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Favorite book? Hell, that'd be like a favorite food, or favorite color. I guess for some there is such a thing. Recently I've been highly hooked on Roy Chandler. Couple months ago my gunsmith pretty much demanded I read 'Shooter Galloway', which I did...bastard. Amazon is now at least $50 richer, $4.99 at a time and 10 chandler books latter.
Theme is always the same, good guy and bad guy; uncomplicated yet rich. He keeps a common lineage across his series, which starts in colonial America, through westward expansion, to present, even one post apocalyptic...and all the same family from Perry county PA.
I'd say start with Shooter Galloway and be prepared for more. It's not Faulkner nor is it Hemmingway just some real nice reading after a day of work.
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tag, gotta give this some thought
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Wonderful thread!!!
I've read and enjoyed many of these and wish to read just as many more!
On a light note I'll mention Pat McManuses "Modified Stationary Panic"
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Thanks for the thread of ideas... list of books to read just got longer.
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Hard to narrow to just one - I do like the Steven Hunter books mainly the old "Bob the Nailer" ones. Last of Breed by Lamour was a good one. Lee Child has some good reads as well as William Johnstone mountain man books. Undaunted Courage gave a new view on the Lewis and Clark journey as opposed to the books we read in school. Humm, can't really narrow it down to a dozen let alone one!
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Just finished The Arsenal Of Democracy by A.J. Baime. Definitely in my top 2 or 3.
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a couple of random thoughts. You can tell a lot about a person by what they read and don't read. You can tell the depth of their mind so to speak. I couldn't begin to list the number of books i have read, on all kinds of different things. Many people have already mentioned. I had a new acquaintance over one day, first thing he did was make a beeline to the bookshelf. He said he could tell a lot about me by what was there. He didn't know about the other bookshelves. I was educated by nuns. reading was not optional.
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Selous Scouts by Col. Ron Reid Dailey and To Fight the Wild by Rodney Ansell.
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A lot of James Micheners stuff is really interesting. A few of them that I particularly liked:
Poland Chesapeake The covenant Texas The Journey Hawaii
I've read a lot of Clancy books and they were all riveting.
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I really like Michael Crichton, Eaters of the Dead was perhaps, my favorite.
Last of the Breed by L'Amour was good.
Count of Monte Cristo as others have mentioned.
Hard to have a "favorite" just ones that I really liked.
I recently tried to read some of the classics. I have a hard time reading Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Hard to believe he sold that many books.
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I remember that book from school, I bet I read it a few times also. Big ones for me were "Desert Solitaire" by Ed Abbey. the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" made a big impression.
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i am surprised you didn't mention "the monkey wrench gang" about that abortion to the north and east of you. Monkey Wrench gang was a fun read, read it a couple of times when it was new, because I like the country it described. Desert Solitaire I could take off the shelf and enjoy right now, though I haven't done that in a while. I liked the Tony Hillerman novels because of the way he described the weather across Northern Arizona, and he had some great descriptions of different indians. Sycamore
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Michener's formula wears thin with his later books. I've read most of his stuff and prefer the earlier books. "The Source" is the one I find is the best of his works.
"Guns, germ and Steel" is a good read.
"Captured" by Zesch. I just finished this. It is about the children captured by the Comanche, Apache and Kiowa on the Southern Plains. Interesting
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"Best" book may be a bit hard for me to choose . . . BUT, a few that were memorable enough for me to read more than once - Northwest Passage Undaunted Courage Instant Replay Mila 18 The Journals of Lewis and Clark (edited version) Black Elk Speaks As at least one other member has said, I had to read so much for my college courses, my desire to read anything longer than can be accomplished in the time it takes to drop a load in the commode has to be something of much interest to me nowadays .
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I've read all Tony Hillerman's books several times. Love the settings and the way he describes stuff.
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Pulitzer prize book about oil, energy and power. He is still writing books and is seen as an expert in energy and oil.
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