I enjoy the darker true crime books, these are a good read:
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Art of war is a good book too.
I wasn't meaning for a serious thread but on that note I'm reading at the moment:
The Meaning of It All by Kelly Johnson (inventor/lead designer of the P 38 and Sr 71 planes) which is fascinating talking about the inception of Lockeed Martin and how it grew infinitely
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The Making of The Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
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The The Theoretical Minimum (both classical and theoretical physics versions [too lazy to link them]
Since they are both very real and aren't fiction I don't feel bad reading 4 books at once taking months on months to finish them.
Non fiction I am reading
You must login or register to view this content. and I really need to light a fire under my ass and finish it soon, Ive been reading it on and off for about a year haha
I can't do fiction that isn't sci fi though.
Accelerando is an amazing book, I had a friend who was writing a sci fi book and I ended up accidentally pointing out almost every plot point was involved in that book, it really was ahead of it's time and you can get a free PDF version legally since he released it under a creative commons license!