| Favourite books on 18:16 - Jan 15 with 2137 views | electricblue |
Im half way through reading the saladin trilogy by jack hight..
I was very causous at first but its a damn good read...
Also theres another trilogy about alexander bloody good read cant remember the author but well worth it..
Valero manfredi thats him... [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Favourite books on 18:28 - Jan 15 with 2117 views | phomem |
Reading the treatment by mo Hayder a really good read |  | | |
| Favourite books on 18:42 - Jan 15 with 2105 views | StudiousDale |
Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy and Jo Nesbo Harry Hole books for me at the moment.
Non-fiction, Robert Enke's biography, 'The ghost runner' and 'Up Pohnpei' read recently, the latter I think anyone on this board who is into football would enjoy. Open, Agassi's autobiography is also good, and I'm not a tennis fan |  | | |
| Favourite books on 18:44 - Jan 15 with 2101 views | Shun |
| Favourite books on 18:42 - Jan 15 by StudiousDale |
Stieg Larsson Millenium trilogy and Jo Nesbo Harry Hole books for me at the moment.
Non-fiction, Robert Enke's biography, 'The ghost runner' and 'Up Pohnpei' read recently, the latter I think anyone on this board who is into football would enjoy. Open, Agassi's autobiography is also good, and I'm not a tennis fan |
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| Favourite books on 18:45 - Jan 15 with 2099 views | TomRAFC |
i am a massive john steinbeck fan (the grapes of wrath in particular).
to kill a mockingbird and great expectations are two other favourites.
a good autobiography is always wortha read (tony benn, ricky tomlinson, raymond blanc, lemmy kilmister all spring to mind).
i also read a fair bit of philosophy. (nietzsche, tom paine, early buddhist writings)
you wouldn't think that when you see me knocking back pints of black dragon in the regal when i first get back into dale! |  |
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| Favourite books on 18:53 - Jan 15 with 2080 views | off2div1 |
Geoff Thomas (ex dale & england player for young ones reading this)
Riding through the storm.
The story of his life in football and his battle to overcome cancer by cycling the
Tour de France and raising money for leukaemia.
May not be a nobel award winer. But a good read. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Favourite books on 19:15 - Jan 15 with 2049 views | NotEyreClue |
Anything by John Grisham is always worth a read for me and I've got everything he's ever done. The Perks Of Being a Wallflower has now been made into a fantastic film but the book is still up there as one of my favourites. I'm an avid reader of Chess related texts too (NERD ALERT). Chuck Palahunik has to be my favourite author though...Invisible Monsters is just a masterpiece of a book; the darker the better for me! |  |
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| Favourite books on 19:34 - Jan 15 with 2024 views | fermin |
If you are into family/historic novels (though that description does not do them justice) set in what we would call the Edwardian era then I recommend Miklos Banffy's trilogy about the downfall of the Hungarian aristocracy - 'They Were Counted', 'They Were Found Wanting' and 'They Were Divided'. I can imagine they would not be to everyone's taste but here is a review to give you an idea:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3643015/A-masterpiece-in-any-language.html
A similar type of trilogy, but in a very different setting (inter-war Cairo) is Naguib Mahfouz's Cairo Trilogy. It is a while since I read them, but they were an insight into a very different culture, and I imagine more so now in the light of recent events in Egypt. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/22/cairo-revisited-how-naguib-mahf
Lighter reads would be the Erast Fandorin crime novels by Boris Akunin set mainly in 19th century Russia, which I am currently enjoying working my way through. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erast_Fandorin I think they would make rather good films, but as far as I am aware they have only been produced in Russian without subtitles, which is no good to me these days.
Although I did not really get along with it, 'Out Stealing Horses' by the Norwegian writer Per Petterson had very good reviews. I believe Scandinavian literature is getting more popular nowadays so you might like to have a look at him if you have not heard of him before. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398323.Out_Stealing_Horses
From a similar part of the world I would also recommend by proxy 'Summer Book' by the Finnish writer, Tove Jansson. I have not read it myself but I bought it for my mother for her birthday a few years ago and she thinks it is fantastic. Simple yet deep writing. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2003/jul/12/fiction.alismith [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Favourite books on 19:35 - Jan 15 with 2021 views | ArthurDaley |
Any thing to do with the SS on the Eastern front. Just finished reading the Cruel Hunters, by French Mclean. About Oskar Dirlewanger and his brigade of sub humans. The things they did to the Poles in Warsaw allmost unbelievable, they raped everybody, men, women kids. And Oskar, while all that was going on, he was performing sex acts on dead bodies. They murdered thousands of Poles. It was even too much for the regular German army, who wanted them out of Warsaw.
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| Favourite books on 19:37 - Jan 15 with 2009 views | fitzochris |
Is this a good time to plug my books? Reclaiming The Angel's Share and To See Blue Skies? Available through Amazon. |  |
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| Favourite books on 19:52 - Jan 15 with 1986 views | StudiousDale |
| Favourite books on 18:53 - Jan 15 by off2div1 |
Geoff Thomas (ex dale & england player for young ones reading this)
Riding through the storm.
The story of his life in football and his battle to overcome cancer by cycling the
Tour de France and raising money for leukaemia.
