Before that, read Super Boys about Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, by Brad Ricca.  Enjoyed it very much, but might be a little much for one only casually interested in comics--we get an analysis of virtually everything Jerry ever wrote for his high school newspaper, for example.  Reading the account of their wars with DC, it struck me that they were lucky that they were in parity, so to speak.  Bill Finger never would have had a chance to claim a piece of Batman, as Bob Kane was acknowledged as the sole creator, and on contract; and Stan Lee provides Marvel with a shield as the "creator" of the books he worked on with Kirby and Ditko.  But Siegel and Shuster had been credited from the beginning as cocreators of Superman, and were both on the outs with DC.  I can't help but think that if Siegel, for example, had reached an agreement, Shuster could easily have been frozen out.  (And no, I'm not commenting on who deserved credit or pay for what, just the power dynamics in play in a contest between a company and its employees).  

Starting The English Agent by Daniel Silva.  Listening on tape to Duma Key by Stephen King.  

I'm rarely a fan of prose superhero novels, but so far this one has been a great read.  Highly recommended.

Up next will be either ROSE GOLD, the latest Easy Rawlins novel by Walter Mosley (if I can wait till it's released Tuesday), or GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn.

Just finished "Ten Little Aliens" by Stephen Cole, a Doctor Who novel about the First Doctor from 2002 that was reissued as part of the 50 years of the Doctor series. Mildly interesting, cute stab at Agatha Christie's story "Ten Little Indians" (acknowledged in the foreword), too much time spent with 2-dimensional characters that might not last the novel and not enough Doctor for my tastes.

The American Way of Death by Jessica Mitford.

Thanks for the recommendation JB, this book was fantastic!

I learned more about the embalming process than I ever wanted to know, and it had what has to be the best footnote ever: “I do not like the repeated use of sic. It seems to impart a pedantic, censorious quality to the writing. I have throughout made every effort to quote the funeral trade publications accurately; the reader who is fastidious about usage will hereafter have to supply his own sics.”