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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:30:53 PM EDT
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The Count of Monte Cristo. Phenomenal story.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:31:10 PM EDT
[#2]
The Mote In God's Eye
Ringworld |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:37:55 PM EDT
[#3]
Midway....the battle of Midway was the first crack in the Pacific war. Ships logs are quoted. Amazing heroes and just crazy good luck. A real page turner.
The Children of Henry ViII....the story of His son Edward, daughters Mary and Elzabeth and niece Jane Gray. You cannot write fiction as crazy as this story is. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:38:03 PM EDT
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I don't have 1 favorite, but The Sand Pebbles is very good.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:38:25 PM EDT
[#5]
The Godfather. The Stand.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:39:14 PM EDT
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magician series. read the 4 book series in 3 days.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:41:52 PM EDT
[#7]
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 7:43:46 PM EDT
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The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. Given your sig line, I am not surprised. 
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:11:14 PM EDT
[#9]
Panzer Commander by COL Hans von Luck. One of the best WW2 novels from the German perspective.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:16:50 PM EDT
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Any of the early Clancy novels but Red Storm Rising was my favorite.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:20:48 PM EDT
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The Unabridged Stand or Red Storm Rising. FIFY 
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:23:44 PM EDT
[#12]
Blindsight
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:24:51 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:28:28 PM EDT
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Under the Grandstands- Seymor Butts. The Yellow River- I.P. Freely. Brown Spots on the Wall- Hu Flung Pu Actually... Boy's Life by Robert McCammon. I can't emphasize enough how great it is. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:31:43 PM EDT
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I don't know about my favorites, but I've read these more than once, so I'll list them.
As a kid: My Side of the Mountain - Jean George The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain As an adult: The Hunt For Red October - Tom Clancy The Sum of All Fears - Tom Clancy |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:38:19 PM EDT
[#16]
The South was Right
By James and Walter Kennedy....this book makes liberals' heads implode.... 
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:39:41 PM EDT
[#17]
The Stand
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:39:47 PM EDT
[#18]
"Where is Joe Merchant?" by Jimmy Buffett
"My name is Frank Bama and I fly boats." What a great way to start a book. "Don't Stop the Carnival" by Herman Wouk Or anything by Carl Hiassan or Elmore Leonard. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:40:19 PM EDT
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It is so completely out of his genre that he makes it good.
John D. McDonald's "The Girl, The gold Watch, and Everything" I can't tell you how many times i have read that book. So cool, so awesome, so well written. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:41:21 PM EDT
[#20]
Death of a Citizen.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:46:15 PM EDT
[#21]
" ... Inconceivable! ... "
4 pages and no one has mentioned William Goldman's masterpiece "The Princess Bride" ? 
Stay safe |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:47:33 PM EDT
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"It" by Stephen King.
My favorite passages are actually the Derry: The Interlude sections where Hanlon goes into the background of the town itself and the various massacres over the years. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:48:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat was almost my #1. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:49:08 PM EDT
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The Razors Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:49:54 PM EDT
[#25]
Never been a big nonfiction reader but I really enjoyed, alas Babylon, anthem and lights out.
J- Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:51:02 PM EDT
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Probably The Count of Monte Cristo. This. Followed closely by the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:53:05 PM EDT
[#27]
Without Remorse, followed by Red Storm Rising, both by Tom Clancy.
Non fiction: The Old Man and The Boy, Robert Ruark. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:55:17 PM EDT
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Dune, i reread it every few years and always find something new in it.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:57:34 PM EDT
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The 13th Valley was pretty good.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 8:58:09 PM EDT
[#30]
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:00:02 PM EDT
[#31]
Winds of War/War and Remembrance. Followed closely by the Caine Mutiny. All by Herman Woulk
Killer Angels by Sharra is high on my list as well, as are the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle What makes a good novel for me is how the author writes. If I like the writing style, I can read, and re-read the books over and over again simply for the pleasure of the reading of it. John Keegan is high on my list for military historians, as is the very interesting, and contrarian John Mosier. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:00:17 PM EDT
[#32]
At the moment either Neuromancer or The Forever War
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:01:36 PM EDT
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The Razors Edge by W. Somerset Maugham I'd forgotten about this one. What a great book, not a bad movie either. The old movie in b&w. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:04:39 PM EDT
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Clouds of Glory
Point of Impact Dark Tower The Civil War a Narrative by Foote. Imajica |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:06:01 PM EDT
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QB VII by Leon Uris. Classic!
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:07:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat is a damn fine list with many of my favorites. I would suggest some Henry James, Melville and some Cormac MacCarthy. Oh, and no kidding Les Mis is a fantastic read. Thanks to everyone in the thread for suggestions and reminding me of books I'd forgon I'd read like the Battle of Midway. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:08:10 PM EDT
[#37]
The Wheel of Time
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:08:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:08:43 PM EDT
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I read history almost exclusively.
The novels I read are science fiction almost exclusively. The last novel I read was Tolstoy's "War and Peace". It was boring as hell but I could hardly put it down because not a single paragraph was casually written. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:09:09 PM EDT
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I don't know about my favorites, but I've read these more than once, so I'll list them. As a kid: My Side of the Mountain - Jean George The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain As an adult: The Hunt For Red October - Tom Clancy The Sum of All Fears - Tom Clancy I re-read Tom Sawyer and Huc Fin last year. Great to do as an adult. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:11:24 PM EDT
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Not my favorite but everyone should read "Billy Bud" by Melville.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:12:32 PM EDT
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I'd forgotten about this one. What a great book, not a bad movie either. The old movie in b&w. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The Razors Edge by W. Somerset Maugham I'd forgotten about this one. What a great book, not a bad movie either. The old movie in b&w. Yep, may have to find that on Kindle. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:16:38 PM EDT
[#43]
Dune.
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:16:53 PM EDT
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Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. It's packed full of a Special Forces bum murdering drug dealers with a "bang stick", and then feeding the corpses to the crabs off shore of New England. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Looking for a few good ones to read. GO! Tom Clancy's Without Remorse. It's packed full of a Special Forces bum murdering drug dealers with a "bang stick", and then feeding the corpses to the crabs off shore of New England. Same here. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:17:33 PM EDT
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Dune. ah hell, I forgot about Dune. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:17:48 PM EDT
[#46]
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Stand - Stephen King
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:17:48 PM EDT
[#47]
I think this was my first ever double tap!
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:20:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably The Count of Monte Cristo. Maybe my fave right there. I'm a slow reader and couldn't put down Atlas Shrugged...for about a month. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:23:25 PM EDT
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First one I thought of was Tai-pan. And Shogun, King Rat and Whirlwind. And any book by James Michener. |
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Posted: 11/8/2016 9:25:10 PM EDT
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Best, JBR |
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