RaoulDuke79 Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: Don’t laugh Nora Roberts Brown Dale and Dan My wife has ever Nora Roberts book ever made. I guess J.D. Robb is kind of her ghostwriter too or something of that nature....half of those bastard totes I had to move were filled with those two. Edited March 10, 2019 by RaoulDuke79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fr. Jerk Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 If you're into true crime Philip Carlo was the best, IMO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I like a lot that were mentioned but I don't think I saw Bradbury in there. His books of short stories are excellent and they are readily available in paperback at used book stores. He is in my top 5 for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 8 minutes ago, T&C said: I like a lot that were mentioned but I don't think I saw Bradbury in there. His books of short stories are excellent and they are readily available in paperback at used book stores. He is in my top 5 for sure. Short stories are generally underrated. So many good ones through the years, but I can’t remember the last time I read one. I need to make a point of looking in that direction. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaRun Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I was thinking about best author's the other day and I figured if someone could write a book I loved in a genre I do not like then they were probably the better author. I'm not into fiction, but Daphne Dumarier's Jamaica Inn (1936) was a book I couldn't put down. It's set in the 1820's in Cornwall, England. Drinking, murder and mayhem, it will make you glad you are alive today and not back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 13 hours ago, stuvian said: 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 I read Crime and Punishment when I was 18 and then about 30 years later picked up the same copy and re-read it. I came away with very different impressions the second time around. Loved it both times. One of my favotites from high school was Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts. I have a very difficult time choosing what fiction to read, so I usually head for the classics. This thread is great for finding suggestions. I will say that I read the whole Jack Aubrey/Master and Commander series of books by Patrick O’Brian. They’re great. I may pick up a couple of those again. I finally picked up Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by Le Carre a little while ago. It was the first time I had to go back through the first 75 pages to figure out what the hell was going on, but after that, the story cruised along. One of my kids watched The Shining for the first time about a week ago. I told her to pick up the book, it is much better than the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 I notice people are listing Dostoyevsky and Hemingway. Very little mention Archie comic books or Henry and the Clubhouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poleshifter Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 River-Horse by William Least Heat-Moon A fascinating journey across America by small boat. Up the Hudson River, across the Erie Canal, and on and on. It's a fun read, if you like travel adventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 6 hours ago, snafu said: One of my kids watched The Shining for the first time about a week ago. I told her to pick up the book, it is much better than the film. Yeah, but is Nick O’Leary’s uncle in the book?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Stein On Cold Mountain - Charles Frazier Anything by James Harrison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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