Good (paperback) book recommendations? (Page 2)

Why is that odd?  IT makes perfect sense.  What makes no sense is, the pastors who WON'T read it, having already decided before hand that it is work of The Devil, and therefore are unable to discuss it with parishioners in a way that leads to further thinking and enlightenment on a very complicated topic. Or Topics. (now I'll step down from my imaginary pulpit!)

Recently I read Dual in the Sun.  For those of you that can remember the battle between Alberto Salazar and David Beardsley at the 82 Boston Marathon this would be a great read.  Even if you don't remember the race I think you would like the book.  The book does a great job describing the battle between these two guys as well as bringing in personal stories of their lives before and after almost killing themselves running the marathon.  It's a fast read and I really enjoyed it!

I also recently finished An Innocent Man.  Enjoyed that as well.

The Keep  -  F. Paul Wilson

Oh, so it was you!  I bought that (new, and at full price, I might add) last summer, and worked about halfway through it before I had to stop.  Seems I'd run out of "outdoor" time, and reading it just made me sad.

But it's time to pull it off the shelf and finish it off.  I liked the story about the tree house.  Kinda sweet, kinda sad. 

I just bought that one too -- new, and at full price again -- probably the only two books I've bought like that in the past year.

I haven't started it yet, because I have a whole stack of library books to work through.  It seems like when I put myself on the wait lists for a couple of different books, they all come in at the same time!   

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a fabulous book!

 I'm in the middle of reading - Don't tell Mum  I work on the Rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse. by Paul Carter  and really enjoying it.

that was a good book.

Also just read The 5th Horseman by James Patterson... as usual, his books are engaging, but too predictable... but I still read most of his books.

The Chatham School affair is an awesome book... by Thomas Cook.  I lend this book out to people, and everyone absolutely loves it.

That's just a few recommendations of the many books I could recommend

Thanks everyone!  I've read several of the books mentioned in this thread - everyone loves book threads.

I ended up picking up Three Cups of Tea and The Alchemist, which nobody had recommended, but which had interesting cover blurbs.  I'm sure I'll refer to this thread again sometime, though - and I hope somebody else found it useful, too.