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Posted: 10/11/2015 10:25:19 PM EDT
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My wife is reading Truman capotes in cold blood it's based on a true story and is really good
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Posted: 10/11/2015 10:57:15 PM EDT
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Lonesome Dove is a good fiction book and as usual different than the movie.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 10:58:07 PM EDT
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The Stand
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Posted: 10/11/2015 10:58:46 PM EDT
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Day of wrath
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Posted: 10/11/2015 10:58:56 PM EDT
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Edgar Allen Poe's stories are always good.
It's fiction, but plausible enough that it could be real. If you have a taste for the macabre, get a book with a collection of his stories. |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:01:27 PM EDT
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Dirty White Boys by Stephen Hunter.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:02:10 PM EDT
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Lights Out
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:03:31 PM EDT
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mil history---- "365 DAYS" by Ronald Glasser be strong
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:06:05 PM EDT
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Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy.
Or No Country For Old Men. Or The Road. |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:06:30 PM EDT
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Any of Vince Flynn's books. Start with Term Limits.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:08:08 PM EDT
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Game of Thrones series.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:08:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:15:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:16:23 PM EDT
[#14]
Lord of the rings
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:17:21 PM EDT
[#15]
American sniper
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:32:41 PM EDT
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The Bible
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:43:02 PM EDT
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You might like Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. It has nothing to do with the crappy movie of the same name. I think it's a great military sci-fi and political novel.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:45:39 PM EDT
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You might like Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. It has nothing to do with the crappy movie of the same name. I think it's a great military sci-fi and political novel. Starship Troopers is an excellent story. The Martian is also really good, and I'm not a fan of science fiction. |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:49:17 PM EDT
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Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follet, or any of his books.
Masters of Rome series - Colleen McCullough Shogun - James Clavell Anything by James A. Michener |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:51:04 PM EDT
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Kildar series
The Dresden Series by Jim Butcher |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:51:11 PM EDT
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Monster Hunters International.
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:51:26 PM EDT
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This:
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Lonesome Dove is a good fiction book and as usual different than the movie. Best damn Western novel of all time and a hell of a good read. And this: Quoted:
Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy. Or No Country For Old Men. Or The Road. Best damn American author alive today. |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:54:38 PM EDT
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One excellent piece of fiction not too far afield of what you like is Cold Mountain. Recent enough that any library or used bookstore should have it.
Some personal favorites, no particular theme: R is for Rocket, Ray Bradbury (short stories) Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow The Human Comedy, William Saroyan Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Mario Vargas Llosa A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand Dangerous Visions, Harlan Ellison The Grapes of Wrath, William Steinbeck Sailing Alone Around the World, Captain Joshua Slocum (nonfiction but highly recommended: Slocum was quite a man) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien Two Years Before the Mast, Richard Henry Dana (another nonfiction work) |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:57:27 PM EDT
[#24]
The Iron Men by Leonard B. Scott. Great book!
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:59:09 PM EDT
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Game of Thrones series. A Song of Ice and Fire, actually. And the quality drops off after book three, IMO. (Not to say the fourth and fifth books are terrible. They just seem to me like GRRM was already getting tired of the series) |
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Posted: 10/11/2015 11:59:14 PM EDT
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Fist war cycle by Raymond Feist. I just finished the last book, there's a lot of them so be forewarned. Very good books.
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Posted: 10/12/2015 12:01:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A Song of Ice and Fire, actually. And the quality drops off after book three, IMO. (Not to say the fourth and fifth books are terrible. They just seem to me like GRRM was already getting tired of the series) Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Game of Thrones series. A Song of Ice and Fire, actually. And the quality drops off after book three, IMO. (Not to say the fourth and fifth books are terrible. They just seem to me like GRRM was already getting tired of the series) |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 9:57:58 PM EDT
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The Bible Read it. Twice actually. One time was annotated bible that explained the history of the time events took place. Probably the longest but most interesting thing I ever read. Thanks for all the suggestion so far. I have been googling the books mentioned to read what they are about. I will let you all know what I pick. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:02:56 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
My wife is reading Truman capotes in cold blood it's based on a true story and is really good It is a FANTASTIC read. 
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:03:18 PM EDT
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anything by Tom Clancy
The Lord of the Rings trilogy Dune collection of Ray Bradbury short stories. the Thieves' World series. They're out of print, but your library may have copies. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:05:42 PM EDT
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Another vote for A Confederacy of Dunces. The Alienist by Caleb Carr is a good read. Two book both by Erik Larson that read like fiction but are based on real events: The Devil in the White City and In the Garden of Beasts.
