What do you read that isn't golf related?

[Shindig]

Big history buff, and I love Fictional History along the lines of Man in the High Tower by Philip K. Dick and nearly anything by Harry Turtledove.

Wow, I remember reading Turtledove pretty regularly in high school and at the start of college. I kind of fell out of it, but I remember really enjoying a dozen or so books.

Ender's Game

Wow, how did I forget this? And it reminds me to add

Snow Crash to the list.

[Ben]

I've been slacking on my reading lately. When I was into it I preferred short stories, particularly from Truman Capote. Biographies of people I admire were fun to read. I read that Hogan by James Dodson. Good stuff. A few things of and by Salvador Dali.

These days I try to read one or two articles from the Money & Investing section of the Wall Street Journal. And the same from the magazine The Atlantic.

I like to thumb through art magazines too. Anything from photography to graffiti.

[geezer]

Lord of the Rings. The Silmarillion. Unfinished Tales. The Hobbit.

Tolkien is the Man, period.

[OldDog66]

I've kept track since 1998 and read on average 75 books a year. The mix is probably 60/40 fiction/non-fiction. I read a lot of history, biographies, exploration and some sports (golf & baseball). I am currently working my way through the US Presidents. Have about 15 or so of those down.

On the fiction side: mysteries, action, fantasy, general fiction.

[ChiChiIsMe]

I normally have 3 or 4 in progress at any given date.

Just finished:
Dave Ramsey's "Total Money Makeover" - Great book if you want to get out of debt and take control of your $$.

"Lean Thinking" by Womack & Jones. Great book on Lean Manufacturing principals.

In Process:

"Toyota Production System" - by Taiichi Ohno - More lean manufacturing from the master.

"Treasure of Khan" - Clive Cussler w/ son Dirk Cussler another book w/ my favorite hero Dirk Pitt! :thumbsup

"1776" - David McCullough - follows George Washington in the build up & during to the Revolutionary War

[BDE]

I read a lot of different books during the year, I'm currently reading Peter Kay's autobiography, The Sound of Laughter, very funny book.

[Matt P]

I love to read golf books and magazines, but I also read a lot of non-golf stuff.

I am reading HG Wells, War of the Worlds, Jules Verne 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Hitchhiger's Guide to the Universe, and What it means to be a Wolverine.

Jeepthrills and the others who like Harry Potter, (I bought the first book for when my son gets older, and ended up reading through the whole series) and Eragon (am also waiting for the third book), and Tolkein, I suggest you check out the A Song of Ice and Fire Series by Geroge R.R. Martin...the first novel in the series is A Game of Thrones. This series is some of the best writing in the genre that I have ever come across, blows away Paolini and Rowlings. The books are very long, I believe the third book was 1200 pages and his editors made him split a book becuase they could not publish the book past a certain page limit in paperback. Trust me, give it 100 pages and you will not be able to put it down. Now I am waiting for the next installment in the series. Also HBO has picked up the rights to the series and will be making a seven year series of it, one year of shows for each book. Here is his website, http://www.georgerrmartin.com/ Have fun.

[geezer]

Sounds interesting. Will be checking it out. (you had me hooked at 1200 pages!)

[Eore]

just adding to what i said before-Freakanomics, Ender's Shadow, Woorld War Z (it has made me even more paranoid then before)

[immts007]

I really don't care for Harry Potter... I read the first 2.5 because of all the hoopla and was very disappointed. I guess I was expecting "literature" or something

I think if I had approached them as light, fun, kids books... I might have thought they were ok.

Ursula K. LeGuinn's EarthSea books touch on the same themes and have a lot more depth and color and character IMHO.

My absolute favorite recent "fantasy" read was "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell" which I see from this wikipedia link is being made into a movie!

[geezer]

I really don't care for Harry Potter... I read the first 2.5 because of all the hoopla and was very disappointed. I guess I was expecting "literature" or something

Read the rest. IMO, the first two-three books are geared to kids, the rest is more for an older group. Seriously, don't give up on them, you won't regret it.

[Eore]

yeah, i started them, hated them, saw the fourth movie, and stayed up till 3 every morning until i finished them all.......

[Matt P]

just adding to what i said before-Freakanomics, Ender's Shadow, Woorld War Z (it has made me even more paranoid then before)

How does Ender's Shadow compare to Ender's Game. I read Ender's Game, which is a fantastic book (I believe they are making it into a movie) and Speakers for the Dead, the next book which got a little trippy.

[Jeepthrills]

Read the rest. IMO, the first two-three books are geared to kids, the rest is more for an older group. Seriously, don't give up on them, you won't regret it.

I was hooked from about the third page of the first book, but I agree that each book out does the one before. The last one was absolutely great. I could not put it down.

[Eore]

How does Ender's Shadow compare to Ender's Game. I read Ender's Game, which is a fantastic book (I believe they are making it into a movie) and Speakers for the Dead, the next book which got a little trippy.

Enders Shadow follows Bean. It matches up really well with Enders Game, and explains how Ender gets Dragon Army and fun stuff like that.

[jamesjay20]

The only golf related thing I read is GolfWeek...nothing else...a few years ago, I made the mistake of reading a bunch of golf books (books by pros, teachers, etc) during the winter and it wrecked my whole season--too many thoughts in my head. I decided I don't want to think about very much golf related over the winter.

[B-17 Pilot]

. . .As my handle implies, I am a fanatical World War II aviation enthusiast! I've been interested in WWII ever since my Dad told me about his service in the Navy flying torpedo bombers (as a gunner) against the Japanese. It is a facinating period of history.

Mike

[TCCcaddie]

Im starting to read Joyce right now, its really tough but im trying to tack down Ulysses if it kills me.