Reading In Public: What Books Are People Carrying With Them? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Subways, airports, buses--we keep an eagle eye out and the moment we hear a page turn, our ears perk up.

We're on the lookout for what people are reading. Sometimes you can tell a lot about a person just by what they're reading. And, who knows, you may even get a great book idea when you least expect it.

So next time you bring a book out with you in public, be careful. You could end up on our site!

We'd love for you to tell us what book you've been seen reading lately, and what you think of other readers' picks.

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"The Group" - Mary McCarthy

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[numbskull816]

06:30 PM on 09/06/2010

Daaaang people from NY and Boston are losers

[Voltairine]

10:58 AM on 08/29/2010

Funny thing about LA - I never see people reading in public.

[Rivster]

03:51 AM on 08/29/2010

One of the things I miss the most about living in NYC is riding the subway and catching a glimpse of the interesting reads. Sometimes I'd see someone reading a book that seemed so out-of-character that it really gave me pause. Reminding me of the adage -- something about a book and its cover.

[dahpunkster]

11:32 PM on 08/28/2010

funny you would mention the group. Saw the movie a couple weeks ago on tv late at night ,boy was it addicting.

[GreenAmbition]

08:38 AM on 08/28/2010

I almost got the book from Dr. Chopra. Instead I purchased James M. Tabor's "Blind Descent".
It's an account of the true life expedition of scientist/explorers who travel to the bottom of the earth in a cave located in Mexico. It's WOW...just WOW.

[netaholic13]

04:29 AM on 08/28/2010

None of the books is on my shelf. And from the list I only know 2 of the authors, Deepak Chopra and Leo Tolstoy. Currently reading Hosseini's Kite Runner

[FPhoebe]

09:49 PM on 08/27/2010

I'm almost finished reading My Life in France by Julia Childs and Alex Prud'homme. Then, I want to quickly read 1984 before I start the semester. I'll be reading a lot of Chaucer for the next few months.

[Ergon]

07:09 PM on 08/27/2010

"Absurdistan", by Gary Shteyngart. Reading the pb. The reviews have it right, a successor to "Catch-22" and "Breakfast of Champions" (but not "Slaughterhouse- Five", no way)

[tjbv]

06:47 PM on 08/27/2010

"Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years," by Diarmaid MacCulloch. There's an elaborate DVD set that recaps the book, but the book's the thing. His fine gentle voice in the DVD set is all the more spellbinding in his written word. A thousand-plus pages and not an eddy in the narrative flow. A great work, I believe.

[calicanuck]

05:57 PM on 08/27/2010

"Women in Love" is probably the most difficult and ultimately unrewarding of Lawrence's first three masterworks. I hope the reader doesn't lose hope altogether and toss it out onto the tracks.

That said, I would love to have a coffee with this mysterious diver into the depths of Ursula and Gudrun. I suspect we'd have a fair bit to talk about.

[tjbv]

06:43 PM on 08/27/2010

It's just my opinion, but I've felt for years that "Women in Love" is Lawrence's masterpiece.

[calicanuck]

06:56 PM on 08/27/2010

I'm a die hard "Sons and Lovers" man, sorry. I guess I'm just a "boy novel" kind of boring guy... "Women in Love" definitely had some moments for me, but I thought had a very awkward climax( was there one ?) and a flat ending (The death of Birkin...big deal). Plus the fact that my poor Mom fought this book steadfastly for months, I tell ya!

I'll let you know how the "The Plumed Serpent" goes...

(God...I hope you weren't just coming on to me re: the coffee date.) ;-)

[eric14]

07:35 PM on 08/27/2010

I think Lawrence found his true voice in his travel writings.

[Ergon]

07:11 PM on 08/27/2010

Read "Lady Chatterley's Lover" at 12. Discovered masturbation concurrently :)

[Enock Zamora]

04:27 PM on 08/27/2010

My oh my, don't let S. Palin, or the leaders down South see your reading out side, they will ban it just for g.p., general principle.

[amazinggrace]

04:25 PM on 08/27/2010

I am reading, "Sophia Tolstoy" by Alexandra Popoff. It is a fascinating look at not only Sophia, but the Tolstoy family. This bio presents a well rounded woman who lived for her husband and her children. She was Tolstoy's rock as you learn that she was a wife, mother, business woman, "Doctor", and editor who ran her own publishing firm. Very, very interesting book.

[Enock Zamora]

04:53 PM on 08/27/2010

The 'Sophia Tolstoy' story and what happened to the family, and 'The Sophia (Wisdom) of Jesus' have strings attached, in the ethereal and salient plane. The latter can be Googled, or found at the link below if you like the 'Tolstoy' story. The latter book is a [rock]:

www.thereluctantmessenger.com

[GraceNotes]

04:05 PM on 08/27/2010

I love the cover of that edition of Anna Karenina. I saw it at the library a few days ago, and actually had to look closely to figure out that it is a closeup of a woman's bare knees, with her hands holding the flower. Risque!

[naschkatze]

12:36 AM on 08/28/2010

Don't buy the book for the cover--buy it for the translators.

[skeller]

03:42 PM on 08/27/2010

Joan Schenkar's "The Talented Miss Highsmith.". I found it interesting and entertaining but I couldn't help wondering whether either Highsmith's accomplishments--though she wrote some very fine stories--or her life justified so much biography. Also, the structure is odd and there is more repetition than even an understanding reader was comfortable with.

[c-tom]

08:38 PM on 08/27/2010

I once read and still have the 1300 page biography "Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Man Who Created Tarzan". Now you can feel even better about the time you spent on "The Talented Miss Highsmith."

[naschkatze]

12:27 AM on 08/28/2010

Miss Highsmith was a wordsmith of the highest order.

[stormpilot]

02:52 PM on 08/27/2010

I'm reading "All the Shah's Men" by Stephen Kinzer. It's difficult to put down. The intrigue! Bad CIA...