*** Official "Recommend a Book/Author" Thread ***

[LakeCleElum]

Please recommend good books or authors to your fellow Pelicans. I used to read a lot as a kid, and then never had time until recently. It seemed like work, projects, magazines and the internet got in the way.

With a long winter and recent knee replacement, I've had the time and read 28 books since August.

I have 2 e-readers and reading programs on all my computers. A friend gave me 1,400 Ebooks to download and I can check out Ebooks from the Library. I read and enjoyed all John Grisham and Lee Child books. Loved "The Art of racing in rain". Just not sure where to go next? Thanks.

[porsche4life]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Old Mans War by John Scalzi

Horns by Joe Hill

The girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The girl who played with fire, and The girl who kicked the Hornets Nest. All by Stieg Larson

[recycled sixtie]

The Help by Kathryn Stockett. It is fiction based on fact about the Help hired by white people in the Deep South. Hugely entertaining. Could not put it down.Understand it is also in a movie. Actresses could get Oscars tonight. For me it is a must read book. May even read it again.

[scottbombedout]

House to House by David Bellavia. A fantastic narrative of frontline combat in Iraq.

[Noah930]

BS Levy has a series of books about vintage racing. I've enjoyed them.

The Last Open Road (the first in the series)
Montezuma's Revenge
Fabulous Trashwagon
Toly's Ghost

[recycled sixtie]

Also War and Peace.
Any book by Bill Bryson for light humorous reading.
The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill.

[BRPORSCHE]

Tom Clancy

Vince Flynn

Orson Scott Card

[dennis in se pa]

A People's History of the United States

[id10t]

Lots of free books at ePub Bud - Publish, Convert, Store, and Download free children's ebooks online for the iPad and nook color!

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[yellowperil]

Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

[syncroid]

The DaVinci Code
Angels and Demons

both by Dan Brown

[emcon5]

Recent reads, in no particular order

Cornelius Ryan
Stieg Larsson
James D. Hornfischer
Stephen Ambrose
Hans von Luck
Keith Richards
E.B Sledge
JRR Tolkein (I reread LOTR every 10 years or so)
Robert Heinlein
Dean Koontz
Stephen King
Neil Peart


Haven't read yet, but in my queue:
Cormac McCarthy
Erich von Manstein
Bret Easton Ellis

[Paco Anton]

If you like fantasy there are few books as good as the "A Song of ice and fire" series by George RR Martin. Supposed to be 7 books, currently just the first 5 are out:

A Game of Thrones
A Clash of Kings
A Storm of Swords
A Feast for Crows
A Dance with Dragons

Now being made into a TV series. Read the before watching it!!!!

[porsche4life]

The DaVinci Code

Angels and Demons



both by Dan Brown

Deception point, and digital fortress are his other two. Both also worth reading.

[azasadny]

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Confederacy of Dunces by John O'Toole

[daepp]

Long live Ignatius P O'Reily

[Schrup]

Originally Posted by Paco Anton

If you like fantasy there are few books as good as the "A Song of ice and fire" series by George RR Martin.

QFT, check out Patrick Rothfuss, his two books are excellent. Not quite as adult as Martin, but very enjoyable. I pick up Game of Thrones on Bluray March 6th, can't wait!

I'm finishing up ESPN Those guys have all the fun by Miller & Shales. I have enjoyed it immensely, a must read for any die hard ESPN fan.

[Adam]

While it's not a work of fiction, Blind Man's Bluff is an amazing book - I literally couldn't put it down. If you have the slightest interest in Naval Military History or American Ingenuity, this will amaze you. But then, I'm into all that stuff and found John Craven's book incredible too. If you like that stuff, then try also Big Red, which is an account of a three month deterrance patrol on board a ballistic missile submarine.

For fiction, try Patrick Robinson for a decent potboiler.

[widgeon13]

The Cat from Hue by John Laurence

[Chocaholic]

Just finished Walter Isaakson's biography of Albert Einstein. Fantastic.

A few chapters into another great one. "The Emperor of All Maladies" by Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD. He's an Oncologist from Columbia University Med Center. It's essentially, a "biography" of cancer. Won a Pulitzer. An amazing and necessary read.