Books, what are you reading/read?

[Brett_J]

I've run out of books to read, so chasing some recommendations, I read almost anything, although not a huge fan of autobiographies.
Just finished Raymond Feists series again, awaiting the new one.
Also just done with Peter V Brett's Demon war series.

Doesn't have to be restricted to fantasy type stuff, that's just my recent reads. Would it be worth getting the Game of Thrones series even though I've seen the first 2 seasons?

Anything else would be good.

[Gr3mlin]

Scarecrow Series is pretty awesome

http://www.matthewreilly.com/scarecrow.html

[SircatmaN]

I read the left hand of god during the Xmas break and have been reading the second book in the trilogy called the last four things when I have time lately. I've enjoyed the story a lot and its well worth the read. The first part of the first book makes me get visions of the castle from the game amnesia (also worth playing if you like scarey games).

[ho57ile]

Just read the whole game of thrones/a fire and ice series, awesome read, could probably skip the first book, the second changes from the series about halfway through, so many mind fucks and twists.

Also a great autobiography I read was called "Siberian education" real eye opening look into criminal families in Russia.

[Damo 69]

the wolf of wall street
american psycho
confessions of a economic hitman

[Jumanji]

Reading the Sum of All Fears again, such a good book.

[Evman]

Scarecrow Series is pretty awesome

http://www.matthewreilly.com/scarecrow.html

+1

Also;
Ender's Game (cannot recommend highly enough, so good)

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut—young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.

Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.
Outlaws Inc

In the world's most dangerous trouble spots, a small band of men risk their lives to fly in desperately needed aid. But they are not heroes. Their giant ex-Soviet cargo planes are also riddled with secret compartments, which they fill with drugs, guns, money or people. They deliver anywhere, and they rtake their cut. But they pay a heavy price, many losing their lives to gun-toting pirates, terrorists, hostile state forces, jealous competitors and alcohol. In Outlaws Inc. Matt Potter follows their incredible story around the world. He discovers a secret society of mercenaries, dictators, agents, gangsters, businessmen and real-life Bond villains. Updated for the paperback edition, this story is the stuff of spy thrillers and action movies, but all the more terrifying for being true. 'Outlaws Inc. is an explosive read, full of heart-thumping excitement and brilliant detective work which shines a light into the darkest corners of the world' Sean Rayment, author of Bomb Hunters
American Sniper (even though it's an autobiography)

Gripping, eye-opening, and powerful, American Sniper is the astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, who is the record-holding sniper in U.S. military history. Kyle has more than 150 officially confirmed kills (the previous American record was 109), though his remarkable career total has not been made public by the Pentagon.

In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Kyle shares the true story of his extraordinary decade-long career, including his multiple combat tours in Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and elsewhere from 1999-2009.

Kyle’s riveting first-person account of how he went from Texas rodeo cowboy to expert marksman and feared assassin offers a fascinating view of modern-day warfare and one of the most in-depth and illuminating looks into the secret world of Special Ops ever written.

[mys1]

Marching powder - (autobiog)
Mr Nice - Howard Marks (autobiog)

Some classics -
Exodus
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of wrath

[Fukushima]

I'm reading the assassin trilogy again by robin hobb
http://www.bookdepository.com/Assassins-Apprentice-Robin-Hobb/9780006480099?b=-3&t=-20#Fulldescription-20

First read it 5 years ago and even now I can't put it down.
Basically all her books are great, grab that one and if you like it order the whole lot.

I think I've read all the Raymond E Fiest ones... actually I'll just grab my book depository receipts and post them here for you :P

[Fukushima]

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780575089938/The-Well-of-Ascension <=- that trilogy was pretty good, very interesting world/"abilities"

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780575097360/The-Way-of-Kings-Part-one <=- only the first two books are out of this one, starts off well

[ReaperSS]

Whats a book lol

[stumps.]

Snowing in Bali - about the cocaine trade through Bali prior to shapelle fucking it all for them.

