Dreamcatcher (Stephen King) - Tale of alien invasion set in the North Woods of Maine, focusing on four childhood friends who are on their annual hunting trip (some not for long). Well-written, engaging, as you might expect from King, but the story just doesn't make any sense. King himself seems to have realized this, penning an "Afterword" in which the surviving main characters try to make sense of it all themselves (unsuccessfully, in my opinion). Written longhand while King was recovering from the automobile accident, he is later reported to have more or less disowned the book. Apparently they made a movie; I imagine it's a muddled mess.
October 1964 (David Halberstam) - Despite the title, the story of the 1964 season with focus on the World Series participants (St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees). Historical background on many of the big stars (Mantle, Maris, Ford, Gibson, Brock, Flood, Boyer). General themes include the beginning of the end for the Yankee franchise (in no small part because of their lateness in recognizing and signing black players) and the rise of the Cardinals (in no small part because of their embrace of black talent like Gibson, Bill White, Curt Flood, Lou Brock). I learned some stuff, didn't find it very full of tension, was a bit put off by repeated misspellings of Milwaukee Braves' outfielder Lee Maye's name as "May" as if he was the same guy that played 1B for the Reds (who didn't even start his career until 1965).
Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman) - I read October 1964 in September and Guns of August in October. Confusing enough? This, of course, is the classic history of the first month of combat in World War I. I'd previously read material on most of the major conflicts of the last century but never anything on WWI. This is pretty engaging, though the large cast of characters can get confusing at times.
Cemetery Dance (Preston and Child) - I returned to the world of Pendergast, fictional FBI agent, who returns to New York to solve the murder of old friend Bill Smithback and attempts on the life of Nora Kelly. Good fun, with zombie goings-on before they became really popular.