Good Reads, Looking to Amp up my Library

Lora7

Lora7

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I'm looking for some new book recommendations. I'm not too picky when it comes to books, I like to read a vast variety of literature. What books have you read recently and what would you suggest for the avid reader? Any and all recommendations are welcome.
 
I know this one will sound incredibly cliche right now, but seriously.....if you have not read the Game of Thrones series, it is a must read for anyone that even slightly enjoys Fantasy novels. Even if you don't..there is still a good chance you will enjoy it. If you are not into such a "heavy" read though, one of my favorite novels to read in the summertime is The Sharpshooter Blues.
 
I read constantly. My last few:

No Silent Night: The Christmas Battle for Bastogne by Leo Barron and Don Cygan
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles
Sniper's Honor by Stephen Hunter
A Morning for Flamingos by James Lee Burke
Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta
Field Of Prey by John Sanford
The Target by David Baldacci
Not Cool by Greg Gutfield
I'm 2/3 of the way thru Rick Atkinson's Liberation triology (non-fiction about WWII)

Some of my favorite authors not shown above: Ayn Rand, Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner.
 
Repairman Jack novels by F. Paul Wilson. The Tomb is the first book of the series. Currently, I'm reading Dark City (2nd book of the Early Years trilogy) which follows the same character and takes place about 20 years before all the strange events that happen in the original series and before he was known as Repairman Jack. Quick and fun reads that are very hard to put down.
 
A writer friend recommended the novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, saying it was the best book he'd read in years. I just finished it and I agree--amazing writing, timely, funny, politically sharp, and heart-breaking all at once. It was up for the National Book Award a couple of years ago. It's about a platoon of US soldiers who survived a heroic firefight and are brought back to the States to be honored at a Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game. But it's about a whole lot more.

And another one that has proven so prescient it's scary is Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Schteyngart. It takes a while to get into and understand the author's style, but it's soooooo worththe effort.

Oh, and the entire Longmire western mystery series by Craig Johnson!
 
I mostly go for biography's or documentary books, a book that i always recommend is Innocent When You Dream, it is the collected Tom Waits interviews and it really lets you take a peak into the weird and brilliant mind of Tom Waits, I don't know if you are a fan of his music but the book doesn't really require you to but it helps.

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benchwarmer380 said:
Repairman Jack novels by F. Paul Wilson. The Tomb is the first book of the series. Currently, I'm reading Dark City (2nd book of the Early Years trilogy) which follows the same character and takes place about 20 years before all the strange events that happen in the original series and before he was known as Repairman Jack. Quick and fun reads that are very hard to put down.
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Dude I loved the old repairman jack book I read back in highschool! Now I'm going to have go and find all those other books.
 
I recently finished the Old Man's War saga (again) by John Scalzi, I consider it on par with Starship Troopers when it comes to military Sci-Fi.
 
Big fan of sci-fi. Just revisited a series I read when I was younger. The Tripods trilogy.

The White Mountains
The City of Gold and Lead
The Pool of Fire

And the prequel When the Tripods Came. Yeah they are very light reading but very fun.
 
Neal Stephenson's "Reamde" is fun and thought-provoking. (I like all his novels.) Any of John Burdette's Bangkok novels are creepy, suspenseful and humorous mystery stories with morality-bending fun. Also, any of Eliot Pattison's novels are deep and rich. If you're into a challenge, Nick Tosches' "In the hand of Dante" is one of the most interestingly crafted and finely written books I've ever read. My list could go on..... As an aside, a fine knife makes a good page-weight when reading thicker books; mine is usually my Malosh Scagel hunter, and page stropping can help through tougher parts.
 
Read the "Maze Runner" series, very good read with plot twists. If you want something similar to the hunger games but with some mystery thrown in then you should check it out. :)
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys, keep them coming. In my opinion you can never have enough books in your library.
 
Latro in the Mist, or soldier of the mist series, by gene wolfe-- gene wolfe is a scholar engineer and his grasp of ancient greek culture basically is on display in this story, its written from the perspective of a man with a head injury who must write down what happens to him each day and rread it each morning because he forgets his past every day. takes place around the time of xenophon's anabasis, give or take 100 years.


its a masterwork.

other books by gene wolfe worth reading :

books of the long sun-- story of humans on a colony ship
books of the new sun-- story of earth on the edge of death a billion years in the future


also read xenophon's anabasis, or "going up country"
 
George Orwell - 1984
Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
Hunter S. Thompson - All
Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series is entertaining. These books are what the TV series was based on and they definitely fall into the cliche of "the book was better".
 
An older one. The best fiction book about mercenaries in Africa. Action; depth, and a great story. A modern day 'Heart of Darkness' (and a much better book). I have read very few books twice. Read this one three times. Good luck.

Horn Of Africa: by Philip Caputo.
 
may not be your cup of tea,,but I found a couple of the duck dynasty books to be entertaining.especially si's & willy's..
 
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