Books you Recommend

Has anyone read any of The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell? It's spacefaring SF from a naval perspective. Books are titled Dauntless, Fearless, Courageous, Victorius, etc... Looks interesting to me, but not sure I want to take the plunge.

I think I read dauntless, but it didn't leave much of an impression on me.

In that vein, try the Daniel Leary series by David Drake. 'Tis awesome. Intentionally done as Hornblower in space.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCN_Series

I've actually heard a lot about those. Gonna have to check them out.

Be warned - the first few don't seem to be connected together much except that it's Harry Dresden, with Karrin and a few others continuing characters. It's like episodic TV. Then the books start to be very interrelated. Which means you keep them close by and read them in order. Or it won't make sense.

Nonfiction

The Zookeeper's Wife - Diane Ackerman - Awesome story about a Polish family that kept Jewish people alive by keeping them in their zoo.
Three Cups of Tea - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin - Reading this right now. It's about a guy who became disoriented while attempting K2 and ended up building schools in Pakistan after experiencing the kindness of the villagers.

Fiction

The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster - Yes it's a children's book, but the way they play with words is definitely more adult oriented. Silly and beautifully written.
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller - I would hope you've already read this. Again playing with words and logic. My favorite book.

I just learned of the discworld series a couple of days ago. I understand it contains a song about how you can't assrape a hedgehog. .... Interesting.

Also, read David Copperfield.

I recommend Marxism & the National & Colonial Question.

Its a totally cool book

Skallagrigg

that book is so amazing! great recommendation bunnie

Also: Full Frontal Feminism by Jessica Valenti
its pretty kick a

Aaah yes...
A Hedgehog Can Never Be Buggered At All

And with already 36 novels out and 4 in the planning stages the series should give a reader plenty to ead...

From the posts I guess yo dig sci-fi and fantasy. Do you like Stephen King? Try 'Cell' or 'Duma Key'.

To recommend books I would need to know your interest.

I have a few for you..

Philip Roth - 'The Plot Against America'
William Safire - 'Scandalmonger' (the intimate lives of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson)
James Patterson for quickie crime dramas
Jeffery Deaver or Nelson Demille for better crime dramas

I love Clive Cussler for schlocky adventures.

Anything from Scott Turow, Peter Straub, Clive Barker. Stuart Woods is Ok for crime mystery.

Anne Rice. Take ya pick..witches or vampires.

You could dig up some sci fi from Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury or Issac Asimov.

World War Z.

Ray Bradbury is quite good! Any of his short story anthologies would be a good addition to your collection.

Any Emberto Eco.

Azure needs to come back and tell us what he likes.

I thought The DaVinci Code was good but Angels & Demons seemed like a rehash of The DaVinci Code.

I recommend most Michael Crichton. I loved The Godfather.

Dean Koontz....meh. But I have read most of his books.

Tom Clancy...meh. But I have read most of his books.

Check your publication dates there, Mewa. A&D came out first, so which one is a rehash?!?

BTW, I thought DaVinci Code was very good up until the ending. Worst no-payoff crock-of-shit ending ever!

Well my friend, there are many people that read The DaVinci Code first. The success of The DaVinci Code resulted in a re-release of Angels & Demons. Hence people reading it AFTER The DaVinci Code.

This is evidenced by the making of the movie Angels & Demons AFTER the success of The DaVinci Code.

Excellent suggestions right there! I read the Tarzan books as a teen and loved the hell out of them. And Bradbury showed me that sci fi could also be poetry.

Harlan Ellison's short stories got me thru my dark, depressed teenage years, 'cause they were even darker and more depressing.

I am from Johnstown.

Umberto Eco.

Mario Puzo wrote The Godfather.

He meant Jurassic Park obviously.

Frank Herbert books avoid Ron L Hubbard works cause they suck monkey balls.

I just wrote stuff. I didn't mean that Crichton wrote The Godfather. Another good one from Puzo is The Forth K.

First book is awesome.
Second one pretty good.
Third one, to me anyway, anticlimatical.
Haven't gotten to the second trilogy that he did ages after the first three.

Foundation bored me to tears.

Santiago

By Mike Resnick

FireFly and Dirty Harry's love child.

Honestly, I read just about anything.

Can't really say what I like the most, because any book that has a remotely interesting storyline and intriguing characters is good to me.

Shit, I read Plato during high school.

I've bought and read all of them so far. I really like them.