Pretty interesting

[Nugs]

I borrowed my Mum's kindle a while ago and started reading Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
I thought it was good at first but fuck me it is long, lost interest at about 70% which about 2000 pages!!

[Damo 69]

scar tissue is also a good read, halfway through

[ho57ile]

Marching powder - (autobiog)

This! Amazing read.

[thrtytwo]

I only read non-fiction really. Reading A Short History of Nearly Everything atm, by Bill Bryson. Pretty good if your a bit of a geek.

[Evolved]

Recently finished reading " I hope They Serve Beer In Hell " by Tucker Max

Would definitely recommend it , full of laughs

[Brett_J]

Read a lot of them, but some good stuff I haven't.
I use my Galaxy Tab with Play books, what's are you guys using apart from the conventional book :)

[shifted]

I'm kinda open to anything really so pick up some random books here and there - this is just some, got shelves full of books (most I haven't read but am slowly getting through it!!).

Tucker Max books - everyone I know that has read them says they are fantastic - I'll pick them up eventually myself.

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The Auschwitz/Hitler books are an interesting read if you're into that stuff.
Ancient Chinese Philosophy based books are again interesting, though I personally find it can be difficult to bother reading/comprehending at times.
Buckminster Fuller books - interesting also, one is all poetic rubbish though (can't remember which) so I skipped it, and one I haven't read yet (still wrapped) - in terms of what he discusses though it is something I think most people now understand and strive towards in some respects.
Chakra Bible, there is a book there missing next to it which I can't recall the title of but discusses how staying away from over processed food/food full of sugar keeps you healthier/less ailments/etc. Interesting read really but I guess it is also stuff you can find online...
The body is the barometer of the soul - again, interesting. Describes how certain illnesses come about, I find it vague though at times.

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2-3 books of those aren't mine, the current gf bought them. The Gregg Braden stuff discusses how thought manifests if I recall correctly (he has a doco available online, "The Divine Matrix" - quite decent) - I've yet to read these though, just went and bought them when I first found the documentary and it is on my list!
Art of War - Chinese Philosophy, same as above in previous picture.
Niccolo Machiavelli books - Italian guy, hundreds of years ago IIRC. Art of War & The Prince, decent. Bought these due to some business people recommending them.
Marciniak books - in regard to Plaedian Mission etc. haven't read yet.
Dalai Llama books - good read, again about thought and stuff - similar to stuff in What the Bleep do we Know doco IMO.
Mental health recovery, girlfriends book - meh, no idea. haven't read.
Freud - meant to be great, waiting to read it!
Rich dad Poor dad - good book, not hard to understand, I'd imagine it is common sense to most people with a bit of luck.

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Anyway, depends what you're into, I'm easy personally and don't mind giving anything a shot, if it is shit it is and that's it. Books of Marco Paret are on my radar at the moment too once I read through some of these...

[nisman]

try the death gate cycle (series) by margret weis and tracy hickman (wrote the dragonlance books)
if you liked magician also the robert jorden series wheel of time.

[Yakky Bear]

Dont tell mum i work on the oil rigs (she think im a piano player in a whorehouse)

And

This is not a drill, just another glorious day in the oilfield. both by paul carter, awesome read its always so hard to put them down once you start.

[Kickit]

Does 4x4 Action count? haha

[GTB Liberty]

The Elegant Universe.

[Fr3d]

Dont tell mum i work on the oil rigs (she think im a piano player in a whorehouse)

And

This is not a drill, just another glorious day in the oilfield. both by paul carter, awesome read its always so hard to put them down once you start.

Great reads. Can't see how that sort of stuff can be done these days but the old hands i work with have some pretty crazy stories. The guy in 'Don't tell mum..' with metal teeth is apparantly a friend of a friend

Currently reading 'Assignment Gestapo' by Sven Hassal. A danish author who was conscripted into a German penal battalion during WW2. Has a who series based on his experiences. Shows humanity at it's worst and sometimes it's best. Not sure if it's still in print as the first one was written in the 1950's, but definatly some gripping reading. Usually more into fantasy. Can't go past Robert Silverbergs Majipoor series or Ursula K LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea Trilogy.

