Book Readers Step In - Book Recommendation for a Non-Reader

[LateralLine]

I really don’t like to read much at all and have read very few books cover to cover. No particular interest in reading material other than not into Sci-Fi. Below some I’ve liked and some I’ve put down before done. Most suggested on other BBC book threads.

Not Finished/Put Down
Italy’s Sorrow by James Holland
How to be a Man by Duff McKagan – made it thru most of it

Liked but not in Order
With the Old Breed by Eugene Sledge
What Happens When I Die by Bill Wiese
Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance
Beyond Deaths Door by Maurice Rawlings
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand

I know, all over the board - Suggestions? Thanks

[SoonerFan]

A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving was one of the best books I ever read.

[Imavol]

Someone recommended a book about divers in New Jersey, I think it was on here last year. I think it was Shadow Divers but I do not remember for sure. But it was fantastic.

[n2ratfishin]

If you like Hillbilly Elegy you'll like "Educated" by Tara Westover.

[yatesville88fan]

Yeager by Chuck Yeager. Takes him from his childhood here in WV to WWII to breaking the sound barrier. One of the Greatest pilots ever.

[castforcash]

Nelson Demille, Up Country.

[hatcreek]

Anything by Patrick McManus… all hilarious.

Lonesome Dove (or any of the related novels) by Larry McMurtry.

Anything by Tom Clancy (he wrote The Hunt for Red October).

[rjvana37]

If you can find it and the only one that I know that is nonwestern that Louis Lamour wrote was, ( Last of the Breed). A great read.
Clive Cussler series of books.

[MadYakker]

A great fiction series is those written by C.J. Box. Stories are about a Wyoming Game Warden and the crimes he investigates- most of which aren't about wildlife per se, but out there, apparently any law enforcement agent is called in to help with crimes. I'm on book #13 of the set, so be warned-they are addicting.

[RoadrashPaul]

Someone recommended a book about divers in New Jersey, I think it was on here last year. I think it was Shadow Divers but I do not remember for sure. But it was fantastic.

Yes it was me. Fantastic book and there is a second one that is almost as good. It’s called Pirate Hunters.

If your into aviation at all read The Aviators.

[castforcash]

A great fiction series is those written by C.J. Box. Stories are about a Wyoming Game Warden and the crimes he investigates- most of which aren't about wildlife per se, but out there, apparently any law enforcement agent is called in to help with crimes. I'm on book #13 of the set, so be warned-they are addicting.

I've read all of his books, very hard to put one down once you start.

[OH_Ranger]

The volunteer. It's about the Holocaust.
Another recommendation for shadow divers. He was one of the divers on Oak Island.

[Whiteboat]

If you like WWII books, Citizen Soldiers by Ambrose is excellent. All his books are good but this one is exceptional.

[bzbrent]

1. The "Saxon Tales" series by Bernard Cornwell. The first one (title "The Last Kingdom") is gripping!
2. Anything written by James Patterson
3. "A Man in Full" by Tom Wolfe (also wrote "The Right Stuff")
4. Anything written by John Grisham
5. ...the title you were searching for in an earlier reply was "Shadow Divers" by Robert Kurson - VERY good book!
6. "The Power of the Dog" by Don Winslow
7. "Midnight in Chernobyl" by Adam Higginbotham
8. "One Second After," and "One Year After" by William Forstchen
9. "Under the Dome" by Stephen King
10. "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet

-b-

[breeves2245]

If you like Hillbilly Elegy you'll like "Educated" by Tara Westover.

Get this one "Educated". It's good. I wouldn't have thought I would like it. I passed it around to my friends. All really liked it.

Also check out Thriftbooks.com. I get most from there. Used but real cheap.

[BP in ME]

In keeping with being random:

A River Runs Through It
Unbroken
Boys in the Boat
The Killer Angels

[USMC2112]

A great fiction series is those written by C.J. Box. Stories are about a Wyoming Game Warden and the crimes he investigates- most of which aren't about wildlife per se, but out there, apparently any law enforcement agent is called in to help with crimes. I'm on book #13 of the set, so be warned-they are addicting.

This, picked up one randomly at Sams Club a few months ago. I now have the whole series (got them from Amazon). Once I started, I found myself wanting to know what happened next.

[rds_nc]

The volunteer. It's about the Holocaust.
Another recommendation for shadow divers. He was one of the divers on Oak Island.

Both are excellent recommendations.
I recently read 2034 by Admiral James Stavritas who was a SEAL and Supreme Allied Commander. It's about rising tensions with China that spill over. Looking forward to reading 2054 when I finish my current series. If you change your mind of sci-fi I have lots of good recommendations, lol.

[Fins]

This Tender Land, William Kent Krueger
Reacher books by Lee Child.. take your pick
Without Remorse, Tom Clancy
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
The Plot Against America, Phillip Roth
Never, Ken Follet
Night Over Water, Ken Follet

I pickup books from neighborhood little free libraries and then often download the books from my library to read on my tablet with Kindle. Just downloaded a CJ Box book.. thanks for the recommendation!

[Keoweefishing]

Citizen Soldiers - Ambrose
Any of the LBJ books by Robert Caro
Lonesome Dove - McMurtry (or anything else by him)