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some good ones for christmas presents please thanks
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Second 'The Godfather'
Also John Grisham's first book 'A Time to Kill' was excellent |
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When I was younger, Kingdom by the Sea was fantastic.
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Catch 22.
Funniest book I've ever read. |
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took a while to find but really enjoyed The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Tressell
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the guvernor -lenny mclean
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Factotum by Charles Bukowski.
It's not top ten favourites material but you won't put it down and you'll read it in a night NAP. |
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Teddy Lester Captain of Cricket.
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Goldiloppers and the Three Bearloders - Stanley Unwin
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Most of
Stephen King Robert Ludlum Wilbur Smith Patricia Cornwell All of **Uris James Clavell JRR Tolkien Thomas Harris All of the above and more, I would have sleepless nights awaiting their new books, and would usually read them from cover to cover. All three books of Lord of the Rings in one weekend. :) although over the last few years I am reading less and less and spending too much time online. |
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the lion of macedon by david gemmell......................also strangely enough jurassic park by michael crichton...............both authors no longer with us.
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Oh and James Ellroy's L.A. quartet
including- The Black Dahlia and L. A. Confidential |
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book of stamps. theyd glued the wrong side.
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Alex69 27 Nov 10:32
Mitchell - if you're back today - sorry, just seen your post! They're kind of all about death really & people's pre-conceptions about the days leading up to death & what might happen after death. Tuesdays with Morrie is based on Albom's real-life experiences, while the other two are total works of fiction. All written in a very 'easy to read', gentle style. Plus, none of them are that long either Totally 'second' your nominations Alex69 One that I read recently that at least equalled my enjoyment of them is 'Any Human Heart' by William Boyd I believe it is to be made into a film next year ... as with most ..I reckon the book will be by far the better option |
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George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman books, were very well researched and a ripping yarn to boot :)
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The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
Mr Nice - Howard Marks agree with The Life of Pi Stalingrad and Berlin, by Anthony Beevor also enjoyed His Dark Materials trilogy by Phillip Pullman, but mor eof a kids book. all very readable, and all quality |
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Any book about the incarceration of an innocent.
An Evil Cradling-Brian Keenan Count of Monte Cristo- Dumas A Day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch or the Gulag Archipeligo-Solzenhitsyn. Currently reading Bryson- A Short History of Everything. For Xmas getting Andrew Marr a Modern History of Britain. |
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A brief history of Ukranian Tractors - Brillliant (and not about tractors)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica - made my arms ache after an hour
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buzzer 26 Nov 18:04
the origins of superglue Just me that laughed at that ? :^0 |
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Bringing down the house.
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Carter Beats the Devil - Glen David Gold
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay - Michael Chabon The Given Day - Dennis Lehane The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - Junot Diaz all books I have read this year and enjoyed enormously. |