Good Reads, Looking to Amp up my Library

Yeah Reacher was the name, awesome dude in the books...
Really dissapointed when I saw Tom effing Cruise in the movie!!!!!?
Whats up with that, he don`t even fit the discription of the character in the books....
 
Yep, take the Reacher series for what they are and they are very entertaining reads. There is a Biography called "Crossroads" by a guy called Mark Donaldson VC. He grew up not far from where I did and overcame a tough childhood and family tragedies that could have (and nearly did) send him down a bad road, ended up joining the Army, then the SASR and won the VC in Afghanistan. As much to his surprise as anyone's I think.

If you like a bit of old school there is a series of three books by a chap called Tom Cole, the first being Hell West and Crooked. It is his life story following his migration to Australia on a ship to being a stockman, Crocodile and buffalo hunter through the Northern Territory/Western Australia in the 20s/30s/40s. The other books take him into Papua New Guinea to continue hunting crocs and later back to Australia. It was a hard and unmerciful place here then (still is in parts) and he captures it in a very basic way, great reads.
 
Another SF / Horror fan here...
I'm re-reading all of Robert Heinlein's books, Starship Toopers, Stanger in a strange land, Tunnel in the sky, Farnam's freehold, The cat who walks through walls, are all favorites.
Dean Koontz, Odd Thomas series is just awesome.
Terry Brooks, Shannara series, and Wizard at large (the Dresden files) series.
 
Haven't read the Odd Thomas series but I've read a decent amount of Koontz and they were all good to great.
 
Daemon and Freedom TM by Daniel Suarez
Killer Move by Michael Marshall
And of course anything from Michael Crichton.
 
Dean Koontz- Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, The Taking, From the Corner of His Eye
The Dark Tower Series-Stephen King
Clive Cussler-Numa Files, Fargo Files, The Oregon Files
Max Brooks-World War Z
Just to name a few
 
Crime fiction darker than an Ohio tornado at midnight - by Andrew Vachss. Pronounced like "Axe."
 
If you want to learn what will happen tomorrow, next year, or in the next decade, read anything by Philip K. Dick.

A second vote for Robert Heinlein. I'm not a big fan of science fiction but there's no better guilt-free genre for philosophy and social commentary.
 
ron finkbeiner jr said:
Dean Koontz- Fear Nothing and Seize the Night, The Taking, From the Corner of His Eye
The Dark Tower Series-Stephen King
Clive Cussler-Numa Files, Fargo Files, The Oregon Files
Max Brooks-World War Z
Just to name a few
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.... 2 of the best from Dean Koontz are Fear Nothing and Seize the night. I've got almost all of his novels. I would love for him to explore more of the storyline that covers these two novels (He did go back to that story in Odd Interlude)..... Interesting concept that you could make a series out of. The Odd Thomas series are pretty good as well. Finishing Odd Apocalypse now.

I've thoroughly enjoy the Pendergast stories from Preston & Child. Like a modern day Sherlock Holmes with an occasional mystic twist.

Heck, it all comes down to what you prefer..... I've even enjoyed some Hemingway.

If you enjoy war stories with an historical perspective ........The Sharpe novels by Cornwell or Brotherhood of war series by Griffin.....read both those series.

I've read nearly all of the James Rollins novels. Good mixture of science and adventure. Anything from Michael Crichton.

Sooooo much out there Lora. Help us with a genre or subject matter? I don't mean to stereotype but many ladies don't exactly enjoy the same type of novels as the lads. I'm on the seventh Gabaldon Outlander series. Long but great read.
My better half got me to read those. She thinks that Jamie and I share many character traits....humfff !..... That's how she got me to pick up the first one.....

...so many great authors ....I feel bad leaving King and Khoury out....sooo many!
 
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Anything by Guy Gavriel Kay (fantasy-ish), Richard K. Morgan, Peter F. Hamilton, or Roger Zelazny (sci-fi). Nova, Babel-17, and any of the short stories from Samuel R. Delany. Jim Butcher's Dresden Files and Codex Alera. The Culture novels by Iain M. Banks (the "M" is important). John Scalzi's Old Man's War and related novels. His Red Shirts is good for a laugh, too.
 
+1 Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files is another fine series about wizard detective Harry Dresden.
 
I've been really enjoying some works of Terry C. Johnston. He wrote historical fiction. The Jonah Hook series was incredible. Very graphic, but the story is so intertwined with actual events that you can't help but believe it happened.
 
Gehazi said:
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
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Oooh, thank's for the reminder on these. It's been years since I've read them... Some dense, chewy stuff there... I think its time for a re-read!
 
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