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Any suggestions for a good book?

Posted on 01/13/2018 11:16:58 AM PST by A Cyrenian

Can you give me some suggestions for a good read (beside FreeRepublic)?

I've always like Tom Clancy's books and Dean Koontz.

I started using Kindle and thought I would ask you what you liked.

Thanks for your help.


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1 posted on 01/13/2018 11:16:58 AM PST by A Cyrenian
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To: A Cyrenian

https://www.amazon.com/Matthew-Bracken/e/B00350B7EU

Matt’s a Freeper...


2 posted on 01/13/2018 11:19:36 AM PST by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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Red Mars (not the sequels)
The ship who sang (all)
The Reality dysfunction and neutronium alchemist.


3 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:14 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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The only novels I read are about naval history, so anything by C. S. Forester.


4 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:24 AM PST by Retain Mike
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The Lion’s Gate

On the six day war from mostly those in the thick of it on the Israel side


5 posted on 01/13/2018 11:20:35 AM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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If you like Clancy, you’ll like W.E.B. Griffin...

He has several series...
“Brotherhood of War”
“Badge of Honor”
and more......


6 posted on 01/13/2018 11:22:00 AM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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Matt Bracken’s fiction is good.

For history, read “The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico” by Bernal Diaz.

Diaz was one of Cortez’ foot soldiers. It is a first person account.

I do not think it is available on Kindle.


7 posted on 01/13/2018 11:22:28 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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great read

https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Republic-Kurt-Schlichter-ebook/dp/B01M0H7WQZ

America’s growing political and cultural divisions have finally split the United States apart. Now, as the former blue states begin to collapse under the dead weight of their politically correct tyranny, a lethal operative haunted by his violent past undertakes one last mission to infiltrate and take out his target in the nightmarish city of Los Angeles, deep in the heart of the People’s Republic of North America.


8 posted on 01/13/2018 11:22:48 AM PST by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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That Every Man Be Armed
Stephen P Halbrook


9 posted on 01/13/2018 11:23:18 AM PST by RandallFlagg (Vote for your guns!)
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The Force, by Don Winslow (NOT of the Navy)


10 posted on 01/13/2018 11:23:20 AM PST by TigerHawk
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I recently finished “Vanish” by Brian Petersen and “Nobody’s Angel” by Tom McGuane. Loved them both, although I’m usually a nonfiction reader for the most part.

I’m 2-3 chapters into “Celebration” by Harry Crews. It’s a little strong so I might not be able to finish it.

Some of my favorite books of all time are “All Over but the Shoutin’” by Rick Bragg and “Liar’s Club” by Mary Carr.

Also loved “Somerset Homecoming.”

A book I’ve returned to over and over again is “Nicholas and Alexandra.”


11 posted on 01/13/2018 11:24:12 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Trey Gowdy - resigned from the House Ethics Committee 01-10-18)
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Return of the Primitive
- Ayn Rand


12 posted on 01/13/2018 11:24:50 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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Jules Verne’s Mysterious Island.
A bunch of guys get stranded on an island and make stuff from scratch, like a telegraph system. Plenty of detail on methods of thriving, not just surviving.


13 posted on 01/13/2018 11:25:01 AM PST by billslugg
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FReeper Book Club: The Debate over the Constitution, Federal Farmer #1

FReeper Book Club: The Debate over the Constitution, Federalist #17

Perhaps there are at least 16 more...

14 posted on 01/13/2018 11:25:05 AM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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I think yoh woukd like Brad Thor.
Excellent and eerily topical


15 posted on 01/13/2018 11:25:19 AM PST by RWGinger (Does anyone else really)
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The great thing about Kindle is the myriad of books by new authors who are just trying to get noticed by readers. Unlike the old days of either expensive self-publishing or trying to get some publishing house to take a chance on you.

My advice is to just browse the Kindle books. Use the power of the algorithms to help you find new authors and take a chance on a book that costs less than $3. Then when you see one of them in actual bound print one day, you know that you helped make that happen.


16 posted on 01/13/2018 11:26:11 AM PST by Bryanw92 (Asking a pro athlete for political advice is like asking a cavalry horse for tactical advice.)
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Some Buried Caesar—Rex Stout
A Nero Wolfe Detective Story


17 posted on 01/13/2018 11:26:17 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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Oh, my fav:

FreeRepublic Library Reading List?

18 posted on 01/13/2018 11:26:19 AM PST by C210N (It is easier to fool the people than convince them that they have been fooled)
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I was going to go to my “Good Reads” but then thought I could just link? I recommend my five stars (obviously)

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/51908158-m-rothenbuhler?order=d&page=1&sort=rating&utf8=%E2%9C%93&view=covers

I’ll list a few of the top titles in the five star category in case the link isn’t helpful:

For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
The Samurai, by Endo
Gilead, by Marilynn Robinson
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry
Shogun by James Clavell
Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

more in your genre might be:

City of Bones by Michael Connelly
Hard Currency by Stuart Kaminsky
Declare by Tim Powers

happy reading


19 posted on 01/13/2018 11:26:29 AM PST by Persevero (Democrats haven't been this nutty since we freed their slaves.)
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I really like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. It’s best to read them in order (The Killing Floor is the first one). Lee Child is a British author but you would never know it. Occasionally, not even in every book, there’s a little aside that leads you to believe Child is not a conservative (he’s not). But it’s not long or preachy. The action is always pretty good.

One book in the series to stay away from though is “Nothing To Lose”. It’s horrible and was written about the time Obama won his first term. so I can only think Child was feeling all Hopey Changey.


20 posted on 01/13/2018 11:27:05 AM PST by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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