# What is the latest book you have read?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 5, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535 "2001-10-05T07:15:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/61 "2001-10-11T08:10:39Z")

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I just finished roughing it by mark twain

Not bad and full of humor and observations that stand up today and a few that were reflective of the times

Most intersting was the descrptions of mining in the west and being a reporter back then

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**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/62 "2001-10-11T08:29:11Z")

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The last memorable book I read was _The Pornographer’s Poem_ by Micheal Turner.

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**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/63 "2001-10-11T13:19:55Z")

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Just finished reading **Silver Pigs** by Lindsey Davis for my Western Civ. I class. I plan on reading, starting today when I get it at the library, either **The Last of the Wine** or **The King is Dead** by Mary Renault (also for Western Civ.). I’m also re-reading **Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire** in between books.

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/64 "2001-10-11T14:06:52Z")

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Just finished reading _Good Omens_ by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimon (again :)) and _Memnoch the Devil_ by Anee Rice. At the side of my bed right now I have _Does My Bum Look Big in This?_ by Arabella Weir and _Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency_ by Douglas Adams

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**Author:** ![Nortia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nortia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nortia)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/65 "2001-10-11T14:09:13Z")

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Oops! That would be Anne Rice.

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**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-latest-book-you-have-read/85535/66 "2001-10-11T15:19:45Z")

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Just finished “In the Dark” by Richard Laymon. Not sure what’s next - my stack of books to read is ridiculously large.

Sheri

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