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Steinbeck had a lot of affect on me when I read him from about 12 to 16 years old. I don't have much patience for fiction these days. I read mostly history, and current event type stuff now.
This one is excellent in audio format given that much of the book is written acounts of audio logs...awesome book even for non engineer types
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Tillman was a tough minded liberal atheist who was killed by American fire under still foggy circumstances. His thinking was very different than most of those he served with. He was hit by 3 rounds to the head from an M16 fired from close range.
Are there really no James Rollins fans on here or did I miss someone? James Rollins is history and science woven into riveting fiction...if you haven't checked out his Sigma Force series I'd give it a try. It's entertaining.
My favorite classic is easily Alexander Dumas: The Count of Monte Cristo...though Three Musketeers was good as well. And I like pretty much all of Dickens works.
I live in Utah and so I followed the life of a great football coach out here: Lavell Edwards. His book Airing It Out was an entertaining read about the behind the scenes and complications of being a HC (and especially for him coaching at a Mormon school).
Tom Clancy is an amazing author but it's because of his research. There were rumors that the FBI and CIA both questioned him about some of his content because of it's accuracy and inferences about classified information. Did anyone actually ever verify those rumors? @christopherules maybe you know?
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/investigations/bs-xpm-2014-09-27-bs-md-sun-investigates-tom-clancy-fbi-20140927-story.html
Apparently the FBI did a background check on Tom Clancy- not for potential nefarious behavior but for a job as a consultant with the White House Space Council.
I read... with my one year old son.
WCDawg doesn't read any more. He doesn't have time for any of that since he found the forum at Dawg Nation.
Personally, I enjoyed reading Playboy but I stopped when they started oppressing women's rights by not letting them pose nude. Those ask the Bar Tender pieces was awesome...and Hef's favorite jokes was good stuff.
Good call on Slaughterhouse 5. Need to read again.
Stormlight Archives is a great series for fantasy fans
Currently reading Micheners “Caribbean”. Not as good as “Hawaii”
Dune is my favorite book of all time
I don't read novels anymore, but when I did I usually favored spy, mystery and crime tales.
The best spy novelist..
A war biography/chronical of The Pacific Campaign I highly recommend is William Manchester's Goodbye Darkness. His book of The Krupp steel and armaments empire The Arms Of Krupp is also great, and you can't really understand German militarism without knowing The Krupp's role in fostering it.
Oh yeah, Ron Chernow's biography on George Washington is magnificent, yes, it's that good. His biography on Hamilton gained fame through the musical play, but The Washington book is far better in my opinion. It's a very honest account of the man, warts and all.
@WildDawg as for anything 100% factual when it comes to Tom Clancy being investigated? I do recall seeing an interview with him later on in his life, (He passed away in 2013) where he discussed this very topic as it related to his book “Debt of Honor” and how it predates the terrorism attacks of 9/11, but it may have served as a model for the terrorists? That was really an eye opener. You might still be able to find something on it on YouTube. Anyway, I remember my being fascinated with Tom Clancy, and his books too. Although they are almost always very long, he builds up the very best suspense possible, and his books have never disappointed me. Scared the heck out me a few times, but always (in the end) well worth the effort it took to get through them!
Clancy said he was always interested in how people ''got away with things''. He clearly had covert sources within our intelligence. community. The novel where terrorist used a plane as a missile was inspired by war gaming. Contrary to later claims, it was considered as a risk prior to 9-11, but MANY things were touched on, most have yet to manifest into action, some are far scarier than The Towers' destruction.
Go f...yourself.
I read every day, just not fiction, except for some posts of course, and most every quote from Trump.
"Laws of Human Nature" by Robert Greene has been a pretty good read
Great thread; thanks to the original poster. I’m a non-fiction guy. Here are some from my audiobooks library that I would recommend.
Red Platoon – Clinton Romesha
The Looming Tower – Lawrence Wright
Black Flags – Joby Warrick
12 Strong – Doug Stanton
A River in Darkness – Masaji Ishikawa
Dear Leader – Jang Jin-sung
Red Notice – Bill Browder
Rise and Kill First – Ronen Bergman
The Last Lion – William Manchester
The Fall and Rise of China – Richard Baum
Blind Man’s Bluff – Christopher Drew, Sherry Shontag
Skunk Works – Ben Rich, Leo Janos
Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall – Gilbert King
The King Years – Taylor Branch
I’ll Be Gone in the Dark – Michelle McNamara
Killers of the Flower Moon – David Grann