Does anybody here have a favorite fiction novel?

[da6dspanburg]

David Weber - Honor Harrington series
David Drake - Shit, anything by him

I agreewith both choices. I also like the David Weber's SafeHold Series (Book 1 is "Off Armageddon Reef")

[kwelz]

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.

[Lumpy196]

Killing Rommel by Steven Pressfield.

[austinN4]

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

[LHS]

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".

[rubberneck]

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.

[bulbvivid]

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!

[f.2]

The Road, Cormac McCarthy

[sandman99and9]

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.

[chadbag]

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.