As a voracious reader, I often get asked by friends and clients what I'm reading. And, I periodically recommend books that make me pause and think differently about the world.
I'm sure I won't update this as often as I plan to right now, but feel free to e-mail me -- andy@plattnercommunications.com -- to ask about the last, best book I read if you are curious. I love independent bookstores, but I made the transition to a Kindle in early 2009 to make travel better with books. (Buy from your local bookstore if you can.)
Reading Now:
Cure, by Robin Cook
Recommended:
Little Bee, by Chris Cleave
One Day, by David Nichols
Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It, by Malie Meloy
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe by Laurence Bergreen
The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us And What We Can Do About It, by Joshua Cooper Ramo
The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
The Age of American Unreason, by Susan Jacoby
Loving Frank: A Novel, by Nancy Horan
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell
Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America, by Paul Tough
What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures, by Malcolm Gladwell
Folly, by Laurie R. King
Half Broke Horses, by Jeannette Walls
The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America, by Timothy Egan
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education, by Diane Ravitch
The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo, by Stieg Larsson
The Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson
Miracle on the 17th Green: A Novel, by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge
Reckless: A Novel, by Andrew Gross
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis