Two books have been getting much of my attention lately.
One is Speeding Bullet, the George Reeves bio by Jan Alan Henderson. If you want to know just how royally screwed up the investigation of his death was, that book's a real eye-opener.
The other is In Search of Dracula by Raymond McNally and Radu Florescu. It's about how the exploits of Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula. And let me tell you something; after reading about the shit Vlad the Impaler pulled, I'm not the least bit surprised that Stoker wrote a story where Vlad got reincarnated as a vampire wreaking havoc on England. That guy was one sick bastard.
