Just finished another book on the kindle and ready for the next but not sure. What books have you found to be great reading material you can't put down?

David Baldacci

Eric van Lustbader

Steven King

 

Kissinger books: Diplomacy; China; Vietnam . Very thick but he is an excellent write and great information

Collapse, by Jared Diamond - for the 2nd time. Very occasionally, he gets a bit academic, but otherwise a brilliant anthropological look into how certain civilizations collapsed. Everyone I have lent this to has raved about it.

Killing the rising sun

"The Young Lions" by Irwin Shaw

God Delusion by Dawkins, "How Mumbo Jumbo Changed the World" by Francis Wheen

I'd recommend Watchmen by Alan Moore, for something a little different.

 

All have been read the first time....If it's been awhile since getting to the bookstore I'll grab one for  second reading....

 

Right now on a David Baldacci....The Collectors.....

My wife has her's numbered/in order, & cataloged on shelves....

 

Mine live on the floor in the gym/karaoke room....

Edited September 26, 20169 yr by pgrahmm

This Summer:

.     Alexander Hamilton...by Caernow

.     The Last Mile....by Baldicci

.     The Scorched Earth.  By Savage

.      

       ALL EXCELLENT !!

I like mystery, suspense, and some historical novels.  Some of my favorite authors who have never let me down: 

Jo Nesbo

Jeffrey Deaver

Daniel Silva

Elizabeth George

P. D James

Jonathan Kellerman

Michael Connelly

Ken Follett

Erik Larson

Ruth Rendell

Lee Child

 

Just read all the Jack Reacher books (11 or 12 of them). Working on all of Harry Harrison's books - his Stainless Steel Rat series is great mind candy. Ian M Banks is the next in line, he is great. Always recommend Wilbur Smith - everything he wrote about Western-African interactions is gold! Dick Francis is another author on steeplechase racing detectives I could not live without! Gregory McGuire did a huge series on Oz, a must read!James Blish series on world space travel is worth a read or two. I have recently gone through the Game of Thrones series - twice - and it was worth it. All the classic sci-fi authors deserve a look, Asimov, Burroughs, Clark, Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard - those I have read at least twice. Steven R. Donaldson for more fantasy.  Andy McNabb or Vince Flynn for shootem-ups.  All Tom Clancy's novels on the Jack Ryan Series are great... I could go on and on. I travel a lot and try to read every day, I can usually get through 250-300 books a year, mostly mind candy since work is tough and I need a break... 

50 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

 

 

All have been read the first time....If it's been awhile since getting to the bookstore I'll grab one for  second reading....

 

Right now on a David Baldacci....The Collectors.....

My wife has her's numbered/in order, & cataloged on shelves....

 

Mine live on the floor in the gym/karaoke room....

 

When I moved here I left over 5000 volumes - hard and soft backed - and now rely on the Kindle. I still have around 17,000 Kindle books to go through, that is about 50 years at my pace...

I don't see any mention of Christopher G Moore here... a must read for anyone living in Thailand!  Start anywhere...

https://www.google.co.th/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Christipher+G+moore+books

 

He publishes his own books as well as other SE Asian authors...  

http://www.heavenlakepress.com/

 

also... Where China Meet India....  Thant Myint-U   ..   https://www.amazon.com/Where-China-Meets-India-Crossroads/dp/0374533520

 

..and one more favourite... Amitav Ghosh...  https://www.google.co.th/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Amitav+Ghosh..+books

 

 

...and for something completly   different!... Haruki Murakami ...  https://www.google.co.th/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=Haruki+Murakami+books

 

Keep the thread going.. love it!

 

 

Oh!.. and at the moment just finishing John Burdett's 'The Bangkok Asset'.. disturbing, weird.. captivating.. 

 

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Just read a trilogy by JB Turner on my Kindle,excellent couldn't put them down, crime thrillers associated with terrorists and the FBI. 

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Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.

 

Not recommended if you're not an American into history.

