TNK Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 (edited) Fiction: The Way of All Flesh - Samuel Butler Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser The Recognitions - William Gaddis McTeague - Frank Norris Non-Fiction: The Trouble With Principle - Stanley Fish The World On Paper - David R Olson The Prince - Machiavelli Why I Am Not A Christian - Bertrand Russell Edited March 2, 2007 by Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadetree Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 No particular order The Hell's Angels Hunter S Thompson The Call of the Wild Jack London A Catcher in the Rye J D Salinger The Great Shark Hunt Hunter S Thompson Half asleep in frog pajamas Tom Robbins Practical shooting Beyond the fundamentals Brian Enos Lonesome Dove Larry Mcmurtry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Too many to name, like fav song.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I couldn't possibly list MY fave books... too long a list, for sure. But I noticed someone mentioned Anthem by Ayn Rand--a sleeper of a book... quite futuristic (almost sci-fi, really) and a short read compared to her other sagas. I can now tell you what the inmates at the Lane County Jail like... Louis L'Amour westerns (!), adventure fiction, sci-fi and the like. We recently bought and acquired (donations) lots of Westerns (among other things), and so Louis L'Amour is in abundance. Boy, were the 3rd-Floor guys glad to see the Librarian update THEIR bookshelves last week! They DO read a lot, as you can imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledviking Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 A few of my favorites: Without remorse - Tom Clancy The Walking drum - Louis L'Amour Man on fire - A.J. Quinnell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonT Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Nation of Cowards, by Jeff Snyder This book was recommended in a few older post's so I bought it a while back and finally got a chance to read it this past weekend. Excellent...a must read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_kahuna Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Foundation by Isaac Asimov and all related texts. its runner-up to the Bible IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6-shot Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Why We Suck A Feel Good Guide to Staying Fat,Loud,Lazy and Stupid Dr. Denis Leary A really funny book and he makes some good jabs at society and people in general. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 the Spencer series by Robt. B. Parker...the dialogue between Spencer and Hawk is out of this world funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 Asimov's Foundation series is outstanding. Ditto for his robot novels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opcx6 Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 In no particular order; The Dancing Wu-Li Masters, Gary Zukav Fast and Fancy Revolver Shooting, Ed McGivern Hell, I Was There!, Elmer Keith Hit The White Part, Massad Ayoob Far Journeys, Robt. A. Monroe Ultimate Journey, Robt. A. Monroe Anything by W.E.B. Griffin The Inner Game of Tennis, W. Timothy Gallwey Anything by Bill Bryson States of Consciousness, Charles T. Tart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBoyd Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 anything by C.J. Box ie Blood Trail Blue Heaven Winterkill Open Season etc. Mysteries centering around a Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett. They make you want to move to Wymoing. Also anything by Lee Child, his books are also mysteries, around a former MP who wonders around the county from one problem to the next, they are excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 That's at least the second recent recommendation about Lee Child that I've heard/seen. Some insightful Mystery genre reads (speaking of the Wyoming game warden) are Tony Hillerman's 'Navajo Cop' crime fiction mysteries with insightful viewpoints from that New Mexico region. He's written MANY mystery novels over the years as kind of a continuing saga of two or three certain tribal LEOs. As easy to read as, say, Sue Grafton, but the regional twist is unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted May 31, 2009 Share Posted May 31, 2009 Lee Child can write a little..... So can Robert Crais, Micheal Connelly, and John Sandford..... Then there's Mario Acevedo --- who's twist on the mystery novel is that his protagonist is also a vampire. (I wouldn't normally read vampire fiction, but Vlad turned me on to Acevedo, who's really quite funny.....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_kahuna Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Foundation, by Isaac Asimov The Amber Chronicles, by Roger Zelazny Dune, by Frank Herbert I just love sci-fi/fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AR Gunner Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Stephen King - The Stand Nelson DeMille - The Gold Coast Greg Iles - Spandau Phoenix Lee Child - (the Jack Reacher series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGunner Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Honor Harrington series- David Weber Bolo- David Weber Area 51 series- Robert Doherty WorldWar series- Harry Turtledove Starfist series- David Sherman & Dan Cragg I mainly like sci fi space opera stuff........And last but not least, anything written by Clive Cussler. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 I am surprised by how many of the books listed I have read. here is my favorite. it has served me well under many circumstances The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 A few I have read or am reading: BlackHawk Down by Mark Bowden Mogadishu Herosim and Tragedy by Kent DeLong and Steven Tuckey Not A Good Day To Die by Sean Naylor Stalkers and Shooters by Kevin Dockery After The Echo by Russ Clagett Trigger Men by Hans Halberstadt Leadership and Training For The Fight by MSG (RET) Paul Howe The Tactical Trainer by MSG (RET) Paul Howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g.willikers Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Clay Harvey's "Flash of Red", "Whisper of Black", "Dwelling in Grey". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furyalecto Posted November 4, 2009 Share Posted November 4, 2009 A lot of Sci Fi here. A lot of my favorites are posted next to some I am not familiar with. I will have to pick some of those unfamiliar books. My favorites: Neuromancer William Gibson Snow Crash Neal Stephenson The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer Neal Stephenson Spares Michael Marshall Smith Santiago: A Myth of the Far Future Mike Resnick Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith Doomsday Book Connie Willis Across Realtime Vernor Vinge Zodiac Neal Stephenson Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card Job : A Comedy of Justice Robert Heinlein Distraction Bruce Sterling Altered Carbon Richard K. Morgan Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis Dune Frank Herbert The Honor of the Queen David Weber Citizen of the Galaxy Robert Heinlein Wild Cards 1 Rainbows End Vernor Vinge Use of Weapons Iain Banks Catch 22 Joseph Heller Lord of the Flies William Golding The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMO66 Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I don't read alot of books. I read more short stories from mags more than anything but I have read all these series. Some several times. The Riftwar Saga series by Raymond E. Feist The Dragonrealm series by Richard A. Knaak Dragonlance series Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobfromME Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Good afternoon, all, I really enjoyed the following books that I recently read: The Hunter, The Hammer, & Heaven by Robert Young Pelton Robert's Ridge by Malcolm MacPherson (heart breaking story, these guys are incredible) Snubby Revolver by Ed Lovette And my long time favorites (sorry guys, they're all flying books...I love guns and shooting, but my passion is flying!) Company of Eagles by Ernest Gann Flying Circus by Ernest Gann Fate is the Hunter by Ernest Gann Fly for your Life by Larry Forrester (about Robert Stanford Tuck) Scream of Eagles by Robert Wilcox MIG Pilot by Victor Belenko Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War by William Smallwood Strike Eagle: Flying the F-15E in the Gulf War by William Smallwood Stick and Rudder by Wolfgang Langewiesche Warmest regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claycogun Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 I'm only half way into it but so far it's a pretty amazing book. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War Karl Marlantes I saw a review of it in Newsweek and thought I would give it a read and I'm glad I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkatz44 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 Pelican Brief by John Grisham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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