What books do you all read?
 

I'm really interested in what kind of books or literature that people in the Linux community read.

So, what kind of books do you read? Thanks for your answers.

P.S. I am a budding author and write short stories and novels and I hope, one day, to make an impact in the literary world. My interests extends way beyond computers and so naturally I'm interested in the kind of books that people in the technical/IT/Linux/computer world read.

I read Robert Jordan and my computer science books for school.

typical nerd books... mostly sci-fi/fantasy... yes, i still have my d&d stuff too...

I love David Weber's books especially the Honor Harrington Series. I also love Tom Clancy and the Sword of Truth series. I also read the High Druid series as well.

My favourites are 'Just-William' series of Richmal Crompton (a British author in the early 20s - 60s). These are some of the funniest, most humourous stories of a 11-year old boy called William. I highly recommend them.

Cool :)

My g/f is actuallly a writer for Sci-fi hybrid Fantasy books so I guess technically she is my favorite author....:rolleyes: ;)

Why, have you read them before? I thought that they were relatively unknown in the US?

no just cool now I can add another book to read to my list. I love to read and since I commute to work via train (see I am doing my part to stop pollution the trains are electric lol) so I read to and from work its 1 hour both ways and I am a fast reader so i can go through them quick.

Love Terry Pratchett. Also books, popular science stuff, maths, physics, anthropology about anything that ain't my field. Read loads of technical books when I was younger, but now there is the Net so that kinda went down.

Currently on my bedside table: "Fermat's last theorem" by Simon Singh.

Martin

I reccomend everyone tries Dan Brown, John Grisham and Matthew Reilly books. All very mainstream and for good reason. Their books are great. I can't put them down. All of them that have been made into films were better in the book format.

Boffy

Terry Pratchett, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Stephen King, Brian Lumley, James Herbert to name a few....

However 2 of the best books I have ever read have been,
Spycatcher by Peter Wright
& The History of the RAC (Royal Automobile Club) I cant remember the author right now but it was a fantastic insight into the history of British motoring in general. (Im a classic car fan, what can I say)

i read mostly non-fiction, but i dont read anyway. the internet is a better source of information, as are tv documentaries. as for the entertainment value, id rather watch a movie.