Book thread

[sledgemeister]

Yeah, I'm a confessed Kingophile, although my condition has improved over the last few years.  I have almost all of his books, mostly hardcovers, but not many first editions.  (Can't believe you got rid of those...$$$)  The "Dark Tower" series is my favorite collection of fiction, period.  I mean, how many fictional heroes can  really compete with the coolness factor of a gunslinger like Roland?

Swoop

 

I was hooked on king in my younger days, havent read much lately, I read most of agatha christie by the time I finished primary school.
There is one book I like above all others and that was one called By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens, bloody good read. If you like pyscho killer type books.
about the book:

Back in the '70s, when the term "serial killer" wasn't yet popular, Shane Stevens wrote this long, exquisitely detailed novel about a psychopathic murderer. Thomas Bishop escapes from an insane asylum at age 25 and begins what he fully intends to be a historic career as a multiple murderer. He is meticulous, intelligent, conscious of what he is doing, and utterly amoral. And we are inside his head, every step of the way--a welcome approach compared to contemporary works that focus on a detective or reporter protagonist. The New York Times called it "violent realism . . . extremely effective."At the center of this gripping epic novel of mass murder, pursuit, and psychological terror is Thomas Bishop, a psychotic young killer who believes he is the son of Caryl Chessman, who was executed for rape in California amid intense controversy. Subjected to unmerciful physical and mental torture from an early age, Bishop kills his mother at the age of 10 and is placed in an institution for the criminally insane. He grows to manhood knowing the outside world only through a television screen. At 25, he succeeds in a brilliant escape and change of identity and begins to move across the country, murdering women in particularly gruesome ways. Pursued by reporters, police, and the mob, Bishop manages to elude them all, and the search for him becomes the greatest manhunt in U.S. history. Stevens takes the reader on a harrowing descent into the mind of a mass murderer in this eerily realistic serial-killer novel. The chilling denouement will hold readers spellbound until the shattering, unforgettable conclusion.

[Teresa Heilevang]

I'm reading all of Lisa Gardner's books.. just finished Gone and now on The Neighbor..
Good suspense thrillers..

[SwoopSJ]

I'm reading all of Lisa Gardner's books.. just finished Gone and now on The Neighbor..
Good suspense thrillers..

I've neither read, nor heard of, her before.  Who would you find her comparable to?


Sledge:  I'm a long time admirer of Agatha Christie's work, as well.  I absolutely love "Until There Were None" or "Ten Little Indians", so I'll have to give that Shane Stevens novel a whirl.

Swoop

[m25operator]

I have been a big Scify fan, and fantasy fan for a long time, so I Do recommendend Robert Jordans, wheel of time, 12 books and well over 12,000 pages but good stuff, King the stand, come on, bad to the bone, Piers Anthony, if you like light hearted but good fantasy books, with lot's of puns.

Now to some of the really good stuff.

1) Larry MC Murtry, lonesome dove, awesome read. The mini series was good, but the book was better.

2) BROTHERS IN ARMs, Stephen Ambrose, better it prose, although the show was excellent.

3) Ordeal by sea. about the USS Indianapolis, hard read, navy guys getting eaten by sharks, and drowning, but a powerful read.

4) HOW I Became a crack shot, by W. Milton Farrow, hard to find and the guy is full of himself, but there are some good clues about shooting.

5) Fiction, The Freeman, by Jerry Ahern,.

6) A rifleman went to war, MUST READ. by Herbert Mc Bride. not to  mention the Emma Gees.

7) anything by Jeff Cooper.

A handbook for the HYTHE. the hand book for what is now the Camp Perry of England, written in the late 1800's, but very good.

[tombogan03884]

Both of the Herbert McBride books are available at Amazon, "Emma Gee's" is on kindle.
I just checked because I have been looking for them with out luck and I will be getting a gift card for Christmas. 

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[tt11758]

BIG Dean Koontz fan!!  (Please resist the urge to go to the fat jokes)

Two of them stand out:  "Intensity" is a book you won't be able to put down, as is "The Husband".  Both are fabulous edge-of-your-seat thrillers, and like most Koontz books, have more twists and turns than a corkscrew.

[PegLeg45]

Now to some of the really good stuff.

1) Larry MC Murtry, lonesome dove, awesome read. The mini series was good, but the book was better.

Hey, M25, McMurtry has another western book from 2006 called Telegraph Days.....going to try and get it before Christmas and read it.

http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews2/0743250788.asp

[tombogan03884]

Real old one, out of print for years, but one of the funniest books I ever read was by a Dutch sailor and writer named Jan DeHartog, The name of the book is "A Sailors Life", it describes his experiences in the last days of the sailing ships before WWII, his descriptions of conditions and the actual job functions performed by specialists such as the sail maker left me in stitches.  

[Teresa Heilevang]

I've neither read, nor heard of, her before.  Who would you find her comparable to?


Swoop

I don't know who to compare Lisa G to.
 Her books are FBI  and Detective thrillers. (generally some sex in them too) but no romance.. I hate stupid romance books.. She's good.. I have other authors I like better.. but she is still good reading.

http://lisagardner.com/

[ellis4538]

Read and liked the "Gunslinger" series...should have seen the ending but didn't.  Have been reading James Patterson's series with Alex Cross as the main character.  Also like Tony Hillerman.  He writes mysteries centered in modern day American Indian territory.  Brings Indian Lore into his writing. 

FWIW


Richard

PS:  M'ette I like sex too without the R word.