2026 Book List
The great detective is investigating the murder of a politician with a mysterious background.
- Author: Peter Romer
- Fiction Crime
Book 2 of 2 of Agent Shaw. In this book, Shaw’s mission intersects with another amateur group of modern Nazi hunters as they try to take down an old Soviet warlord. Gripping, but pretty airy stuff.
- Author: David Baldacci
- Fiction Crime
Epic in scope, the author weaves together a disparate group of protagonists to tell the story of the battle over the logging of old growth forests and what we have lost due to our ignorance and greed.
- Author: Richard Powers
- Fiction Historical Fiction
Larson’s distinct brand of historical fiction details the story of the birth of wireless telegraph and it’s impact on the world, particularly on a strange murder in London. A key figure covered is Marconi, who is debatably the inventor of wireless telegraph while not apparently not understanding much of its scientific underpinnings. This time period appears to be a pivot point from the “gentleman scientist” who discovers for mankind’s sake and shares their finding far and wide for others to build upon and the capitalist dabbler, who has the good sense to see a scientific tide emerging and seeks to be the first to commercial application and covets the advances as trade secrets. While the gentleman scientist was limited to a privileged few who had the wealth and influence, we are worse off for not having some great minds striving for the general welfare.
- Author: Erik Larson
- Nonfiction History
A thriller about the winner of a rigged lottery drawing. It spends the first 200 pages setting the scene before it really gets humming.
- Author: David Baldacci
- Fiction Crime
Book 1 of the Hyperion Cantos. The structure parallels the Canterbury Tales in having a number of pilgrims tell their story on their journey. Through each of the tales, more of the world as well as the stakes of the pilgrimage become clear. Beautifully written book.
- Author: Dan Simmons
- Fiction Sci-Fi
