I'm a pretty avid reader. The Prophets of Smoked Meats reads almost like a novel and takes you through some of Daniel Vaughns BBQ expeditions through each region of Texas BBQ. I'm about half-way through the Franklin book. It's a great read so far. It's hard to put down.
Update: Over night, Amazon lowered the price of Aaron's book in hardcover to $18.19 from 29. 99.! So instead of buying the Kindle edition, I went ahead and paid the $5 extra bucks and got the hard cover.
I enjoyed the book as well, though it was only about offsets though. (which I do not cook on). It does have a few recipes in the back though. I am going to try the bbq sauce ones.
Really great book. I enjoyed the first part about his personal story as well, and even if you don't cook on an offset (which I'm assuming is most of us), there is just a wealth of info and tips from a guy who does this every day. Get yourself a copy, you will definitely learn something new.
With a 9 month old and work I do not get a lot of down time to read but I am in the middle of Franklins new book. His personal story of how he started was fantastic. I am a sucker for entrepreneurship and building something from nothing. I am excited to finish it.
Reading it now on my Kindle App - very good so far and I am 20% through it. As someone mentioned here, his personal story of entrepreneurship is compelling.