E-readers have taken away the fun of seeing what fellow commuters are reading (I always assume it’s the latest trash, 50 Shades of Grey or Inferno), but today happened to be one when there were several actual books being read near me. An impressive handful too. They were:

[amazon_link id=”0141975652″ target=”_blank” ]The Signal and The Noise[/amazon_link] – the paperback edition of Nate Silver

[amazon_image id=”0141975652″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Signal and the Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0007315104″ target=”_blank” ]Bring Up The Bodies[/amazon_link] – Hilary Mantel

[amazon_image id=”0007315104″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Bring Up the Bodies[/amazon_image]

[amazon_link id=”0141033576″ target=”_blank” ]Thinking Fast and Slow[/amazon_link] by Daniel Kahneman

[amazon_image id=”0141033576″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Thinking, Fast and Slow[/amazon_image]

and, inevitably, one of the [amazon_link id=”0007428545″ target=”_blank” ]George Martin[/amazon_link] tomes.