What is everyone reading at the moment?

Really enjoying the Nero Wolfe Mysteries.

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John

Published in the year 2000, I’m just getting around to this. I finished listening to Outliers by Gladwell a few weeks ago, and this one is even more thought provoking.

A young adult book about family and coming of age

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

A good one -- Allingham was on a roll in the '30s, all leading up to the Fashion in Shrouds, which might be my favorite

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

That looks interesting - jcmy53  got me started on the Nero Wolfe mysteries and these sound like theyre also right in my time period sweet spot.  Have you read any of the Dick Francis novels?  Mystery with a UK horse racing theme, its of fun.

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

That looks interesting - jcmy53  got me started on the Nero Wolfe mysteries and these sound like theyre also right in my time period sweet spot.  Have you read any of the Dick Francis novels?  Mystery with a UK horse racing theme, its of fun.

Thanks for the tip Marko! I've never read a Dick Francis novel, but I'm looking forward to trying one soon.

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

That looks interesting - jcmy53  got me started on the Nero Wolfe mysteries and these sound like theyre also right in my time period sweet spot.  Have you read any of the Dick Francis novels?  Mystery with a UK horse racing theme, its of fun.

Thanks for the tip Marko! I've never read a Dick Francis novel, but I'm looking forward to trying one soon.

Huge fan here of Nero Wolfe. In fact, have a number of Rex Stout first editions. Somewhat different sensibility compared to Margery Allingham -- very American compared to British--  and Stout was a far better writer (and plotter).  Not quite such a big fan of Dick Francis but they are certainly well done.  If I were to suggest another writer after Stout, it would actually probably be Ross MacDonald who is sadly overlooked these days (and whose books became somewhat formulaic unlike Stout or, say, Raymond Chandler).

That looks interesting - jcmy53  got me started on the Nero Wolfe mysteries and these sound like theyre also right in my time period sweet spot.  Have you read any of the Dick Francis novels?  Mystery with a UK horse racing theme, its of fun.

Thanks for the tip Marko! I've never read a Dick Francis novel, but I'm looking forward to trying one soon.

Huge fan here of Nero Wolfe. In fact, have a number of Rex Stout first editions. Somewhat different sensibility compared to Margery Allingham -- very American compared to British--  and Stout was a far better writer (and plotter).  Not quite such a big fan of Dick Francis but they are certainly well done.  If I were to suggest another writer after Stout, it would actually probably be Ross MacDonald who is sadly overlooked these days (and whose books became somewhat formulaic unlike Stout or, say, Raymond Chandler).

Thanks, Lesser. I've never tried a Lew Archer mystery, but I'm going to add a few to my queue now that you mention Ross Macdonald. I just came off a Dashiell Hammett binge. Loved his Continental Op stories. Had to limit myself to one a night. Now that they're done, I've been looking for some more hardboiled fiction. Macdonald just might hit the spot.

A Campion mystery – sorcery, lost crowns, thugs, wicked financiers, radios and romance all set in 1930s England

That looks interesting - jcmy53  got me started on the Nero Wolfe mysteries and these sound like theyre also right in my time period sweet spot.  Have you read any of the Dick Francis novels?  Mystery with a UK horse racing theme, its of fun.

Thanks for the tip Marko! I've never read a Dick Francis novel, but I'm looking forward to trying one soon.

You may want to start with one of his earlier novels. As he got older his son started writing them. I think those written by the son are still ok but you want to get a feel for the writing with the real deal.