A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING - Bill Bryson

I read this often, absolutely full of interesting facts.  I always find myself giggling reading the first few chapters when trying to comprehend the numbers involved in space.

Accessible knowledge with Bryson's humour ,always a bonus.

CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS - Rudyard Kipling

A boys adventure but an excellent read whether you are 12 or 60.   Interesting in its depiction of fishing on the Grand Banks. 

OUR MAN IN HAVANA - Graham Greene

This is very funny, ludicrous in parts but if you have read the accounts of Philby and co. the incompetence of the British Secret Services is not exaggerated here. A Greene with a reasonably happy ending. 

Loved it, can't believe I left it so long to read again

ROGUE MALE - Geoffrey Household

This a re-read of one of the best thrillers going around.  Very much in the vein of  The 39 Steps but darker.

Track it down and read it.

THANK YOU, JEEVES - P. G. Wodehouse

The first Jeeves and Bertie full length novel.  Its creaks a bit  but as we know he got better at the novels for these two characters.

Wodehouse is an utter delight.  The world would be a much nicer place if everyone read him.

PLAYBACK - Raymond Chandler

This was originally a screen play and then adjusted to novel form.  Its not good and feels like a cash in on Chandlers great novels.

THE LONG GOODBYE- Raymond Chandler

Chandlers last real novel , it follows his formula but as usual a stunning read.  The Marlowe novels are literature and deserve many re-reads