I have got a bunch of R F Delderfield paperbacks - God is an Englishman,To Serve Them All My Days, A Horseman Riding By etc that I have taken on my last few 4 monthers. Given that the working hours are usually somewhat longer OOA they usually tend to last for the first three months and after that I will read anything that takes my mind off being away from home - mostly military/social history fiction. I reckon that my Delderfields have got one more read in them before I hand my uniform back.
Anyone turning up at Brize Norton for a flight that doesn't have a book with them is either a first timer or an eternal optimist.