Best books ever

[tatters]

Thanks to extreme3d for recomending "Simon scarrow, Eagle series of books"


I,ve been reading them in order at work tea and lunch breaks for over a month now and have just finished the fourth book "The eagle and the wolves" and l can,t belive how good these books are and why no one has,nt cashed in and made a TV series like sharpe.

There are very well writen and never seem to have any boring bits plus the way the battles and roman tatics and army life is described is spot on.



https://www.scarrow.fsnet.co.uk/page15a.html
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[colin1]

'zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance'

its sort of accessible cool philosophy rather than much about motorcycle maintenance
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[tatters]

[jay_666]

[colin1]

yeah
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[Kayz]

Jilly cooper!!

Thats how i got my sex ed!

[Andy C]

i just finished reading a book by Micheal Connelly - The Closers

It a amercian book (normally hate them with a passion as the language sometimes is very annoying) and was well writting. I would recommend it

Also read a few by John Grisham and are legal thrillers and can be very interesting about how the legal system works with a good story aswell

[Sadie]

I think the best book I ever read in terms of it actually changing/educating my views and opinions was Children of the Siege by Dr Pauline Cutting.

Dr Cutting was a A&E doctor who went to Palestine to work with Palestinians back in the 80s.

Previous to reading the book, my opinions about the Middle East situation had been formed by listening to the American and Jewish idealistic view of how Israel should be, and how naughty the Palestinians were for getting in the way of the ideal nation.

This book showed me that their was another side to the issue.

I think, as a result of reading this book, I have always tried to see both sides of a situation before forming an opinion of who's right and who's wrong.
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[Tarmacsurfer]

To this day I'm still trying to understand how on earth Sven Hassel is pro-nazi

I know he's been in trouble in Sweden and Denmark for apparently publishing pro-nazi literature. Having read most of his books (possibly all), I really can't say I noticed it being pro anything particularly, and he sure as hell wasn't portraying any liking or respect for the third reich. He writes about the 27th Panzer regiment (penal), the stories are partially autobiographical we're told. A couple of the books are very good, some of them are not so great.
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[Wee Eck]

chickenhawk by robert mason
birdsong by sabastian faulks
consider phlebas by iain m banks
any robert rankin books
also agree about sven hassel

[Mister James]

The S. Scarrow books are very good, I've recently picked them up and they remind me of the Sharpe series, if not quite as well written. The Roman details are very interesting, set in the familiar vien of the military buddy story.

Utterly different genre, but I've just started re-reading Iain M Banks' Culture novels. I didn't quite get them when I was younger, but was bought one while laid up in hospital, absolutely loved it, and started buying the whole series again!

Well worth a read if you like sci-fi, I'm more into military sci-fi, but this series isn't just for the high-brow types!
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[WavyGravy]

For unputdownablegreatadventureishness I like early Wilbur Smith - Cry Wolf and Shout at the devil really stand out, his later works lost their edge IMO but the early stuff I cant put down.

Non fiction I liked Paddy Clark ha Ha Ha by roddy doyle. great imagery of Dublin and of being a kid - similarly Bob Geldofs autobiography is a good read, but maybe only because I spent 5 years in Ireland as a kid around the time it describes.

another book i have read more than once is James Herberts Fluke - woof woof! LOL ... what its like to be a dog.

Nick Hornbys Hi Fidelity is 100 times better than the film it spawned, but I find his style of writing difficult to read , worth it though
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[greatmoorred]

fear and loathing in las vegas is a very good read.
I really enjoyed On The Road when i first read it years ago.
For educational books try The ancestors tale by richard dawkins, all about evolution.
Or My wicked wicked ways by erol flynn for a good autobiography.

[Villers]

Agree with the above 'Fear and loathing' as well as a lot of Hunter S Thompsons work is a great read.

In addition to that an awesome true life story is 'In harms way'. Its the story of the USS Indianapolis, an american warship that delivered one of the atomic bombs for use in the second world war. It is struck by a torpedo and due to an absolute catastrophe in command is not marked as overdue. 1200 men go into the water that night and the rew spend something crazy like 7 days at sea. I think ive read it about 4 times and everyone Ive passed it onto has agreed they couldnt put it down.

Im also 3/4's way through 'The hangmans tale' by Syd Dernley, again its true life detailing his rise from a miner to a hangman, a very frank tale and very descrptive - brilliant!
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[king kong]

I don't tend to read to many novels although I have read the Dan Brown books. have read the other 'Code' books also Nemisis Code, Mesiah code and Lucifer Code, oh and have just read The Last Templar.

I like to read auto biograhies, at the moment I'm reading 'Pele'.

Also I did the SAS kick a few years ago. Books about Jet Fighter Pilots I look out for. The best so far is Sharkey Ward's 'Sea Harrier Over the Falklands'.

[Tarmacsurfer]

If you like aeronautically based autobiogs, look out for a book called "I was a kamikaze". Despite the seemingly oxymoronic title, it's actually a really well translated book, great read.
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[Irezumi aka Reuben]

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[greatmoorred]

I read Manfred von richthofen's diary's last year, my dad had bought it about 20 years ago.The 1st world war pilots were pretty brave.20,000ft up with only a leather jacket for protection !!

[instigator]

Last book I read was Lonesome Dove.....about 6 years ago? Was bloody good.

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[chrisw]

1984

Probably the best book I've read so far.

[Steve H]

‘Down and out in Paris and London’ written by Orwell in the early 1930’s it’s partly based on his life experiences in both areas where he lived the life of the poor, deprived and needy.

Pretty depressing stuff but fantastically well written.
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[dodsi]

The world according to clarkson or I know you got soul.

Excellenté

[tribal_tiger]

Anything by Michael Marshall Smith (or now Michael Marshall)

Please anyone let me know if you've read his stuff as I've never met another person that has!
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[killa]

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