What Kind of Books Do You Read?

[MrLouisiana]

I prefer to read history books, specifically American political history. I ordered online (and they recently arrived; yay!) 3 books, A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, Woodrow Wilson: World Statesman, and Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream. I also finished a book about 2 WWII generals titled Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the 20th Century. What about you?

[Greg C.]

One Doming Morning(in progress)
The Rise And Fall of the Third Reich(in progress)
The Gates Of the Alamo
SSN
The Red Badge of Courage
Ghosts of Gettysburg
IronClads
The Life and Times of Davy Crockett.

any many more i cant think of.

[Cole_blooded]

Alot of the books i have read were about Elite Military units,Navy Seals in Vietnam,Special Forces,Air Commando`s,etc,etc! By far the best book in that bunch so far is S.O.G. by John Plaster! It is loaded with info and a ton of photos! S.O.G.stood for Studies and Observation Group in Vietnam and was a most secret unit indeed!

TED....aka....cole_blooded

[TexasMac]

The 95% of what I read is non-fiction. The exceptions are the classics, such as Robert L. Stevenson, Robert Burns, and Walter Scott. For non-fiction, I prefer biographies of political leaders, but not autobiographies. The latter tend to have more lies and too much editing. IOW, they are obviously too biased. Anyway, I also read histories. Currently, I'm in the middle of a bio on John Marshall, a history on the Celtic world, and I'm also into an instructional manual on parade protocol for piping.

[Greg C.]

just finished reading "a simple plan" by scott smith. it was great!

[MrLouisiana]

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. See post on it for opinion.

[neferetus]

I enjoy quality historical fiction, good examples being Kenneth Roberts' ARUNDEL Series of books, with such titles as NORTHWEST PASSAGE and OLIVER WISWELL. I also like C.S. Forester's seafaring series, HORATIO HORNBLOWER .

Walter Lord's 'you are there' approach in his Titanic book, A NIGHT TO REMEMBER and his Alamo one, A TIME TO STAND, convinced me to buy and read his entire catalog of books. I particularly recommend his LONELY VIGIL, which concerns island coast watchers in WWII.

I'm also a big SHERLOCK HOLMES fan.

[Bromhead24]

99% of what i read is military history ranging from the French and Indian war thru to the present.

Right now i'm reading probably for the tenth time
"In the company of heros" by Michael J Durant.
He was the only survivor of "Super 64" a UH 60 Black Hawk
that was shot down Oct 1993 during the "Battle of Mogadishu" in Somilia West Africa.

I personally recommend it.... ;D

[Rick]

I probably like historical fiction best, having read (several times each) all the Kenneth Roberts books except for Northwest Passage. Right now I'm working my way through the Jack Aubrey series, having just finished The Far Side of the World.

Trying to keep up with popular culture, in recent years I read the Lord of the Rings trilogy (so I'd know what was going on when seeing the film versions). I've given the Harry Potter books the same treatment, and I read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe prior to seeing that film.

Just started reading Jeff Shaara's World War I novel, To the Last Man. After that comes J.R. Edmondson's The Alamo Story. Both were Christmas gifts.

After that, I'm open to suggestions.

[Bromhead24]

"To the Last Man"
I heard that book is being converted into a screen play...

[Bromhead24]

I just read again "In the Company of Heros" cover to cover and that makes it about 14 times i read it..

[Bromhead24]

I just got "Sleuthing the Alamo" By James E. Crisp. Haven't read it yet but it looks interesting

[Bromhead24]

Just started to read Sleuthing the Alamo..........Very interesting

[Greg C.]

angels and demons is almost as good as the da vinci code!