May not be a nobel award winer. But a good read. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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off2div1 I guess you're into your cycling - heard good things about this book
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Road-Hard-Lessons-Relationship/dp/095720020X | | | |
| Favourite books on 19:53 - Jan 15 with 1984 views | pnc4eva1 |
Lord of the Rings.
The Silmarillion.
To kill a Mocking Bird.
1944 Normandy
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| Favourite books on 20:00 - Jan 15 with 1967 views | macro |
Garry Nelson's story of a season - One foot in the grave? Was a really good read although outdated now |  | | |
| Favourite books on 20:03 - Jan 15 with 1960 views | SaxonDale |
'Iron Coffins' by Herbert Werner is a fantastic read about a U-Boat commander in WWII. Agree about Enke's biography, very good read. [Post edited 1 Jan 1970 1:00]
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| Favourite books on 20:07 - Jan 15 with 1957 views | slapandt |
I like Bernard Cornwells Saxon series and Conn Igguldens series on the Mongol Empire and a special mention has to go to Steven Pressfields books on ancient greece (yes im into historical fiction).
Autobiographical book has to be "marching powder" by Rusty Young,an easy, gripping and fluid book, truelly a must read.
Still dig George Orwells 1984 out every now and then.
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| Favourite books on 20:35 - Jan 15 with 1936 views | BigKindo |
Another vote for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Wilkie Collins, Moonstone.
Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat.
Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One, Scoop, Black Mischief et al.
Currently reading Uncle Tom's Cabin. |  | | |
| Favourite books on 20:40 - Jan 15 with 1930 views | TomRAFC |
| Favourite books on 20:35 - Jan 15 by BigKindo |
Another vote for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Wilkie Collins, Moonstone.
Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat.
Evelyn Waugh, The Loved One, Scoop, Black Mischief et al.
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three men in a boat is available in poundland at the moment so if anyone fancies giving it a read it's dirt cheap
anyone into humorous travel books should give tony hawks (not the skateboarder) a read.
they are daft and contrivied but also very well written and funny.
also the stuart maconie books especially his book about the north pies & prejudice. | |
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| Favourite books on 20:47 - Jan 15 with 1923 views | scarrow |
I enjoy reading the books by Simon Scarrow - hence the username |  |
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| Favourite books on 21:28 - Jan 15 with 1900 views | DaleFan7 |
For Fiction/Fantasy type books A Song of Ice & Fire series by George RR Martin is the best books I've read since Lord of the Rings.
If you're into WW1 or 2 or anything like that I don't think there's a better book than Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. | | | |
| Favourite books on 21:37 - Jan 15 with 1888 views | frenzied |
Nothing as high brow as some of you fellas
Rumpole of the bailey
Val mcdermids wire in the blod stuff
anything by Peter james or Peter Robinson
simon kernicks thrillers are great also | | | |
| Favourite books on 21:40 - Jan 15 with 1883 views | SaxonDale |
| Favourite books on 21:28 - Jan 15 by DaleFan7 |
For Fiction/Fantasy type books A Song of Ice & Fire series by George RR Martin is the best books I've read since Lord of the Rings.
If you're into WW1 or 2 or anything like that I don't think there's a better book than Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. |
Agree with Birdsong, one of the best books I've read in a long time. | | | |
| Favourite books on 21:43 - Jan 15 with 1877 views | mikehunt |
I've only read one Murakami book - Kafka On The Shore - but am lining up his other books. If the others are like this one they will be a fantastic read. Highly recommended if you like it a bit weird.
I read that book because it had Kafka in the title. Kafka's The Trial and The Castle are renowned classics and good reads,
I would also recommend Knees Up Mother Earth by Robert Rankin. Magic, time travel and football. What more do you want. Basically, Brentford have to win the FA Cup to prevent the Earth from being taken over by demons. Not a spoiler but they have to play Burnley in the semi-final. A good easy read.
Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse is a masterpiece. I have read it in every decade of my life (5) and it has said something different to me every time.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoyevsky. Long but brilliant.
If you like travel then The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin is fascinating. Not dry and stuffy like you might imagine but bursting with the wonder of the new discoveries they were finding.
Those are off the top of my head. There are just so many. |  |
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| Favourite books on 22:09 - Jan 15 with 1852 views | dalenumber2 |
Leaving aside all the classics I have enjoyed (too many to mention) I have recently read and/or would recommend: A Quiet Belief in Angels by RJ Ellory, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Life of Pi by Yann Martell, "The Shadow of the Wind" trilogy by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, The Secret History by Donna Tartt and anything by Sebastian Faulks or William Boyd. |  | | |
| Favourite books on 22:38 - Jan 15 with 1831 views | BigKindo |
For serious bibliophiles, who appreciate the older publications, check out the Project Gutenberg at www,gutenberg.org/catalog/ Thousands of books and authors out of copyright in the U.S.A. Wodehouse, Edgar A. Poe, Wilkie Collins even Victorian editions of the Punch Magazine. Well worth a look. | | | |
| Favourite books on 22:51 - Jan 15 with 1817 views | SteTsGoldenBoot |
More of a motivational type book, but for anyone whose having a bad time of it or is a bit down, Bob Proctor's - You Were Born Rich, helped me out of a very dark place. |  |
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