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John Sanford -- and start at the beginning because you will have to read them all. Detectives Lucas Davenport in the first 25 or so books, and Virgil Flowers in the most recent series will keep you entertained -- I bought them as used paperbacks, but all are available as ebooks.
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Charles Cumming is being touted as the new Le Carre, and he really is very good if you enjoy this genre.
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Bernard Cornwell for napoleonic historical fiction (Sharpe series)
Patrick O'Brian for Nautical historical fiction (Master and Commander is one) Wilbur Smith for tales of Egypt and Southern Africa (Courtney series and others) George RR Martin for Song of fire and Ice series (Game of Thrones)
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I'm reading The Odyssey right now, by Homer. I am stunned by how good this book is, particularly considering the cultural, language and time (multi-millennia) gaps.
My sister speaks three languages and had read the Russian Masters (Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Solzhenitsyn) before she finished high school. To this day, she remains a voracious reader. Her most-loved book of all time: Les Miserables. I need to read that thing.
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"This Present Darkness" by Frank Perretti
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I have a book shelf full of Ian Rankin. While discussing his "Inspector Rebus" series one day, a fellow said, "Well, if you like Rankin, you'll love Peter Robinson's Inspector Banks series."
He was right. Les
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Third World America by Arianna Huffington. It is all about how the politicians and some corporations are putting the shaft to America, the squeeze on the middle class and why real estate values have gone down etc etc etc. She is a bright lady, educated in Cambridge uk. Very insightful.
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A couple of books by one author. Joseph Boyden.
"Three Day Road". Published in about 2005. "Through Black Spruce". Published in about 2008. The story line is intertwined so read Three Day Road first. Don't know if this one was mentioned. Not a huge Stephan King fan, but I really enjoyed 11/22/63. Pretty entertaining.
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