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I noticed W.E.B. Griffin in the library; Are all of his "Badge of Honor" books in a series? Is there an order to read them? Thanks
 
What are the better books from the following authors,Grisham, Clancy, Crichton. I was at the local book sale and noticed these familiar authors. Any others?
 
I've always been a fan of William Gibson. The father of the cyber-punk era.

I haven't picked up his new one yet but Neuromancer, Burning Chrome, All Tomorrow's Parties, and Idoru are all highly recommended.
 
Hey, nice to see this thread alive again!



A while back I read Man on Fire (by A.J. Quinnell) at the recommendation of some security-industry operators. Having only heard about the movie version, I wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. As action/thriller novels go it was good, with real characterizations, and it wasn't dated despite it's early '80s publishing date.



I'd bet my life that author Quinnell is a European who originally wrote it in a language other than english, which I found interesting in its own right.



I finally got around to reading Stephen Hunter's Havana and I really enjoyed it. I still think he's good at the guys-with-guns genre. His *nonfiction* American Gunfight is a *very* interesting look at the attempt to assassinate Harry Truman.



pgp- Heh heh, sorry, the authors you asked about are among the seeming few that I haven't read (must be the last guy left who hasn't read Grisham or Chrichton!). Haven't read Clancy's stuff for ages, dunno from his recent works.
 
I picked up some Clancy, Griffin, and a Grisham book. I figured these authors were the more popular or general ones there. I did see some Stephen King,his books are fat!. Hopefully with winter coming I will read some of these.
 
I picked up some WEB Griffin at another sale; Any suggestions which one is the best to start with? I have some of Badge of Honor and some Presidential series.
 
I'm reading a book called House to House. Its non fiction about the seige of Fallujah in Iraq from a S.SGT's point of view. Really really great book. Its a real good look of what our guys are going through over there. One of the other S.Sgt's in the book is from my home town and I know him. I also work with the guy's father. He told me about the book monday night at work. I read 97 pages in 4 hours. Really good read. Hard to put down.



John Grisham- The Partner. Totally awesome book. This guy thought of everything.



One of the pilots at work was telling me about WEB Griffin. I might have to check him out.



Stephen Hunter- Point of Impact. Just picked this up wed. A friend suggested it to me. This is the book the movie Shooter is based on.
 
Cooter said:
..Stephen Hunter- Point of Impact. Just picked this up wed. A friend suggested it to me. This is the book the movie Shooter is based on.
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If you like Point of Impact, note that IMO his other books are (even) considerably better.
 
Thanks Accumulator. I did see that he had a few books on the shelf. I'll have to get some of his work.



Have you ever read any Vince Flynn? He's got some good fiction novels.



Robert Ludlum- The Bourne series is really good. Not too familiar with his other works.
 
I recently read Kite Runner. It was on the New York Time's best seller list and is a great book, very gripping novel, check it out.
 
Cooter said:
Have you ever read any Vince Flynn? He's got some good fiction novels.



Robert Ludlum- The Bourne series is really good. Not too familiar with his other works.
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What genre is Flynn in? Don't recognize him offhand but he sounds familiar :think:



I read a lot of Ludlum back in the day, don't recall much about his pre-Bourne-series stuff but it must not've been awful or I'd remember *that* :D



Just finished Andrew Vachss' Terminal...not his best, too much digression and rehashing of stuff from his earlier works. I sure respect that guy (and yeah, I'll read anything he puts out), but not *all* of his fiction is super. His Two Trains Running was *VERY, VERY* good IMO, not just decent fiction, but also had a good (if blatant) subtext. Not really deep stuff, but still something a lot of people could benefit from. I'd love to teach a high-school/Jr. college class using that book as the example, man could I get a lot of ideas on the table!
 
Vince Flynn- non fiction spy novels. Its pretty much a series of books with the main character in all of them, but you could pick them up individually and really wouldnt be lost.



I've seen him on Fox news doing interviews about insurgents in Iraq on a couple occasions. He seems to really know his stuff.
 
What is the What by Eggers is a really good book I read recently.



Also, anything published by McSweeney's. If you appreciate craftsmanship and creativity in binding, nothing matches McSweeney's. And the writing, by numerous authors, is almost always equally as good. They publish books four times a year. I think they're on #24 right now.



For Sci-Fi, Philip K. D!ck is always good. I don't even like sci-fi much, but I like his writing. (Incidentally, some of his stories you may remember as popular feature films, such as Blade Runner, Total Recall, and Minority Report to name a few. And yeah, sorry, the written versions were better.)
 
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