The Books of Erik Larson

[OumaFan]

I liked Devil in the White City but it was a bit unfortunate that he didn't have more to go on with the serial killer. That's understandable and not his fault but I thought he kind of had to do a patchwork job on that part of the story. Still a very solid book.

I like Adam Hochschild. Not exactly the same type books but its popular history type stuff. The Unquiet Ghost: Russians Remember Stalin was good and King Leopold's Ghost (about the King of Belgium and his colonial reign in the Belgian Congo) was quite good. He has a new book out about World War I. It surprised me to see him take on such an ambitious project but I have no idea if its any good or not.