Inspiration fail

[james_davis_nicoll]

Are there any books (non-fiction or fiction) I should put on my birthday list?

Comments

[seth ellis (from livejournal.com)]

Non-fiction: my own birthday haul included 1493, In The Land of Invented Languages by Arika Okrent, and The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum, all of which are fun so far.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

1493! I knew I was forgetting something!

[neowolf2.livejournal.com]

I very much liked 1493. It's on my Kindle.

[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

If you haven't read it, I second the suggestion of The Poisoner's Handbook. Very good history of a specific science.