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Posted: 3/8/2006 6:57:11 PM EDT

Can you guys recommend me a book that will knock me on my ass? War, history, politics, fiction, nonfiction, the subject matter does not matter to me. What is the one book that you will never forget, or always have o n the back of your mind?

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:57:36 PM EDT

[#1]

The first book in the Rogue Warrior series.

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:58:17 PM EDT

[#2]

Unintended Consequences

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:58:54 PM EDT

[#3]

Quoted:
Unintended Consequences

'Nuff said

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:59:10 PM EDT

[#4]

Ender's Game

Wingman Series

Stein Series

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:59:20 PM EDT

[#5]

"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat

Posted: 3/8/2006 6:59:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Red Storm Rising

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:00:10 PM EDT

[#7]

American Gods
or
Snow Crash
or
Cryptomonicon

In that order.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:00:29 PM EDT

[#8]

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:01:18 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Red Storm Rising

I second that!

Also guns of the south is awesome, the entire lost regiment series is amazing too.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:02:14 PM EDT

[#10]

The Long Ships, by Frans Bengtson.

The Republic, by Plato

Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:02:22 PM EDT

[#11]

Starship Troopers

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:02:27 PM EDT

[#12]

Battlefield Earth.

[forget the kooky author, it's a good book....]

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:03:09 PM EDT

[#13]

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

The Alchemist - Paulo Coehlo

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:04:58 PM EDT

[#14]

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again : An Autobiography
by James Doolittle, Carroll V. Glines

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:06:03 PM EDT

[#15]

The Lord of the Rings trillogy by JRR Tolkien

The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien

Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

Undaunted Courage by Stephen A Ambrose

John Paul Jones by Evan Thomas

Black Mass - The Irish Mob, The FBI and a Devil's Deal by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill

The Seven Myths of Gun Control by Richard Poe

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:06:56 PM EDT

[#16]

Tesla : A Man Out Of Time.

Chuck Yeager's autobiography.

Any of James Burke's History (Connections) books.

There is an autobiography/biography of one of the top fighter aces of WWII japan that was quite a good read. I just can't think of the name of it right now.

I'll add more as my brain allows!

Tall Shadow

******************************Brain Dump Alert!**************************

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:11:39 PM EDT

[#17]

Henryk Sienkewicz's Trilogy:

A nobel prize winning work dealing with Poland in the Deluge period.

Historical fiction, but well researched and (As the Nobel Prize would have youbelieve) quite stirring.

I recommend Kuniczak's translation, the three books are "With Fire and Sword", "The Deluge, Volume 1 and 2" and "Fire in the Steppe"

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:11:44 PM EDT

[#18]

Out of The Ashes
Unintended Consequences

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:12:19 PM EDT

[#19]

Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:12:46 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Unintended Consequences

+1

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:13:00 PM EDT

[#21]

"Beyond Glory: Medal of Honor Heroes in Their Own Words"

"Stolen Valor"

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:13:10 PM EDT

[#22]

...

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:13:58 PM EDT

[#23]

Piece of Cake - Derek Robinson

The story of Hornet Squadron at the beginning of the Battle of Britain. Fictional, but very well written. Great combat sequences and well-developed characters.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:14:03 PM EDT

[#24]

Red Storm Rising was awesome, but John Clark going ballistic in Without Remorse was a great read.

Unintended Consequences

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:17:13 PM EDT

[#25]

Nonfiction:

"Imperial Hubris" by Anonymous - Some revelations for me there.

"Generation Kill" - can't remember the author's name. Some around here have told me there were some inaccuracies in the book (namely the author took some hearsay as Gospel and published it without verifying it... Nevertheless, the book is excellent otherwise)

"The battle for Hue, Tet 1968" by Keith William Nolan

I'm reading "Black Rednecks and White Liberals" by Thomas Sowell and it's been an eye opener.

"Rising Tide: The Untold Story of the Russian Submarines That fought the Cold War "

"Hostile Waters" about Russian submariners is an amazing book, you will find yourself near tears at points. There was another book called "Blind Man's Bluff" that was excellent too.

