i went through a stage where i enjoyed Dan Brown books... The Inferno was a pretty fun read... i read it around the time i was taking a sociology class and we were discussing Malthusians theory so it really grabbed my attention.

 

a non fiction book i really enjoyed was Empire of the Summer Moon... that book will give you a new perspective on the plains native Americans and the real horrors that both sides(the Army and the Natives) inflicted on each other during the western frontier timeline... there is no doubt that Native Americans experienced near genocide from settlers on the eastern front, but holy cow, the Comanche tribe was absolutely ruthless in some of there methods... something i didnt really realize before reading this was that alot of the terrible acts were exclusive to settlers and Native Americans battling each other... infact alot of bloodshed came between the tribes and really ramped up with the introduction of horses by the Spaniards.... the most insteresting portion of the book,IMO,  was learning about the connection the Natives had with their land and their understanding of the environment in which they lived, how thier nomadic style actually allowed them to coexist with their land without destroying the places they lived.

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