Time for a new book - any suggestions?

[BraddA]

Vacation read recs? Just finished finals, heading out for a few weeks. Looking for something clever/fun. Haven't read a thriller in a few years. Ideas?

[auvgeek]

^^ If you're into spy fiction, I've been really digging on Daniel Silva. IMO, he's as good as Clancy (though without the historical background) and more mature than Vince Flynn. Personally, I'd start with The Kill Artist, which is the first of the Gabriel Allon series. But it's not exactly a "thriller."

ETA: Oops, forgot I mentioned this on the first page already.

For "mountain-lifestyle" books, I really liked Forget Me Not, by Jenni Lowe-Anchor. Details her life with Alex Lowe. Also greatly enjoyed This Game of Ghosts by Joe Simpson. Same guy who wrote Touching the Void, but it's more of a memoir chronicling his life rather than a specific experience. Crazy stuff.

For other wilderness books: Kabloona in the Yellow Kayak, Malamute Man, .... drawing a blank on some others. Will update later.

[fool]

the elegant universe, by brian greene. all about string/ m theory. very fascinating stuff, written in a (for the most part) easy to understand conversational style.
i now want to read something a bit newer on the subject, see what the latest devrlopments are.

I read "The Fabric of the Cosmos" - though I haven't read "The Elegant Universe" - and it was great, five years more recent than EU. Though he also has an even newer one, "The Hidden Reality." http://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Reality...7199280&sr=1-1

[Ksyrium]

Cant remember if I recommended these or not yet

Power of One - Bryce Courtenay
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
A River Runs Through It - Norman Mclean
Starship Troopers - Robert Heinlein
Where Men Win Glory - Krakauer

[NoPostholio]

the sigma force series by james rollins is pretty awesome reading...

[PassTheDutchie]

Vacation read recs? Just finished finals, heading out for a few weeks. Looking for something clever/fun. Haven't read a thriller in a few years. Ideas?

I'm reading "11/22/63" by Stephen King right now and it's great (if you can overlook a glaring plot hole). Really compelling and well written.

(I'm not a huge King fan by any stretch and haven't read anything by him in over 20 years, FWIW.)

[dookeyXXX]

I just knocked out Andrew Vachss' The Getaway Man in a week. Great little noir novel with definite odes to Jim Thompson.

Currently reading Smonk, a bugged out western with a bizarre and twisted sense of humor, by Tom Franklin (his book of short stories, Poacher, is also worth a gander).

[grskier]

Peter Bergen’s Manhunt: The Decade-Long Hunt for Osama bin Laden

a little redundant but a great read.

[nateski]

looking for a good hemingway bio. the new-ish "hemingways boat" looks pretty interesting. anyone?

[Celebran2]

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates - Tom Robbins

Not new but an amazingly descriptive tale that is unpredictable. Includes S American shaman magic, washed up USA spy, sex with a nun in the middle east, and grandma's parrot. Unreal story. And almost anything else by Tom Robbins is good

If you are PNW a great read is
A year of broken glass - joe denham
A tale set in present time of a fisherman who finds a glass Japanese fishing float. And all the events after. Fantasy but really really good

Also for you Canadians (esp. Sunshine coasters and islanders)
The above is great but also try. Very entertaining
Adventures in Solitude: What Not to Wear to a Nude Potluck and Other Stories from Desolation Sound - Grant Lawrence

+1 -sex drugs cocoa puffs - chuck closterman
+1 -golden spruce

[mobygrape]

If you're into surf reading, don't get "the lost coast". it's a collection of mediocre short stories.

get West of Jesus
or Caught Inside instead.

or just watch endless summer a few more times.

[Hugh Conway]

If you're into surf reading, don't get "the lost coast". it's a collection of mediocre short stories.

get West of Jesus
or Caught Inside instead.

or just watch endless summer a few more times.

"all for a few perfect waves" is an interesting surf-bio, about an interesting character.

[nateski]

where does one start with charles bukowski? randomly picked up a book of his poetry at the book store recently and really liked it.

[PassTheDutchie]

where does one start with charles bukowski? randomly picked up a book of his poetry at the book store recently and really liked it.

I've read "post office" and "factotum" and they're both more or less the same, from what I remember. Get drunk; have sloppy sex; drink more; go to work or not; drink more. Repeat for 200 pages.

[mtbcat]

City of Thieves. quick easy good read.

[Buster Highmen]

The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald.

[kk1559]

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - Christopher McDougall

[satori]

Anybody read Ghost Wars? Just started reading it today and cant put it down... read 80 pages this afternoon. Even though it goes into much detail and deals with lots of names and detail, it's not dry nor boring at all which kinda surprised me. So far I'm quite enjoying it and would recommend it if you're a history buff.

[spanghew]

"all for a few perfect waves" is an interesting surf-bio, about an interesting character.

Erections, Ejaculations and Other Tales of Ordinary Madness

Love is a Dog from Hell

Women

[Rasputin]

The Heart of the Fire
by Cerridwen Fallingstar

This one is not for the faint of heart, seriously, I had what seemed like a heart attack while reading it. It is, at times, almost unbearably intense.

It recounts the perspective of a young witch in early 17th century Scotland during the witch hunts, revealing a hidden world of earth based religion and magic, it will cause your nape hairs to rise.

It becomes evident that the author considers these to be memories from a past life where she was ultimately burned at the stake. Very rich imagery, highly erotic, and at times horrifying, it is ultimately fascinating.

[spanghew]

Erections, Ejaculations and Other Tales of Ordinary Madness

Love is a Dog from Hell

Women

How odd. I could have sworn I was responding to the What Bukowski Should I Read post. My thumbs need to go on a diet.

[Knockneed Man]

"Unbroken" - Read it.

and I'm sure I've thrown this one out on here before, but "The Heart of the Sea" - the true story of the Essex - is a must read too.

[Ksyrium]

"Unbroken" - Read it.

That book was really good, and an incredible story.

[satori]

That book was really good, and an incredible story.

Searched Unbroken and there seems to be several books with the same title. Considering you said it's an incredible story I'm guessing it's Zamperini's and his story as a Japanese POW? Will check it out. Thanks!

[Alaskan Rover]

I'd highly recommend.a.book called ''The Incantation of Frida K''. It's a very powerful but poetically-written book. See my recent thread about it in this forum for an excerpt.

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