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All of Corbett's books, I have read each about 50 times over.
I come from a Naval family so am inclined to sea epics.
PURSUIT by Ludovic Kennedy...the chasing down and sinking of the Bismarck. Kennedy was actually in on the initial stage of the battle on board the HMS Tartar until his destroyer squadron had to return to port for lack of fuel and he missed the end although he doesn't even mention his involvement. Kennedy really tells it from how it felt from human emotions on both sides and begins with the intelligence efforts involved in the pursuit on to the final sinking.
IRON COFFINS by U-Boat Commander Herbert Werner, an incredible read that tells the other side.
I also have a rare special collection on books on German Hilfs Kreuzer or "Phantom Raiders" such as Atlantis, Pinguin, Thor, Kormoran ,etc...all written first hand by their captains...these are just some of my favorites among many, too many to list
"an armed society is a polite society"
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Not about hunting, just in general.
Marine Sniper.
Trump Won!
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Shogun by James Clavel
Unintended Consequences by John Ross.
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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The green hills of Africa - Hemingway
True at first light - Hemingway
Unintended consequences - John Ross
The hunting shack - Don't remember
Hell, I was there - Elmer Keith
Big bucks the Benoit way - Bryce Towsley
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"When Pride Still Mattered"...
Ex- USN (SS) '66-'69
Pro-Constitution.
LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Many good books.
Not in any order all good.
The Old Man and the Boy Rourke
Unintended Consequences Ross
The Bounty Trilogy John Nordoff hall and ??
All Quiet on the Western Front Renee ?????
War & Peace
Alaska Mans Luck Hjalmar Rutzebeck
The Sea Wolf and others Jack London
The Worst Hard Time Timothy Egan and the Big Burn same author
The River of Doubt ???????
All the above mentioned Steinbeck
For Whom the Bell Tolls Hemingway
War of Two Sedgewick
2 volume set by Bullock about civil war
Superior Heartland; a Backwoods History Fred C. Ryndholm
Just a start here.
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almost anything Ruark...
almost anything Faulkner
Spotted Horses and Race At Morning are great "short stories" by Mississippi's most famous author.
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Another Leon Uris fan here, Starting with Trinity and his follow-up Redemption.
I almost hate to start on a book by Uris. Its like you cant put it down... dave
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I read a lot. I used to read a lot more. There's really very little mentioned here that I haven't read. It would be impossible for me to try to identify one book as the best I've ever read.
Mathew 22: 37-39
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Trails of an Alaska Trapper by Ray Tremblay
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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The Source, James Michener
George R. R. Martin can also write a good story.
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The Little Engine That Could  Too many good books out there to pick just one but a few at the top of my list are... Alaska's Wolf Man...Rearden Hell West And Crooked...Tom Cole Empire Of The Summer Moon...Gwynne Goodbye To A River...John Graves Old Jules...Marie Sandoz
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I really liked Alaskas Wofl Man.
And I also enjoyed Castner's Cutthroats
Got a first edition of For Whom The Bell Tolls around here somewhere.
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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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TreeMutt, you'd love my favorites. The 20-volume continuous novel of British sea wars in the 1800s by Patrick O'Brien. It starts with "Master and Commander" and is (in my opinion) the finest prose ever written.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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ONCE AN EAGLE BY ANTON MYER
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I also very much enjoyed The Last Ship by William Brinkley.
Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks
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Blood Ties by Ted Kerasote is pretty good too but the kill everything that moves crowd around here probably wouldn't care much for it...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
Atlas Shrugged Similar tastes. Dumas is a master. Atlas Shrugged is one that makes you say 'wow' out loud in several passages. Makes such an impression- so in that sense, could be THE best. It should be mandatory reading in college. Just brilliant. I liken it to Plato's Apology which is rather fun in a way. The logic used to present the arguments in both are infallible. Like the Bible, it yields this sense of truths. I love the classics, The prose in Iliad. People on the Optics forum think they know how to insult- they haven't a clue- or the class. Two more modern (by my standards :-) ) ones I thought were superb and completely 'whole' were A Tale of Two Cities (could be just about any Dickens- I read a bunch and they start to run together in my head). I finished Middlemarch recently and the writing is magnificent. Wish I could complete a line of thoughts so succinctly. Question of best book is more than how well it was written though. I Claudius- a definite. One more- and don't laugh but Dracula is an absolutely beautifully written. suspenseful, page turner. My all time favorite, probably - The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham.
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By the way- thank you to the OP for this thread. It will give me some choices after I finish my current read.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are something to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are something to be ashamed of
. Confucius
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