Reply to: Can anybody recommend a good book?

[Sysman]

I wan't some easy reading but nothing trashy.

Confessions of a Window Cleaner

[ThomasSoerensen]

Stored procedures in ABAP/4 for COBOL programmers by Naw I Tall

[kaiser78]

Originally Posted by kaiser78
Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer's editor. Awesome !

FTFY.

Still an awesome read !!

[DaveB]

Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer's editor. Awesome !

FTFY.

[kaiser78]

Kane and Abel - Jeffrey Archer. Awesome !

[cojak]

I'm a sucker for historical fiction so for ripping reads:

Azincourt by Bernard Cornwall
London by Edward Rutherfurd (his New York wasn't as good but I'll buy his Rome if he writes it..)
Blood Red, Sister Rose by Thomas Keneally (a really unusual, haunting book, set out more like a script than a narrative but succeeds in taking the author out of the story.)

Any Flashman books and the 1st, and possibly best book in it's genre: The Iliad. You be in the blood and the sweat and the gore when the battle comes...

[eliquant]

"World War Z" its a sort of "Bridget Jones diary style" of a guy going around the world interviewing people and its slowly revealed that there has been a zombie and human war which has been devastating. Incredible stuff actually written by the son of Mel Brooks but don't let that put you off. The film rights have been picked up by Brad Pitt's production company.


Incredible stuff and I could not put it down.

[shaunbhoy]

I am quite tempted on checking out the Flashman books though.

In all seriousness, you could do worse. Great entertainment, and they also contain quite a bit of historical information too, provided you can disentangle the fact from the Flashy fiction of course.
Agree with others about the Harris books too. Every one of his I have read has been good.

[shaunbhoy]

Unfortunately, this means I find some books a bit of a challenge.

There are some excellent "Spot the Dog" adventures that ought to be right up your street.

HTH

[DaveB]

Kick in the ass for Mr DaveB tomorrow....

Looking forward to it

[cailin maith]

Kick in the ass for Mr DaveB tomorrow....

[OwlHoot]

Any of the books by Howard Marks, aka Mr. Nice. They're all a good laugh.

Stare at Threaded's new avatar intently for a few minutes, and you start seeing a nude image

[DaveB]

In the "Good Book" thread - I wanted to say - actually all I'm reading now is wedding mags, but I decided I could do without the ribbing so kept me gob shut

[realityhack]

The Forever War is worth a read, if you like sci-fi.

[Zippy]

Me too - Read them all, and now I see a new one is out: "Heartstone" (2010) ISBN 0307356183

Must get hold of that and read it.

Excellent. I'll tell Mr Z and he won't have to fret about a birthday present