[Sensible]

All of Ben Mezrichs books
Ugly American
Bringing down the house
Accidental billionaires
Rigged
Breaking Vegas, this is the one the movie 21 was based on

If you like Tucker Max then look at his other books
Assholes Finish First
Hilarity Ensues

And both the Wolf of Wall Street and the second one Catching the Wolf of Wall street
Hopefully the movie of these two books will be out soon

Drugs and Crime and Partying are the choice of my reading material with a few Bios thrown in

[Phyber]

Gunslinger (or Dark Tower, I forget) series by Stephen King, previously read the Drizzt series by R A Salvatore. Both fantasy based but drizzt is dungeons and dragons, dark tower is more contemporary, post apocalyptic.

[Pete]

Snowing in Bali
Ice Man ( about a mass murderer from the US, killed 150-200 people that he can remember over his lifetime. Robert Kuklinski).
Smack Express ( about drugs in Aus from the 60s onwards)
Bad ( basically underbelly season 5 but with more shit in it. )
Killing Mr Rent-a-kill ( about Chris Flannery and how he lived/died)
Underbelly - The Tale of 2 cities ( think it's underbelly season 2 about Melbourne/Sydney)

Got both Tucker Max books - Assholes Finish First and Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, haven't got Hilarity Ensures yet.

I've only really just started reading a bit, i prefer old real crime etc. Dad used to read the same sort of shit.

[Halle Terry]

Currently reading Carl Sagan : Cosmos.

Good shit.

[Niva]

God delusion by Richard dawkins, gets difficult in places. Fuck you ADD

[ryanr32]

Just finished "send them to hell" about a foreigner framed by the thai cops doing 17years in Bangkok prisons for drugs. Awesome read.

[bgtx3]

Anything/everything by Andy Mcnab. Ex brit SAS he's a been there and done it no bullshit writer. Awesome writer!
Nice fella too.

[evo5aurus]

Anything/everything by Andy Mcnab. Ex brit SAS he's a been there and done it no bullshit writer. Awesome writer!
Nice fella too.

Really enjoyed Bravo Two Zero by Mcnab. CQB by Mike Curtis was also a damn good read.

would definitely recommend reading a Song of Ice and Fire - best fiction I've ever read.

The Dune series is also quite good if you're into scifi and so is Rendezous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke.

[Dagon]

JUST finished last weekend all current books in A Song Of Ice And Fire series (aka Game of Thrones) in preparation for the start of the next season later this week!

Also just recently received the two sequals to the Hyperion books by Dan Simmons. Fucking mindblowing stuff.

[gazza750]

Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov The Best Sci/Fi series ever written
Robert A Heinlein Future history books

[rhyshc]

penthouse, hustler, playboy etc

[Madhav]

Read quite a bit at work. Picked up a nook simple touch ereader off gumtree for $55. Runs android OS so can install all kinds of shit onto it.

Also read Enders game. Pretty good sci fi classic. There's a movie coming out soon. Looking forward to it. Read 'send them to hell' also. Crazy shit goes on in those jails.

Also read/reading fire and ice series. Some are better than others but am hooked.

Really liked 'Shantaram', wish I could wipe my memory and read it again. About some Aussie bloke that breaks outa prison and ends up in Mumbai. Lives in the slums and then gets involved in the Marfia. Ends up in prison again in India also... Fucking awesome story. Johnny Depp is gonna play the main character if they ever finish the movie.

[SircatmaN]

Has anyone read the Prince(King/Emperor) of Thorns books? I've been thinking about starting on them after the Left hand of God series.

[psiblade]

David Gemmell and Conn Iggulden

[Fukushima]

I read the left hand of god during the Xmas break and have been reading the second book in the trilogy called the last four things when I have time lately. I've enjoyed the story a lot and its well worth the read. The first part of the first book makes me get visions of the castle from the game amnesia (also worth playing if you like scarey games).

