OT: Good books

[NJHusky]

While listening to the interview with JC and Danny, JC mentioned The Boys in the Boat as one of his favorite reads. Prompted me to get it…really enjoying it

Made me realize I’ve been spending way too much time idly online, so trying to rekindle my reading. Looking for some suggestions

I’ve enjoyed david mccullough’s biographies and John Glenn’s autobiography in the past. Also enjoy good historical fiction.

TIA for any suggestions

 

[NotADime89]

The Miracle of St. Anthony is great if you haven't read that yet. Written by Woj, follows Bob Hurley/St Anthony for a season

 

[EZPass]

The Bald Truth

Superagent David Falk -- the man who called the shots for some of the greatest heroes in the history of basketball -- reveals the innovative business secrets that catapulted him to the top of his game. David Falk is the most successful agent in the game of basketball. He has represented more...

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I Got a Monster

The explosive true story of America's most corrupt police unit, the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), which terrorized the city of Baltimore for half a decade. When Baltimore police sergeant Wayne Jenkins said he had a monster, he meant he had found a big-time drug dealer—one that he wanted to rob...

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[Matrim55]

I'm about a quarter of a way into The Power Broker, which might very well be the best book ever written. I'm in awe at the level of detail in the research Robert Caro did for this.

99% Invisible is doing a year-long read-along with it this year, so there's a fun companion podcast if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[Scoe]

Dare to Dream, got that the week it came out haven't read it in 20 years.

As someone who's into crime books Helter Skelter is a good read.

 

[uconndogs]

I'm about a quarter of a way into The Power Broker, which might very well be the best book ever written. I'm in awe at the level of detail in the research Robert Caro did for this.

99% Invisible is doing a year-long read-along with it this year, so there's a fun companion podcast if you're into that sort of thing.

Excellent book!

 

[jostar1]

Pompeii by Robert Harris

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

 

[WillB4]

if you care for mysteries/thrillers/crime pick up anything by Harlan Coben, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly and Lee Child. Carl Hiaasen and Tim Dorsey for foolishness.

 

[El Obrero]

Lonesome Dove was a fantastic read, if you like old western stories.

 

[Taco]

For McCullough,I liked The Great Bridge - about the building of Brooklyn bridge -big book

If you liked Helter Skelter, whose accuracy is questionable btw, I really liked Eric Larson’s Devil in the White City. Explains the Chicago World’s Fair and a serial killer around at the time - so hits both historical and true crime nonfiction.

 

[borninansonia]

Musashi by Yoshikawa. Musashi (novel) - Wikipedia

If you read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, do yourself a favor and read Musashi. Of if you want to learn more about Zen, Japanese history, sword fighting, and being human. I read a lot of historical fiction, and this may be my favorite book of the last 20 years.

 

[HuskyFich]

Historical Fiction(ish): The Things They Carried, 11.22.63

Biographies: Titan (John D Rockefeller), Bruce Lee: A Life, Shoe Dog (Phil Knight), The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

ScFi: Remembrance of Earth's Past (3 Body Problem), Dune

 

[tomtom80]

Lots of good suggestions here. I’ve read most of all of McCullough stuff. For in depth history he is amazing. If you like history, Doris Kearns Goodwin has great options including Team of Rivals(Lincoln); Ron Chernow(Alexander Hamilton); Civil War buffs should look at Jeff Shara.

For fiction, 2 of my Favorites are Shantaram by David Roberts ( Bombay ) and Trinity by Leon Uris( Ireland) for amazing character development and cultural drama. For lighter stuff, anything by Michael Creighton ( JURASIC) or Dan Brown (Davinci Code) is a good bet.

 

[Skiblets]

I was binging on the Tana French murder mysteries for a while. Great reads Very Irish style.

Gotta read them in order though as the secondary character in one becomes the primary in the next with a new secondary character and so on and so on

 

[Edward Sargent]

I've been binging on James McBride of late. If you haven't read Color of Water its really good.

 

[Jaydumo20]

I've been binging on James McBride of late. If you haven't read Color of Water its really good.

I second anything by James McBride

 

[Conndog]

Classic literature suggestions:

The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann

Portrait of a Lady by Henry James

Tom Jones by Henry Fielding

 

[BigErnMcCracken]

If you like Phillip Roth or Tom Wolfe I think Long Island Compromise was one of the funniest books I've read in years.

 

[borninansonia]

Lots of good suggestions here. I’ve read most of all of McCullough stuff. For in depth history he is amazing. If you like history, Doris Kearns Goodwin has great options including Team of Rivals(Lincoln); Ron Chernow(Alexander Hamilton); Civil War buffs should look at Jeff Shara.

For fiction, 2 of my Favorites are Shantaram by David Roberts ( Bombay ) and Trinity by Leon Uris( Ireland) for amazing character development and cultural drama. For lighter stuff, anything by Michael Creighton ( JURASIC) or Dan Brown (Davinci Code) is a good bet.

David Roberts was a big fan of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. His book is sort-of a take off on it, only more fun and easier to understand.

 

[NJHusky]

Great suggestions…thx. many books I never heard of. this place never disappoints!

 

[fatlucy]

Here are some recents from my book club.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck,...

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Make Your Bed: Little Things That... https://www.amazon.com/dp/1455570249?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679728759?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The Sympathizer: A Novel... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802124941?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

A Man Called Ove: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476738025?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The Dog Stars (Vintage Contemporaries) https://a.co/d/3cfIq19

The Painter https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804170150?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[NowInStorrs]

Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom

 

[temery]

If you are looking for good books to read to your children, try "A Stranger Came Ashore" and "Peppermints in the Parlor."

 

[uconndogs]

Here are some recents from my book club.

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck,...

Trust (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

Make Your Bed: Little Things That... https://www.amazon.com/dp/1455570249?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Blood Meridian: Or the Evening... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0679728759?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The Sympathizer: A Novel... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802124941?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

A Man Called Ove: A Novel https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476738025?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

The Dog Stars (Vintage Contemporaries) https://a.co/d/3cfIq19

The Painter https://www.amazon.com/dp/0804170150?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Just finished Trust. Not sure what to make of that one.....

 

[JakeTheDog]

While listening to the interview with JC and Danny, JC mentioned The Boys in the Boat as one of his favorite reads. Prompted me to get it…really enjoying it

Made me realize I’ve been spending way too much time idly online, so trying to rekindle my reading. Looking for some suggestions

I’ve enjoyed david mccullough’s biographies and John Glenn’s autobiography in the past. Also enjoy good historical fiction.

TIA for any suggestions

Ron Chernow is a great biographer and I’m currently reading his book on U.S. Grant aptly titled “Grant”. And sticking with that theme, Grant’s memoirs are considered the pinnacle of the genre. “The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant” were published with the help of Mark Twain while Grant, suffering from throat cancer, died a mere five days after completing them.