Books on the nightstand

Walter Pruitt

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Not a reading list for show. These are the books I actually finished, mostly after a day of basements and bad wiring. Nonfiction holds up best when you're tired. A few chess books thrown in because Davis Square nights get slow between moves, and the Sox book because every October demands one. Just my two cents where I had one.

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Books on the nightstand — 9 items
Name	Comment	Title	Author	Genre
1House	Read this after a rough framing inspection in Milton. Kidder gets the arguments between builder and owner dead right. Just my two cents.	House	Tracy Kidder	Nonfiction, construction
2The Soul of a New Machine	Not about houses but same guy, same eye for how people actually work under pressure. Worth it.	The Soul of a New Machine	Tracy Kidder	Nonfiction, technology
3Moneyball	My brother-in-law threw this across the table during a Sox argument. Changed how I watch a box score. Just my two cents.	Moneyball	Michael Lewis	Nonfiction, baseball
4The Glory of Their Times	Old ballplayers talking in their own words. Better than any stat sheet for understanding the game.	The Glory of Their Times	Lawrence S. Ritter	Nonfiction, baseball
5Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess	Everybody at the board owns a copy of this at some point. Simple drills. They work. Just my two cents.	Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess	Bobby Fischer	Chess, instruction
6The Historian	Long book for a weeknight but good for a slow stretch in winter. Kept me up past the chess club closing.	The Historian	Elizabeth Kostova	Fiction, gothic
7The Given Day	Boston in 1919, police strike and all. My wife's family still talks like half of this happened to them personally.	The Given Day	Dennis Lehane	Historical fiction
8Mystic River	Set close enough to home that I recognized a few streets. Dark book. Read it anyway.	Mystic River	Dennis Lehane	Crime fiction
9The Last Hurrah	Old Boston Irish machine politics, thinly disguised. In-laws quote lines from it at Thanksgiving. Just my two cents.	The Last Hurrah	Edwin O'Connor	Fiction, politics

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