What are Some Good Books to Read?

[jsmith86]

I just finished the hyperion books, all four of them. Each of them is a good book by itself, but together, they are amazing. And the fourth book is the best of them by a longshot.


Now I'm starting to read the Game of Thrones books. I'm liking the first one so far.

 

[alaskaguy]

For those of you that are endurance athletes I would recommend "Hell on Two Wheels."

 

[jsmith86]

For those of you that are endurance athletes I would recommend "Hell on Two Wheels."

Ultra-marathon man is another pretty good one.

 

[Wesley]

Science Fiction (Bookshelf) - Gutenberg free

Books - Baen Books Free fairly new sci fi books

Science Fiction 1300 free books

For outstanding authors: Solid Robert Heinlein, local Neal Stephenson, award winning Charles Stross, short story Connie Willis, prolific and endearing Jules Verne, literate HG Wells, stellar Stephen Baxter, Orson Scott Card, Thomas Disch, a giant after his death Phillip ****; and the great inventive Arthur C Clarke.

EE Doc Smith also wrote a great space opera.

Mark Twain A Connecticut Yakee in King Arthur's Court.

 

[00clone]

Brewing Classic Styles, Jamil Zainasheff: learn to Make beer

Ambitious Brew, the story of American Beer, Maureen Ogle (she's from Ames): This one's an interesting read.

 

[jsmith86]

Brewing Classic Styles, Jamil Zainasheff: learn to Make beer

Ambitious Brew, the story of American Beer, Maureen Ogle (she's from Ames): This one's an interesting read.

On that note, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing is a great brewing book as well. I acquired a copy during KQ a couple years ago. Haven't had a chance to do any brewing yet, but I hope to someday (although being a chemical engineer, this is basically what my undergrad education was about. Well, that and distillation.)

 

[Cychotiic]

Grapes of Wraith
Cat's Cradle
Farenheit 451
Catcher in the Rye
Freakonomics
The Tao of/in Pooh
The Te of/in Piglet
A Brave New World
Of Mice and Men

 

[cloneswereall]

I was just looking at the books that kindle just updated their free section with, and came across Red Scare, which is apparently the book that was used to write the move Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Loved the Bomb. Anyone read it? It's currently on my personal "I must read this list."

 

[CYTruck]

If you want someone local.... meaning in Iowa.

www.jacquiegreenfield.com

And she has 4 kids going to Iowa State.

 

[isucyfan]

I'll throw a couple of more mainstream choices out there:

"The Snowman" by Jo Nesbo (thrilling serial killer mystery book by a guy everyone is calling the new Steig Larsson)

"Robopocalypse" by Daniel Wilson (next on my reading list...soon to be made into a blockbuster Hollywood movie by Steven Spielberg)

 

[DoOrDie]

I haven't read the entire thread yet, so I may be repeating what everyone else has said...

The Count of Monte Cristo is in my top three. Everyone should read it, unabridged. It's phenomenal.

The Lord of the Rings (obviously)
Harry Potter
The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
The Stand - Stephen King
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Night - Elie Wiesel
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
The Lord of the Flies - William Golding

The classics are the classics for a reason!

 

[Cybyassociation]

I finished The Passage by Justin Cronin while I was in Colorado. Its a 2lb door stop, but it was a fantastic read!

 

[aauummm]

Well?

Haven't read it but how about Darkness to Sunlight by Zaid Abdul-Aziz (Don Smith). One of the greatest Cyclone basketball players of all time.
|| Darkness to Sunlight ||

 

[shagcarpetjesus]

I just finished Doc by Mary Doria Russell. She wrote one of my favorite books of all time, The Sparrow, and Doc is her latest release. It's a historical novel about the life of Doc Holliday up to his time in Dodge City, KS. If you're expecting a cool retelling of the gunfight at the OK Corral then don't bother buying this book because it doesn't get there. But I think the book is even better for it. Russell paints a very vivid, but human portrait of Doc Holliday. Her characterization of him is now one of my favorite characters from a book. My wife hates western themed stuff and I convinced her to give the audio book a try. She now can't wait to drive to and from work to listen to the story.



Amazon.com: Doc: A Novel (9781400068043): Mary Doria Russell: Books

 

[isucyfan]

I just finished Doc by Mary Doria Russell. She wrote one of my favorite books of all time, The Sparrow, and Doc is her latest release.

I loved The Sparrow, but I'm not sure this new book would be my cup of tea.

 

[00clone]

I haven't read the entire thread yet, so I may be repeating what everyone else has said...

Penthouse letters :GEEK:

The Count of Monte Cristo is in my top three.

Mmmmm....Monte Cristo...sangwiches....:yes:

 

[MNCyGuy]

I randomly picked up "Devil in the White City" a couple weeks ago and have been enjoying it.

 

[AllBig12Drinker]

I read this book 5 or 6 years ago and it still sticks out as one of my favorites.

Doctor Dealer by Mark Bowden (also wrote Black Hawk Down)

Amazon.com: Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire (9780802137579): Mark Bowden: Books

 

[CloneAlta]

This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly by Reinhart & Rogoff
The End Game by John Mauldin
The Forgotten Man (can't remember the author's name)

All outstanding books about what has led this country into the mess we're currently in and what you can do to minimize the damage to you on a personal level.

 

[cycloneace55]

Quite the list so far but here are a few more...

The Warlord of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs (published in 1913)
A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter Miller Jr.
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimen
Semper Mars By Ian Douglas
Old Mans War by John Scalzi
Neuromancer By William Gibson
edit:
Almost forgot Stranger in a Strange Land by Heinlein.

Just a few in the Sci-fi fantasy genra.

I would also suggest A Fighters Heart and A Fighter Mind by Sam Sherridan.