# The last book you read **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125 "2002-06-26T23:20:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/1 "2002-06-26T23:20:55Z")
was it hardback, paperback, audio or an e-book? ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/2 "2002-06-27T05:20:08Z")
paperback ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/3 "2002-06-27T05:26:00Z")
I read **Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone** (for the 25th time) in paperback. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/4 "2002-06-27T13:50:43Z")
In the last three days, **Reaper Man, The Last Continent, Maskerade,** and **Moving Pictures**. all part of the Discworld series. ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/5 "2002-06-27T13:52:14Z")
All paperback, incidentally. ---
**Author:** ![Glamour\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Glamour\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glamour_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/6 "2002-06-27T14:11:45Z")
Paperback. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/7 "2002-06-27T14:20:51Z")
Just finished “Invisible Monster” by Chuck Palahniuk Currently reading -“The Worst Journey In the World” by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. (Never read hardbacks… they are too hard to read lying down) ---
**Author:** ![Glamour\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Glamour\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glamour_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/8 "2002-06-27T14:23:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Aro \* > \*\*Just finished “Invisible Monster” by Chuck Palahniuk > > Currently reading -“The Worst Journey In the World” by Apsley Cherry-Garrard. > > (Never read hardbacks… they are too hard to read lying down) \*\* I don’t like hardbacks either. They’re expensive, big and don’t fit in a purse. I love Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club is a great book. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/9 "2002-06-27T14:42:30Z")
Basically finished two at the same time: one was a paper and the other a hardback that I had picked up at a used bookstore. I am currently reading a trade-paperback biography. ---
**Author:** ![Pigtails](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecae2f/32.png) [@Pigtails](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pigtails)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/10 "2002-06-27T14:46:58Z")
I like huge paperbacks. Just got finished the Brothers Karamazov, and prior to that Infinite Jest (by David Foster Wallace)–highly recommended, if you can stick with it. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/11 "2002-06-27T14:47:43Z")
**Small Sacrifices** … Ann Rule paperback ---
**Author:** ![Glamour\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Glamour\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glamour_Girl)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/12 "2002-06-27T15:03:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\ ***Small Sacrifices** … Ann Rule > > paperback \*\* Great book. Summer is the time I break out the True Crime novels. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/13 "2002-06-27T15:12:58Z")
paperback. _American Gods_ by Neil Gaiman ---
**Author:** ![blinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinx)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/14 "2002-06-27T15:17:09Z")
“Once” by James Herbert - Paperback I picked it up in a hurry before a train ride, I didn’t notice that it was described as “A WICKED ADULT FAIRY TALE” before I began reading it. It was actually ok except for all the erotic stuff - that was kinda lame. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho4Sara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nacho4Sara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho4Sara)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/15 "2002-06-27T23:59:58Z")
I work at a bookstore, and we get to borrow (or check out) hardcover books for two weeks, so the last three books I read were hardcover (or “trade cloth” in industry lingo): **Interpreter of Maladies** by Jhumpa Lahiri **Atonement** by Ian McEwan **Carry Me Across the River** by Ethan Canin Incidentally, the “big” paperbacks are called trade paperbacks, while the smaller ones are called mass-market. It has to do with the quality of paper; I prefer trade pbs just because they are easier for me to read. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/16 "2002-06-28T00:28:15Z")
Watership Down in paperback. Next will be Maskerade in hardback if I can find it. Its laying around the house somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/17 "2002-06-28T02:47:21Z")
I just finished reading **The Phoenix Guards** by Steven Brust. In paperback. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/18 "2002-06-28T03:40:29Z")
“Not Quite Dead Enough,” by Rex Stout. It’s a paperback featuring two World War 2-era Nero Wolfe mysteries. Frankly, while I’ve always liked Stout’s characters, these stories just weren’t very good. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/19 "2002-06-28T03:45:51Z")
_M_A_S_H\*, trade paperback. Hilariously and most of the characters are very different from both the film and TV series. “Goddamn nail holes.” - My favorite line in the book. ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125/20 "2002-06-28T04:02:33Z")
Steven Porter’s “The Great Fire of London” Don Watson’s “Recollections of a Bleeding Heart” both hardbacks … just had a birthday 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-book-you-read/116125.md?page=2)