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[slowmotion]

Exile - Richard North Patterson

My Life - Bill Clinton

The Lost Continent - Bill Bryson

Neither Here Nor There - Bill Bryson

The Greatest Generation - Tom Brokaw

Bryson is one of my favorite authors. I would also suggest Bryson's "Short history of nearly everything".

Somebody mentioned Kite runner, excellent book...one of the best I read recently.

An oldy but awesome is Crichton's "Great Train Robbery".

 

[SaintRob]

I'm into David Baldacci right now. I read "The Collectors" on a whim which was a sequel to "The Camel Club", but it read like a stand-alone novel. I'm about a third of the way through "Camel" right now and am really looking forward to "Stone Cold" which is the sequel to "The Collectors". They are spy/murder mysteries that revolve around Washington DC and the war on terror. Baldacci also wrote "Absolute Power" which was made into a Clint Eastwood movie.

 

[boutte]

If you are into military history, Rick Atkinson has written 2 books of a 3 part series called "The Liberation Trilogy"
Book one: An Army at Dawn which covers North African campaign (won a Pulitzer) 736 pages
Book two: The Day of Battle covers the Italian campaign (recently released) 816 pages.

I am a military history fan and have lots of other recommendations if you want.

Yeah that would be great. The two you named are excellent suggestions since I love WW2 history and one of the few theatres of that war that I haven't read much about is the Mediterranean campaign. I've heard An Army at dawn is excellent. Think I'll pick that up tomorrow.
Thanks

Have any of you read "The Painted Bird' by Jerzy Kozinsky? It's one of the most horrible stories you'll ever read but it's based on his experiece as a child in eastern Europe during WW2. It's a book you'll want to quit reading but can't.

 

[TheDeparted]

If you like both computers and fiction, you might check out the Sprawl Trilogy by William Gibson. These books defined the Cyberpunk genre and are quite celebrated.

1. Neuromancer
2. Count Zero
3. Mona Lisa Overdrive

 

[SaintRob]

I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseni and it was probably the best novel incorporating current world events that I've ever read. It's about a cowardly young Afghani boy whose choices in life hurt and alter the lives of those around him. It's set against the wars in Afghanistan and the oppression of the Taliban. I recommend it highly. I liked the book so much that I'm about to start Hosseni's 2nd book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

 

[Broadmoor74]

My favorite book of all time is The Great Train Robbery by Michael Crichton.

As far as military, The Killer Angels is the way to go.

But you probably already know that.

 

[boutte]

As far as military, The Killer Angels is the way to go.

But you probably already know that.

Yeah, good stuff.

 

[SuperChamp]

I just finished reading "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseni and it was probably the best novel incorporating current world events that I've ever read. It's about a cowardly young Afghani boy whose choices in life hurt and alter the lives of those around him. It's set against the wars in Afghanistan and the oppression of the Taliban. I recommend it highly. I liked the book so much that I'm about to start Hosseni's 2nd book, "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

I read it too and I agree with your assessment. They have made it into a movie.

http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/

There was news of them having to protect the young actors from the Taliban, because, (well I forget), but it was something crazy.

 

[4saintspirit]

If you like detective novels then anything by Michael Connelly -- I would start with some of his earlier works to get used to the Detective Bosch character -- but after that they are great --

An easier and more action packed set of novels go to Lee Child -- his Jack Reacher character is fantastic and very entertaining

And finally -- anything by Stuart Woods is a good bet

 

[covingtondog]

I just finished John's Story by lehaye and Jenkins. It was terrible. I had trouble finishing it...wasn't at all what I expected it to be. Just boring and spotty and not even historically relevant. Bad book. I usually give books away after I read them but I'd really have to dislike someone to give them this book.

I just started Brother Odd by Koontz, which promises to be entertaining if nothing else.

 

[kooldak]

...An easier and more action packed set of novels go to Lee Child -- his Jack Reacher character is fantastic and very entertaining ...

Indeed. An excellent series of books and Reacher is a great character. Tons of action and intrigue.

My wife and I recently found a new (to us) author, Greg Iles. We both read "True Evil" and were hooked on him. He writes in a variety of genres, but primarily would be classified as suspense, I imagine. Great author and the setting of many of his books is in Natchez, where he lives. Now working our way through all of his books...

 

[SaintRob]

Indeed. An excellent series of books and Reacher is a great character. Tons of action and intrigue.

My wife and I recently found a new (to us) author, Greg Iles. We both read "True Evil" and were hooked on him. He writes in a variety of genres, but primarily would be classified as suspense, I imagine. Great author and the setting of many of his books is in Natchez, where he lives. Now working our way through all of his books...

I almost bought his recent book "Third Degree" yesterday. I remember reading the synopsis and thought it sounded good. I might have to go back for it... never read any of his stuff.

 

[kooldak]

I almost bought his recent book "Third Degree" yesterday. I remember reading the synopsis and thought it sounded good. I might have to go back for it... never read any of his stuff.

Haven't read that one yet. But we have it and wife just started it a few minutes ago.

I'm currently reading "Break No Bones" by Kathy Reichs. Her books are pretty good. Not great, but good and entertaining. Primarily police procedurals from a forensic anthropologist perspective. Fiction based on her real life, but not at all like the TV series "Bones" which incorporates the same main character, Temperance Brennan.

 

[Furor]

A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution - by Carol Berkin

http://www.amazon.com/Brilliant-Sol...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201055463&sr=8-1

 

[llama]

I read it too and I agree with your assessment. They have made it into a movie.

http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/

There was news of them having to protect the young actors from the Taliban, because, (well I forget), but it was something crazy.

I too enjoyed "The Kite Runner" but I'm fearful the movie will flop in the way that many of these novels-to-screenplays do.

Anybody here read "Blindness" by Saramago?