I need a good book. Any ideas out there?

[Blktail]

With the lack of anything worth watching on the idiot box, I am trying to read more. I haven't read much for years and I need some good ideas.
I love the comedy of Patrick McManus.
I also enjoy the likes of Ludlum, Clancy, Crichton and Grisham.
I also enjoy some non-fiction like cosmology, physics and the outdoors.
I really need some new authors to read.

PLEASE!!!

[VinVega]

Try the Bible...

If you're just looking for entertainment, look into Bill Cosby's books. Not only are they good for laughs, but you can learn a bit from them as well.

[Duffy]

Blktail:

If you like Ludlum and Clancy, you may want to try Daniel Silva. I'm reading his books now and they're very good, especially The Unlikely Spy. I also like Stephen Coonts, author of Flight of the Intruder. His Jake Grafton series of novels is excellent.

Hope this helps!

[M.T. Pockets]

Elmer Keith's book "Hell, I was there" is a good read every winter. I've loaned my copy of that book to so many it's almost worn out.

He got an awful lot done in one lifetime.

[Rustywreck]

Seabiscuit, its a great story.

[DogYeller]

If you like Ludlum, Clancy, Crichton and Grisham try Shibumi by Trevanian.

[BILLY D.]

IF YOU LIKE A SMATTERING OF SUBJECTS, HISTORY , WAR, LOVE AND LIFE TRY PASTERNAKS, DR. ZHIVAGO. I KNOW IT IS ALMOST 40 YEARS OLD, BUT STILL A GOOD READ.

[rubicon]

The Foxfire series by Elloit Wigginton and his students is pretty cool if you enjoy going back to the days of a simpler life. I read a book as a youth titled Stories of the Old Duck Hunters and other drivel but have not been able to find it in recent years. Also spend an awful lot of time reading Cabelas this time of year.

[Rocky Raab]

WARNING!

If you start reading the Aubrey-Maturin series of English naval histororical fiction by Patrick O'Brien, you will become an addict.

The 21-book series ended only because O'brien died. I read the whole 10,000 pages about once a year.

Like I said, it's an addiction.

Like an addicting substance, I have a coupon for the first book, free. Let me know.

[Blktail]

Thanks guys.

This time I will write them down.
I asked this question a while back and got lots of McManus type answers, all of which fail me now. Anybody know any collections of funny short stories from a better time for kids?

[Rocky Raab]

Never overlook the true "young reader" classics: Tom Swift and the Bobsey Twins. They're getting hard to find, but they were both delightful and addictive.

For yourself, the same holds true - the classics. Start a collection of Mark Twain's short stories and you won't put them down. And NOBODY should skip Huckleberry Finn. It should be mandatory reading for every citizen.

[skeet]

If you can find a collection of the old Field and Stream articles The Old Man and the Boy By Ruark...it makes a really good read. I had them some years ago all compiled in a book if I remember right but don't know where it would be now

[Cal Sibley]

Field and Stream magazine is having a special introductory offer that sounds good, 1 year (12 issues) for $17.95, and they throw in a good looking tote bag for some of your gear. I just ordered mine. Some of their magazine articles seem worthwhile. It's good for the person whose reading is limited to fairly short periods of time. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal

[Thargor]

Term Limits
by Vince Flynn

[Lilred]

Gods & Generals..good readin.

My other favorite, even tho it's kinda kiddy..is Where The Red Fern Grows.

[foto]

If you like scientific non fiction check out Guns, Germs and Steel, a very modern and logical explanation on how the world ended up as we are. Basically explains how man came up in the world and why the cultures of europe and asia took over the world (australia/ pac rim, americas and africa). A little repetitive but i think very important. A book that will leave you thinking afterwards and wondering why the hell no one ever explained the world like that before. Sort of like seeing a wheel and then wondering why it took so long for people to invent such a simple idea.