Looking to read a good book, I don’t read as often as should and even if it’s a good yarn I still find it hard to get into.
So what books do recommend and what are you favourites.
Full Version: Good books worth reading.
Well, you do not specify fiction or non-fiction so I will go with both. I read two books every three weeks, one fiction and one non. I am a WW2 history buff so that is my non-fiction
Fiction:
I love mystery and suspense series.
1) The Harry Borsh L.A. Dective Series by Michael Connelly Here
2) The Leo Waterman detective series by G.M. Ford These are hilarious
Here
Non Fiction History
1) Ghost Soldiers The best WW2 book ever, period! Reads like a fiction. If you want to know life as an American POW, this is it:
Here
2) No End Save Victory These are essays from WW2 Dry but gives a full perspective from all countries
Here
There you have it, hope it helps
Chris
Fiction:
I love mystery and suspense series.
1) The Harry Borsh L.A. Dective Series by Michael Connelly Here
2) The Leo Waterman detective series by G.M. Ford These are hilarious
Here
Non Fiction History
1) Ghost Soldiers The best WW2 book ever, period! Reads like a fiction. If you want to know life as an American POW, this is it:
Here
2) No End Save Victory These are essays from WW2 Dry but gives a full perspective from all countries
Here
There you have it, hope it helps
Chris
I like science fiction, or fantasy. The dragonrider series of books by Anne McCaffrey are good. As chrisjea says, it's hard to suggest to you what to read without knowing the things you are interested in. 
Well what I read and watch would be: War,science fiction and some fantasy.
The book I'm reading now is by Dale Brown yes he is a good author.
Steven Coonts don't think I have heard of him before.
I have been on the same book for months
keep suggesting books please
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The book I'm reading now is by Dale Brown yes he is a good author
.Steven Coonts don't think I have heard of him before.
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I have been on the same book for months
keep suggesting books please
Actually, I used to be an avid science fiction reader, but only of the great books by Isaac Asimov, Heinlein, Norton, etc. I read Starship Troopers, War of the Worlds, Time Machine, etc. years before they became movies. And, of course, LOR (not sci fi).
I guess the book that most affected me is a non-fiction that reads like a great fiction.
It's called "The Arms of Krup", and traces the rise and eventual fall of the infamous Krup dynasty of Germany from 1587 to the 1950s. The Franco-Prussian War, WWI and WWII would not have happened without the industrial might of the Krup empire, which at one time during WWII was larger than GM, Ford, Chrysler and U.S. Steel Corp. even with modern Microsoft thrown in. Up until then, all canon were made of Bronze, because bronze was strong enough to withstand the explosion of the canon, but could be controlled enough to be manufactured without weakspots in the barrel. Steel still could not be controlled. It was Krup who first discovered how to hot-draw steel to keep it uniform, without weaknesses, and he created the very first, successful steel canon barrels. Kaiser WilhelmI then secretly re-armed his artillery, and then deliberately picked a fight with France, at that time the big bully of the world. The resulting Franco-Prussian War was actually a turkey-shoot; if fact, the Prussian generals complained bitterly to the Kaiser that the infantry was standing around with nothing to do, because the steel canon had twice the range of the French artillery and blasted them into shards before they even got within rifle range!
Kaiser Wilhelm I gave Krup Prussia's greatest honor, his own family aristocratic crest, and titled them "Arms Bearer To The Fatherland". Big stuff in Germany/Prussia at that time. I never realized that Krup engineers created such military toys as the submarine, machine gun, Diesel engine (named after it's German inventor) and some of the largest canon that ever existed in history. "Big Bertha" hurled a 1000 lb. shell from France, arcing into the earth's troposphere, and down into English cities during WWI. Incredible.
Interesting to discover where things that we use and affect us in our daily lives started.
Complete with documentation and photos.
Arms Of Krup
William Manchester
Little, Brown and Company
PS-sorry to go on like this, didn't mean this to be so long-winded!!
I guess the book that most affected me is a non-fiction that reads like a great fiction.
It's called "The Arms of Krup", and traces the rise and eventual fall of the infamous Krup dynasty of Germany from 1587 to the 1950s. The Franco-Prussian War, WWI and WWII would not have happened without the industrial might of the Krup empire, which at one time during WWII was larger than GM, Ford, Chrysler and U.S. Steel Corp. even with modern Microsoft thrown in. Up until then, all canon were made of Bronze, because bronze was strong enough to withstand the explosion of the canon, but could be controlled enough to be manufactured without weakspots in the barrel. Steel still could not be controlled. It was Krup who first discovered how to hot-draw steel to keep it uniform, without weaknesses, and he created the very first, successful steel canon barrels. Kaiser WilhelmI then secretly re-armed his artillery, and then deliberately picked a fight with France, at that time the big bully of the world. The resulting Franco-Prussian War was actually a turkey-shoot; if fact, the Prussian generals complained bitterly to the Kaiser that the infantry was standing around with nothing to do, because the steel canon had twice the range of the French artillery and blasted them into shards before they even got within rifle range!
