Fr. Jerk Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Lots of great ones already mentioned upthread, thanks! Just wanted to throw in some thumbs up for these authors: -Clive Cussler (if you’re looking for straight up entertaining escapism that’s filled with action and has no political overtones) -Tolkien of course, already mentioned -Louis L’Amour for Western genre -Jules Verne (way ahead of his time in sci-fi of his day) I’m also a big WW2 history nut, so I also enjoy bios written by 1st hand participants in particular. Couple of Favs: -Manstein, “Lost Victories” -Skorzeny, “My Commando Operations” (. A great behind the curtain look into WW2 special ops, which was a nascent thing at that time) -George Patton, “A Life from Beginning to End” -And gentlemen and gentle ladies, I would be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to our own Jim Kelly: “A playbook for Dads” and what should’ve been the Pulitzer Prize winner, “Armed & Dangerous” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) 38 minutes ago, NoHuddleKelly12 said: Lots of great ones already mentioned upthread, thanks! Just wanted to throw in some thumbs up for these authors: -Clive Cussler (if you’re looking for straight up entertaining escapism that’s filled with action and has no political overtones) -Tolkien of course, already mentioned -Louis L’Amour for Western genre -Jules Verne (way ahead of his time in sci-fi of his day) I’m also a big WW2 history nut, so I also enjoy bios written by 1st hand participants in particular. Couple of Favs: -Manstein, “Lost Victories” -Skorzeny, “My Commando Operations” (. A great behind the curtain look into WW2 special ops, which was a nascent thing at that time) -George Patton, “A Life from Beginning to End” -And gentlemen and gentle ladies, I would be remiss if I didn’t give a shout out to our own Jim Kelly: “A playbook for Dads” and what should’ve been the Pulitzer Prize winner, “Armed & Dangerous” If you enjoy 1st hand accounts, you might also enjoy The General: MacArthur and The Man He Called ‘Doc’, written by my late friend Roger Egeberg, MacArthur’s personal physician. Nice cover photo of the General wading ashore in the Phillippines with Dr. Egeberg at his side. . Edited March 9, 2019 by The Senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 OK, you guys are making me realize I’m in a bit of a rut lately. Years ago I got into the habit of keeping a book in the car to read at lunch and while waiting for appointments. That book is an easy read like Patterson, Baldacci and of course Grisham. I’m pretty sure I’ve read everything Grisham has published other than the last 1/3 of The Reckoning. This includes the Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer books. Kinda sad, I know. Playing For Pizza is an unexpected read from him and is both football related and very funny. I keep a bit of a deeper reading list for the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Point of Impact, Stephen Hunter (movie Shooter is based on this) anything by J P Hailey / Parnell Hall (same guy) - short, cute/funny mystery novels. Usually just a couple hundred pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 10 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: My wife is a maniac reader. I've never read a book two times, She has ready many 2 times. When we moved I would venture to say we at least 5 20 gallon totes of books. They are mostly ass stashed in the basement now. She finally transitioned to reading on the tablet. My sister has an annual book sale to raise money for some scolorship fund. She will take my nice hardbacks and sell them for $1-2 each, but they raise about $20k each summer. I stopped giving her my books because while I love the scolorship idea, I found a better use for them. My mother lives in a retirement home with a little library full of crappy paperback romance novels. Very few “quality books” available. I now take my books by the boxload there and my mom lets her friends pick through first, then they go into circulation. This way, instead of generating $2 for charity they are available to many, many people looking for a cheap way to get a good read. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 12 hours ago, RaoulDuke79 said: Sometime around 5th grade I got the reading bug. As times progressed I've had opportunities to lay back and read for hours on end with no interruptions. Now I just like to get a few pages in which helps me doze off before I go to bed. I really don't have a specific genre, so I'm open to any suggestions. Below are a few of my favorite books and a few that I wasn't that impressed with. Feel free to post the good and bad in your library Good: Helter Skelter-Vincent Bugliosi Where the Red Fern Grows - Wilson Rawls Dragonlance Series - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis I am Charlotte Simmons - Tom Wolfe The Electric Koolaid Acid Test - Tom Wolfe The Dirt - Motley Crue Game of Thrones Series: George RR Martin] To Kill a Mockingbird: Harper Lee Anything this guy