Mike & Ron Johnson

Books

For the Win, Cory Doctorow. A young adult (that's me, right?) novel about economics and labor organizing in the context of online gaming.
The Hittite, Ben Bova. A new take on what happened at Troy and where Helen went when the party was over. History, violence, sex, it's all here.
The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi. A beautifully written dystopian view of this world when genetic engineering of plants and animals (yes, and eponymously, people) has run amok, shaping populations and cultures.
The Quiet War and Gardens of the Sun, Paul McAuley. These books recount the conflicts arising after ecological disaster reshaped the political powers of Earth. The two books are a continuous story which takes place all over the solar system and incorporates great-sounding science and technologies. All that plus war and romance and a wonderfully realized setting make these adventures a great read..
61 Hours Jack Reacher, the ultimate loner, wreaks the violence he always does, but adds a bit more feeling than we are used to seeing in him.
The Passage Vampires, gun battles, romance -- what more could one ask of a dystopian view of post-apocalyptic America?
Druids, Barbara Galler-Smith and Josh Langston A historical fantasy about Druids in ancient Gaul and Iberia around 100 BC. For more details, see my review on Amazon.
The Sky People, S.M. Stirling With blithe disregard for the science in this reality, Stirling spins a tale of Terran swashbucklers on Venus in the 1980s.
Playing for Pizza, John Grisham A quick and light read, entertaining as Grisham always is.
The Limits of Power, Andrew J. Bacevich A well-written analysis of the role of military power in American foreign policy.