Fav Book

[dunvilsteev]

Being a snowbound retiree I do spend quite a while with my nose buried in a book.

 

So I was wondering - WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE BOOKS?

 

Mine are:

Mystery - The Sculptress by Minette Walters

Horror - 'Salems Lot by Stephen King

Fantasy - The Stand by Stephen King

Sci-Fi - Perdido Street Station by China Mieville

Biography - Willie Nelson Story

Bike Book - Fallen Angel , Long Way Round

Magazine - Cycle Canada

[1BigDog]

Vince Flynn

James Patterson

[Godlover]

The Bible

[Yammer Dan]

I read

 

James Patterson

Stuart Woods

Stephen King

Dean Koontz

Tim Waggoner

Sarah Pinborough

Tami Hoag

Patricia Cornwell

Louis LaMore

 

And a few others.

[Danimal]

I enjoy James Patterson to. But the books that I remember the most are written by Greg Iles. Spandau Phoenix and Black Cross. Both based on WWll. Highly recommend them.

[BigBoyinMS]

My favorite Sci-Fi would be Robert Heinlein's "Stranger in a Strange Land" which I read in the 6th grade.

 

Fantasy: Robert Asprin's "Myth" series.

 

Faction: (A work of fiction using factual events, real people, etc.)

"Unintended Consequences" by John Ross. I read this as the author wrote it. He was posting it on a forum as he wrote it.

"Deep Winter" by Thomas Sherry

"Lights Out" by Halffast. (A eBook on the web)

[mini-muffin]

I'm partial to historical novels. But one of my favorite authors is Jane Austen.

 

Margaret

[Gamecock]

I have no imagination, so I stick with the historical/biography books...

 

some of my favorite characters...

 

Robert E. Lee

Francis Marion

George Mason

Colin Powell

William Westmoreland

 

I've also read a few on the Mongols, Hell's Angels, and Pagans...

 

Not to mention, "Going Rouge" by Sarah Palin was a good read

 

 

Ben

[Wizard765]

I got turned onto science fiction many years ago with Heinlein's Glory Road and then read everything from him including Stranger in a Strange Land. Then read Clarke and Asimov. My favorite author right now would be Orson Scott Card. His Enders Game series is fantastic.

 

Wayne

[az1103]

Whatever I am reading at the moment....And at the moment I am reading "Arguing with Idiots" by Glen Beck.

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[Zfrebird4]

... educational, inciteful, and some humor. Some of the above that are posted here also. Also, love to read REAL history.

 

JackZ (Also enjoyably retired after 47 years). LOL

 

[Mariner Fan]

I just finished reading the "Lonesome Dove" series of books.

 

 

1. Dead Man's Walk
   
2. Comanche Moon
   
3. Lonesome Dove
   
4. Streets of Laredo
   

[camos]

Robert Ludlum spy series - fiction

Jean M. Auel Earth Children series - historical fiction

Louie L'Amour - I liked the Sackett series the best

Wilbur Smith - historical fiction southern Africa - The Courtney and Ballantyne series.

James A. Michener - Hawaii, The Source, Centennial, Chesapeake, Texas, Alaska, Caravans

 

So many books, so little time.

 

Here are a couple more I thought of:

C.S. Forester - Hornblower series - historical fiction in the Admiral Nelson era.

Ellis Peters - nom de plume of Edith Pargeter - Cadfael (monkish Sherlock, somewhat historical) mysteries in 12th century England. Many have been made into TV series and movies.

Dudley Pope - Nicholas Ramage series of historical sea novels in the Napoleonic war era.

 

Hmmm... seem to be a lot of historical novels there.

 

Edited February 16, 2010 by camos

[BEER30]

Anything that has lots of pictures ! Or I just wait for the movie to come out . I hate reading .

 

BEER30

[Venturous Randy]

Blue Highways

William Least Heat Moon

RandyA

[barend]

Atlas Shrugged / The Fountainhead

Lord of the Ring Trilogy

Various SciFi. One of the latest ones I read was by Justina Robson (Keeping it real), very different writing style that I can't just breeze through.

[dunvilsteev]

THANKS FOLKS!!!

 

This is turning out better than I expected. Getting all sorts for my "To Be Read List". I love finding new or unheard of writers.

 

I did forget to mention Harlan Coben, quite a good mystery writer, uses the old Hardy Boys trick of ending each chapter with a little bang so you want to read on.

[Hazenson]

Hey if you Like sci fi and stephen king-- Try the Dark Tower ( The Gunslinger series) by stephen King Its a series of 4 or 5 books but its got a great story. Its got about everything- A bad a$$ gunslinger that travels thru time to save the world. May sound goofy but It was one of my ole time fav's

[Condor]

I don't do a lot of novel reading, but I did enjoy all the James Mitchner historical/fiction books. For some reason they capture my imagination.....

[BigBoyinMS]

I did forget to mention Harlan Coben, quite a good mystery writer, uses the old Hardy Boys trick of ending each chapter with a little bang so you want to read on.

 

Some years ago my great Aunt left me a few boxes of books and a few were from the early 1900's for teen boys along the lines of the Hardy Boys. It was a totally different read from anything else because of the differences in language since that time. And the stereotypes would shock most people. One of the most interesting books that I read in a long time.

I also found some older stories online. Many were by Horatio Alger from the 19th century. Really interesting to see how life was for some in those times.

[elmicko]

Probably isn't fair because I have a degree in English, but my favorite of all time is The Sun Also Rises - Hemingway. I've read a bunch of good books, but that one is my favorite.

[FJR Rider]

Favorite .. any of the late Tony Hillerman's books (mystery)

 

Also

Nevada Barr (mystery)

Frederick E Smith's 633 Squadron books

Alistair MacLean

John Steinbeck (it's been a while, but a "required" reading in high school led to reading pretty much everything else he wrote)

John Nichol's The Milagro Beanfield War

 

Two thumbs up for William Least Heat Moon's Blue Highways .. I think I'm on my 9th or 10th reading

 

Currently reading Neil Pert's Ghost Rider

Edited February 16, 2010 by FJR Rider

[RandyR]

I seem to like epics.

 

So another vote for James Mitchener.

 

Non fiction history. Winston Churchill

 

I used to read a lot of science fiction. Heinlein, Asimov, and others

 

Recently read Gen MacArthur's auto-biography and had to rethink my previous negative opinion of him.

 

Used to read WWII aviation biographies/stories, like 30 Seconds over Tokyo, Flying Tigers, Battle of Britain, etc

[Iowawegian]

Hands down......

James Herriot

 

Everyone of his books had me laughing so hard I ended up .....well, you know. Anyway...I've read his books several times over and I still crack up.

 

Didn't care for the PBS series, but you can't beat the books.

[straycatt]

My favorite author right now would be Orson Scott Card. His Enders Game series is fantastic.

 

Wayne

 

I've read quite a few of Card's works. I own and have enjoyed the "Ender" series. (really liked Enders Shadow)

 

Another good sci-fi series that I've rear and reread is The Vorkosigan Series by Lois Mcmaster Bujold. There are 12, I think, different books, and I've been able so far to only find and buy 8 of them.

 

I'm on a first name basis at our local used book exchange. I usually buy them in groups of 10 or so around once a month. I don't pay much attention to authors, going instead by title and jacket blurb.

 

I'll be on a western kick for a while and then move to sci-fi, then go to suspense for a month or two.

Of course as an Inspector I spend a gob of time in Code books and trades manuals.