Yep read the first one in three days, now I have to find a book store :D

[Passage GT]

been reading a heap of brendon sanderson lately, mistborn trilogy plus the other one set like 300 years later, then Warbreaker which was quite good, currently on Jimmy and the Crawler by Raymond E. Feist with the final wheel of time book waiting in the wings.
btw google books is the best thing ever
books are cheap, always on you (i use my phone) and when you finish one you can get another one on the spot!
it's very convenient

[Passage GT]

I've run out of books to read, so chasing some recommendations, I read almost anything, although not a huge fan of autobiographies.
Just finished Raymond Feists series again, awaiting the new one.
Also just done with Peter V Brett's Demon war series.

Doesn't have to be restricted to fantasy type stuff, that's just my recent reads. Would it be worth getting the Game of Thrones series even though I've seen the first 2 seasons?

Anything else would be good.

definitely read the books, the series misses a lot of stuff (as you'd expect) and the books are a long way ahead, take your time, the silly old bastard takes 6+ years to release the next book anyway

[Slip_]

If you like Feist and heavy'ish fantasy, Wheel of time series by Robert Jordan. 15 book series. Heavy diction at times though. Highly recommended.

Games of thrones is pretty Dece, better than the series thats for sure.

[ED40]

Most of my reading is aviation orientated, particularly towards WW2.

I have just finished reading A HIGHER CALL.
The basis of this book was an encounter in the air; A battle damaged USAAF bomber limping along over enemy territory, a Luftwaffe ace intercepted and flew along the wing of the bomber and let them go. The book is all true events and tells the story of both the pilots during the war(mainly the german) who met 50 years later.
Excellent book.

Book before that was I FLEW THE MEMPHIS BELLE.
Another excellent WW2 autobiography of the Memphis Belle captain who with his crew were the first to complete 25 missions. A Hollywood movie was made about this in the 90's but of course it was pretty far fetched.

OUTLAW INC
This book is about African/European drug smuggling. Mainly focused on the rusky pilots and crew who fly antiqued IL-86 ex Soviet Air Force cargo planes full of drugs/weapons. These guys are crazy crazy bastards and it's insane to read about the shit they do to dodge up Cargo manifests, air traffic control etc.

I have got STUKA PILOT(Hans-Ulrich Rudel....google this guy he is an absolute machine) and SAMURAI(Japanese pilot during ww2) on order looking forward to reading those!

[scary]

go with Terry Goodkind for some Fantasy

Game of Thrones is way better read than TV. But as said above takes forever for the next book to come through. Started reading GOT 10 years ago

[Gonzola]

I dislike reading fiction 90% of the time, having said that depending what non-fiction title you're reading - it may well be mostly fiction.

A few recent reads:

The Shooting Gallery: Gaz Hunter
In Search of Schrödinger's Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality: John Gribbin
Alone in the Universe: Why Our Planet Is Unique: John Gribbin
Agent Zigzag: Ben Macintyre

Pretty narrow scope depending on your interests, but great books that I recommend. The John Gribbin books aren't really light reading and required (for me at least) going back over the paragraph or sometimes chapter again to make sure you've taken it on properly.

[Gleeso]

I've been reading The Dice Man on and off for ages. It's not that the book is shit, just that my commitment levels are. It's about a Pyschiatrist who lives by the decisions made through the roll of his dice.

Also, if you want a site that sells books for very reasonable prices and free delivery...

Www.thebookdespoitory.com

[eaglesfandavid]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/410GcKdg32L.jpg
Awesome insight into the life of one of the most notorious pimps of all time. First person bibliography from birth to old age.

[Risk10k]

Everybody loves reading about crime/murder that much?



BRB, killing some boongs and writing auto-bio..

[S85FI]

Bravo 2 Zero is one I have read it over a few times. War booked based on a British SAS patrol that went wrong. The guys that did survive did so due to having nerves of Steel.

Not a bad read if you don't mind the military stuff. Patrol Commander from the Patrol wrote the book.

Eric Van Lustbader - White Ninja. (90's I think) Jap cop gone on a killing spree. Sort of like an old time Dexter.

