JMac Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 OK, I have just finished the DaVinci Code which now rates as one of my favorites. I need advice on the next great book to read. Whats yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Go for the classsics. My favorite of all time is To Kill a Mockingbird. If you like Biographies, John Adams is a great read. So is Ben Franklin. I reread Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand over the Xmas holidays. Great book. Kind of eerie how the predictions of the future are coming true. Modern day stuff tends to bore me, though I did like Davinci alot. Clancy is always a good bet. And Grissom is an easy short read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Tooth Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 This is not the same kind of book as the Davinci code, but I loved this book. It is called Into the Wild and it is about a kid from Annandale. This is a true story about how he grew up in a well to do family, and ended up giving away all of his possesions. He traveled the country and ended up going up to the Alaskan wilderness to survive off the land. He did not agree with the way society is, so he tried to escape it. It is a really cool book that i just finished. Check it out if you have a chance. I thought it was especially good because of the fact that the guy grew up outside of DC. If you did as well, it is easier to relate to it. (that was the worst English I have ever used) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brave Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Any of Ambrose's WWII narratives (D-Day, Citizen Soldiers, Band of Brothers.) Just finished "Pegasus Bridge." Reads like a suspense novel. Most anything by Michael Crichton. Enjoyed the DaVinci Code as well and will have to read some of Dan Brown's other books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofluid Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 It has to be Catcher in the Rye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskin Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Speaking of books, a while ago we got on the subject of history books. If I remember correctly, someone suggested a book that essentially detailed world history from an unbiased position. Kind of went through events in a matter of fact way? Anyone know what book that is? I want to say OM suggested it.... or maybe Buddha... anybody.....anybody...... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC4 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 "Funk:The Music, the People, and the Rhythm of the One" by Rickey Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishtw Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Thomas the Tank Engine "A Crack in the Crack" by Rev W Awdry. Ok maybe not in the same style as DaVinci Code but still a classsic and comes highly recommended by my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakofthesouth Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Yeah, the DiVinci Code was a great read. Try these: The Alchemist, sort of in that same vein...kinda... Or, I would recommend brushing up on the ideals of the Dalia Lama, if you haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Omerta by Puzo. Its $$$ until the last chapter. Skip that one all together. Godfather style, just a different family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Om Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Impossible to pick just one. In fact, I'm having to grit my teeth just limiting it to four, but I have to go home since I work for Uncle Sam and we had snow last night. The Demon Haunted World; Carl Sagan. If you're just going to read one non-fiction book in your life ... I recommend this be it. In Incomplete Education; Judy Jones & William Wilson. Don't know if this is the one CSkin is referring to or not ... but for my money, this is a must have volume for anyone who takes even a passing interest in the human condition; who we are now, and how we got here. Beautifully crafted. The Source; James Michener. Remarkable, sweeping historical account of the cradle of civilization in novel form. Pillars of the Earth; Ken Follett. You won't be disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 Originally posted by Bufford T Justice Omerta by Puzo. Its $$$ until the last chapter. Skip that one all together. Godfather style, just a different family. That is a good book! Been over a year since I read it. Anyone read Angels and Demon by Dan Brown? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 soul on ice by elridge cleaver pimp: story of my life by iceberg slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I'm just starting Angels and Demons. My favs are: The Alienist by Caleb Carr Divinci Code by Dan Brown Dracula by Bram Stoker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 27, 2004 Author Share Posted January 27, 2004 Whats the Alienist about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 it's a psychological thriller set in early-1900's new york city. very good read. my favorite book by carr is "the devil soldier". my favorite book is: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand (got a first printing) also a big fan of Johnathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 Originally posted by SkinsFan56 Whats the Alienist about? Aj got it right... just to add, a group of people are hunting a brutal serial killer before modern forensic science etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJWatson3 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 that is a more complete description. well said, code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posse81 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and as far as bios go, two I have read recently that are good are Robert Kennedy by Evan Thomas and Joe DiMaggio by Richard Ben Cramer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Great books you may not have read .. 'Absalom, Absalom' - William Faulkner 'Love in the Ruins' or almost anything else by Walker Percy 'Portrait of Dorian Gray' - Oscar Wilde Here's an older post with many posters' top picks - http://www.extremeskins.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchogs Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 my two top favorites are: 1) Atlas Shrugged 2) Ishmael by Daniel Quinn two very opposite books in terms of philosophy, but both are almost life changing books in how you view the world. davinci code is an awesome book. angles and demons is good; it's very similar to davinci, but much less believable. deception point is dramatically different than DC or A&D- it's basically a spy book ala ludlum or clancy or vince flynn. still a good book though. i'm currently reading brown's digital fortress. good so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte My heart melts every time I read them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earl Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 "catch 22"- joseph heller "a confederacy of dunces" john kennedy toole i like books that make me laugh, and these are a riot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowghost Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I am a sci-fi buff, so I have to pick 3:) Crusade In Death Ground The Shiva Option David Weber and Steve White These books, if anyone is interested, should be read in that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted January 28, 2004 Author Share Posted January 28, 2004 Originally posted by codeorama Aj got it right... just to add, a group of people are hunting a brutal serial killer before modern forensic science etc... Last night the wife and I hit Barnes and Nobles and I picked up The Alienist. Its sounds great! Thanks for the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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