Books you read over and over

[fightingquaker13]

Robert Jordan ( RIP ) Wheel of time series, because each book is about 1,000 pages and by book 10, there are so many important characters, hard to keep up with. Most Heinlein books are worth rereading, Good Guns, Good Friends and Good Whiskey, all short stories but great. No Second Place winner. Blue steel and Gunleather. Gunsmith Kinks, 1-4, kind of like Scotty's technical journals from star trek.

Jordan died? Damn. I bought the 1st book at an airport in like '92 and got hooked. I was kind of hoping it would come to and before I died. Oh, wel we will liven suspense. :-\That is sad news.
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[fightingquaker13]

Much of the Fiction contains more and deeper thought than the shit you will find being pushed by the NYT, they listed both of BO's books at #1 for crying out loud.

Its not a list of reccomendations, its just an ordered list by number of copies sold. Their reccomendations are in the NYT Review of Books.
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[tombogan03884]

Its not a list of reccomendations, its just an ordered list by number of copies sold. Their reccomendations are in the NYT Review of Books.
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I don't pay any attention to the reviewers, I look over whats new and make my own judgments. So far the only one I've been wrong on was "Go tell the Spartans", I was so pissed by the ending I threw it at the wall It's the only book I actually tossed in the trash when I was done.

[tt11758]

"Intensity" by Dean Koontz.

[Shiv]

"Red Cell" by Richard Marcinko.  A non-fiction account of the commander of a Navy counter-terroist unit that poses as terrorists to test the security of Naval bases. 
After reading this book I figured out what the term: "Cuss like a sailor" really meant,because this guy does it.  Once I got past that, I began to understand the leadership principles that were illustrated in the book and got a great appreciation for his work. There were no secrets in his book, just tried and true tenets that any good leader lives by.

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[warhawke]

I read Unintended Consequences at least once a year and I tell everyone to read this book!

As far as books I like to reread a lot
Atlas Shrugged,
everything and anything by H. Beam Piper,
Glory Road, Starship Troopers, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls, I Will Fear No Evil and just about anything else by RAH,
Freehold by Michael Z Williamson, which I also tell people to read
The March Upcountry series by John Ringo, I jump on his Council Wars and Legacy of the Alldenada occasionally and I recommend his Bolo Novel "The Road to Damascus" where a sentient tank discovers it has been oppressing the people.   
The Mutant Chronicles books are good brain candy too.

The art of War and the Book of Five Rings I not only read but I keep pocket books versions in my carry-bag (along with the SAS Survival Guide pocket version)'

Given the volume of my reading and the cost of books I reread my books a lot. I also have a bunch on my computer, like the entire Gor series (and Unintended Consequences, like I said, everyone should read it)

[fightingquaker13]

I don't pay any attention to the reviewers, I look over whats new and make my own judgments. So far the only one I've been wrong on was "Go tell the Spartans", I was so pissed by the ending I threw it at the wall It's the only book I actually tossed in the trash when I was done.

Reviews are usefel. Books are expensive and there's a lot of drek. They help save money. I want to know a rough outline of the plot and a passage or two to get a feel for the style. Also, if its a review by an author or scholar I respect or a critic who's steered me right, thats good; from a friend its better. It's like a movie, I want to know what it is before I waste $8 and 2 hrs. of my life.
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[tombogan03884]

Reviews are usefel. Books are expensive and there's a lot of drek. They help save money. I want to know a rough outline of the plot and a passage or two to get a feel for the style. Also, if its a review by an author or scholar I respect or a critic who's steered me right, thats good; from a friend its better. It's like a movie, I want to know what it is before I waste $8 and 2 hrs. of my life.
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That's what the library is for  

Shiv, If you liked "Red Cell" try "The Real Team" it is directed more at leadership and more or less leaves out the action adventure aspects.

[SwoopSJ]

"The Art of War" (seems universally popular)
"Ten Little Indians"  by Agatha Christie (even though it's a mystery, I still reread it)
"The Talisman", "Dead Zone", and the Gunslinger series by Stephen King (A must if you haven't had the pleasure)
"Lord of The Flies"  by William Golding
"To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

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[Kid Shelleen]

"Intensity" by Dean Koontz.

I really enjoy almost all of Dean Koontz's novels. I have particularly like the Odd Thomas series. Wierd for Koontz to do a series.