wrote-----------> Hunter S Thompson End Game - James Frey I'm sure there are many I'm missing , but I'll add as my memory allows. ....................... JRR Tolkien Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain Nightstalker - Philip Carlo Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson The Heroin Diaries - Nikki Sixx Riders on the Storm - John Densmore Illuminati - Dan Brown Disappointments: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig A Brave New World- Aldous Huxley The Tommyknockers - Steven King The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut Tales of Ordinary Madness - Charles Bukowski Great call on Helter Skelter, been awhile but I've read that more times than any other book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 16 minutes ago, Rico said: Great call on Helter Skelter, been awhile but I've read that more times than any other book. Probably my favorite on the list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I'm just finishing up a masterpiece. If you're into Russian history, read "The House of Government." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) I’ve read Dragonlance Series - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis and just about every other series they wrote Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit RA Salvatore Drizzt DoUrden sagas Cussler - Dirk Pitt Numa Files and the Juan Cabrillo Oregon files WEB Griffin Presidential (something) Charley Castillo Edited March 9, 2019 by ShadyBillsFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said: I’ve read Dragonlance Series - Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis and just about every other series they wrote Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit RA Salvatore Drizzt DoUrden sagas Cussler - Dirk Pitt Numa Files and the I think I started reading Dragonlance somewhere around my freshman year in high school. I remember buying the Legend of Huma at Kmart first and became hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, RaoulDuke79 said: I think I started reading Dragonlance somewhere around my freshman year in high school. I remember buying the Legend of Huma at Kmart first and became hooked. My sons read them so they read them after. I still do. I have over a dozen in my errader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I'm a big Nabokov fan. His short stories are great and Invitation to a Beheading is one of my favorite novels. I like postmodern fiction as well (to which Nabokov had some contributions later in his career) - David Foster Wallace, Thomas Pynchon, Neil Gaiman, etc. I enjoy reading people's first novels for some reason. Most recently, The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry was a very fun read. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBills808 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Anything Cormac McCarthy for fiction. My go tos for nonfiction lately are Wendell Berry and David Quammen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Any of Stephen Hunter’s Bob Lee Swagger books. Lee Childs is ok. Grisham is always a great read. Nelson Demille’s Gate House and Gold Coast was great. I really enjoy Ken Follett. Pillars of the Earth was amazing. So detailed and informative. Want to do more reading this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said: Any of Stephen Hunter’s Bob Lee Swagger books. Lee Childs is ok. Grisham is always a great read. Nelson Demille’s Gate House and Gold Coast was great. I really enjoy Ken Follett. Pillars of the Earth was amazing. So detailed and informative. Want to do more reading this summer. I pick up Lee Childs stuff when I find him on the book table at Costco. It’s NOT Grisham, but I can’t get the guy to write any faster! Costco is where most of my books come from. My ancient parents went to E-readers for ease of use, but I just like the feeling of a book. . Edited March 9, 2019 by Augie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackFergy Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 18 minutes ago, Augie said: I pick up Lee Childs stuff when I find him on the book table at Costco. It’s NOT Grisham, but I can’t get the guy to write any faster! Costco is where most of my books come from. My ancient parents went to E-readers for ease of use, but I just like the feeling of a book. . Yes!! I don’t have a Kindle etc. Paperbacks at Walmart are $6-10. Pillars of the Earth was hard bound. Weighed a ton. Like having book in my hand rather than tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 TBD: TSW, The Off-season Anthology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuvian Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 The Magus - John Fowles The Painted Bird - Jerzy Kosinski Such is My Beloved - Morley Callahan To Have and Have Not - Ernest Hemingway Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Don’t laugh Nora Roberts Brown Dale and Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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