Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, translated by Lydia Davis -- Reading this as part of r/bookclub and I'm enjoying it. Flaubert's writing is really captivating. I'm also a fan of Lydia Davis' short story work so I was happy to see she did a recent translation of this book (in 2015). I'm also really enjoying the discussions of it on the bookclub sub-reddit. The marginalia thread devoted to the book is especially fun, as well as the section breakdown threads.

Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain -- I just finished this and I liked the noir-quality that Cain gave to this tale about a struggling divorcee who is trying to make a living in post-Great-Depression-era Los Angeles. The ending was startling and I'm now enjoying the HBO mini-series adaptation of the book. Kate Winslet is doing a nice job and the adaptation is really faithful. I think Patricia Highsmith, another noir/suspense author who wrote a novel outside the genre, did a better job with The Price of Salt; or Carol as I was more moved by that book. Mildred Pierce was still very enjoyable, though.

The Killing Kind by Bryan Smith -- Definitely not for the faint-hearted, this splatterpunk horror book has some extreme scenes. I was put off by the writing initially -- it wasn't as polished as I had hoped, even for the genre -- but eventually I was able to look past that and was entertained by the story. Not quite as good Joe R. Lansdale forays into B-movie pulp horror, but it was a fast read and I may consider reading more of Smith's work.