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:06:56 PM EDT
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Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy. Or No Country For Old Men. Or The Road. Was going to post the border trilogy. ETA; Blood Meridian. But it's an investment. And not always easy to read. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:07:37 PM EDT
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You might laugh but I found the Harry Potter series to excellent from start to finish. The characters were well developed, the plot was clever and had plenty of unexpected turns, and was overall very well written.
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:07:57 PM EDT
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The Martian
Ready Player One (If you like 80's pop culture) The Devil in the White City (based on factual info) MazeRunner series |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:10:15 PM EDT
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The Son, by Phillip Meyers.
Takes place in Texas and follows the life of man who as a boy has his family killed by Indians and adopted by the tribe. It goes down the line of his children and grandchildren as they become a family in the oil and cattle business. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:16:00 PM EDT
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Not a work of fiction but Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is a really good read. Part philosophical, part autobiographical, and has nothing really to do either with Zen or motorcycle maintenance. Don't research it so much that you find out how the story ends (an event that is not revealed in the text but rather happens years later).
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:17:31 PM EDT
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I'm really picky about the books I read. I like military fiction, survival, zombie stuff.
The Kolt Raynor series of books by Dalton Fury are good. It's about a Delta guy doing delta stuff. Dalton was the commander of delta during torra bora and wrote Kill Bin Laden or whatever it's called. The Scott Mcewen fiction series is good. It's about a seal doing seal stuff. He was the author of American Sniper. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:19:18 PM EDT
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"The Remaining " by DJ Molles is a great series of books. I highly recommend them.
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:24:59 PM EDT
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My two favorite Hunter S. Thompson novels are Hells Angels and Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas.
Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi is worth reading. The Complete Hammer's Slammers by David Drake Where The Wild Things Are The Mystery of The Muslim President (a Hardy Boys joint). |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:31:39 PM EDT
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World War z -Brooks
Matterhorn-Marlantes A Desert Called Peace-Kratman Day By Day Armageddon-Bourne Have you by chance read any of The Iliad or The Odyssey? If so,Ilium by Dan Simmons will blow your mind. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:35:07 PM EDT
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Brotherhood of the Rose David Morrell
or The Salamander Glass A W Mykel |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:41:09 PM EDT
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CRYPTONOMICON
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Posted: 10/12/2015 10:47:51 PM EDT
[#43]
Pretty much anything by Louis L'amour.
I read most every book he ever wrote in high school and college. I just started reading the "Sackett" series again a couple of weeks ago. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 11:26:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You might laugh but I found the Harry Potter series to excellent from start to finish. The characters were well developed, the plot was clever and had plenty of unexpected turns, and was overall very well written. |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 11:33:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Was going to post the border trilogy. ETA; Blood Meridian. But it's an investment. And not always easy to read. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Cormac McCarthy's border trilogy. Or No Country For Old Men. Or The Road. Was going to post the border trilogy. ETA; Blood Meridian. But it's an investment. And not always easy to read. My old roommate's dog ate it before I could read it. Might get it on Audible because I can't stand how he choses to ignore proper grammar and punctuation.  |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 11:46:40 PM EDT
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Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (non-Fiction, but a good read)
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Sci-Fi) |
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Posted: 10/12/2015 11:46:44 PM EDT
[#47]
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
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Posted: 10/13/2015 8:22:36 AM EDT
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Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson (non-Fiction, but a good read) The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (Sci-Fi) +1 on Shadow Divers. Very good read. |
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Posted: 10/13/2015 8:37:30 AM EDT
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Welcome to the Monkey House - Vonnegut
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Posted: 10/13/2015 9:20:18 AM EDT
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My wife is reading Truman capotes in cold blood it's based on a true story and is really good I have to agree. His ability to describe the town and people in the beginning of the book almost puts you there. Definitely his magnum opus. I hadn't read it in many years, I'm glad I reread it. I just got through reading, After the Wind: 1996 Everest Tragedy - One Survivor's Story by Lou Kasischke. Sad and harrowing. Not to long ago I read: The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor. Very good book. I love anything by Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke, etc. All the SciFi guys. I enjoyed the first three books of Old Man's War series by John Scalzi. The Wool books by by Hugh Howey. My reading material is all over the map. 
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