# Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2024 edition

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** books-writing-myths\
**Created:** [July 29, 2024, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964 "2024-07-29T17:20:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964/61 "2024-08-30T18:54:26Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> …I’m almost done with Robert Harris’s _Fatherland_, which is just as good as I remember.
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> Just began _His Majesty’s Airship_ by S.C. Gwynne, a very interesting look at large airships from after the Wright Brothers through the Thirties. It focuses on the British airship program, which didn’t really take off (ahem) until after WWI, with them playing catchup to the Germans. _R101_ was intended to be the first of dozens of airships to knit the British Empire closer together, carrying passengers and freight and showing the flag throughout the world, but it didn’t quite work out that way.

Finished 'em. Both recommended.

I’m now about halfway through _The Runaway Jury_ by John Grisham, a fun, clever, engaging legal thriller. A sequestered juror in a big tobacco company’s product liability trial turns out to have an agenda of his own, and a helper on the outside. The Dustin Hoffman/Gene Hackman/John Cusack movie made it a lawsuit about guns, but I prefer the book’s approach.

> [@Railer13](#):
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> … Next up: _The Yiddish Policemen’s Union_ by Michael Chabon. Recommended by several Dopers.

Including me! Hope you like it.

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**Author:** ![DZedNConfused](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dzednconfused/32/15991_2.png) [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2024-edition/1004964/62 "2024-08-30T21:50:54Z")

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