Lilmick Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Very short list for me as ADHD can be a bit disruptive when it comes to reading. However Day by Day Armageddon by J.L. Bourne was very good. Others are Dear Mom a Snipers Vietnam, and of course Band of Brothers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 River of Doubt / Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, by Candace Millard, 2005 The journey down this Amazon river nearly killed him. And everyone with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wahoo72 Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Gates of Fire The Mission, Men and Me Kill Bin Laden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtian999 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Just looking through my Kindle for the last year or so and these are the ones I liked: Texas Ranger series by Elmer Kelton. Shark Infested Custard and Cockfight, by Charles Willeford Perfidia by James Elroy Neal Stephenson’s Mongoliad and Diamond Cycle Two Years Before The Mast by Henry Dana Seven Years of a Sailor’s Life, George Edward Clarke Under Sail, Felix Reisenberg The Flashman series by MacDonald The Berlin Noir series and all the Bernie Gunther novels by Phillip Kerr The Hornblower series by C.S. Forester The Aubrey Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian The Pentagon’s Brain by Annie Jacobsen The Jack Reacher series by Lee Child The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle Saving Capitalism by Robert Reich The Peripheral by William Gibson (anything by him) Phillip K. Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep The Hardwired series by Walter Jon Williams Obama’s Wars by Bob Woodward Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow Flash Boys, Michael Lewis, also Liar’s Poker, The Big Short Stephen Ambrose, Nothing like it in the World The Living and the Dead by Paul Hendrickson Leon Pannetta, Worthy Fights Lawrence Block, Hit Me, and some others Horseman Pass By, Larry McMurtry Isaac Asimov, I Robot series Cormac McCarthy, the Border Trilogy Nexus Trilogy, Raam Namez Jo Nesbo, Cockroaches and The Bat Level Zero Heroes, Golembesky, et al. Darryl Poniscan, The Last Detail and The Last Flag Flying Robert Louis Stephenson, Treasure Island and The Red Arrow Rafael Sabbatini, Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch series (only the first two so far) And a bunch of others that were not worth mentioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 Fahrenheit 451 I asked my girl Candis, an English master and avid reader, to recommend some classics for me to read. (Never read any.) That was the first one. It was SO GOOD. I lost track of how many times I stopped reading to say or think - how does he come up with the way he describes the scenes in words. Never read anything like it. I'm hooked reading more classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeweyH Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 3 hours ago, benos said: I lost track of how many times I stopped reading to say or think - how does he come up with the way he describes the scenes in words. Never read anything like it. Tom Robbins writes this way as well. His mind is certainly bent, but he is a virtuoso with the English language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xtian999 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Farenheit 451 is the book I picked for speedreading class. Notice how many “modern” ideas like flatscreens and interactive media it has? Bradbury was a genius. Sometimes when I read E. L. Doctorow it feels like I am reading Bradbury, style-wise at least. Tom Robbins is always entertaining. Still Life w/ Woodpecker is classic Life of Pi by Martel is amazing Barbara Kingsolver is a great writer. Poisonwood Bible is a must read. Kurt Vonnegut’s string of hits, Heller’s Catch 22, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Thompson (after Keroac’s On the Road) are great for thinking out-of-the-box-type stuff. A very good comedy is A Confederacy of Dunces by O’Toole. Paranahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi is interesting. The whole Story of Philosophy by Will Durant is core. Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces and his monomyth theory is totally important reading. Speer’s Rise and Fall if the 3rd Reich is a good one Gore Vidal is usually worth reading. Lincoln, Julian, Burr. Anything by Steinbeck. John Irving is usually good. Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Garp. The Milagro Beanfield Trilogy by John Nichols is worthwhile reading. Charriere’s Papillion is a good one. The book is better than the movie, as usual. All of Charkes Bukowski’s stuff is amazing. P. J. ORourke is a damn good writer. Parliament of Whores and his magazine articles are the best. Musashi’s Book of Five Rings, this you must know. Gibran’s The Prophet on my shelf always catches the eyes of the ladies. Read a few pages of that over a glass of wine and see what happens. Everyone should read Homer’s Illiad and Oddyssey. It basically sets up all modern storytelling. (see J. Campbell) Any biography or autobiography of anyone that ever interested you will be a good read because you already want to know about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) Everything written by Tom Wolfe is great, I think he was the best writer of the last 50 years. TC Boyle (or T. Coraghessan Boyle) is pretty funny. Disgraced former Fox host and colonel Ralph Peters has written a series of fictional novels about a detective involved in the Civil War under the alias Owen Parry. Military and history fans will like them even if the author is a POS. Mark Helprin is a hell of a good writer. Try A Soldier of the Great War. Some of the classic mountain climbing expedition accounts are good, try “K2 the Savage Mountain” and “Games Climbers Play”. It’s a bit morbid but there is an annual “Accidents in North American Mountaineering” that is fascinating. Edited June 13, 2018 by Frankly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockey03 Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Working my way through David Baldacci and Brad Thor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsoupene Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 These are going to be what I call "God Books" but they have both really helped change the way I look at things... The Greatest Miracle in the World - Og Mandino Heaven - Randy Alcorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBaker5745 Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Fearless-Eric Blehm American Sniper Lone Survivor Roberts Ridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdooz Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Jack Kerouac Charles Bukowski Kurt Vonnegut William S Burroughs Mark Z Danielewski Some of my favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdooz Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 6/12/2018 at 11:22 PM, xtian999 said: Farenheit 451 is the book I picked for speedreading class. Notice how many “modern” ideas like flatscreens and interactive media it has? Bradbury was a genius. Sometimes when I read E. L. Doctorow it feels like I am reading Bradbury, style-wise at least. Tom Robbins is always entertaining. Still Life w/ Woodpecker is classic Life of Pi by Martel is amazing Barbara Kingsolver is a great writer. Poisonwood Bible is a must read. Kurt Vonnegut’s string of hits, Heller’s Catch 22, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Thompson (after Keroac’s On the Road) are great for thinking out-of-the-box-type stuff. A very good comedy is A Confederacy of Dunces by O’Toole. Paranahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi is interesting. The whole Story of Philosophy by Will Durant is core. Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces and his monomyth theory is totally important reading. Speer’s Rise and Fall if the 3rd Reich is a good one Gore Vidal is usually worth reading. Lincoln, Julian, Burr. Anything by Steinbeck. John Irving is usually good. Cider House Rules, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Garp. The Milagro Beanfield Trilogy by John Nichols is worthwhile reading. Charriere’s Papillion is a good one. The book is better than the movie, as usual. All of Charkes Bukowski’s stuff is amazing. P. J. ORourke is a damn good writer. Parliament of Whores and his magazine articles are the best. Musashi’s Book of Five Rings, this you must know. Gibran’s The Prophet on my shelf always catches the eyes of the ladies. Read a few pages of that over a glass of wine and see what happens. Everyone should read Homer’s Illiad and Oddyssey. It basically sets up all modern storytelling. (see J. Campbell) Any biography or autobiography of anyone that ever interested you will be a good read because you already want to know about them. I love Slaughterhouse-five, the sirens of titan, and slapstick by Vonnegut. Also Bradbury is very prolific. My favorite short story by him is "The Scythe" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucreau Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 Stay safe by Greg Shaffer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggman Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 (edited) Anything by Jon R. Lansdale who wrote the Hap & Leonard books but his other books are great . Edited September 27, 2019 by eggman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhgtyre Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 10 hours ago, eggman said: Anything by Jon R. Lansdale who wrote the Hap & Leonard books but his other books are great . Joe R. Lansdale is a great writer. I was bumbed when they cancelled the Hap & Leonard television series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnipTheDog Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Steel My Soldier's Hearts - Colonel David Hackworth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denato1 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 I'll toss in some sci-fi book series that I have really enjoyed. The Inheritance series by Christopher paolini Monster Hunter international by Larry Correia A song of fire and ice by RR Martin The legend of Drizzt by r.a. Salvador And books by Timothy Zahn( Star wars nerd here) My next post here will be nonfiction titles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 Thanks for that list. I'll try some sci-fi on my next library trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zardoz Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) The Gray Man series by Mark Greaney, 9 books on now and still going. The Revelation Space trilogy by Alastair Reynolds, and just about anything else by him. Edited October 18, 2020 by Zardoz ETA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I searched to see if any of Jack Carr's books have been mentioned and didn't see them so I thought I might give them a shout out. The Terminal List is the first of the series followed by True Believer and then Savage Son. His newest book is coming out in April call "The Devil's Hand" Jack is a former Navy Seal and spent a lot of time in Ramadi. While the books are fiction I get the sense they pull from some personal experience. I thought The Terminal List was a great first novel. I'll admit I didn't like True Believer as much but absolutely loved Savage Son. And his next book sounds like it will be really, really good as well. Jack's a gun guy. So I like supporting him. If you're so inclined I would encourage giving these books a try! J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick303 Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) 25 minutes ago, j1b said: Jack Carr's books +1 on the Jack Carr's books. Just listened to them on audio books and pretty good. If you like those books, check out Tom Clancy's "Without Remorse". Its the development of the Character John Clark, which emerges in many of the early Clancy books. Edited February 9, 2021 by Boomstick303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 On 12/1/2019 at 4:28 PM, SnipTheDog said: Steel My Soldier's Hearts - Colonel David Hackworth. this is also one of my all time favorites, great book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
et45 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I just finished Tales of a Texas Game Warden by Bennie Richards.Good book by itself but if you watch Lone Star Law and know him from there it’s even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Whorl Waiting for the Kick: Whorl Book Two Fiction by James Tarr USPSA GM Pretty good books Failure Drill Splashback Splits and Transistions More fiction about a Detroit Private Investigator by James Tarr A different "Grey Man" series by JL Curtis about a Texas deputy The Grey Man-Partners The Grey Man-Generations The Grey Man-Twilight The Grey Man-Down South The Grey Man-Sunset The Grey Man-Vignettes The Grey Man-Changes The Grey Man-Payback Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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