Good books

[Sprafa]

The title says it all, I need a list of good books to entertain myself.

 

[Murray]

The Truth - with jokes by Al Franken

 

[15357]

Do graphic novels count?

 

[Sulkdodds]

They should if they're Transmetropolitan.

Honestly Sprafa, read it. Transmetropolitan. TRANS METRO POLITAN. It's just your kind of thing (I think) and you'll love it.

 

[The Monkey]

http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,711520,00.html

 

[ComradeBadger]

Heard nothing but good things about this book, it's a gripping read!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425459633/202-8365790-7355816

 

[StardogChampion]

Discworld
The Club Dumas - Arturo Perez-Reverte
In Cold Blood - Truman Capote
MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
Bravo Two Zero
The Perfect Storm - Sebastian Junger
Shadow Divers - Robert Kurson
Sleepers
1984
George R.R. Martin - A Song of Ice and Fire
Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo
Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
Frederick Forsyth - The Day of the Jackal
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers / The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

 

[Direwolf]

I'll second Discworld. If you're just looking to pick up a book for an easy read they're perfect. But if you want enough material to last you a few years, they're perfect for that too.

 

[CrazyHarij]

The title says it all, I need a list of good books to entertain myself.

is playboy a book?

 

[TheAmazingRando]

Anything Stephen Baxter or Arthur C. Clark.

 

[satch919]

Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins is pretty good.

is playboy a book?

Good call!

 

[Tr0n]

Heard nothing but good things about this book, it's a gripping read!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425459633/202-8365790-7355816

I've read this book...it's ****ing crazy how real it is. D:

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Heard nothing but good things about this book, it's a gripping read!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425459633/202-8365790-7355816

hehe, why tell Comrade!

 

[Asknoone]

Anything from Robert Crais, if you like detective novels. Elvis Cole is awesome.

 

[Evo]

Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy my girl got it for me as an early Valentines present, very good book

Also got Jarhead lined up for a read, and Life and Fate by Vassily Grossman in very good

 

[Beerdude26]

Wizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind. Lovely book.

 

[knut]

Discworld books. I can't put a spot on what my fave. one would be, their all so good. Night Watch and Small Gods were excellent, mind. I started from the beginning on the books, regardless that not all the stories run into each other. (EG, the Night Watch books are set quite apart from each other inbetween other books such as a couple of the Witches' books and other 'one-off' books)

 

[Sprafa]

Heard nothing but good things about this book, it's a gripping read!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425459633/202-8365790-7355816

I'm getting that.

 

[Maxi]

Yeah, that one sounds awesome!

 

[Asknoone]

Heard nothing but good things about this book, it's a gripping read!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1425459633/202-8365790-7355816

Bought.

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Ordered!

-Angry Lawyer

 

[Fliko]

The House of Scorpions.

 

[OvA]

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showpost.php?p=1773387&postcount=73

CB you theif

 

[Ennui]

twas actually sprafa who first found it i think and probably independently of you since he's rarely on this site anymore

 

[Sprafa]

the user review is awesome.

 

[Laivasse]

Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. He is an awesome writer.

 

[Greatgat]

American Gods or Neverwhere by Neil Gaimen. Awesome, awesome books. Highly recommended.

 

[spookymooky]

Discworld

MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
1984
Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Robert A. Heinlein - Starship Troopers / The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

Definately all these, except Great Expectations.
Tom Clancy is good: Red Storm Rising

Discworld book by Terry Pratchett

Heinlein is definately my favorite though: Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, Time Enough for Love...

 

[Ennui]

the user review is awesome.

:frown: i wanted to know the identity of the mysterious shens!

 

[DeusExMachina]

Kurt Vonnegut for your science fiction social commentaries.
Ernest Hemingway for your minimalist old-school.
Charles Bukowski for your alcoholic, supressed instincts...or feelings or something.

...And that's really all I've been reading.

 

[bvasgm]

Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy. Buy it, read it, love it. Do it now.

 

[xombine]

Raising the Bar!

Some Tom Clancy is good if you're into the military stuff.

 

[JNightshade]

...THAT REVIEW IS AWESOME.

I would recommend The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco if you're looking for an amazing read. The Dream of Scipio (I forget the author) is also amazing.

 

[spookymooky]

Is scipio about the conquest of Africa?

 

[madog]

Kill Madog by madog. Of course madog wins.

 

[JNightshade]

Nah. It's three interlocking, related stories (a 4th century bishop, 14th century poet, and a 20th century historian in the midst of WWII France) that all turn out to be deeply interwoven. A brilliant read.

 

[Gray Fox]

Guns, Germs & steel-Jared Diamond
Collaps:How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed-Jared Diamond
Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything-Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

 

[Skaadi]

The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
The Ruby Knight by David Eddings
The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings
Domes of Fire by David Eddings
The Shining Ones by David Eddings
The Hidden City by David Eddings
1984 by George Orwell
Dragon Precinct by ......
Gates of Fire
Ninpo: Wisdom for Life by Masaaki Hatsumi
Fire and Hemlock by Dianna Wynn Jones
Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy

Need to think of some more........

 

[Raziaar]

If you like almost lyrical, awesome writing, and dont mind reading fantasy, go with Elaine Cunningham's Song & Swords series, based on forgotten realms.

The books are called Elfshadow, Elfsong, Silver Shadows, and the Dream Spheres.

 

[bvasgm]

If you're just looking for a good "action book", than Red Storm Rising's the best choice. It literally reads like a movie.

Example (Keep in mind, after page 124 it's basically all like this):

"Back me up."
Smith was amazed. "Let me, sir, I-"
"Back me up." Edwards whispered. He set his M-16 down and drew his combat knife.
The Russian soldier made it easy, as he stook on tiptoe, entranced with the goings-on within the farmhouse. Ten feet behind him, Edwards got to his feet and approached one slow step at a time. It took him a moment to realize that his target was a full head taller than he was--how was he supposed to take this monster alive?
He didn't have to. There must have been an intermission inside. The Soviet private slumped down and reached in his pocket for a pack of cigarettes, then turned slightly to light one from a cupped match. He caught Edwards out of the corner of his eye, and the American lieutenant lunged foreward with his knife, stabbing the larger man in the throat. The Russian started to cry out, but Edwards wrestled him down and slapped his left hand over the man's mouth as he struck again with his knife. Edwards twisted the man's head one way, and the knife the other. The blade grated against something hard, and his victim went slack.
Edwards felt nothing, his emotions submerged in a flood of adrenaline. He wiped the knife on his trousers and stook on the man's body to look in the window. What he saw caught the breath in his throat.
"Hi guys!" Garcia whispered. Two Russian privated turned to face a pair of M-16's. They had left their rifles in the truck. Garcia gestured at the ground with his rifle and both wend face down, spread-eagled. Rogers frisked them both for weapons, then went around the front to report in.
"Took em both alive sir." He was surprised to see their "wing-wiper" lieutenant with blood on his hands.


Imagine action scenes like that, almost nonstop, covering everything from Submarine/Anti-Submarine warfare, massive land battles, Naval battles, airborne battles...it really is like reading the best war/action movie ever.