What is your DH reading atm?

[Caz10]

DH reads utter tripe, Andy McNab and so on. I am on a campaign to get him to read a bit more widely and he is open to suggestion but I'm not sure where to start with books that guys would like, mine are all very relationshipy!
Any suggestions appreciated!

[CarryOnDancing]

DH is reading The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins atm, he said its scientific but really applicable and a must read.

We both read books by Jeffery Deaver (writer of the Bone Collector which was made into a film-as always the book's much better). They are great suspense crime novels and always have great twists and turns. The Lincoln Rhyme series are the best!

I've just read Irvine Welsh 'Trainspotting' and 'Filth' which I think are prob more 'blokey', so gross but just can't be put down.

[MrsBartlet]

1599 A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare

[bruffin]

DH is reading a Harlen Coban - Myron Bolitar book, but can't remember which one. He usually reads computer or electronics magazines.
He hardly read novels when I met him, he is dyslexic and didn't learn to read until he was 10.

[inthesticks]

DH never reads fiction and I gave up long ago trying to convert him. He will take some heavy weight history book, such as Thucydides, on holiday but otherwise it's just the daily paper.
I have to twist DS1's arm to read fiction, he says he hates it but will happily read non-fiction. I guess he takes after his father.

[Vintagepommery]

Mine doesn't read much fiction but we both like CJ Sansom's books - Dissolution etc.

He's recently bought The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick - (it's a what if GErmany had won ww2 type scenario)

[LadyGlencoraPalliser]

He should read Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series - fun, exciting and you learn some history as you go along!
Then move him on to Master and Commander.

[displayuntilbestbefore]

DH is reading a PD James book - he's never read any of her stuff before but says she's a good writer and it's quite enjoyable. He often reads P G Wodehouse for light humour and has read a lot of Iain M Banks' books.

[Caz10]

spicybingowings you are probably right it could have been worse!

(disclaimer - I don't actually mind!)

I should have added that he also loves to "read" the Cotswold catalogue too...sigh...

Oh just spotted the Michael Crichton recommendation, might take a look at that too!

[spicybingowings]

I actually thought that you had got away quite lightly in the abuse/ stakes - But agree its bizarre you got any at all!

My DH loves anything about war - currently reading Hell Fire which is about Afghanistan. Bernard Cornwell books, and other authors that write historical novels about war. Haynes manuals for old motorbikes quite popular too!!

He once read a Tony Parsons book that I took on holiday - when he'd run out of ones to read - and actually enjoyed it but has reverted to war books since! So I've probably nothing to recommend as our DH's sound like they have quite similar taste.

[teameric]

Bird Song by Sebastian Faulks

[crankytwanky]

Checks.(sic)
As they come through the machine at work.

When at home he reads cookery books.

The last "proper" book he read was Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

[Caz10]

MN never fails to amaze me, ask a simple question and get a barrage of cross examination and 's in return!

Thank you most of you for some great suggestions! Some I quite fancy trying myself there too.

I do not have any sinister motives behind trying to find some books for him - I thought recommending books to family/friends was quite a common thing?!?! And no, mine are not the best books in the world, but I just think he would enjoy reading a bit more widely, and when you enjoy doing something yourself I think you tend to hope that others can enjoy it too! He is open to suggestion/birthday/Xmas pressie books so I just thought I'd get some good ideas from here.

Liking the sound of seekers Spencer for him, and also ilovethecarbs's dh's list sounds right up his street, thanks!

[mrsgBANGing]

Last book DH read was Engleby by Sebastian Faulks - because I'd read it and wanted to talk to him about it.

He does love fiction, but he loves current affairs more, so while I'll read 10 books and about two pages of Prospect Magazine, Guardian etc. he's the other way round.

[FritesMenthe]

DH keeps a tiny list in his wallet so he can buy a new Spencer For Hire whenever he's in the USA. {grin] at pasta recipe - will you tell me which book or have I to re-read them all to find it?

[purepurple]

I am also reading the dark tower series. I am nearly finished book number 5.
I am also in love with Roland.

[FrameyMcFrame]

Micheal Palin autobiography, Halfway to Hollywood.

[JANEITEluddite]

I am not Riven but The Dark Tower series is great. Very different to his other stuff and I soooo fancy Roland (the central character).

[AliGrylls]

Riven, is Dark Tower any good? I loved the early Stephen King but I feel he has gone off the boil in recent years and have stopped buying as a result.

DH reads all sorts. He has just finished the Case of Exploding Mangoes.

[RustyBear]

DH reads Robert E Howard, classic sci-fi like Robert Silverberg,the Godfather over and over, Sherlock Holmes, various Dr Who books.
However, he also writes Captain Scarlet and other Gerry Anderson/Dr Who crossover fanfic, so I'd hesitate to recommend following his lead...

[Takver]

Mostly non fiction (same true for me too) - atm "Money, whence it came, where it went" by JK Galbraith, before that a book about growing brassicas.
Also a fair bit of sci-fi - he likes the 'Best Sci-fi stories of the year' type books with lots of short stories. And Christopher Brookmyer.
TBH our tastes overlap a lot, although I like fantasy more than he does, and I've yet to see him reading my Georgette Heyers

[ReneRusso]

My DH reads stuff I consider a bit samey (and trashy), James Rollins, John Case, Robert Goddard, Lee Child, Andrew Gross, Robert Harris but I have long since given up trying to broaden his outlook. One rare example of a book we both enjoyed was Timeline by Michael Crichton.

[Flamebat]

dh is listening to wheel of time in audio book form.

if your dh wants to read mcnab what difference does it make to you .

DH pretty much only reads fantasy, he is happy with that, why would it affect me?

[TheFoosa]

the last book he read was 'One Day' by David Nichols

[francasaysrelax]

He is reading Zadie Smith's The Autograph man