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Posted: 8/18/2017 4:36:31 PM EDT

On vacation. For the first time in like forever I have time to read for fun. Recommend me a good book for my kindle Arfcom.

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:39:07 PM EDT

[#1]

Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia.

I just started re-reading the series because sometimes you need just a little mindless escapism...with guns, and vampires, and shit blowing up.

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:48:58 PM EDT

[#2]

Anything from Lee Child's Jack Reacher series.

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:49:45 PM EDT

[#3]

Extreme Ownership

You're welcome.

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:50:54 PM EDT

[#4]

Anything by P. J. O'Rourke
All The Troubles In The World
Parliament Of Whores
Thrown Under The Omnibus
Give War A Chance
Driving Like Crazy
Peace Kills
Many more...

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:51:03 PM EDT

[#5]

A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:52:40 PM EDT

[#6]

Islands In The Stream, Hemingway

Posted: 8/18/2017 4:55:06 PM EDT

[#7]

Last of the breed by Louis Lamour.

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:11:57 PM EDT

[#8]

A few of my favorites.

In the Heart of the Sea (Philbrick). True story that inspired "Moby Dick" and the stupid-ass movie with Thor a couple of years ago. The best book I've ever read.

In Harm's Way (Stanton). About the USS Indianapolis sunk at the end of the Pacific war in WWII; the character that's captain of the fishing boat in "Jaws" mentions surviving the Indianapolis in the movie.

A State of Blood (Kyemba). Biography of Idi Amin, written by his Health Minister. Factual story of "Last King of Scotland"

If you haven't read it in a few years: 1984 (Orwell)

Freakonomics (Levitt). Random application of statistics to life; really good and often misquoted. SuperFreakonomics is almost as good. Think Like a Freak sucks.

The New Tsar (Meyers). Excellent and thorough biography of Vladimir Putin. It explains a lot about how he does business.

Learning from the Octopus (Sagarin). Unconstrained thinking on successful systems.

Living with a SEAL (Itsler). Funny and compelling story about getting trained for 30 days.

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:17:05 PM EDT

[#9]

Gentle Propositions Excellent book, written by a member here.

These 2 are good if you're interested in short hilarious stories.

The LawDog Files.

The LawDog Files: African Adventures

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:20:11 PM EDT

[#10]

I always like to recommend Patrick Lee's books, both "The Breach" and its 2 sequels, and the two standalone novels "Runner" and "Signal".

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:31:49 PM EDT

[#11]

Daemon and sequel freedom

Most underrated books that I know of.

Only thing better is unintended consequences

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:34:23 PM EDT

[#12]

Unbroken, if you haven't already read it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:34:59 PM EDT

[#13]

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.

Posted: 8/18/2017 5:39:42 PM EDT

[#14]

The Fountainhead

East of Eden

Of Mice and Men

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:19:24 PM EDT

[#15]

If you like guns and airplanes I'd recommend this series;

https://www.amazon.com/Looking-Down-Moon-Book-ebook/dp/B019WO7FJ8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1503094678&sr=8-2&keywords=charles+sage

I may be a little biased though…

Chuck

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:31:53 PM EDT

[#16]

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982947941/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Not exactly mind blowing to anyone paying attention, but it ties so many things together. Amazing read.

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:41:47 PM EDT

[#17]

Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken

Feel free to skip the pages you have already experienced

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:42:17 PM EDT

[#18]

All Quiet on the Western Front.

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:44:47 PM EDT

[#19]

"In Cold Blood," Truman Capote

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:48:09 PM EDT

[#20]

Blood Meridian.
By Cormac McCarthy

Posted: 8/18/2017 6:57:41 PM EDT

[#21]

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Freakonomics (Levitt). Random application of statistics to life; really good and often misquoted. SuperFreakonomics is almost as good. Think Like a Freak sucks.

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no, Think Like A Freak is the best one.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:06:44 PM EDT

[#22]

March Upcountry series by John Ringo.
ETA - I guess it's the Empire of Man series of which March Upcountry is the first piece.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:08:54 PM EDT

[#23]

And the Rain Came Down by S.A. Bailey.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:16:13 PM EDT

[#24]

Vince Flynn's American Assassin. I read the first last month and I'm almost done with #8 in the Mitch Rapp series. I'm enjoying it.

Posted: 8/18/2017 7:16:47 PM EDT

[#25]

Something Happened by Joseph Heller

Posted: 8/18/2017 8:50:56 PM EDT

[#26]

This is only 99 cents on Kindle.

Posted: 8/18/2017 10:57:30 PM EDT

[#27]

Lie down with lions by ken Follett
Best: sudden impact by Stephen Hunter.the book shooter is based on

Posted: 8/18/2017 10:57:43 PM EDT

[#28]

Lie down with lions by ken Follett
Best: sudden impact by Stephen Hunter.the book shooter is based on

Posted: 8/18/2017 11:00:13 PM EDT

[#29]

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Last of the breed by Louis Lamour.

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We can hang out.

Posted: 8/18/2017 11:03:24 PM EDT

[#30]

This Perfect Day by Ira Levin (same guy that wrote Rosemary's Baby)

Dystopian novel set in a future totalitarian state around 150 years from now. Published in 1970, its a good read and much of the technology featured in it is startlingly familiar and in use today.

Posted: 8/18/2017 11:08:24 PM EDT

[#31]

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The Fountainhead

East of Eden

Of Mice and Men

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Lol. A little light reading, huh?

If you haven't read anything in a while, start out with The Old Man and the Sea by Hemingway. It's a nice, quick read that will draw you in to the story.

Posted: 8/19/2017 8:11:45 AM EDT

[#32]

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"In Cold Blood," Truman Capote

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That would be a nice vacation book.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:14:23 AM EDT

[#33]

Not in any particular order.

Mortal Error,

The passage; The Twelve; The city of mirrors, all by Justin Cronin ( The first two were very good the third book kind of drug on still good but he went into a lot of detail that wasn't in my view necessary.)

Nothing to envy ordinary lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick

Shogun by Jame Clavell
Midway by Richard Freeman
Marked for Death, by Geert Wilders
Beyond the Yellowstone by RG Robertson
The Guns of Last light by Atkinson
Dead Run By Dan Schultz
The Day of Battle and An army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
The Life of Tom Horn, by Tom Horn
Empire of the Sumer Moon,by SC Gwynne
The Last Kingdon by Bernard Cornwell
The Admirals by Walter E Borneman
In The company of Soldiers by Rick Adkinson
House of Apache Fires

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:51:20 AM EDT

[#34]

Quote History

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Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia.

I just started re-reading the series because sometimes you need just a little mindless escapism...with guns, and vampires, and shit blowing up.

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Met him a couple weeks ago. Finishing his new one now.

FPNI, again