Recommend a Couple of Favorite Books

[tobakenist]

Life By Keith Richards, a good view of the Rolling Stones history, and his dad smoked a pipe.

 

[wildcat]

Alas Babylon by Pat Frank
Anything written by Archbishop Fulton Scheen
The Bible
and many more.......

 

[smokenscotch]

Dreamcatcher and Hearts in Atlantis. I enjoyed them both years ago.

 

[mattmars]

The entire Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

 

[mluyckx]

Fiction: I read anything science fiction or fantasy. I find that the Thomas Covenant series by Stephen Donaldson is highly underrated. Definitely recommended.

Non-fiction: history or theology. In the latter category, "Simply Jesus" by N.T. Wright is currently open in iBooks ;-) Very good read.

 

[frtimmyd]

Fiction: "The Complete Father Brown Mysteries" G. K. Chesterton
Non-Fiction: "History of the English-Speaking People: The Birth of Britan" Winston Churchill
Guess I'm on a British kick right now.

 

[bentmike]

Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl and Endurance - Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. Two great adventure stories that really happened.

 

[pawpaw]

There are a couple of books I have read and re-read.

1st is the Bible another is Asimov's Foundation series and C.S. Lewis Cronicals of Nairia. Cant wait till the grand daughter is old enough for me to read them to her.

 

[mluyckx]

Love the foundation series... Just re-read it.
Mike: you need a Peterson Shackleton to go with that book. Any excuse to satisfy PAD :puffpipe:

 

[bentmike]

Mick: I hear you. I need a Darwin too but I have have to force myself to read his book first.

 

[igloo]

The camera never blinks by Dan Rather , The great shark hunt by Hunter S Thompson the Gonzo man , Poland by James Michener . Michener tomes are always good solid research wraped around a novel . And a Stanger in a strange land by Robert A. Heinlein .

 

[carlomarx]

" Blood Meridian" Cormac McCarthy

" A Soldier of the Great War" Helprin

" The Last Stand" Nathaniel Philbrick

" Hemingway's Boat" Paul Hendrickson

" Atlas Shrugged" Ayn Rand

" Catch-22" Joseph Heller

" The Sun Also Rises" Hemingway

" Young Men and Fire" Norman Maclean ( sorry, jpberg beat me to it)

" On the Road" Jack Kerouac
Sorry, I got carried away.

 

[pstlpkr]

Dos de mis favoritos son los siguientes:
The Cardinal; By Henry Morton Robinson
And,
Brew or Die; By baronsamedi

 

[firstwordisee]

Some great books here, I have read some of them. How about also including a recommendation for a Kindle (or other e reader)free book. I try to only read the really cheap or free ones and the good ones can be hard to find.
One of my recommendations would be: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (makes you feel very average though)

 

[number6]

Two interesting books :
Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield

Illusions (The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah) - Richard Bach (also wrote Jonathan Livingston Seagull)

 

[romanza10]

I recommend any of the books containing collections of short stories by H.P.Lovecraft. Also, I suggest "Engine Summer" by John Crowley as well as any of his other novels and collections of short stories as well.