Fiction:

"Ender's Game" and "Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus" by Orson Scott Card

"Quicksilver" and "Cryptonomicon" by Neal Stephenson are MUST reads. I have the other two books in the Baroque cycle waiting on me to pick them up...

This ought to get you started.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:22:16 PM EDT

[#26]

1984 - George Orwell

Rogue Warrior - Richard Marcinko

Debt of Honor - Tom Clancy

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William Shirer

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:22:40 PM EDT

[#27]

"Cowboys and Muslems".....

Oh, wait, that hasn't quite been writen yet....

SOON though....

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:23:03 PM EDT

[#28]

Unintended Consequences

The Belgariad series of books.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:35:58 PM EDT

[#29]

Everything you need to know is all right here.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:39:44 PM EDT

[#30]

mine have all been listed

+1 for
Unintended Consequences
Patriots
1984
Ender's Game

I was also a huge fan of A Clockwork Orange as I read it before I ever saw the movie. What a challenge that was, figuring out all that lingo from context alone

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:41:21 PM EDT

[#31]

I'll and another for

1984

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:42:42 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
Chuck Yeager's autobiography.

+1 "Yeager" was a great read.

One of the best fiction stories I've ever read:
Last of the Breed - Louis L'Amour

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:43:13 PM EDT

[#33]

Doom series, I loved it.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:44:07 PM EDT

[#34]

I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves.

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco was good too.

The Hunt For Red October, Red Storm Rising, Clear and Present Danger, Patriot Games by Tom Clancy were all really cool too.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:44:58 PM EDT

[#35]

My Side of the Mountain - 30 Years ago... still a good read
A Walk in the Woods - Byson

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:45:42 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Nonfiction:

"Imperial Hubris" by Anonymous - Some revelations for me there.

That guy is a weirdo. Really disturbing a Israel-hater like him was in charge of fighting al-Qaeda for us in the 1990's.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:47:07 PM EDT

[#37]

Richard Preston - The Hot Zone

Tom Clancy - Red Storm Rising

Tom Clancy - Without Remorse

David Pelzer - A Child Called "It"

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:47:15 PM EDT

[#38]

Ender's Game for the 3rd time on this thread..
Fight Club - Chuck Paluhniuk

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:52:23 PM EDT

[#39]

tag for my trip to books a million tomorrow.....

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:53:41 PM EDT

[#40]

Ayn Rand: Anthem

Its a short read but totaly unforgetable, Rush's 2112 album is based on this book!

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:54:59 PM EDT

[#41]

Alas Babylon

I read it when I was 14 or 15 because my dad gave it to me. Still like it to this day.

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:57:36 PM EDT

[#42]

Can't pick just one. Some have already been mentioned, here are a few more:

Moby Dick - Melville
Huey Long (The Kingfish) - Williams
True History of the Kelly Gang - Carey
The Way to the West (Essays on the Central Plains) - West
Call of the Wild - London

Posted: 3/8/2006 7:59:01 PM EDT

[#43]

Bleak House

Posted: 3/8/2006 8:02:27 PM EDT

[#44]

A lot of good recommendations. Here's my addition:

Dune - Frank Herbert

Posted: 3/8/2006 8:11:21 PM EDT

[#45]

Unintended Consequences - I just re-read this and it's a must read for gun owners.
Rogue Warrior - The first book was great and the rest were OK.
Anything by Tom Clancy - I've read most of his books and many 2 or more times. One of the best authors.
One Shot, One Kill : Marine Sniper - A great classic I've read 3 or 4 times.

These are my favorites out of a few thousand books I've read. I used to read alot and take out 5 to 10 books at a time.

Posted: 3/8/2006 8:21:12 PM EDT

[#46]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Hunt for Red October

Starship Troopers

The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Civil War: A Narrative.
Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville
Vol 2: Fredicksburg to Meridian
Vol 3: Red River to Appomattox