A throwaway thriller - less fun than some in the genre because most of the back story is fabricated and some is just fantastical.

A classic of mystery, intrigue and adventure; set in a world immediately familiar and yet unfathomably foreign.

Lets do this SAT style

Cat Ballou the novel is to the Cat Ballou the movie
as
Romeo and Juliet is to a 7th grade version of West Side Story

This novel is nothing less than a generation spanning love story disguised as a western. Not foo-foo Harlequin love, but every shade of the emotion man has felt, from purple lust and red hot passion to green eyed envy and blue tinged regret is present. The action never slows and by the last few chapters you'll be turning pages as fast as you can blink, dreading how the story will end as the pages dwindle to a final few. 

Unfortunately the library only has the movie version. 

One good story from 2009 and three campy ones from the early 80's make for an uneven but enjoyable collection.

Not being a gear-head I probably missed more than a few of the nuances in this collection of car-centric columns, but they are well written and entertaining enough to be worth a read even if you replace every car-centric paragraph with the phrase doohickey and thingamajig, or if you skip them entirely.

I'm disappointed that I didn't read this 15 year ago. Forget all of the faux leadership and self-help manuals around today; this book is a primer on management applicable across all fields.

An illustrated expansion of his classic "Confessions of an Advertising Man"

Fantastic, Melancholy, Unforgettable.

Short stories with a decided emphasis on love and relationships.

An excellent mix of pure zombie chew-em-up stories and more cerebral fare; of particular interest were the stories in which the titular horrors were only tangentially addressed - especially the romantic story set on the set of George Romero's "Night of the Living Dead".

A fitting conclusion to the series. Like with his other two sets of novels (published as John Hemry) this one leaves room for an expansion of the universe without demanding a sequel or feeling incomplete.

More of a companion or supplement, this work would be almost incomprehensible to anyone not already familiar with the Ender-verse.

Somehow I missed the publication of this entirely; only when the release of the third volume was being publicized did I know there had been a second. 
While set in the same world, the characters are markedly different,the most memorable distinction being the faith-based outlook of the protagonist. His Catholicism colors and informs every decision he makes. It is such an unusual literary device in this day and age that it is unsettling at first before, in the end, becoming the most comforting aspect of the story. 

Just when you think that a series has nowhere to go, they come out with a fresh take that reinvigorates the franchise. Adding new depth to old characters and introducing new ones who can hold their own in a fast-paced adventure, Preston and Child reaffirmed why they are on my 'must read' list both individually and in tandem.

Combine near-future fiction with an intro to economics course for an interesting and entertaining read.

I was left feeling dirty, sad, and angry after finishing this; as anyone with a conscience would.

While it was undoubtedly timely and edgy when first published, looked at through the jaded filter of another two decades of broadcast history this reads as a sweet, almost innocent tale about life behind the scenes for TV producers.

Most entertaining as nostalgia, the discussion of then current TV shows that are now either syndication staples or long forgotten failures makes this an entertaining read - although one that may not be an comprehensible or as enjoyable to anyone under the age of 30 who didn't experience the season in question (1998-99)first-hand.

A dated but moving portrait of the life of a junkie in the 50's 60's and 70's. Despite the pontificating of the lead character (which is understandable in light of his being modeled on the author) he is, in the end, worthy of sympathy if not pity.

An interesting setting, premise and characters turns in to a disappointing chase novel for the final 100 pages.

I don't know whether it is due to the abridged nature of this version or due to rose-colored memories of the original, but while reading this to the kids we all agreed that the titular hero comes across as an incompetent boob.