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So I'm a big reader, especially of genre material (speculative, fantasy, sci-fi, weird, horror), but always looking for any good recommendations.  I also read crime/mystery novels, especially the ones that are hybrids with other genres.

 

Anyone here on goodreads.com?

 

This is me on Goodreads

 

Holla at me if you want to be frendz and such, I like to see my feed pop off with people's recommendations/reviews.

 

Books that I've read recently that I would recommend:
 

China Lake by Meg Gardiner (suspense, crime)

The Night Market by Jonathan Moore (crime, mystery, sci-fi)

The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty (historical fantasy)

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid (literary horror)

Hater by David Moody (horror)

 

Even if you're not on goodreads, please post reviews/recommendations of whatever book in this thread, that would be great as well.  The more the merrier! :)

 

 

 

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I love sci-fi. Best I've ever read is the Hyperion series (or the "Hyperion Cantos"), by Dan Simmons.   It should be on everyone's sci-fi list.

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1 hour ago, LBSeeBallLBGetBall said:

The Wheel of Time

 

The Stormlight Archive

 

The Passage Trilogy

 

Love all of these.  Especially the Stormlight Archive.  What did you think of the last book?

 

Have you read any other of Sanderson's books?

 

1 hour ago, ShadyBillsFan said:

Game of Thrones 

 

Lord of he Rings 

 

Drittz Du’Orden Saga  R A Salvatore 

 

Jason Bourne series 

 

Jack Ryan Series Tom Clancy 

 

Dirk Pitt series  Clive Cussler 

 

 

Fantasy 

 

Spycraft 

 

loved them all 

 

Which Dirk Pitt Series book would you recommend, if I was to read one?

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12 minutes ago, {::'KayCeeS::} said:

 

Love all of these.  Especially the Stormlight Archive.  What did you think of the last book?

 

Have you read any other of Sanderson's books?

 

 

Which Dirk Pitt Series book would you recommend, if I was to read one?

Start from the beginning really.

The series is The Numa Files.   He’s kind of a McGuyver but entertaining.  At least a dozen and also There is a splinter story line with Juan Cabrio (I think I got that right)

 

Cabrio  rules the high seas with a high tech ship dressed as a rust bucket.  

 

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Start from the beginning really.

The series is The Numa Files.   He’s kind of a McGuyver but entertaining.  At least a dozen and also There is a splinter story line with Juan Cabrio (I think I got that right)

 

Cabrio  rules the high seas with a high tech ship dressed as a rust bucket.  

 

 

Cool, thanks for the info.  I'll check it out.  I've heard about it obviously, a very famous series, but never given it a chance. :thumbsup:

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"City of Tiny Lights"

 

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This is the kind of book that the 21st century has deliberately forgotten how to write. It's a serrated sucker-punch but in the best kind of way, like its cutting filet mignon with its fist. I highly recommend it, even though it's the kind of book that will get put down because it bristles at the seams and does not deign to slip n' slide into your comfort zone.

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"City of Tiny Lights"

 

This is the kind of book that the 21st century has deliberately forgotten how to write. It's a serrated sucker-punch but in the best kind of way, like its cutting filet mignon with its fist. I highly recommend it, even though it's the kind of book that will get put down because it bristles at the seams and does not deign to slip n' slide into your comfort zone.

 

 

 

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44 minutes ago, Pete said:

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I don't think I've actually read "Women".

 

But I have a... mixed relationship with Bukowski.

 

Not because of literary merit.

 

In a very personal way.

 

But I think that's the point, right?

 

Thanks for posting.  :)

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If you're into historical fiction, then put this on your shortlist- set in 16th century Reformation Europe and dealing with the times around Martin Luther, and it's just really stunning in its depth, breadth, scope, but also intimacy of character. Written by four italian writers, published under a pseudonym, and the four writer thing is actually a strength, where 90% of the time i think it would be a contrived kind of thing.  No matter what your faith, this is a worthy book.  Reminds me in some ways of Umberto Eco.

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If you like sci-fi and zany comedy, then the "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series is a must.

 

"The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man" is a fun murder mystery. So is the sequel, "Repo Madness."

 

My son turned my on to a good sci-fi novel called "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet."

 

 

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Most of what I read, you don't want to read (A military history of Mud?  Instructions for building an Athenian trireme?).  Some the average person would find interesting:

 

Touched with Fire: Land War in the South Pacific: https://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Land-South-Pacific/dp/0140246967  Very readable, and comprehensive enough that it will give you a great deal of insight into modern combat (and how it's reported or misreported).

Absolute War: https://www.amazon.com/Absolute-War-Soviet-Russia-Second/dp/0375724710/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1524062470&sr=1-2  The Soviet experience in the Second World War, written at the strategic level.  

Bigfoot War: https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-War-Eric-S-Brown-ebook/dp/B00H3RAB1Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524062565&sr=1-1&keywords=bigfoot+wars  Nothing more than what it is: a Bigfoot clan attacks a rural North Carolina town.  Silly, stupid...and surprisingly fun for it.

Footfall: https://www.amazon.com/Footfall-Larry-Niven-ebook/dp/B01EKJ4PQ6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524062640&sr=1-1&keywords=footfall  Old book, about alien invasion.  Probably the most intelligent "alien invasion" story written (including "War of the Worlds"), for portraying a plausible "advanced-but-handicapped" adversary and portrayals of realistically possible technology. 

Dune: there's two kinds of people in the world: people who have read Dune, and morons.

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Most of what I read, you don't want to read (A military history of Mud?  Instructions for building an Athenian trireme?).  Some the average person would find interesting:

 

Touched with Fire: Land War in the South Pacific: https://www.amazon.com/Touched-Fire-Land-South-Pacific/dp/0140246967  Very readable, and comprehensive enough that it will give you a great deal of insight into modern combat (and how it's reported or misreported).

 

 

You recommended this to me several years ago and can say it's fantastic.  Also I blame you for the 15 books along a similar theme I've since purchased.

 

Anyway...

 

The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry

The Riftwar Saga by Raymond Feist

An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America by Joseph Bottum

So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

The Expanse Series by James S. A. Corey

 

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17 hours ago, {::'KayCeeS::} said:

 

Cool, thanks for the info.  I'll check it out.  I've heard about it obviously, a very famous series, but never given it a chance. :thumbsup:

I haven't gotten to the last 3

 

have you seen the movie "Sahara" with Matthew Mcconaughey ?    

 

Currently, the chronological order that these books should be read in is:

1. Pacific Vortex
2. The Mediterranean Caper
3. Iceberg
4. Raise the Titanic
5. Vixen 03
6. Night Probe
7. Deep Six
8. Cyclops
9. Treasure
10. Dragon
11. Sahara
12. Inca Gold
13. Shock Wave
14. Flood Tide
15. Atlantis Found
16. Valhalla Rising
17. Trojan Odyssey
18. Black Wind
19. Treasure of Khan
20. Arctic Drift
21. Crescent Dawn
22. Poseidon's Arrow
23. Havana Storm

24. Odessa Sea

25. Celtic Empire

 

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