Kaiser Wilhelm I gave Krup Prussia's greatest honor, his own family aristocratic crest, and titled them "Arms Bearer To The Fatherland". Big stuff in Germany/Prussia at that time. I never realized that Krup engineers created such military toys as the submarine, machine gun, Diesel engine (named after it's German inventor) and some of the largest canon that ever existed in history. "Big Bertha" hurled a 1000 lb. shell from France, arcing into the earth's troposphere, and down into English cities during WWI. Incredible.
Interesting to discover where things that we use and affect us in our daily lives started.
Complete with documentation and photos.
Arms Of Krup
William Manchester
Little, Brown and Company
PS-sorry to go on like this, didn't mean this to be so long-winded!!
I like some books I read in school like To Kill A Mockingbird, Brave New World, and A Wrinkle In Time.
I don't read like I used to because as soon as I start reading my eyes get tired as do I.
I don't read like I used to because as soon as I start reading my eyes get tired as do I.
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thats ok The Arms of Krup seemed to agree with you, may have to read that one all because you had you long-winded 
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| I don't read like I used to because as soon as I start reading my eyes get tired as do I. |
My eyes don't get to tired but I do.
keep the good suggestions coming
@ ranchhand you read War of the Worlds before it was made into a movie? The first movie was made in 1953 starring Gene Barry. Wow, you're much older than I thought. 
I have read a lot of the same science fiction authors as you, ranchhand. I guess you could say I cut my teeth on a lof of those authors. I also like Ray Bradbury. I don't read much now because when I start to read a book, if it's any good, I can't put it down. I will read until it's finished even if that means reading all night and not getting any sleep.
That's tough when you have to get up and go to work. 
I have read a lot of the same science fiction authors as you, ranchhand. I guess you could say I cut my teeth on a lof of those authors. I also like Ray Bradbury. I don't read much now because when I start to read a book, if it's any good, I can't put it down. I will read until it's finished even if that means reading all night and not getting any sleep.
That's tough when you have to get up and go to work.
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| I don't read much now because when I start to read a book, if it's any good, I can't put it down. I will read until it's finished even if that means reading all night and not getting any sleep |
I use to be a bit like that I find if its good I have sort of short bursts of constant reading, then I end up putting it down for and week or more and reading again a bit here a bit there another burst here and there and so on, not exactly the best way to read a book but I get to the in the end.
Marcia: I stand corrected; I meant the latest War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise. Yes, you are right, I had forgotten that there was a move with Gene Barry! Think I will rent it at Blockbuster, if they carry it. Thanks for the correction! OH - and I am NOT that old (yet) 
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Oh yeah? Well I bet you are close.
Weel, there may be snow on the mountain but there's fire in the furnace.
I've read a lot of Dale Brown's books, hes a very good author. I've also ready almost every Michael Crichton book there is, the science fiction ones anyway, he does medical thrillers now.
And, because no one else had said it yet, Harry Potter ! Seriously, they're not just for children, I used to think they were too, and someone told me just read the first one to see if you like it, and oh boy did I, I've read all six books now including the one that came out last month, read that last one in like two days flat too even tho its the thickest one yet.
And, because no one else had said it yet, Harry Potter ! Seriously, they're not just for children, I used to think they were too, and someone told me just read the first one to see if you like it, and oh boy did I, I've read all six books now including the one that came out last month, read that last one in like two days flat too even tho its the thickest one yet.
I've just read Máire Brennan's autobiography, The Other Side Of The Rainbow. It was recommended to me by some other members of the Moya Brennan forum, and was definitely a worthwhile read!
As for fiction, a work colleage lent me Dan Brown's Digital Fortress a few months ago .... the technology isn't that great but sometimes you just have to put these things to one side in order to be able to enjoy the book .. which I did! I'd also read The Da Vanci Code as well.
Another book I've just completed is Rick Joyner's The Journey Begins, and there are a few more by him I'd like to get hold of.
As for fiction, a work colleage lent me Dan Brown's Digital Fortress a few months ago .... the technology isn't that great but sometimes you just have to put these things to one side in order to be able to enjoy the book .. which I did! I'd also read The Da Vanci Code as well.
Another book I've just completed is Rick Joyner's The Journey Begins, and there are a few more by him I'd like to get hold of.
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