Anyone read any great books lately that they can recommend?
Thanks!
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Anyone read any great books lately that they can recommend?
Thanks!
Thanks for the tip mate! I gather they're very intense. I don't usually go for fantasy stories but folks rave about how good these stories are. Must be good if you're giving them a second read.
Finished Imperium by Robert Harris recently. Novel about Cicero's rise to Roman Consul. Don't have to be particularly interested in Roman history to enjoy reading it, but a bonus if you are.
I recently read One of Us: Anders Breivik and the Massacre in Norway by Åsne Seierstad which was a fascinating but harrowing read.
If you fancy something with a footballing theme, Tim Park's 'A Season With Verona' is worth a read.
It is the story of a UK journalists based in Italy who follows Hellas Verona home and away over one season with specific attention paid to the Brigate Gialloblù (Ultras) and against the back drop of the club facing relegation from Serie A
The Girl with the Dragon tattoo trilogy is great.
bernard Coenwalls Saxon series are a good read, 9 books so far and just been on the bbc as a mini series
Just noticed, you don't want it for your holidays.
Note to self, READ POSTS PROPERLY.
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After a gap of some years, I've caught up with the latest Le Carre spy novels after the prominence of The Night Manager. Enjoyed.
Then I read the trilogy of Len Deighton's trilogy of spy stories, Game, Set and Match etc and the Winter family story. Still a good read.
And just finishing Ian Rankin's Even Dog's in the Wild - still on form....and topical.
If you like crime, i would recommend the Cormoran Strike series of books by Robert Galbraith,which is a pen name for J. K. Rowling.
Also the recent Bill Hodges Trilogy by Stephen King. The middle book wasnt as good as the other two in my opinion but all very readable.
Greg Iles knows how to write stories that grip you , in depth detail and characters , very big books , all centered in and around the deep south of america start with the Quiet Game ,
http://www.gregiles.com/
Agreed.
I have also just finished the 4th book 'The Girl In The Spider's Web' by David Lagercrantz. Very good and closes off a few more loose ends from the original Stieg Larsson trilogy. Larsson's partner was very hostile to someone else (even a friend) using Larsson's notes to write a continuation novel - but she was in a minority of his family family and friends, and the publishers had the OK to go ahead.
Some great recommendations guys. Thank you and keep em coming. I'll drop in anything I discover that's a must read (or sometimes listen to in my dyslexic case!).
I'm reading Zlatan's autobiography at the moment and it's a good read.
Living on the Volcano by Michael Calvin is worth a read if you want insight into the world of a football manager. I can't believe the access the writer got into the manager's lives!
Cheers Gringo. The Calvin boot sounds great!
What sort of things do you like to read?
Thrillers and crime get me the most. Am a big Elmore Leonard fan and like dark noir stuff like Jim Thompson. But I'm always up for trying new genres.
Just finished "Galveston" by Nic Pizzolatto, the writer behind True Detective. Not quite up to the dizzy heights of the first season of True Detective, but dark and broody and brilliant all the same. The most violent book in parts I've ever read.
Recently read The Mask of Dimitrios by Eric Ambler which was great - a spy/thriller published in 1939> it's noted for being politically left-leaning which is unusual for the genre.
The Man on the Balcony by Swedish husband and wife team Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö is a great crime book - again written by Marxists and long before Scandinavian Noir was a thing.
As for American crime I love James Ellroy and Daniel Woodrell, particularly The Death of Sweet Mister.
Love Ellroy. Thanks for bringing my attention to Woodrell. Didn't realise Winter's Bone was one of his stories. (I've seen the movie) Think I'm going to give him a go next.
Thanks to all the posts on here. I guess this has now become a good thread for book recommendations for all.
As a Pompey boy, I enjoy the DI Joe Faraday novels by Graham Hurley set in Portsmouth.
Often wonder why Cardiff has not been the backdrop of a similar series.There's been enough blood and guts and dodgy cops around over the decades.....
Dragon Tattoo has been mentioned but Jo Nesbo books are pretty good (also Scandinavian).
Speaking of Dragon Tattoo, one thing I hated in the otherwise enjoyable books was his weird habit of detailing exactly what the characters owned, like listing the specs of their computers. Very odd and it dates the books.