Book recommendations: GO!

[rc1honda]

American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Great work of modern day fiction. It is especially good
If u have some knowledge of folk lore and myth but just as good of read
If you don't.

Just finished it yesterday. I read 200 pages the day I got it and put it down.
I didnt want to finish it too quickly. Great book and probably one of the best
Modern era fiction novels I have read.

[maxhopper]

Plumb Island and The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille
Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer
Cuba (or most any of the Grafton/Carmellini series) by Stephen Coonts
anything written by Hunter S. Thompson

[Jesda]

Decision Points by George W. Bush (this one is next on my list)

Just bought that one. Great for casual magazine-style reading. The story flows logically and his writing style is pretty basic, so I catch a few pages on my Blackberry once in a while.

I enjoy his sense of humor.

[_b.jaye_]

decided to pick up a book for a switch last year, in the height of my boredom, and ive enjoyed it. typically knock out 3-5 chapters an evening or two a week, so they last me awhile.

all ive got under my belt. hat. whatever, so far is a clockwork orange, which was good havin never seen the movie, and half of fight club, which im really into, but had i not seen the movie a million times, would probably like much more.

looking to pick up fear & loathing next. these kinda dark satire type reads seem to be my thing, but im sure theres other stuff i have no idea id like lol. any good recommendations. maybe something off the radar that hasnt been made ito a movie?

[air_forced]

Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. (The guy who wrote fight club.)

Wait, what?!? Fight Club is a book?!?!?!?

Yes. It was a book first. Rant is just as good if not better and more of a mindf*** than fight club. All time favorite book. Anything by Chuck Palahniuk will not dissappoint. Read Rant first though.

[numbnuts240]

Wait, what?!? Fight Club is a book?!?!?!?

Yes. It was a book first.

your sarcasm detector is broken.

[air_forced]

your sarcasm detector is broken.

Eh. Long day.

[RCA]

I'm reading the new and improved version of Huck Fin with out the "N" word...

[MinisterofDOOM]

Awesome. Some good stuff so far guys. I think I should have plenty to read for the next few weeks.

World War Z by Max Brooks was a good read. I like that its stories from people who survived the big event

I actually just bought the Zombie Survival Guide. It's pretty good, but it's also clear that Brooks is not an expert on bladed weapons or firearms. So I'll take my own advice on those subjects.

American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

How the Hell did I forget about Neil Gaiman. Thanks for the reminder!

[alms24sebring]

Geek Love. Great ish about a freakish circus family

[AppleBonker]

your sarcasm detector is broken.

Eh. Long day.

It's k. You don't know me well enough to have figured it out. Books are almost always better than their movie counterparts.

Also found the pair of books by Sam Harris intriguing. Though they may not be good reads for the super-religious.

[BusyBadger]

Non-Fiction
The Force of Reason
While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
Shift: Inside Nissan's Historic Revival
Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans Who Risked Everything to Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II

Bio
The Forgotten Soldier
Lord of Misrule: The Autobiography of Christopher Lee
Something Like An Autobiography (Akira Kurosawa)

Historical Fiction
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
Sharpe's Rifles

Sciene & Nature
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe

Sci-Fi
The Man Who Never Missed
Voice of the Whirlwind

Fantasy
Jhereg
Across the Nightingale Floor
Hood

There are a few I listed that aren't available on the Kindle or Nook yet, but send a request the publisher's way all the same...the more requests they get the better chance we have to get it paperless.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Rock on!

I have "Shift" in paperback. Bought it and "Turn Around" a few years ago for a paper I wrote on Nissan in an English class. That was back before I realized Ghosn was going to take a dump all over my favorite Nissan models, though.

[Jesda]

Buy "Taken for a Ride" -- Story about the DC merger and the poor decisions that allowed it to happen.

[krimsonviper]

Tales of the Otori. It's a book about Samurais. Very well written and detailed.

[BusyBadger]

Tales of the Otori. It's a book about Samurais. Very well written and detailed.

*cough cough*

Across the Nightingale Floor

Tales of the Otori is the name of a trilogy and that's the first book in it.

[krimsonviper]

Blast! I thought I fully checked the lists.

[Dattebayo]

If you can find them, I recommend anything from Anne McCaffrey.

It's kinda old stuff, but there's a lot of them to work through... (if you like sci-fi/fantasy books) She has more then three different series of books out!

[Encryptshun]

Check out the Bas Lag trilogy by China Mieville:

"Perdido Street Station"
"The Scar"
"Iron Council"

I also recommend anything by David Sedaris ("Me Talk Pretty One Day" is particularly full of win). Also echo the Stieg Larsson books "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Girl Who Played With Fire" and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest".

[scotty-2-forty]

I BET YOU DONT EVEN READ THE ARTICLES.

What? There's articles??? .............. Bah, I don't read; I just see the movie.

[snwbrdr435]

War by Sebastian Junger(Perfect Storm) If you saw Nat Geo's documentary Restrepo he was one of the 2 Filmers. Very indepth about the Korengal valley in A-Stan

[snwbrdr435]

Where Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer=

+1

Amazing how they screwed the Tillmans

[ricebike]

ummmm...................

does this count?

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/