Book Club..

[happy_tiger]

Haven't read a book right through for many years now lol.....I used to read a lot when I was younger...not as much these days.

There you go ...I thought you were a young fella ..about DaBoss's age

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

I think Dostoyevsky would have to be the all time best author.

after reading crime and punishment, i'm of the belief he's killed someone before

“You know we were talking earlier about Dostoevsky? – Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky... Born 1821... Died 1881...”

what do you mean CB? You guys were talking about dosteovsky in another thread?

Not a fan of the British Office TR?

 

[TheDaBoss]

Haven't read a book right through for many years now lol.....I used to read a lot when I was younger...not as much these days.

There you go ...I thought you were a young fella ..about DaBoss's age

Took u a while

?

 

[TillLindemann]

Don't really read fiction, but I do read a bit of non-fiction and biographical stuff.

I'll read anything by Stephen Hawking. There's a few books I've got to get my hands on by Brian Cox and Neil deGrasse Tyson. The Cosmos book by Carl Sagan was brilliant. If anyone is into spaceflight, Failure is not an Option by Gene Kranz is a great read into one of the men who was instrumental in the early and peak period of US spaceflight when it was still exciting for the public.

Philip Carlo's books on the Richard Kuklinski and Tommy Pitera were good reads.

I've enjoyed Steve Waugh's and Tim Ross' biographies especially as well.

Would also like to read the personal accounts of Paul Keating, JWH, Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull as well when I have a spare few months.

Cosmos is great! and the old Carl Sagan tv series of the same name as well. Have you read Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene?

No I haven't, what vein is it in? Is it like Cosmos, or a bit more involved?

Have you watched the Cosmos reboot that NdT did?

Yeah I watched the reboot, but you can't beat Carl.

Fabric of the Cosmos is in the same vein, deals with the big questions of time and space, has a lot about string theory etc. One of the best I've read.

 

[trentrunciman]

I think Dostoyevsky would have to be the all time best author.

after reading crime and punishment, i'm of the belief he's killed someone before

“You know we were talking earlier about Dostoevsky? – Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky... Born 1821... Died 1881...”

i think i understand what you're saying.

raskolnikov is the protagonist in C&P

 

[TheDaBoss]

The best I've read recently is The Tatooist of Auschwitz

Very good read if you like that sort of stuff

Any Escape book also is very good (POW camp escspes)

 

[trentrunciman]

The best I've read recently is The Tatooist of Auschwitz

Very good read if you like that sort of stuff

Any Escape book also is very good (POW camp escspes)

reminds me of Viktor Frankl's "*man's search for meaning*"

 

[kiwitiger]

Another good one, reading at the moment - The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett. I can't put it down.

His two follow up books on kingsbridge are also really good. Love his 20th century trilogy as well.

 

[TillLindemann]

Another good one, reading at the moment - The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett. I can't put it down.

His two follow up books on kingsbridge are also really good. Love his 20th century trilogy as well.

Cheers, I didn't even know there were more!

 

[Russell]

I like certain fantasy/sci-fi authors along with action thriller writers, essentially anything that offers escapism to an extent. From fantasyland...Raymond E Feist, Janny Wurts, Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan...and action thrillers, can't go past Vince Flynn. I also like Matthew Betley and Matthew Reilly.

If you don't mind action thrillers Willow, you might like to try Chris KUZNESKI.

I have read the following and they are all excellent. Highly recommend.

Sign of the Cross (2006)
Sword of God (2007)
The Lost Throne (2009)
The Prophecy (2009)
The Secret Crown (2010)
The Death Relic (2011)
The Einstein Pursuit (2013)
The Hunters (Hunters series) (2013)
Forbidden Tomb. The (Hunters Series) (2014)
Prisoners Gold, The (Hunters Series) (2015)

 

[diedpretty]

Like David Irelands earlier works - Glass Canoe, The unknown Industrial Prisoner. Not so much in to fantasy. More in to realistic stuff thats gritty - think Last Exit to Brooklyn type stuff. Like music biographys.

 

[Russell]

Willow, I can also recommend Jo Nesbo, a Norwegian writer of Crime Thrillers.

His first book called "The Bat" was set in Australia.

Bat, The (1997)
Cockroaches (1998)
Redbreast, The (2000)
Nemesis (2002)
Devil’s Star, The (2003)
Redeemer, The (2005)
Snowman, The (2007)
Headhunters (2008)
Leopard, The (2009)
Phantom (2011)
Police (2013)
The Son (2014)
Blood on Snow (Short Story) (2015)
Midnight Sun (Short story) (2015)
The Thirst (2017)
Macbeth (2018)
The Knife (2019)

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Willow, I can also recommend Jo Nesbo, a Norwegian writer of Crime Thrillers.

His first book called "The Bat" was set in Australia.

Bat, The (1997)
Cockroaches (1998)
Redbreast, The (2000)
Nemesis (2002)
Devil’s Star, The (2003)
Redeemer, The (2005)
Snowman, The (2007)
Headhunters (2008)
Leopard, The (2009)
Phantom (2011)
Police (2013)
The Son (2014)
Blood on Snow (Short Story) (2015)
Midnight Sun (Short story) (2015)
The Thirst (2017)
Macbeth (2018)
The Knife (2019)

I agree Russell, Nesbo's books are great reading. Was it Redbreast written about the Norwegian volunteers to the SS?

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The Ghost by Robert Harris probably my favourite book. Was made into a movie, directed by Polanski. Robert Harris writes a lot of historical novels. 2 involving Hitler, one of which set in 60’s Germany, from the POV Germany won the war. Another book with a fictional account of Stalin’s death. And another good novel called The Fear Index about the 2010 flash crash.

 

[kiwitiger]

The Ghost by Robert Harris probably my favourite book. Was made into a movie, directed by Polanski. Robert Harris writes a lot of historical novels. 2 involving Hitler, one of which set in 60’s Germany, from the POV Germany won the war. Another book with a fictional account of Stalin’s death. And another good novel called The Fear Index about the 2010 flash crash.

Fatherland is a great book.
Another Robert harris book The spy and a gentleman is a good read until you realise it is based on a true story.

 

[Harvey]

Read a number of different authors. Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon and Stephen King among the favourites

 

[Tim Sheens]

Apart from bedtime stories, I haven't read much at all this past decade, but expecting a lot of revealing political non-fiction will be getting me back into it next year.

 

[Russell]

Willow, I can also recommend Jo Nesbo, a Norwegian writer of Crime Thrillers.

His first book called "The Bat" was set in Australia.

Bat, The (1997)
Cockroaches (1998)
Redbreast, The (2000)
Nemesis (2002)
Devil’s Star, The (2003)
Redeemer, The (2005)
Snowman, The (2007)
Headhunters (2008)
Leopard, The (2009)
Phantom (2011)
Police (2013)
The Son (2014)
Blood on Snow (Short Story) (2015)
Midnight Sun (Short story) (2015)
The Thirst (2017)
Macbeth (2018)
The Knife (2019)

I agree Russell, Nesbo's books are great reading. Was it Redbreast written about the Norwegian volunteers to the SS?

The crimes had their roots in the battlefields of the Eastern Front during WWII.
Good Ol' Harry Hole - Luv him.

 

[Masterton]

I think Dostoyevsky would have to be the all time best author.

I loved Crime and Punishment, but The Brother Karamazov wore me out.

 

[Masterton]

My faves are Cormac McCarthy, William Faulkner, Jennifer Egan, Irvine Welsh, Dennis Lehane, Vonnegut. Big fan of Frank Herbert in my younger days. Sometimes a little lazy in my reading these days, but I was smashing out a few a week in my isolation.