Favorite Books!

[jeff of pa]

I only read Non Fiction.
Because of my Eyes,
I mainly only read local type Histories these days.

Of the books that needed to be read cover to cover,
My 3 Favorite Books ever were

Growing up with Bootleggers, Gamblers and Pigeons.​

Comunion​

Above Top Secret​

 

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[Heavy Chevy]

OK Here goes,

Most anything by Robert E. Howard.
Aztec by Gary Jennings.
The "V" series of books from the 1980's.
August Derleth.
Robert Bloch.

And a few others,

Heavy Chevy

 

[BigRon]

A good read is " The Pirate Hunter" by Richard Zacks
Also a book titled "Blood and Thunder" the author's name eludes me.
Both histories/biography.

 

[TogaMario]

One of the best technologically imaginative books I've ever read (and would highly recommend) is the Otherland series by Tad Williams. Amazing story, characters, and plot.

 

[t0t41n00b]

As for nonfiction... Liberalism is a Mental Disorder by Michael Savage

For fiction... Firestarter by Stephen King

 

[artemis moon]

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Where the Red Fern Grows
To Kill a Mockingbird
Gone With the Wind

 

[GeorgiaFlutterby]

I will read just about anything but my favorite autors include Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Anne Rice and of course Dr. Suess.

Georgiaflutterby

I actually do some deeper reading, but these I really enjoy.

 

[boggle]

The foxfire books are excellent, And where the red fern grows makes you cry, but i loved it.Brian lumley has some great series's of books also. My problem is i go in the book store and cant commit to just a few.

 

[assistanttoauthors]

I've read so many books in my life I don't know where to start.
My favorite author is
Edward Rowe Snow. I have a couple by him. Next would be,
Howard Pyle.
Paul Corey, Shad Haul.
Care of Game Meat and Trophies.
How to Barter.
The old man and the Boy.
The old man and the Sea, Hemingway.
Finding and buying your place in the country, Les Scher.
Trees for the yard, orchard, and Woodlot.
Successful Berry growing.
Missions of the Civil War.
Shipwrecks on the Chesapeake.
True Tales of Buried Treasure.
The Book of Buried Treasure.
Buried Treasures of the South.
Tales Gales and Hurricanes.
Ghost tales.
Haunted Houses.
Foxfire books, Have 3.
Twain,
London,
Mitchner.
And of course the Holy Bible,
Just to name a few favorites.
All the Libraries I visit do not have Cussler or Karl Von Mueller.
StickShift

I think you will want to add this book to your collection.
Hot off the presses, "Spirits in the Mountains" tells the story of two
brother's 10 death-defying journeys into the Superstition Mountains in
Arizona where they found the location of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine.
Michael and William Johnson were lead into the mountains by many clues
and maps and a vision of mineral stains on the mountain. Many efforts
have been made to disclose the location in order to have it protected
by appropriate authorities that have total control of this area. Only
one treasure trove permit has been given out since 1983 when the
Wilderness Act was passed by the Federal Government. They were
surrounded by gunmen while searching for the tunnel and the mine.
Full-color photos and a new map traced from an actual photo of the
location is in the book with many of their finds that match the
etchings on the Peralta Stone Tablets that were found after the
massacre of the Peralta mining group. Only one person survived to
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Gold prospectors might want to come to the USA to see this location.
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Thank you for your time,

 

[Drudge]

For me its Clive Cussler. I cant get enough of those Dirk Pitt adventures.

 

[justine093]

it's nice to see other people enjoy the foxfire books...
they are simply fascinating, and filled with useful history.

I love to read, and after reading all the normal stuff
(I like Clive Cussler, Stephen King action/adventure/thriller/horror
apocalyptic horror is by far my favorite.)

some of the best books I have read in the past year are as follows:

RICHARD MATHESON - just got into his writing, was a major writer for the Twilight Zone (the original ) and wrote the books that inspired the movies : What Dreams May Come, Stir of Echoes, I am Legend, the Legend Of Hellhouse and more....

JAMES ROLLINS : Action/adventure with a fantastical twist at it's finest.

F. PAUL WILSON: I cannot recommend the Repairman Jack books enough.
by far my favourite newly discovered writer.

DOUGLAS PRESTON: Indian Jones style archeological action/adventure at it's best. Writes fiction and non-fiction. Dinosaurs in the Attic as a great nonfiction book about the Museum of Natural HIstory in New York and the early paleontologists and treasure hunters. His fiction is awesome too.
He also writes as:
DOUGLAS PRESTON and LINCOLN CHILD : who wrote a FBI with a twist set of books featuring the eccentric Aloysius X. L. Pendergast.

also a special mention goes to WALTER J. WILLIAMS - THE RIFT : the story of what would happen if the New Madrid Fault-line slipped. Great read!

hope some of you got some new reading off this list.
-justine

 

[Unicorn]

You may have heard of the death recently of George McDonald Fraser. He of the "flashman" books. Wonder if some of you have read any. The one I particularly remember is called "The General Danced at Dawn" Goodness did I laugh, all about the scruffiest man in the British Army. If you ever need a good laugh, and lets face it who doesn't!!!!! try and get a copy.

 

[sniffer]

I know this is an old thread but I have to post my favorites

Clive Cussler
Jim Butcher
JK Rowling
Michael Chrichton
Iris Johannsen
Louis L'amour
Max Brand
David Eddings
Ben Bova
David Drake
Ralph Compton

 

[Drudge]

Just read The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kiidd by Richard Zacks. Good read sometimes it bogs down with a little too much details but all in all kept me interested. Next up Pirate Republic.

 

[Hellcat]

My 2 Cents; -

Down & Out in Paris & London by George Orwell

Odyssey by Homer

Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein

The Beach by Alex Garland

The Time Travellers Wife

The Crysalids by John Wyndham

Plato's Republic

You Learn By Living - Eleanor Roosevelt

The Princess bride

The Count of Monte Christo - Dumas

The Man Who Fell to Earth

Faust

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Adams

2001/2010 by Arthur C Clarke


Anything by Clarke, Neil Gaimen, Alan Moore, Bradbury, Shelley, Blake, Byron, Lovecraft, Heinlein to name quite a few.

 

[sniffer]

this is truly a list of accomplished writers that can be enjoyed by everyone

 

[Paka]

I'll read about anything, but my favorite stuff is mainly anything dealing with history or paleontology. Among my favorite authors are-

Antonia Fraser
Alison Weir
Peter Ward
Richard Fortey
Paul Davies
Frank Tipler
Nigel Cawthorne
Thomas Cahill
Brian Fagan

 

[greydigger]

Have 3 bookcases full of various, I like techno-thrillers best right now.
Steven King is losing his touch.
Steven Hunter did some nice work.
Tristan Jones was a remarkable sailor. Real time.
Several versions of the Bible.
Slowly wading through Book of Mormon.
Would like an english translation of Koran.
Mein Kampf by Hitler bored me.
Platos Republic was fun.
A fine short book on philosophy is Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott.

But the BEST :

Green Eggs and Ham! by Dr. Suess. (I don't remember his real name)

I was really bummed when someone stole that from me.

 

[sniffer]

I'd send you my copy, but, it was sold at a garage sale about a month ago, I think I had 2 I'll check

 

[greydigger]

Forgot to mention Farly Mowatt as someone else did. Have 3 of his books. Great.

Don't know if you folks know about Dr. Suess and his secret messages in the writing.
Yup, Green eggs and Ham was the best.
Like the jumprope songs told a story.
Wish I could remember his real name...