OT: Need Book Recomendations, I'm stuck inside

[Drumguy]

Robert Jordans wheel of Time series - 14 books, the last 2 by Brian Sanderson

 

[ClifSpliffy]

local boy, maybe u heard of him? sam clemens. each and every word -all good.

 

[Northbound]

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

 

[husky429]

If you're into fantasy/GOT type books anything by Brandon Sanderson. Just finished the first Mistborn book and it was tremendous

IMO the stormlight archive puts mistborn to shame--mistborn always felt kind of juvenile to me. SA is as good as epic fantasy has gotten in years. It's an investment--books are 1000+ pages, but worth it.

 

[Samoo]

A gentleman in Moscow
The Sympathizer
News of the World
All the light we cannot see
Shipping news
Anything be graham greene

 

[David 76]

Lords of Disciplne and The Great Santini by Pat Conroy
Sandcastle Girls and Under the Tuscan Sun by Chris Bojalian
the Book Thief
a Man called Ove was fun

 

[navery12]

IMO the stormlight archive puts mistborn to shame--mistborn always felt kind of juvenile to me. SA is as good as epic fantasy has gotten in years. It's an investment--books are 1000+ pages, but worth it.

I've heard those are better, that's next on my list once I finish Mistborn

 

[Kathy]

Neal Stephenson’s ‘Cryptonomicon’ and all three volumes of his Baroque Cycle trilogy.

Crytonomicon was awesome

 

[Kathy]

The Whalesong Trilogy.
The White Bone
Cave of the Clan Bear
Most Stephen King
The Great &Secret Show (Barker)
Vince Flynn books
The Last Ship

 

[Edward Sargent]

Prefer fiction.

Just finished Grishams latest The Guardian. Read it in 3 days. Wished I didn't read the Follet trilogy, because would love to have it now.

Got a lot of time (and I'm sure many of you all too). Tired of computer gaming, computer work, etc.. Looking for books to sit for hours and escape.

I'm willing to read classic old novels.

Read Lonesome Dove finally and now reading the Streets of Laredo sequel

 

[Edward Sargent]

Also reread Call of the Wild and White Fang. Very quick reads.

 

[zymurg]

Michael Connelly Harry Bosch series. There are over 20 novels. Some feature Mickey Haller i.e. "The Lincoln Lawyer." There is a solid series on Amazon. Second the Jordan novels. The Martin Cruzz Smith Arkady Remko novels are excellent. Asimov's Foundation and Empire trilogy are classics. Try Michael J, Sullivan's Riyara Revelations. I will come up with some non-fiction recommendations tomorrow.

 

[Kathy]

Non-fiction - but if you haven't read Tuff Juice I'd recommend it.

 

[CCSUblue]

The Passage trilogy - Justin Cronin

 

[Bezzz]

Crytonomicon was awesome

Agreed. Bobby Shaftoe!

 

[HuskyHawk]

Patrick Rothfus. The name of the Wind.

 

[8893]

Dumas classics that you can get online.

The Count of Monte Cristo
Three Musketeers

 

[temery]

 

[CL82]

I’ve recommended this before but the Master and Commander series by Patrick O’Brian is a favorite of mine. It is excellent.

For the genre you like you can’t go wrong with Tom Clancy. Start with The Hunt for Red October.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

For basketball fans, I read these two last summer:

Tough Juice - Book about our Uconn guy Caron Butler's life

Don't Put Me In Couch - By Mark Titus who rode the bench for Ohio State during the Greg Oden days. Somewhat crude, but funny take on life in a big time program.

 

[alphasigko]

Prefer fiction.

Just finished Grishams latest The Guardian. Read it in 3 days. Wished I didn't read the Follet trilogy, because would love to have it now.

Got a lot of time (and I'm sure many of you all too). Tired of computer gaming, computer work, etc.. Looking for books to sit for hours and escape.

I'm willing to read classic old novels.

Any book by Nelson DeMille...Adventure stories with great entertaining male/female interaction. Suggest starting with Gold Coast, Cathedral, Word of Honor and then all the rest.

 

[alphasigko]

A couple of really good recent Sports books:

The League (the history of the NFL)

Boxing Kings (The history of Heavyweight boxing)

 

[XLCenterFan]

Our Revolution
by Bernie Sanders

 

[XLCenterFan]

I bought a great looking book yesterday at B & N that I can't wait to read. By Mark Titus - a kid who played college hoops for Ohio State, and rode the bench his whole time there.
Don't Put Me In Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey From the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

Also bought:
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West, by Tom Clavin

let my people go surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

I bought a great looking book yesterday at B & N that I can't wait to read. By Mark Titus - a kid who played college hoops for Ohio State, and rode the bench his whole time there.
Don't Put Me In Coach: My Incredible NCAA Journey From the End of the Bench to the End of the Bench

Also bought:
Dodge City: Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest Town in the American West, by Tom Clavin

let my people go surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman, by Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard.

Funny I just posted about the Titus book. It is a good, quick read.

 

[StllH8L8ner]

For basketball fans, I read these two last summer:

Tough Juice - Book about our Uconn guy Caron Butler's life

Don't Put Me In Couch - By Mark Titus who rode the bench for Ohio State during the Greg Oden days. Somewhat crude, but funny take on life in a big time program.

*Coach

 

[WillB4]

Anything by Harlen Coben, David Baldacci, Robert B.Parker, Michael Connelly and Lee Child.

Coben also has three series on Netflix, Safe, The Five and The Stranger.

Connelly has the Bosch series on Amazon, fifth season coming up.

 

[djct1999]

If you are into finance, Red Notice by Bill Browder is fascinating. He is an "activist" of sorts, living in Russia in the mid 90s and goes up against the oligarchs during a transfer in power and ownership.

 

[Pgh2Storrs]

I went and picked up The Miracle of St Anthony the other day, so I’m looking forward to that.

Those of you who were/are into running or are looking for a great sports read over the next however long, I highly recommend the following:

“Once a Runner” by John L. Parker
“Running With The Buffaloes” by Chris Lear
“Sub 4” by Chris Lear
“Bowerman” by Kenny Moore

Hockey fans should check out the books by Bob Probert and Sean Pronger. Both are great reads.

“Play Their Hearts Out” by George Dohrmann is an in-depth look into the AAU basketball world.

“Meat Market” by Bruce Feldman follows a year of recruiting when Ed Orgeron was at Ole Miss. Really interesting stuff

 

[SubbaBub]

Use the opportunity to learn something.

Creativity Inc is the best book I've read in years. The first few chapters cover the founding of Pixar but the rest of the book is about how to avoid being a mindless knob.