Nigel Hawthorne , again.
Decameron, again.
Banksky in a wall or summat.
Dogs of character, again.

1984 is a beaut, but an appeciation of the mindset & period it was written doubles its effect- it works as a straightforward novel though

John Lydon - Anger is an Energy. Pretty funny, engaging etc comes across as a pretty decent sort but I guess he would in his own book wouldn't he...

Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution (It's not) - Stephen Knight. I've read it loads. I just like his enthusiasm (the author's, not Jack the Ripper).

Alone in Berlin - Hans Fallada - An amazing book. One that I found quite powerful and also a good reminder that with just bravery and a pen, anyone can stand against tyranny.

Frankie Boyle: My s**t Life So Far - Read any of his books. Look beyond any "offensive" humour and ignore the tabloid press, you'll find he's a really intelligent, astute and a morally sound individual. Funny too.

Banksy: Wall and Piece - I read this at least once a week. I wish to f**king god he'd put another book out. Someone, anyone please tell him to put another book out.

Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics - Just enjoying some quality old sequential panel artwork (comics).

Oh, and 1984 is well worth reading. Took me 34 years to get around to it, but it's a decent read.

good thread!

The Underland Chronicles. My boy insisted I read them. Far from literature, more like "TV series" books equivalent. Skips along fine though. Don't fuck with Ripred.

Recently finished The Martian by Andy Weir. One of my favorite reads in a long time. I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys very near sci-fi.

I enjoyed reading this series by Alex Rutherford.
And can't wait fr the next instalment :

empireofthemoghul.com

I haven't downloaded any yet but will be getting stuck into these free art books during my daily commutes to the office

www.openculture.com/2013/08/free-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-and-the-guggenheim-offer-474-free-art-catalogues-online.html

John Gwynne & Anthony Ryan trilogies, I've been searching for ages for an author who might be as good as David Gemmell was, and I found 2 at all at once.

read that for a laugh for a few days as knew I'd never manage it and would give in, but in fact i couldnt put it down, its an amazing read.

Great thread idea btw

just finished "Popular Crime" by Bill James (the baseball stats guy). highly recommended.

Can't wait for the new Jon Ronson book!!!!!! ahhhh! #2 favorite Brit (well, tied with Bowie) after Banksy

I must confess that I could not get through it.

Yup. Loved it! I've read everything except "Frank"

There seemed to be too many characters in there to begin with I was getting hung up on trying to understand everyone and everything when in fact you don't need too, I soon got into it after day 2, might be worth a retry fella, it's an amazing book