[LS]

While you're at it, consider the excellent Dragon's Fury series by Freeper Jeff Head. Written several years ago, this "world war III" series involves an eerie coalition of certain Muslim state, India, and China in an attempt to defeat the U.S. and her allies.

Also take a look at my 9/11 novel, September Day.

[FReepaholic]

...The Civil War trilogy by Newt Gingrich and Bill Fortschen,...

These are excellent books. Very well written and imaginative. However, I found Newt's books about Pearl Harbor sorely lacking. Couldn't finish them.

S.M. Stirling's "Dies The Fire" series is excellent. "This world is hit by "The Change" causing electricity, high gas pressures, and fast combustion (including explosives and gunpowder) to stop working. This is very bad news for the majority of the population, but the books follow some of the survivors and show how different groups choose different ways to adapt to the changed world."

[PJ-Comix]

Anything by James Jones but I highly recommend what is really THE Great American Novel. “Some Came Running.” Absolutely the BEST novel about small town American life. An absolutely INCREDIBLE novel.

[Jeff Head]

Here are links to both Dragon's Fury: World War against America and the West", and "September Day"

Dragon's Fury is now available in a single, large hardback release that has been updated and is much less expensive than buying all five of the original novels in the series.

DRAGON'S FURY: WORLD WAR AGAINST AMERICA AND THE WEST

SEPTEMBER DAY

[babaloo]

I am halfway through Gold Coast and have already purchased Gate House. Just “discovered” Nelson DeMille and I love his humor and writing style. Tom Wolfe is fabulous. Bonfire of the Vanities is one of my all time favorites. Great insight into Wall Street during boom times.

[George Smiley]

Thirteen Moons, by Charles Frazier.

[Grammy]

Thanks for the thread! I made a list from an earlier reading thread and am happily checking things out from my library. I will add to the list. I will also definitely get your book and Jeff Head’s.

[Claud]

Ok I’m not exactly an unbiased in playing up Angels in Iron by Nick Prata (our Freeper-owned company publishes it):

http://www.arxpub.com/literary/Angels/AngelsinIron.html

When we got this manuscript it completely blew us away. It’s historical fiction on the Knights Hospitaler defending the island of Malta against Suleyman and the Turks in 1565. This thing reads like a Mel Gibson movie. We’ve been selling this book for 10 years and people love love love it. I read it straight through in one night.

[EvenStephen]

“Nikita’s Plan” by Stephen Kenner. A real page turner.

[Hyzenthlay]

My local library has ‘The Book of the Dead’ by Preston and Child, maybe when I have time and feel like braving the cold I’ll check it out.

Personally, I’d recommend Watchmen by Alan Moore. It’s a really amazing book, and a fascinating read since the graphic-novel format allows the author to do things that just couldn’t be done in a regular book. And, if you’re even thinking of seeing the upcoming movie, the book ought to be read first.

[AuntB]

May I suggest:

http://jesusweptanamericanstory.blogspot.com/

“Jesus Wept” An American Story of Struggle, Sacrifice, Faith & Hope

An Historical Novel

[retrokitten]

Finally, any of the books by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, such as The Cabinet of the Curiosities or The Book of the Dead are terrific. Preston and Child have created an FBI agent named Pendergast who is simply one of the most captivating heroes in literature, a man whose strange tastes and lifestyle are exceeded only by his lack of brawn and reluctance to use brute force---a Sherlock Holmsian American character.

I recommend these books every time there is a quarterly book thread. I love them! Still Life with Crows is my favorite. I have it on audiobook from Audible.com and Rene Auberjonois is a fabulous narrator. His voice for Pendergast is so dead on. When I read their books, his voice is the one I hear in my head for Pendergast.

Douglas Preston also wrote a book called, The Monster of Venice. It's a true crime book about unsolved serial killings in Florance, Italy. It's fantastic, as well.

[7thson]

Right now I am reading The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers. On deck is Your Heart Belongs To Me, the new novel by Dean Koontz.

[MoochPooch]

The Slow Moon, by Elizabeth Cox. A little dark, but absorbing.

[Smokin' Joe]

bfl

[Shery]

Thanks! I am an avid reader and love mystery, crime scene, classics, and spy novels. I was into Patricia cornwell for a time, but the language is a turn off. It continues to grow worse and more coarse. Yuck!

Thanks for the list of books by title and author!

[firebrand]

I just read Toni Morrison's Mercy, her latest. It was a bit difficult for me to keep all the characters straight at first, but after that it was easier. A marvelous work, her best yet I think.

[firebrand]

It's kind of late for this, but you can always put a card under the tree announcing the subscription: I gave my little brother a subscription to Analog: Science Fact, Science Fiction magazine when he was 14 and he has been continuing his subscription ever since. He ended up getting his computer engineering degree courtesy of the USNavy, so it took! Great last-minute gift idea for kids that age. It's here.