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

[Laneco]

Khaled Hosseini

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" and "The Kite Runner"

angela

[Scott R]

A Dawn Like Thunder

Robert J. Mrazek



WW2 History, great read about Torpedo Squadron Eight

[tonypeoni]

Lolita/Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[s_wilwerding]

I read very little fiction - about the only authors I can stand are Lee Child and Jeffery Deaver - stick to Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme series - the Katherine Dance series is not very good.

As for nonfiction, I'm in the middle of reading Niall Ferguson's books - just finished Civilization and am starting on The Ascent of Money. Very good reads - I highly recommend his book about the British Empire.

[s_wilwerding]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

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.

+1 - great book.

[wdfifteen]

Anything by Nelson DeMille
Republic Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It by Lawrence Lessing
Conspiracy of Fools and Serpent on the Rock by Kurt Eichenwald
Catch Me by Lisa Gardner
The Litigators by John Grisham
Goodby Darkness by William Manchester
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart

[dennis in se pa]

"Niall Ferguson's books - just finished Civilization"

I don't read fiction either unless it's something like Michener's historical fiction.
Your recommendation is next on my list. Thanks.

And this looks good. On Amazon for kindle for $1.50!
http://www.amazon.com/Americas-Forgotten-History-Part-ebook/dp/B003GXEU90/ref=pd_ys_qtk_general_recs_1

[klaus]

The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien.

Amazon.com: The Things They Carried (9780767902892): Tim O'Brien: Books

[5String43]

I just read "The Limit, by Michael Cannell. It's the story of Phil Hill's championship year and is a terrific, if bittersweet, read. Subtitle is "Live and death on the 1961 Grand Prix circuit."

I really like the following authors, and buy the new additions to each series as soon as they publish:

Phillip Kerr, the Bernie Gunther series (begins when he's a cop in Berlin before WW II, goes on long after the war - the character actually ages, which is rather unusual).

Craig Johnson, the Walt Longmeier series (Longmeier is a sheriff in Wyoming, very well done).

Peter Bowen, the Gabriel Dupre series (beautifully atmospheric, Dupre is a brand inspector in Montana who "helps people."

Robert Crais - His two characters, Elvis Cole and Joe Pike, are just great.

[Rikao4]

read this on Seahawks recom.

thought I knew something about this guy and those days..
what an eye opener..
a must if you like history / or think you know history..

Ghengis Khan Making of the modern World..
Jack Weatherford..

Rika

[LakeCleElum]

Thank you for all the great suggestions. Two books that are far better than the Movies that followed:

Mystic River - Dennis LaHane
Man on Fire - A.J. Quinnell

[LakeCleElum]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

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.

Thanks for the second opinion Choc....My wife raves about this book. On my list for sure....

[J P Stein]

Originally Posted by azasadny

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

+1
I read it first at about 13 years of age thinking it was a "war book".
At about 30 years read it again & got it. I think the USofA is now modeled on it.

American Rifle, Alexander Rose.....for you gun nuts.

An Army At Dawn: Rick Atkinson....or anything by him.

If you just want to eat a book & be entertained for 6 hours, Robert B. Parker.

[Head416]

Originally Posted by klaus

The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien.

Amazon.com: The Things They Carried (9780767902892): Tim O'Brien: Books

+1

Also,
American Buffalo
Without Remorse
One Man's Wilderness
Shot in the Heart
Big Russ and Me
Same Kind of Different as Me
Killing Floor

And pretty much anything by Stephen King.

[PorscheGAL]

Originally Posted by 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.

I read this. Very good and easy to read. The movie follows the book very closely.

[techweenie]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

...Any book by Bill Bryson for light humorous reading...

Yes, and A Short History of Nearly Everything for really educational data delivered well.

If you're into Sci Fi, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is absolutely worth the read.

For something completely different: Bel Canto by Ann Pachett

Oh, and another thumbs up for The Kite Runner

[Chas White]

Reading Lee Child is a good way to lose weight, since you're not going to bother to eat. Then there's Madison Smartt Bell, Patrick O'Brian, and Neal Stephenson...

[DavidI]

1Q84
Killing Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Hunger Games
Act of Valor
The Help
The Drop
American Sniper

There are some great authors out there!

[GWN7]

Amazon.com: The Longest War eBook: John Holmes, Kyle Torke, M. Stefan Strozier: Kindle Store

[davidbir]

The Voyage of the Northern Magic by Diane Stuemer. isbn 0-7710-8260-6

A true story that shows that ordinary people like you and me can sail around the world. Very well written with an interesting backstory.