# What are the 7 most recent books in your Kindle/Nook/eReader? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743 "2011-01-07T13:06:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/1 "2011-01-07T13:06:58Z")
I know a lot of dopers jumped into the world of e-books, so I’m curious what’s on yours. Here are mine: Super Freakonomics-Stephen Levitt and Stephen Dubner (I enjoyed the first one.) Full Dark, No Stars-Stephen King (I’ve gotten through the first story out of sheer willpower) Otherwise Known As Sheila the Great-Judy Blume (My sister had all of her books and I would steal away into the bathroom and read them out of dirty shame that I was reading a _girl_’s book.) A Short History of Nearly Everything-Bill Bryson (I’ve given the author a second chance after _A Walk in the Woods_ which left me soundly disappointed.) The Descent-Jeff Long (A friend recommended it to me after watching _The Descent_ movie) Heart-Shaped Box-Joe Hill (Another recommendation) The God Delusion-Richard Dawkins (Preaching to the choir-pun noted-but I haven’t read it yet.) (In the Kindle3, arrow up to the top with the box shaped key in the lower right, then select going right or left to Most Recent First) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/2 "2011-01-07T15:03:39Z")
The last batch of books I bought were WebSubscription packages from the Baen Free Library. **W200902 February 2009 WebScription** From the Sea to the Stars Ring of Fire II Manxome Foe Worlds Man-Kzin Wars XII Prescription for Chaos The Books of the Wars Citadel ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/3 "2011-01-07T15:30:05Z")
It’s been about 9 months since a book that I wanted to read was available for Kindle. AFAIC, the thing was a waste of money. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/4 "2011-01-07T15:40:10Z")
I currently only _have_ seven books on my Kindle app (on the iPod Touch), not counting the dictionary that comes with it: _Ulysses_ - James Joyce _Gargantua and Pantagruel_ - François Rabelais _Huckleberry Finn_ - Mark Twain _Fire Watch_ - Connie Willis _Dangerous Visions_ - ed. Harlan Ellison _Deathbird Stories_ - Harlan Ellison _Destiny Disrupted_ - Tamim Ansary (currently reading) ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/5 "2011-01-07T16:24:03Z")
My Kindle is brand new, and the only book I’ve bought so far is _Cutting for Stone_, by Abraham Verghese, which was very good. I’ve loaded all of Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan books on there just for fun, even though I’ve already read them all and I have paper copies of them. They came free on a CD that was stuck in the back of her newest book. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/6 "2011-01-07T16:30:41Z")
I got my Kindle in September, and so far have downloaded all of 10 items – only 9 of which were books, because one was an issue of _Newsweek_ (I was curious to see how a magazine would look/work). The most recent 7 books, with the newest at the top of list, are: [ul][li]_Side Jobs_ by Jim Butcher (yay, Dresden Files!)[/li][li]_What the Dog Saw_ by Malcolm Gladwell (some interesting stuff, but some chapters that I’ve pretty much skipped)[/li][li]_Bonding with Your Dog_ by Victoria Schade (meh)[/li][li]_Watchers_ by Dean Koontz (an old favorite that I know I will re-read)[/li][li]_Deader Still_ and _Dead Matter_ by Anton Strout (he’s no Jim Butcher, and Simon Canderous is no Harry Dresden, but the series is entertaining enough)[/li][\*]_Wizard and Glass_ by Stephen King (I _will_ finish the Dark Tower series someday!)[/ul]I’m still reading _Side Jobs_ and _What The Dog Saw_, and am also reading a paperback that isn’t available for Kindle. My next book is another paperback: it _is_ available for Kindle, but a friend had an extra copy. I created a private wish list just for Kindle books that I want to get: there are currently 19 titles that I plan to download eventually. Hmm, I got a very nice Amazon gift card for Christmas…maybe I will download all of those books sooner rather than later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/7 "2011-01-07T16:42:11Z")
Free stuff, all of it: My Man Jeeves Howard’s End A Room with a View The Wind in the Willows The Secret Garden Our Mutual Friend Little Women ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/8 "2011-01-07T17:46:58Z")
_Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition_ by Dan Okrent - what I’m reading now, a little disappointing so far. _The Long Ships_ by Frans Bengtsson - HIGHLY recommended, a rollicking good Viking yarn. _The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet_ - guess I’m on historical fiction kick. Also highly recommended. _The Lost City of Z_ by David Grann - quest for a lost city in the Amazon. Fairly well written and quite well researched. _Work Song_ by Ivan Doig - a good novel, not quite as good as its sort-of prequel, _Whistling Season_. _The Widower’s Tale_ by Julia Glass - meh. Enjoyed it when reading it, fading from memory now. _City of Thieves: A Novel_ by David Benioff - loosely based on the author’s grandfather’s experiences in Leningrad during the Seige. Worth the read. This is of course not counting about a dozen samples I’ve downloaded in the last three months, or my magazine subscriptions (_New Yorker_ and _The Atlantic_). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/9 "2011-01-07T17:49:43Z")
At last count I had 137 books on my Kindle DX. Since it was a birthday present last year, I’ve been averaging 13.7 books per month loaded onto the lovely little thing. Luckily, about half of those were free. ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/10 "2011-01-07T17:59:45Z")
I just got my kindle for Christmas and I have 10 books on there (plus Scrabble and a bunch of knitting patterns). The last seven: The Narcissism Epidemic, Jean Twenge Religious Literacy, Stephen Prothero Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, David Hume **free!** The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins **free!** Walden, H.D. Thoreau **free!** Middlemarch, George Eliot **free!** The Life of Buddha and Its Lessons, Henry Steel Olcott **free!** I’ve Wishlisted about 30 others, but I want to pace myself with the ones you have to pay for. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/11 "2011-01-07T18:01:52Z")
Most recently accessed books on my Kindle: _The Rules of Life_, Richard Templar _The Defendant_, G. K. Chesterton _Stupid Christmas_, Leland Gregory _The Perfect Woman_, James Andrus _Emma_, Jane Austen _My Life and Loves, volume 2_, Frank Harris _Writing Fiction For Dummies_ _Med Ship_, Murray Leinster All freebies from various sources, except the Frank Harris which cost $0.99. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/12 "2011-01-07T18:06:54Z")
_Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster_ by Pope Brock - currently reading, recommended by my sister. A fun read (goat testicles!) _The Devil’s Candy_ by Julie Salamon - The last book I read, about the making of _Bonfire of the Vanities_. A good book in the “Hollywood behind the scenes” genre, which I got into through… _Final Cut_ by Steven Bach. Really great book about the making of the iconic flop _Heaven’s Gate_. While reading about something else on Wikipedia, I stumbled onto this movie, and the historical events behind it, which lead me to the book. Now I’m hooked both on books about moviemaking (_Indecent Exposure_, which isn’t available for Kindle, is next on my list), and Steven Bach (I’ve already downloaded a sample of another of his books). _The End of Wall Street_ by Roger Lowenstein. He wrote my favorite book, _When Genius Failed_, so I read all of his books. This one wasn’t the best, but did give me a few new insights into the financial crisis. _Diary of a Very Bad Year_ by Keith Gessen. Another take on the financial crisis. _The Blood Doctor_ by Barbara Vine. This one came from from the SDMB, at least indirectly. Someone mentioned the famously bad poet William McGonagall in passing in a post. I hadn’t heard of him, so I wiki’d him, and learned that he’d written a poem about the Tay Bridge disaster. This lead me to the disaster itself, and the fact that Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) had written a book that includes the disaster. Since I’ve enjoyed her other books, I put it on the Kindle. _Living Rich by Spending Smart_ by Gregory Karp. The last of my series that I used to prepare my budget for the new year. I currently have 18 unread books on my Kindle. I love it primarily for the ease of getting a new book into my hands the instant I learn about it. Although I haven’t found every single book I want to read, I’m constantly being surprised by what is available. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/13 "2011-01-07T18:44:42Z")
