book rec?

[desh]

Quick book recommendation, anyone? Looking for either short stories (either fiction or autobiographical), or non-fiction that's about both a topic and characters (i.e. no everything-that-ever-happened-to-me memoirs, but no Malcolm Gladwell either). Prefer something written in the past 10 years and that's already in paperback, but brand new is OK too.

Thanks!

EDIT: A friend just contacted me about a book he just wrote. So that's definitely going to win for this particular purchase. I really appreciate the recs, though, and will come back to this post next time I want a book, so keep them coming if you have anything to suggest. Thanks again!

Comments

[desh]

Devil in White City seems to be exactly the kind of book I was looking for. Awesome. I won't have time to read it any time soon at this point, so I won't get it yet, but it's definitely on my list now. Is there a name for this genre or subgenre of books? The non-fiction drama kind of thing? Because I almost always like them and never know how to talk about them...

Curious Incident might be the newest novel I've read, excepting "kids" stuff like Harry Potter and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I quite liked it! People keep mentioning Life of Pi to me; I suppose I'll have to give it a shot at some point.

And thanks!

[nnaylime.livejournal.com]

The non-fiction drama kind of thing? Because I almost always like them and never know how to talk about them...

I wish I knew, because it would certainly make it easier for me to find more of that sort. What others, like that, have you read?

[desh]

The most recent was American Roulette, which I particularly liked because I like gambling and casinos.

[kezinge.livejournal.com]

Is there a name for this genre or subgenre of books?

I haven't read any of the books in question, but literary nonfiction might be a good first approximation.

[arctic-alpine.livejournal.com]

read life of pi. and then, knowing how it ends, read it again.