to name three.

[Tekky]

Now reading:
The Tangled Web: The Life and Death of Richard Cain -- Chicago Cop and Mafia Hitman
By Michael J. Cain

[VitaminG]

Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray

[Tashtego]

I've been meaning to read Dorian Gray for a long time. Thanks for reminding me. How do you like it?

[quiksilver]

I drive a lot, so I listen to lots of books on CD. I generally go for non-fiction. I just finished a great biography of Michelangelo, and a decent diary of Lewis & Clark.

[Snoogans]

Just recently finished reading Rivethead:Tales From The Assembly Line by Ben Hamper. Great stuff. The "regular guy" building your GMC trucks, and the associated madness and system-abuse.

Also Vulcan 607 by Rowland White. The story of the RAF bombing raids on Port Stanley in the Falklands in 1982.

[AfterForever]

Rhys, Jean - Wide Sargasso Sea

It provides the background story on the Bertha character in Jane Eyre.. it's pretty depressing.

[VitaminG]

I've been meaning to read Dorian Gray for a long time. Thanks for reminding me. How do you like it?

about halfway through it and liking it so far. Considering it was written around 1890, it has a surprisingly "modern" feel

[Tekky]

Now Reading:
"Guns and Roses: The Untold Story of Dean O'Banion, Chicago's Big Shot Before Al Capone" by Rose Keefe

[Tashtego]

The Great Gatsby. - Fitzgerald

I last read this in high school. It was mostly wasted on me as a 16 year old. Now it seems filled with relevant insights expressed in compelling prose.

[Snoogans]

Just finished Henry Rollins' Do I Come Here Often?
Currently re-reading Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. My favourite author. The only Gibson still turning out consistently high-quality product!

[VitaminG]

A Voyage For Madmen, by Peter Nichols.

from the blurb on the back cover:
"In 1968, nine sailors set off on the most daring race ever held: to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe nonstop. It was a feat that had never been accomplished and one that would forever change the face of sailing. Ten months later, only one of the nine men would cross the finish line and earn fame, wealth, and glory. For the others, the reward was madness, failure, and death."