I just got mine fro Chirstmas and the primary book I am reading is _The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America_ by Douglas Brinkley I have also downloaded: _The Rough Riders_ by Theodore Roosevelt _The Strange Case of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde_ by Ralph Louis Stephenson _The Red Badge of COurage_ Stephen Crane _The Voyage of the Beagle_ by Charles Darwin _The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_ By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle I have tons of samples that I have yet to get to. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/14 "2011-01-07T19:18:04Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > I just got mine fro Chirstmas and the primary book I am reading is _The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America_ by Douglas Brinkley > > I have also downloaded: > _The Rough Riders_ by Theodore Roosevelt If you’re interested in Roosevelt, a lot of his own writings are [available](http://manybooks.net/authors/rooseveltth.html). (I remember enjoying his autobiography when I read it.) ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/15 "2011-01-08T03:33:03Z")
_The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest_ by Stieg Larsson _The Girl Who Played with Fire_ by Stieg Larsson _The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo_ by Stieg Larsson Very quickly got immersed in Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy on the recommendation of a co-worker, and am currently about halfway finished with the last one. _H.P. Lovecraft: The Ultimate Collection_ Haven’t yet explored all the eldritch wonders of this one, but I’ve read many of them already, and just love having them all together in one place (I also have one of the “ultimate” collections of Poe). _The Fall: Book Two of the Strain Trilogy_ by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan New, modern take on the vampire mythos from a famous horror director and a (nearly?) famous novelist. A return to form of the vampire as horror, not romance. _Let the Right One In_ by John Ajvide Lindqvist Saw the movie (the original Swedish); had to read it. Having read it, I had to see the movie again! (It’s very good, and close to the spirit of the novel. Waiting impatiently for the blu-ray of _Let Me In_ for comparison) _The Lost Ones: Book Three of the Veil_ by Christopher Golden Conclusion of a fantasy trilogy involving mythological characters in an alternate reality. All three books were very quick reads. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/16 "2011-01-08T21:45:49Z")
I’m not counting the dictionary on this one because I didn’t buy it myself, but it’s the third work listed. In descending order: **Faust** by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe **A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail** by Bill Bryson **Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies** by Jared Diamond **Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story** by Mary Downing Hahn **The Yellow Wallpaper** by Charlotte Perkins Gillman **Gulliver’s Travels** by Jonathan Swift **At Home: A Short History of Private Life** by Bill Bryson **Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife** by Mary Roach I listed eight instead of seven because “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story, rather than a book. ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/17 "2011-01-08T23:00:19Z")
I heart my Kindle and I’m including audiobooks and normal books on this list: Currently reading: \*Catching Fire \*(Hunger Games #2) Suzanne Collins _Medicus_ by Ruth Downie (audiobook) Downloaded to read next is Hunger Games #3, _Mockinjay_ (hooked me fast these did) \*Great Expectations \*(free) Charles Dickens _The Hunger Games_ by Suzanne Collins _The Prestige_ (audiobook) by Christopher Priest _Three Bags Full_ (audiobook) by Leonnie Swan _Pope Joan_ by Donna Woolfolk Cross ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2011, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-7-most-recent-books-in-your-kindle-nook-ereader/566743/18 "2011-01-08T23:11:41Z")
Just got it for Christmas. Exploring as many free book sites as possible. Mostly I’m enjoying reading stuff that is utterly unknown to me. But, I did start to download a few classics that are Public Domain ( Project Güttenberg, etc. ) _Dracula Little Women Pride and Prejudice The Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements Grimm’s Fairy Tales Don’t Blink by James Patterson A Different Kind of Death by Thomas Robertson Einstein’s Shutter by Vincent Yanez_ Will arrange to get my new New Yorker subscription sent to it if possible. I was highly resistant to the idea of an ebook reader. Mostly out of a rabid love of holding a paper book in my hands. But I read too quickly. I frequently travel with 2 books if not more, and the idea of carrying around dozens was mighty appealing. My dearly beloved wasn’t sure I’d cotton to it but she took a shot and we’re both glad she did. Cartooniverse