What book are you reading right now?

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Hollow City, by Ransom Riggs. A second installment in the trio of Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar children. Not a heavy read, but original content.

Coltrane: The Story of a Sound - by Ben Ratliff

Hip-deep in Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey, by V.S. Naipaul.

Native Son, by Richard Wright

All Quiet on the Western Front.

Re-reading Martin Amis' short stories in the collection Heavy Water.

Dune by Frank Herbert.

Tehanu--the fourth book in the Earthsea Cycle

Something Unexpected by Tressie Lockwood.

I never just read one book at a time, here's my current reads:

Torchwood: Slow Decay
Star Trek: Into Darkness
On the Edge My Story - Richard Hammond
The Colour of Magic - Terry Pratchett
The curious book of olde English laws
Doctor Who: The Stone Rose

^I also seldom read only one book at a time. Probably the only way I can read al the ones I buy/get/win in a reasonable amount of time.

But what I have read out this week :

Nederland en de Nieuwe Wereld - H. Wim Van den Doel

It contained a lot of things I already knew (like for example the limited interest the Dutch government had for the overseas colonies, except for the East-Indies), alto with some new details. Most important new thing I learned was the historical reason Venezuela has an interest in Curacao.

De Verenigde Staten in de twintigste eeuw - Maarten Van Rossem

I do no remember reading a history book where the authors own political viewpoints where made that clearly.

On the currently reading list :

Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
De saga van Grettur de Sterke - translated (into Dutch) by Tonny Buijs
De antichrist - Friederich Nietzsche

Reading the Princess Bride.