Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian

Memoirs of the famous Hurrying Heinz of the Wehrmacht.

Free Fire by CJ Box

Another Joe Pickett. A good read.

In Plain Sight by C.J. Box

Another in the Joe Pickett series.

Out of Range by CJ Box

I'm officially addicted to the Joe Pickett series.

A Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle

Happened to come across my collection of Sherlock Holmes and thought I would dive in.

Trophy Hunt by C.J. Box

Yet another in the Joe Pickett series. Not bad, but probably the weakest entry in the series so far.

Winterkill by C.J. Box

Not quite as good as the first two entries. Some of the characters are a little over the top.

Mission Flats by William Landay

Not as good as Defending Jacob in my opinion.

Defending Jacob by William Landay

Good legal mystery recommended by a neighbor. If you liked We Need To Talk About Kevin,  you'd probably like this one.

Savage Run by C.J. Box

Second in the Joe Pickett series... just as good as the first.

Testimony by Anita Shreve

Fictional version of the events that happened at Milton Academy here in Mass. Excellent book, I was worried the author would have an axe to grind but she clearly doesn't.

The New Organon by Francis Bacon

Long intended to read this and finally got around to it.

Open Season by C.J. Box

The first entry in Box's Joe Pickett series and well worth the time. Tony Hillerman has an endorsement on the back and it was through Hillerman that I discovered Box.

Back of Beyond by C.J. Box

I tried Box's "Cold Wind" a few months ago and couldn't get through it. I found some of the characters too stereotypical to stomach (like a dumb sheriff only worried about his political future). I picked this one up at the Atlanta airport when I had nothing else to read. It turned out to be a very good outdoorsy thriller. Maybe I'll give some of Box's other books a try.

St. Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters

A Cadfael mystery.

North of Nowhere by Steve Hamilton

Alex McKnight mystery.

Locke by Edward Feser

Good introduction to the English empiricist.

A Cold Day in Paradise by Steve Hamilton

Good contemporary hard-boiled private eye mystery set in northern Michigan.

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth Century Philosophers by Carl Becker

One of the joys of browsing used bookstores is stumbling over the occasional treasure. This book was originally published in 1932 and the author has a wonderful style.

Nietzsche by Walter Kaufman

Intended to read this for many years, finally got around to it.

The Hanging Tree by Bryan Gruley

Sequel to the author's Starvation Lake. Another good mystery.

Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley

Good mystery set in a northern Michigan small town.

The Solitary Self by Mary Midgley

Good, commonsensical thought on the relationship of Darwin to philosophy.

Moral Combat: Good and Evil in World War II by Michael Burleigh

Investigation of the moral aspects of WWII, from the strategic bombing campaigns to collaboration in occupied France.

Shattered Sword by Parshall and Tully

This is a thorough and somewhat revisionist history of the Battle of Midway. The authors don't challenge the conventional history - a glorious American victory based on superior intelligence, planning, tactical flexibility, individual initiative and a good bit of luck - but they do reveal many fascinating details that expose some unsung heroes and also overturn a few well-known but false truisms concerning the American triumph. Among the former is Lt. Dick Best, perhaps the most accurate dive-bombing aviator in the U.S. Navy. It turns out that only three dive-bombers attacked the Japanese carrier Akagi in the critical attack that sank three flattops. Best and his element were winging over to attack the Kaga when he noticed that it was also being attacked by the more famous C. Wade McCluskey and his planes. At the last second, Best changed his target to the Akagi and, among the three planes attacking, scored the only hit. But that hit was enough to turn the Akagi into an inferno. Had Best gone after the Kaga, the Akagi would have been left unscathed and capable of delivering a possibly devastating counterattack on the U.S. fleet. Best also scored a hit on the Hiryu in a later attack. Among the false notions concerning the battle is the claim that the Japanese carriers were caught with flight decks full of planes being refueled and rearmed. By analyzing the timeline of events the authors show that this cannot be true. In fact, the origin of the notion was probably as a means for the Japanese commanders to save face, as they could blame the disaster on unfortunate circumstance rather than poor planning and tactical performance. Highly recommended.

The Longest Winter by Alex Kershaw

Riveting account of an I&R platoon in the 99th Division during the Battle of the Bulge and afterwards in captivity. I knew remotely the story of a platoon that held up the entire northern German thrust for a day, but this book provides the first hand account details of how 18 men more or less ruined Wacht Am Rhein the first day of the operation.

Churchill by Paul Johnson

Short biography of Churchill from Johnson, who is a fan, and who could blame him? As usual, Johnson gives a different perspective on events that you thought were settled history, like the Gallipoli misadventure in WW1.

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Outstanding novel about a teenage killer, told from the point of view of his mother. Shriver is a perceptive psychologist.