Book Suggestions / Tom Clancy
Thanks for the posts in my last entry, guys. I'm still not quite sure about what order I'll read the Tolkien stuff in [i also hope to get more of his stuff], but I probably won't read them until summer anyway.
So, a few days ago I finished the last of Vince Flynn's books. The only thing I can say is I wish there were more. =P Really, all twelve were the best books I have read. Though, I actually haven't read that much, as up until a few months ago I didn't do much reading. But still, I really, really enjoyed them. My favorite? Ah, geez, don't make me do this. =P
I guess if I had to choose it might be the last three books he's written: Extreme Measures, Pursuit of Honor, and American Assassin. The first two because the second is a continuation of the same story as the first. And while you don't need to read them both [all books can be read on their own, though I suggest reading them chronologically], the story was quite good. Then American Assassin because it's Mitch Rapp's [the main character in all but one of Vince Flynn's books] recruitment, training, and first kill with the CIA. It's just so full of character and action and awesomeness. =P
I must warn you, though; there is quite a lot of swearing. And violence, of course. So, basically, they're like the Clancy books.
Anyway, so I'm looking for more book suggestions again [i'm looking back at my two previous entries, too]. Here are some books that I'm already planning on getting that were recommended outside of BZP:
-Point of Impact -- Stephen Hunter [first in the Bob Lee Swagger series, which sounds cool]
-The Moonstone -- Wilkie Collins [it's considered the first detective books in English]
-Something by Brian Haig [no, that's not the book's name -- literally, I want to get something by him, as Vince Flynn is making a series co-written with him]
-1984 -- George Orwell
-War and Peace -- Leo Tolstoy
-The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- Douglas Adams
-The Grapes of Wrath -- John Steinbeck
-Of Mice and Men -- John Steinbeck [could've sworn I had this, as I've read it before, but I can't find it, so if I see it for cheap I'll get it]
-The Kite Runner -- Khaled Hosseini
-Dune -- Frank Herbert
-Count of Monte Cristo -- Alexandre Dumas
-Moby Dick -- Herman Melville
-Les Miserables -- Victor Hugo [that's gonna take forever to read, if I ever do, but it'd be cool to have]
-Whose Body? -- Dorothy Sayers [her first book, and supposedly it's good to read them in order for sake of character development]
-Starship Troopers -- Robert Heinlein
-Red Planet -- Robert Heinlein
-Have Spacesuit Will Travel -- Robert Heinlein
-Last Man Standing -- David Baldacci
-The Sniper -- Nelson DeMille
-Liars and Thieves -- Steven Coonts
-Something Wicked Comes This Way -- Ray Bradbury
-The Shadow of the Wind -- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
-Heart of Darkness -- Joseph Conrad
-The Bourne Series -- Robert Ludlum [i already have Identity, so I'll read that before I buy more]
I haven't read any of those [except Of Mice and Men], so if anyone has I'd like to hear your opinions. And, as I said, any other suggestions would be great [i hope to read a book a week]. Some of them I probably won't read for a while [specifically War and Peace/Les Miserables/Count of Monte Cristo =P], but I think they'd still be cool to have and read at some point.
Also, one last question, for those fans of Tom Clancy: What order should his stuff be read in [specifically his Jack Ryan series]? Chronological, publication, or just random?
Thanks everyone.
Currently reading Path of the Assassin, by Brad Thor.
- Velox
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