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The glorious season of summer is finally upon us. Weekends at the pool, vacations to the beach, new episodes of Game of Thrones — these are the things that make life worth living.
While you’re out enjoying the sunshine and working on your tan in the next few months, you’ll need a good book or two to stimulate your mind and keep you company. Not to brag, but I am a New York Times bestselling author, and as such, am more qualified than any other living human to give you summer reading recommendations. Facts only.
So, without further ado, here are a few pieces of literature that I have read during the course of my life that I guarantee will leave you not only more enlightened as a person, but thoroughly entertained and even more attractive than you are right now.
1. In the Woods
I just finished In the Woods
Drew Magary is mostly known for being a funny sports blogger and humor writer, which is why I was intrigued when he dropped this in 2011. Turns out, he’s a damn good novelist as well. I’ve read The Postmortal
3. Decoded
If you’re a big fan of Jay Z, or at the very least a fan of rap who can respect his impact on the game, Decoded
Enjoy these gems, and I’ll drop some more reading recommendations on you good people soon.
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Ross Bolen
Ross Bolen is a New York Times Bestselling author, co-host of the Oysters, Clams & Cockles: Game of Thrones podcast, co-host of the Back Door Cover sports podcast, 2017 Masters attendee, bigger and more loyal Rockets, Astros and Texans fan than you, cheese enchilada aficionado, and nap god.
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I’m going to start reading The Panama Papers so I can figure out how to become a wealthy elite and never have to go to work again and also learn how to properly offshore my financial assets to avoid taxation. This summer is going to be the best one out of all the summers I said we’re going to be the best summers
I like the way you think.
Just funnel your money from your illicit drug activities into a cash heavy business and if you feel the heat is on just make sure to have your tech guy purchase a bunch of bit coins from shadowy people on the darknet and put them all in your cold storage bit coin wallet and head to a country with no extradition laws, i personally recommend the Maldives or Vietnam.
More posts on PGP about books please!
PGP Book Club has some legs I think. Maybe a monthly post like “Here are the books you should be reading this month”
Or a legit monthly “club”: A book is announced on the 1st of the month and then a post is posted on the last of the month to start a discussion/place to make comments and observations?
I think this post proves there are enough of us on this site who would enjoy the ability to discuss good books.
The Postmortal sounds awesome, will definitely be picking it up.
I’d also like to add a recommendation for Hillbilly Elegy. I read this in two days over a weekend because I couldn’t put it down.
Well crap shouldn’t have downloaded that Hillbilly, looks like I’m not getting shit done today.
Yep that’s why I waited for a weekend to read it.
I’ve read all of these. In the Woods is amazing, but be warned it’s a series and you will get hooked because it just keeps getting better.
Will probably read all of these thanks fam
Just finished Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham, and currently re-reading 1984. Dark Tower was my next book, but I might bump it for In the Woods on your recommendation.
Unsung by Meg Gardiner is fantastic. It’s a fiction novel inspired by the zodiac killer, would highly recommend to anybody.
Unsub* stupid autocorrect. Stupid me for not checking.
The Postmortal is amazing. The Hike is also good but The Postmortal is his best work.
Don’t know why this got downvoted, Postmortal is my favorite sci-fi book of the last few years. Its the only book I have ever read that really gets the blog writing style to work for it.
I’ve got The Hike but haven’t read it yet because I keep reading The Postmortal. It’s a problem.
My impression of the Hike is that while its not on the same level as Postmortal, it’s a lot of the same style, with more of a fantasy vibe. The Hike is more interesting, but not as “good” IMO.
I’m finally reading Slaying the Tiger two years after it came out. So far it’s fantastic, I’d highly recommend it to any golf fan.
The Postmortal is one of my two favorite books I’ve read since graduating college, and it is really incredible that it’s Magary’s first full novel, and its just so well done and unique, right out of the gate. I recommend it to anyone that reads at all, to give it a whirl. Really engrossing, and an easy read for a beach/lake weekend.
I loved the first 95% but thought the ending was kind of corny. That said, I loved The Hike from beginning to the very end. Funbag on Deadspin is the only thing that makes Tuesday bearable.