What are you reading currently?

[Eldad]

On 2/25/2026 at 2:14 PM, Jaygo said:

Lonesome Dove has some truly incredible character building and the pacing is near perfect. The landscape unfolds for you beautifully and really gives a feel of the west at the time. You want to love the characters but deep down you know you probably shouldn't.  Its not a time I would want to have lived but a time I am drawn to, same goes for early 1900's Russia. 

 

I tried other McMurty books but couldn't get into them. I guess it was a one off at least for me.

 

 

 

 

Lonesome Dove is the best. Augustus Mccrae is one of the best characters ever. 
 

I think most agree McMurtry was a one hit wonder. But once, he was the best. 
 

All The Pretty Horses is probably my number 2 western. 
 

A book that kind of reminds me of Lonesome Dove in that it has modern, faster paced, and suspenseful story telling but is also great literature and has one of the best characters ever is A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre. The main character’s dad Rick Pym is a great character. 

[Jaygo]

12 minutes ago, Eldad said:

A book that kind of reminds me of Lonesome Dove in that it has modern, faster paced, and suspenseful story telling but is also great literature and has one of the best characters ever is A Perfect Spy by John Le Carre. The main character’s dad Rick Pym is a great character. 

 

Thanks for the reco. I'm going to check it out. I love spy novels. 

 

You shoud check out a book called shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The character Fermin is really great and as one of my first gothic mystery books I really enjoyed it. Helped by the book taking place in Barcelona, my second city  

[Eldad]

10 minutes ago, Jaygo said:

 

Thanks for the reco. I'm going to check it out. I love spy novels. 

 

You shoud check out a book called shadow of the wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. The character Fermin is really great and as one of my first gothic mystery books I really enjoyed it. Helped by the book taking place in Barcelona, my second city  

Thanks will look at that one. 

[whiskybravo]

1 hour ago, cubsfan said:

 

I did a few of the Great Course when it was DVD's.

 

Here is another avenue to look at - Hillsdale College - free online courses.  I've done the WWII course by Victor Davis Hanson. But that's right up my alley with history & current events.

But lots of philosophy, arts, science offerings..

 

Might browse through here and see if anything strikes your fancy! 

 

https://online.hillsdale.edu/courses?subject=History

 

Right now I'm reading "Sword and Scimitar" - 14 Centuries of War Between Islam and the West.

 

Quite timely and revealing.

Thanks @flesh and @cubsfan for your suggestions.  I will look into them. 

[John Hjorth]

I'm reading Kama Sutra. Never too late to learn old dogs new tricks.

 

Danish edition, by the way [a gift from many years ago]  :

 

[NnnnotSoSmart]

Might be an interesting read.  Haven't read it yet.

 

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[EBITDAg]

Blankfein's new book is pretty good.

[DooDiligence]

Just finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Pretty good.

[boilermaker75]

Just finished First Steps: How Walking Upright Made Us Human by Jeremy DeSilva. I would recommend, maybe a 4.5 out of 5. Desilva is a professor of anthropology at Dartmouth. I love when I learn a lot when I read a book.

[Paarslaars]

The Big Print: interesting history on monetary policy for someone not old enough to have actively experienced those times. 

 

How Not To Invest: unbelievable how many of these things I slowly find myself doing more... really have to get back to investing long term and not looking at market prices every day.

[Lazarus]

6 hours ago, Paarslaars said:

 

How Not To Invest

 

 

Avoiding mistakes is Charlie's mantra. I just perused the ToC for this one - almost 500 pages! I assume it has a lot of filler? Also, could I get the same advice just by listening to Blake and doing the opposite?

[Paarslaars]

I think Blake might be making up new ones here.

 

Yeah the book has lots of fillers, you could just as easily ask AI for a summary.

I enjoy reading fillers though, nothing better than enjoy a quite afternoon in sunny weather with an easy to read book that makes me self-reflect.

 

[weighingmachine]

"Stalin" by Simon Sebag Montefiore. Highly recommend. Also, "Jerusalem" by the same author.

[HubbadaPow]

I just finished Stock Market Maestros by Lee Freeman-Shor.  It's a series of interviews around the behavior of managers when positions go right and when they go wrong.  His premise is that picking the right stocks for most managers is a 50/50 proposition.  Accepting that is important.  Doing the right thing after you own it separates great stock investors from the rest.  I enjoyed it.