10 E-Books You Should Download To Your Kindle Now

Amazon's Senior Editor of Books tells us which e-books you need for your Kindle.

December 12, 2011

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Intro

Now that the mercury has dropped lower than Greg Oden's chances of ever playing another game of professional basketball, it's the perfect time to spend your nights curled up with a good book. Or an e-book. But which titles should you snuggle up with? We connected with Chris Schluep, Senior Editor of Books at Amazon.com, to give us some advice as to what the hot reads are. Keep reading to see which books he thinks you should download to Kindle immediately, and which ones you should save for if and when you get the new Kindle FIre. Remember, kids: Reading is fundamental.

ESPN

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

Author: Tom Shales, James Andrew Miller
Price: $14.99

Amazon says: "This oral history about the network that changed how we view athletic competition (not to mention poker) is the result of more than 550 interviews with top personalities and inside players. You'll learn practically all there is to know about the infighting, the bad behavior, the failures, and the victories behind the Worldwide Leader in Sports."

The Art of Fielding

The Art of Fielding: A Novel

Author: Chad Harbach
Price: $12.99

Amazon says: "The veritable baseball book that's not just about baseball, Chad Harbach's celebrated debut novel deserves a spot on the shelves next to The Brothers K and The Natural."

Pulphead

Pulphead: Essays

Author: John Jeremiah Sullivan
Price: $9.99

Amazon says: "There is no greater writer of essays on popular culture working today than John Jeremiah Sullivan. The New York Times calls Pulphead “the best, and most important, collection of magazine writing since Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."

1Q84

Author: Haruki Murakami
Price: $14.99

Amazon says: "Haruki Murakami's magnum opus and a bestseller in Japan a couple years ago, the novel landed on bestseller lists again when it got its U.S. publication in October. At 944 pages, this is a good one for your Kindle."

Ready Player One

Author: Ernest Cline
Price: $11.99

Amazon says: "This debut takes place almost exclusively inside OASIS, a virtual reality world designed by the Willy Wonka-esque genius James Halliday. His success makes him the richest man in the world—but when Halliday dies, industries and individuals alike become caught up in a quest to find the three clues he's left behind that will unlock his vast fortune."

Thinking Fast

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Author: Daniel Kahneman
Price: $12.99

Amazon says: "Nobel prizewinner Daniel Kahneman delivers a lively, engaging, and vastly informative tour of your mind and how it works. Read it: you might learn something."

The Oxford Companion To Beer

The Oxford Companion to Beer

Author: Garrett Oliver
Price: $19.22

Amazon says: "Top Brewmaster Garrett Oliver entertains while he informs in this comprehensive resource for one of humanity's finest and most lasting inventions."

Steve Jobs

Author: Walter Isaacson
Price: $14.99

Amazon says: "He put his stamp on computers, music, phones, and tablets. Now he's dominating the book market through Walter Isaacson's warts-and-all biography."

Y-The Last Man

Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned

Author: Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator)
Price: $9.68

Amazon says: "Brian K. Vaughan's graphic novel about a “genderside” that wipes out every last male animal on the planet—except for Yorick Brown and his pet monkey—is thought provoking, fast-paced, and entertaining. And the art will look great on your Kindle Fire."