[PSI110]

Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting - awesome
Glue - same
Porno - Rounds out the first two, worth it if you like his writing.

A lot is written in Scottish slang, can take a while to get your head around. Plenty more by him but these are a good start.

[Gonzola]

Irvine Welsh - Trainspotting - awesome
Glue - same
Porno - Rounds out the first two, worth it if you like his writing.

A lot is written in Scottish slang, can take a while to get your head around. Plenty more by him but these are a good start.

Recommend Skagboys then.. my depressing homeland. Sickboy's usual antics.

[fuzzmeisterr]

Thread Revival-
What are people reading now?

[Reverb]

Reading Paul Carter's, Don't tell mum I work on the rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse. It's easy reading and has some hilarious stories.

[HotAe92]

Reading Paul Carter's, Don't tell mum I work on the rigs, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse. It's easy reading and has some hilarious stories.

It's a good book. Started and finished it in the Skippers airport terminal after having a flight delayed. Don't bother with the rest of his books though, they're no where near as good.

I'm just finishing up reading one of Len Beadall's book 'Desert Highways' has been an insightful read about the 'opening up' of the arid interior.

Once that's done, I'm going to start something a bit different, Belle De Jour's 'Intimate Adventures of a London Callgirl' which the missus' said was good read.

[Gleeso]

Started J.A Kerley's The Hundredth Man, the other day. The girlfriend has most of the series, but I had to wait fucking ages to recieve the first book in the post. Long story short, the wait was worth it.

I'll definitely be continuing with the Carson Ryder series.

[crabman]

Colonel Gaddafi's Hat

[thrtytwo]

Non fiction: Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Fiction: The Name of the Wind

[gazza750]

Isaac Asimov The series of Foundation books he started writing them back in the 30's or 40's
Also anything by Robert Anson Heinlein

[Evman]

The Farseer trilogy

[Saint_23]

Non fiction: Andy McNab

Fiction: Daniel Silva - Gabriel Allon Series

[Gr3mlin]

Impulse By Dr David Lewis

A book about Human decision making and Impulsiveness, great read if you enjoy Psychology.

[Fukushima]

The Farseer trilogy

Fool's Assassin coming out this August! First in a new trilogy

[Turboesky]

"Marching Powder" Is great read. True story on a bloke that gets busted trafficking drugs and get locked up in San Pedro prison in Bolivia.

Crazy prison where you have to buy your own cell and food. And the purest cocaine in the region in made inside.

[hako]

One of the few good things about travelling on a helicopter to work, get time to read a book.

Unbroken - Yeah there is a movie but it doesn't detail the shit this guy went through, good read. Author spent years researching him while battling ALS too.

Also Long Road to the Deep North - Historical Fiction on the Death Railway / Japanese Brutality. Won the Booker Prize, pretty deep.

Also read The Railway Man recently, I think that's enough POW books for a while.

[MadDocker]

"Marching Powder" Is great read.

Second this, it's a ripper book.

[Nickevox]

If anyone is keen about lifting weights etc, got a few articles.

http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/CFJ_Snatch_Shankle_FINAL.pdf
http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2015/03/12/develop-a-champions-mindset/
http://breakingmuscle.com/olympic-weightlifting/an-analysis-of-body-types-in-weightlifting
http://www.elitefts.com/education/competing-in-the-spirit-of-no-self/

[game]

travis heermann- Heart of the Ronin and Sword of the Ronin - Amazing story of a Ronin in feudal Japan eary 1700s around Mongolian invasion. Audio books are also available.

[crabman]

That Ronin one sounds cool, will add to eBay wish list lol.

Struggling to get into Shantaram, seems to be dragging out.

[Pete]

Currently re-reading Hotel K, about Kerobokan prison, same woman who wrote Snowing in Bali.

Also just finished Murder in Mississippi by Jon Safran. If you liked Race Relations, this is ongoing of one episode that never went to air about a white supremacist who got killed got a black guy. Heaps of twists and turns, and if you like his shows, his writings pretty much the same. Complete true story, and only happened in the last few years.