The Crusades through Arab Eyes by Amin Malouf.........How our Richard the Lionheart the 33 year old red-headed giant whose noble ideals did little to conceal his baffling brutality and complete lack of scruples.  What he did to Jews and Arabs alike was horrific.

The Golden Age of Arabic Science by Jim Al-Khalili

Aristote de Bagdad by Mohamad-Reza Fashahi

Friction by Sandra Brown

Mean Streak by Sandra Brown

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1 hour ago, smccolley said:

Just read all the Jack Reacher books (11 or 12 of them). Working on all of Harry Harrison's books - his Stainless Steel Rat series is great mind candy. Ian M Banks is the next in line, he is great. Always recommend Wilbur Smith - everything he wrote about Western-African interactions is gold! Dick Francis is another author on steeplechase racing detectives I could not live without! Gregory McGuire did a huge series on Oz, a must read!James Blish series on world space travel is worth a read or two. I have recently gone through the Game of Thrones series - twice - and it was worth it. All the classic sci-fi authors deserve a look, Asimov, Burroughs, Clark, Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard - those I have read at least twice. Steven R. Donaldson for more fantasy.  Andy McNabb or Vince Flynn for shootem-ups.  All Tom Clancy's novels on the Jack Ryan Series are great... I could go on and on. I travel a lot and try to read every day, I can usually get through 250-300 books a year, mostly mind candy since work is tough and I need a break... 

Have you read any books about Africa written by Stewart Cloete?

IMHO he writes better books than W.Smith.

The Yellow Steam

By

I Pee Daily

Henning Mankel, and Jo Nesbo as recommended above.

The collected horror short stories by E Nesbit. 

An author better known for her children's books such as The Railway Children, Five Children and It etc; her horror shorts are incredible and available for free at Archive.org et al.....

Something Wrong (1893)
Grim Tales (1893)
Tales Told in Twilight (1897)
Fear (1910)

 

Perfect for those dark, stormy, rainy season nights.....

 

Ecstasy of the Deep.  A Charmed life against all odds.   Available as a download from Amazon, Google etc The astonishing adventures of a long time local expat in Thailand and Asia in the 60's and 70's. Some local expats claimed they could not put it down. Some great photos too!

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin

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lon ldriess, Australian author.-

lsles of Despair,

the true story of Barbara Thompson, sole survivor of a native attack in the Torres Strait.

The Desert Column,

l ldriess adventures in 1918.

Guiseppe Maniscalco.

The Long Walk(not to be confused with "The Longest Walk")

True story of an ltalian soldier who walked from Ethiopia to South Africa in 1943.

Karen Blixen.

Out of Africa.

Enigma-the battle for the code.

True story of how the British(with Polish help)broke the German codes of WWII.

That will do for now!

 

 

Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson.

 

Caught me at a time when tragic family related what if's hit a note.

Slow going reading, for a change.

WEB Griffith, LeCarre, Bernard Cornwell. Just bought 120 used books. Want to trade? Old is better. Loathe my Kindle.

If your looking for something funny try Tom Sharpe, he wrote the Wilt series among others and I find when reading his books I often have to stop as the tears of laughter are streaming down my face, the way he writes leads to a crescendo of hilarity.

I also had difficulty putting down any of Steig Larsons Millenium trilogy even though I thought the first and second were the best the third one isn't a bad read either.

A friend of mine from my old Bangkok days in the early 90's recently had a book published it is called "A Field Of Virgins" by Ian Devey and is worth a read but I think it is only on kindle.

 

51 minutes ago, stander said:

Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin

...recently read Burmese Days.. so good!  Love Orwell...

I didn't know Orwell's mother was born in Burma!  Excellent tip.. thank you...

 

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/79793.Finding_George_Orwell_in_Burma

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Don't forget Mark Billingham as close to Ian Rankin You can get. Reading Bloodline now excellent..

.     The Last Mile....by Baldicci

.     The Scorched Earth.  By Savage

       ALL EXCELLENT TOO!!