Books you have enjoyed reading

I read all sorts of genre's... usually 20 or 30 books a year. My lastest:

The Zookeeper's Wife (Diane Ackerman)
Monsoon (Wilbur Smith)
The Navigator (Clive Cussler)
All three were good reads.
I think I'm going to read Atlas Shrugged next. Appropriate for Labor Day, I think.
 
NorCal Boater said:
I have always read a lot, but now I travel by air for work about 40 weeks a year and read constantly while traveling. I can only do so much work on a plane so I read a varied group of authors but mostly the same genre.

Anything by:
  • Vince Flynn
  • David Baldacci
  • Nelson DeMille
  • Stephen Coonts
  • Lee Child
  • Brad Thor
Lee Child's Jack Reacher series is fun as Reacher is a character that takes absolutely no BS from anyone.

Two all time favorites are Replay by Ken Grimwood and The Shipkiller by Justin Scott. The Shipkiller is a great boating novel about a guy who single-hands a 42' Nautor Swan sail boat on a voyage of revenge. This book is out of print but available used from Amazon.
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I've read a few of David Baldacci's books. He's a good story teller. But the details are just wrong. It kind of drives me crazy. Can't go wrong with anything by DeMille, on the other hand, especially the "John Corey" series.

Best regards,
Frank
 
Anyone ever get into the "A song of Fire and Ice" series, by George Martin?

I read through most of "A game of thrones", but lost interest...does the series get better? I do have all 4 books on the library shelf.

Oh, and I forgot to mention one of my fav books of all time, and one I just had to have a first edition of:
 

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NorCal Boater said:
Anything by:
  • Vince Flynn
  • David Baldacci
  • Nelson DeMille
  • Stephen Coonts
  • Lee Child
  • Brad Thor
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I just picked up Thor's The Last Patriot this afternoon. I haven't read anything of his before, but if you put him in the same league as Flynn, Baldacci and Coonts, that's a good enough rec for me. The Assassin by Coonts may be my next one.
 
AndersonAcres said:
My favorites recently have been in the non-fiction, revisionist history vein. '1421' is a book by an English amatuer historian (and former British nuclear sub captain) that delves into how the Chinese may have made maps/charts of their global voyages prior to the European explorers. The book presents 'evidence' that Columbus, Magellan, Vaso de Gama and others had these maps/charts (or copies of them) that 'led' them to their 'discoveries'. A fascinating book.
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I recently finished 1434 by Gavin Menzies, his sequel to 1421. The new book is about a visit by the Chinese fleet to Venice, and the technology the bequeathed to the Venetians and Florentines which he says kick-started the Renaissance. It is better researched than the earlier book IMO.
 
I have a couple that I just read that I really like. My taste tends toward non-fiction these days.

"The path between the seas"- David McCullough
Great book about the building of the panama canal. What bitch this job was!

"Nothing like it in the world"- Steven Ambrose
Transcontinental railroad build. This wasnt any easier then the
canal above.

"Undaunted Courage" - Steven Ambrose
Lewis and Clark travelogue-very good and well researched.

Mike
 
Just for those who just cant seem to have an interest outside of frikkin boating...these can be ANY books ;-)
 
no, only boating adventure books allowed.
 
There are adventures that don't involve boats?

Oh sure, that's right, there's always aircraft.

And speaking of aircraft, there's Mayday by Nelson Demille and Thomas Block, and also Airframe by Michael Crichton.

Best regards,
Frank
 
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Life of Pi by Yann Patel was an absolutely phenomenal read. It starts slow, but the ending is mind-blowing. Totally worth it if you want a great read. Funny thing is everyone I know that has read it took something slightly different from the ending.
 
MrNewEngland said:
Life of Pi by Yann Patel was an absolutely phenomenal read. It starts slow, but the ending is mind-blowing. Totally worth it if you want a great read. Funny thing is everyone I know that has read it took something slightly different from the ending.
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Ah....another for the list. I enjoy books such as you describe with endings left open for interpretation. Ill check it out.
 
If you want boating topics, the short stories of Ernest Hemingway are good. This summer I re-read an anthology of the Nick Adams stories, and plan to finish the Islands in The Stream collection before winter haul out.

Henry
 
Henry Boyd said:
If you want boating topics, the short stories of Ernest Hemingway are good. This summer I re-read an anthology of the Nick Adams stories, and plan to finish the Islands in The Stream collection before winter haul out.

Henry
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If you like short stories Jimmy Buffett has some decent ones.

Where is Joe Merchant was decent... if you're in the right mood (the end was weird). I didn't really like his newest novel - can't remember the name.

His auto-biographies are pretty entertaining reads too if you like him.
 
Im into Heart of the Sea and am enjoying it thus far. About halfway through.

I had finished the Harry Potter series last week for the final time until I am far old and grey. I think that makes he 3rd time I read through the series first to last. I highly recommend that series for really solid, entertaining reading.
 
MrNewEngland said:
If you like short stories Jimmy Buffett has some decent ones.

Where is Joe Merchant was decent... if you're in the right mood (the end was weird). I didn't really like his newest novel - can't remember the name.

His auto-biographies are pretty entertaining reads too if you like him.
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I read a novel of his several years ago that was pretty good. I haven't seen anything lately. Any titles to look for?
 
Henry Boyd said:
I read a novel of his several years ago that was pretty good. I haven't seen anything lately. Any titles to look for?
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His famous novel is "Where is Joe Merchant?" and is decent if you don't mind weirdness & it being far fetched. As far as I know his only other novel is "Salty Piece of Land" and I didn't like it as much.

He has other works (childerens books, short stories, autobiographies) , but I think those are his only two novels.
 
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