What book are you reading?

[AeronautIR]

Ye koi new volume aaya hai?

No, published by Readings into a single one.

 

[Watandar]

The Kingdom : Arabia and the House of Sa'ud. By Robert Lacey.

 

[Nilgiri]

read it quite some time ago: project hail mary

and now the movie is out and doing quite well (i watched it as soon as it came out, and thought it did a good job overall).

mostly a post to check activity in this thread lol.

 

[hasssanali8998]

read it quite some time ago: project hail mary

and now the movie is out and doing quite well (i watched it as soon as it came out, and thought it did a good job overall).

mostly a post to check activity in this thread lol.

yep a very good hopecore movie
this and superman that just came out

 

[RescueRanger]

The librarian of Amsterdam.

 

[Watandar]

The Shadow Commander by Arash Azizi

A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin

The House of Kennedy by James Patterson.

 

[RescueRanger]

Trust by Hernandez Diaz.

 

[Hopefully Pessimistic]

A book that I would recommend Pakistanis to read is

Turkey: A Modern History by Erik-Jan Zürcher

I think it's extremely relevant to Pakistan today because it discusses the problems and failures in the Ottoman empire of Pan-Islamism, sub-nationalism and theocratic governments and the influence it had on the Ottoman state's effectiveness and power.

It explains why secularism rose as a prominent ideology in such an environment alongside nationalism in the new Republic.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=http://lib.ysu.am/disciplines_bk/7e97e2af13209c62b79f146874b490d4.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwji6Lqk_7mVAxWAQ0EAHeTxOkgQFnoECE0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0EL7VXKxbcGVxGVHtFG4Pz

 

[PK781]

Current inventory of my likes and all time favourites:
Obviously the Holy Quran first. Then others:

 

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[Watandar]

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Hmm, was a huge John Grisham fan long long ago. We are talking his 90's and early 2000's books. But he seems to have then run out of fresh ideas and storylines. I have not read a book for his in 20 years. How are the ones you show in your screenshot ?

Do you know other authors who also write legal thriller/drama type books like John Grisham ?

 

[PK781]

Hmm, was a huge John Grisham fan long long ago. We are talking his 90's and early 2000's books. But he seems to have then run out of fresh ideas and storylines. I have not read a book for his in 20 years. How are the ones you show in your screenshot ?

Do you know other authors who also write legal thriller/drama type books like John Grisham ?

John Grisham, James Patterson, Richard North Patterson, Phillip Margolin are my fav but I think only Grisham and J Patterson still write, but its been a while since i spent much on books.

David Baldacci’s memory man series is another great recommendation personally and he still writes.

I also like Jonathan Kellerman, he’s good as well.

I’m trying Michael Connelly books i got a while ago

You’re in USA which means easier access to these books at great price if u can find some bargains or the library.

In the 90’s i loved reading Hardy Boys novels, my cousin had a entire bookshelf of collection so I read them all. Those books helped me polish my English vocabulary.

 

[Watandar]

Well technically I did not read it, but I recently had to do a very long, and solo, roadtrip and this audiobook was an awesome companion. It is the Frederick Forsyth novel "The Fourth Protocol" and is a wonderful spy/covert ops work of fiction.

The narrators are first class which is an added bonus.

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This was made into a pretty good film but the book is superior because it is able to go into details and dialogues that a film can't.

 

[Nilgiri]

Well technically I did not read it, but I recently had to do a very long, and solo, roadtrip and this audiobook was an awesome companion. It is the Frederick Forsyth novel "The Fourth Protocol" and is a wonderful spy/detective work of fiction.

The narrators are first class which is an added bonus.

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This was made into a pretty good film but the book is superior because it is able to go into details and dialogues that a film can't.

I quite like audiobooks for same reason....though I lean towards non-fiction (especially biographies or certain historical analysis)...... for it as travel sometimes breaks me out of immersion (I find I need for fiction) in various ways.

You are right though, lot of cases the book is superior detail to movie constrained by its time.