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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest- Ken Kesey
Sometimes a Great Notion- Ken Kesey
The Travels of Jamie McPheeters- Robert Lewis Taylor
Dangerous River- R M Patterson
Far Pastures- RM Patterson
Grass Beyond the Mountains- Richard Hobson
Timeline-Micheal Crichton
There are numerous modern authors whose books I enjoy reading. John Sandford, John Lescroart, Wilbur Smith, Stephen Hunter.
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A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Most stuff by Hemingway, Steinbeck, Orwell, George Eliot
Enjoy the Russian writers Dosotoyevsky and the Brothers karamzov is an excellent read as is Master and Margarita by Bulgakov and anything by Nabokov
Anything by Martin Cruz, Michael Crichton, Patrick Obrien, Uris, Michener
reading this now
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Thieves_(novel)
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Sounds like "The Forgotten Soldier". He started out as a truck driver then became an assistant machine gunner in an Infantry unit. Lots of battles retreating through Russia with horrendous artillery barrages, a harrowing escape back into Germany from some North Sea port as the Russians closed in, then finally surrendering to the Americans.
Really too many good books to pick just one as the all time greatest. I'd have to divide them into fiction and non-fiction at the very least and even then there are just too many great ones in each category.
And then there are some like "Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges" by Clay Harvey that transcend both categories..... Yep, that's it
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I forgot- War and Peace. Marvelous. Mention of Russian authors triggered that.
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
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Mark Twain, Puddin Head Wilson
Winston Churchill, The history of the English speaking language
I have red most of the books mentioned, but the 2 above are my fav's. Rio7
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Ah! More fans of Russian authors! Ever read and Gogol??? I to have a copy of Bulgakov! 
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"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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"And then there are some like "Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges" by Clay Harvey that transcend both categories..... "
Funny stuff there, JIm. (I have a copy. He could turn a phrase now and then; a shame he turned out to be essentially a gun thief.)
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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In no order
Northwest Passage
War on the Run
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Rights of Man
One Second After
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AH.Fox - The Finest Shotgun in the World / by Michael McIntosh
I have read several of McIntosh's books and all have been great.
The man had a very special way of writing about shotguns.
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much" Teddy Roosevelt
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Same author, different kind of book; "The Walking Drum". Really bummed me out that Louis L'amour died before he got around to the planned sequels.
While it's true that all liberals are crazy people, not all crazy people are liberals.
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The Cruel Sea - Nicholas Monsarrat
The Horatio Hornblower books - C.S. Forrester
Pillars of the Earth - Ken Follett
4 out of 5 Great Lakes prefer Michigan. 
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[quote=SockPuppet]The Count of Monte Cristo
Atlas Shrugged Also loved The Count of Monte Cristo Some of my other favorites: Lonesome Dove Lord of the Rings trilogy just about anything written by Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Twain, Tom Clancy, Harry Middleton, Cormac McCarthy many others
Always remember that you are unique, just like everyone else.
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"And then there are some like "Popular Sporting Rifle Cartridges" by Clay Harvey that transcend both categories..... "
Funny stuff there, JIm. (I have a copy. He could turn a phrase now and then; a shame he turned out to be essentially a gun thief.) Clay Harvey's book was my favorite reference until I started to hear about his exaggerations and "sticky fingers". Oh well, I have since found better reference material.
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Wendell Berry's Jayber Crow is a fantastic story that really encouraged me in my marriage and in being a good member of the communities of which I'm a part. Pretty deep.
The Green Hills of Africa by Hemingway is well written and beautiful in its descriptions.
Hard for me to talk in terms of "best".
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'They shoot Canoes.....Don't they?'
One of my definite favorites.
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'They shoot Canoes.....Don't they?'
One of my definite favorites. CLASSIC FOR SURE! My boys speak of igils & Bahrs all the time. Great bedtime reading.
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Horses hitches and rocky trails. Joe Back. The old Man and the Sea. Hemingway. The one minute Manager. Dr. Spencer ? , ,,, Smokey the cow horse. Will James.
"Shoot low sheriff, I think he's riding a shetland!" B. Wills
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