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I agreewith both choices. I also like the David Weber's SafeHold Series (Book 1 is "Off Armageddon Reef")Quote:
Originally Posted by 120mm
The Honor Harrington Series.
Anything BOLO!
I really like the Monster Hunter series By Larry C. Good fun read and written by one of us.
Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield.
James Lee Burke - Dave Robicheaux series
Lee Child - Jack Reacher series
Michael Connelly - Harry Bosch series
Robert Crais - Elvis Cole series, Joe Pike series
Denis Lehane - Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro series
Ridley Pearson - Lou Boldt series
John Sandford - Lucas Davenport series, Virgil Flowers series
Martin Cruz Smith - Arkady Renko series
Stephen White - Alan Gregory series
It's very hard to narrow it down to just one. But here goes:
Steven Pressfield, "Gates of Fire".
I must admit, "Without Remorse" is up there as well, along with James Clavell's "Shogun".
This past fall I read Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes who was awarded the Navy Cross in Vietnam. If follows a fictional platoon of Marines in Vietnam and it was quite possibly the best piece of military fiction I have ever read. I plowed through it in a day and a half.
I've read a lot of stuff and like literature. I enjoy Bukowski, Updike, Vonnegut, and some others.
But The Three Musketeers is my favorite. I've read it a number of times and will likely read it again. Down with the Cardinal!
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Point of impact by stephan hunter is great.
Not the typical action type ending. Forget the lousy Mark wahlberg movie "shooter" The book is far and away a much better way to enjoy some entertainment. I had high hopes for that movie and was so pissed off when I went to see it.
I love the Shannara trilogy by terry brooks and have read them many times. Epic battles,great characters and some unexpected twists too. I personally think they are superior to the Lord of the rings books, Though I do enjoy them as well. I would love to see Peter Jackson do the movies for the Shannara trilogy.
I have hundreds of books since I am a voracious reader. Mostly military fiction,sci-fi, and mil/history esp. the WW2 and Vietnam eras.
S.M.
Early Clancy. "Without Remorse" is good. The other early ones are good too -- "Hunt for Red October", "Patriot Games", etc. I recently read all the Jack Ryan books in story-chronological order through (I had read them all before but wanted to do it in story chronological order).
Lord of the Rings. I read this through every 3-10 years. Have probably read it 10 times and am now reading it with my boy.
Shogun.
There are probably some others that I am missing at the moment but that I thought (and think) were really outstanding when I read them.