Finally got through the very long "The Mountain Shadow" the highly anticipated sequel to "Shantaram" by Gregory David Roberts. Obviously not as good as the original but still an engaging philosophical read about a violent man trying to leave his life of violence is a quickly changing Bombay. I believe this is part of a trilogy and am definitely looking forward to the next one.
As far as a non fiction recommendation goes I absolutely loved "The Aliens are Coming" by Ben Miller. It is a great read that explores the conditions for life, why we have not encountered aliens yet and how humanity should go about trying to find aliens. He has such an amazing writing style which makes these complicated subjects funny and easy to understand. I could not put this one down. In comparison I tried reading "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs" by Lisa Randall and never finished because it was so boring.
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