[Closed] Non poker books

Originally posted by andyb43
You guys posted some real heavy stuff.............my old brain couldn't handle that

SO........my favourite authors:
Lee Child
Stephen King
John Grisham
Nelson DeMIlle
John Le Carre

Catcher in the Rye is also a track on the new Guns N Roses Album, check it out

I'm not sure of all those authors but i no Stephen King is thriller/horror ..

You should check out "Dean Kootz" some amazing reads in his horror novels..

personal fav being : Life Expectancy .. i really suggest reading it - it'll scare 6 color's of shit outa ya, but hey - it's worth it

The Game by Neil Strauss

Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

I also like books like Caves of steel by Isaac Asimov.

And ofcourse I like Christine By Stephen King but he has a couple of other good books to.

Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

a very good book
but Terry Pratchet rules!!!

Originally posted by cannell555
I've never been able to concentrate for long enough to read a book. Until a few years back, I read Mark Brandon "Chopper" Reid. I later found out he had 9 books. Since then i've read them all, and his stories are amazing.

I later had to surf the net, just to check if half his stories are true, as alot of them are quite horrid.

The film "Chopper" covers about 1% of the actual happenings in his life. Most of the best parts weren't even allowed to be filmed, so the book is a must read for any true crime fan.

HF,
Stiev

You're Australian are ya?

Some good books recomended here. For those who liked "1984" must read "Brave New World". "Dune" and "Flowers for Algernon" are on my top 5. "Replay" is a also must for any Sci-fi fan.

Only read some German books recently - no idea if they actually as good in English ;o

Schlafes Bruder - Robert Schneider (Brother of Sleep)
Das Attentat - Harry Mulich (The Assault)
Die Schachnovelle - Stefan Zweig (Chess Short Story)

I also enjoyed Catcher in the rye although its been a while since I read that. Was actually reading a lot of the related 'Beat' Literature at that time with my favourite being On the Road by Jack Kerouac.

I'd probably read more if it wasn't for my compulsive nature of always finishing a book within a day or two and pretty much not getting anything else done ♦

Originally posted by SheepMoose

Originally posted by cannell555
I've never been able to concentrate for long enough to read a book. Until a few years back, I read Mark Brandon "Chopper" Reid. I later found out he had 9 books. Since then i've read them all, and his stories are amazing.

I later had to surf the net, just to check if half his stories are true, as alot of them are quite horrid.

The film "Chopper" covers about 1% of the actual happenings in his life. Most of the best parts weren't even allowed to be filmed, so the book is a must read for any true crime fan.

HF,
Stiev

You're Australian are ya?

Nope, i'm English, Scouse to be exact ♦

The wealth of nations rocks=))))) Though I don't share your views on tolstoy's war and peace.

The Dune - Frank Herbert - thats the best of the best imho.
Any book by Nick Hornby

I have actually only read, about 3 books my whole life

1. Hitchhikers Guide to The galaxy - Douglas Adams
2. Yes Man - Danny Wallace
3. The Hobbit - Tolkien

Originally posted by mChavez
The wealth of nations rocks=))))) Though I don't share your views on tolstoy's war and peace.

The Dune - Frank Herbert - thats the best of the best imho.
Any book by Nick Hornby

Dune is about to be made into a film again.

3rd time lucky

First time was quite shite imo. You cannot compress two books into one short film. Second time was better + it was 3 films for two books =)))

Third time might well be lucky =)))))