I just finished Alan Dean Foster's "Taken" Trilogy and really enjoyed it. It's probably "not as bad" as Dan Brown (opinion only, possibly), but it's what most here would just classify as escapist trash. Also Scott Meyer released a sequel to his "Off to be the Wizard" book (Spell or Highwater) and I finished reading it soon after the Taken trilogy. It's a great series too. I bought the "Everything is Bullshit" book and I'm on a plane tomorrow, so I'll probably finish it during the flight.
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