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Over the bast 3 years I've been reading a lot of novels in my spare time and I've kind of dried up on the authors I've enjoyed. Recently I've been buying a lot of shit I can't even finish. I figured I'd start a thread to recommend a good book or author. Maybe save a couple bucks instead of buying firewood.
My recommendation:
Stephen Hunter - Time to Hunt.
http://www.amazon.com/Time-Hunt-Ste...r/dp/0440226457
Oh and to save the flame. If you don't read please don't post. |
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| ozzmodan |
"I don't read fiction. Last time I checked people who just make stuff up are called liars."
- Stephen Colbert
My taste in books:
I Am America & So Can you - Stephen Colbert
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
The Undercover Economist - Tim Harford
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
The Tipping Point - Malcolm Gladwell |
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| NightmareMX6 |
I don't read much but the most recent books that I have read are:
The Alphabet of Manliness - Maddox (funniest book you will ever read)
If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell (His autobiography) |
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| GOT BOOST |
The Wealthy Barber,
The Millionaire Next door,
Rich Dad Poor Dad, |
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| Alpha Gangsta |
Fiction - Benard Cornwell - Sword Song
Science Fiction - Star Wars: Legacy of the Force
fun read - The World Without Us. |
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| EDISKRAD EHT |
Most interesting book ever,
Fingerprints of the Gods. |
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| Invalid Zero |
| Everybody Poops |
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| Graphicdude |
| Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy. Very funny and very interesting read. |
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| EK9Hatch |
quote:
Originally posted by EDISKRAD EHT
Most interesting book ever,
Fingerprints of the Gods.
What is that book about?
Jamie |
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| EDISKRAD EHT |
quote:
Originally posted by EK9Hatch
What is that book about?
Jamie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods
After reading the first couple chapters you wont want to put it down. There's some phenominal information in there. All of it references actual facts as well.
Of anythng I've ever read it sticks in my mind the most. I was into that sort of stuff a bit before, but that book engraved it in my mind. So many places I want to check out before I die now. |
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| Jord@n |
| Water for Elephants is a good one. Fiction about animals and the circus. |
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| nissanz32 |
Atlas Shrugged-Ayn Rand
Cats Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut
Ulysses- James Joyce
Atlas and Ulysses are both huge novels 1000+ pages so they will take you time but are extremely good books |
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| STiPWR |
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society - David Grossman
Best book I've read, and it doesnt only pertain to army/cops etc. Anyone would enjoy it.
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
"The format and structure of the novel is unconventional, with unusual page layout and style typical of ergodic literature. It contains copious footnotes, many of which contain footnotes themselves, and some of which reference books that do not exist.[1] Some pages contain only a few words or lines of text, arranged in strange ways to mirror the events in the story, often creating (paradoxically) both an agoraphobic and a claustrophobic effect. The novel is also distinctive for its multiple narrators, who interact with each other throughout the story in disorienting and elaborate ways."
The book is fucked. |
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| 300zx.babe |
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell -Tucker Max
For a book based on someones sex-party life its entertaining.
http://www.tuckermax.com/ |
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| AudiInProgress |
| I forget the last book I read... But it was full of wizards and pirates and ninja's and stuff... |
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| EK9Hatch |
quote:
Originally posted by EDISKRAD EHT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprints_of_the_Gods
After reading the first couple chapters you wont want to put it down. There's some phenominal information in there. All of it references actual facts as well.
Of anythng I've ever read it sticks in my mind the most. I was into that sort of stuff a bit before, but that book engraved it in my mind. So many places I want to check out before I die now.
Cool, I'm going to check that out! :thumbup:
Jamie |
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| unlimited |
i second Tucker Max's book ahaha, its a solid read.
Bill Bryson has a few good ones. non-fiction and fiction
Robin Hobb for fantasy, amazing writer
Ken Follet 1) Pillars of the Earth and 2) World Without End
both AMAZING novels. best i have read in long time.
his other books are great as well
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.
Robert Ludlum for fiction also. |
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| Twigs_Dee |
| Positive Personality Profiles. :thumbup: |
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| EK9Hatch |
quote:
Originally posted by AudiInProgress
I forget the last book I read... But it was full of wizards and pirates and ninja's and stuff...
LMAO :lol:
Jamie |
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| Stainless |
| The Song of Fire and Ice series by George R.R. Martin. Long reads, but very interesting. Just don't get too attached to any characters because there is a whole lot of dying going on all the time. |
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| unlimited |
| oh and James Clavell is another great author as well, loved his series. |
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| shiz |
Nineteen Eighty Four
Slaughterhouse five
Ender's game
This is your brain on music
I hope they serve beer in Hell
Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan
Choke -Chuck Palanuk (wrote fight club)
Fight Club - Chuck Palanuk (big difference between book/movie)
The Definitive book on Body Language
Angels and Demons - (prequel to Davinci Code)
The Alchemist
Booty Nomad (for the emokidds and heartbroken in the crowd:p )
Armour - loved this book
Marine Sniper-93 confirmed Kills (about Carlos Hatchock)
A rifleman went to war (hard to find, but great read)
...theres more...loads more...cant think right now thou |
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| Inzane |
Everybody Wants Some : the Van Halen Saga
biography, by Ian Christe, 2007. |
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| unlimited |
quote:
Originally posted by shiz
Nineteen Eighty Four
Ender's game
I hope they serve beer in Hell
x2! forgot these books |
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| Perilous_Enterprises |
Fiction:
The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson
1984 - George Orwell
Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
The Catcher in the Rye - J. D. Salinger
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
For whom the bell tolls - Ernest Hemmingway
Fahrenheit 451 - George Orwell
Ulysses - James Joyce
Finnegans Wake - James Joyce
Non-Fiction
The Art Of Warfare - Sun Tzu
Philosophić Naturalis Principia Mathematica - Isaac Newton
Harmonices Mundi - Johannes Kepler
A Breif History of Time - Stephen Hawking
Theres a few thousand books (slight exageration) I've read and really enjoyed, I just can't think of all of them. |
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| unlimited |
quote:
Originally posted by Perilous_Enterprises
Fiction:
Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie
how did you find his book? that guy has no clue what he's writing about and i could barely read it. worst grammar and spelling i have ever found in any book. |
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