Fifes Elite Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Started to read some books again since I am back travelling at work a bit more. Anyone got any recomendations for books?I enjoy autobiogrpahies of footballers and rock stars but also like to read history and political books from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutsch Par Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I enjoyed the Very Hungry Caterpillar. Good read, 9/10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Evil Spirit by Oliver Reed. Dear Boy - Keith Moon autobiography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Patrón Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Recently ready Gerrard and Gary Neville's books. Thought they were a bit bland and boring really. Some good tales but mainly they just seemed to be match summaries of certain games they were involved in. I like a good military book, like Bravo Two Zero etc - some of McNabs fiction books have been pretty good as well. Along with the Bourne books, really good and totally different stories to the films which are also brilliant.There is a quality book called First Into Action by Duncan Falconer, about Special Boat Service training and missions etc. It's superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I like a good military book, like Bravo Two Zero etc - some of McNabs fiction books have been pretty good as well. Along with the Bourne books, really good and totally different stories to the films which are also brilliant.There is a quality book called First Into Action by Duncan Falconer, about Special Boat Service training and missions etc. It's superb.There are some very good military writers. John Nicholl was an RAF pilot shot down in the Gulf in 1990, he's written a few very good books from an RAF view. The story of Bravo Two Zero has been written about three times, once by McNab, Chris Ryans version of how he escaped, and then there is the view point of the Kiwi, Stan - Interesting to compare the different versions. If the SAS is your kind of thing, there was a series of books called "Soldier A", "Soldier B", "Soldier C" and on and on. True tales of SAS combat. For a bit of SAS fiction, Terence Strong is a great read. Writes a lot about the Troubles with NI, following a central character and his team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradox Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Anybody ever read any of the Skinner series novels by Quintin Jardine. Scottish crime fiction based in Edinburgh. Similar to Rebus. Very good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superally Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Started to get into some Tartan Noir particularly Iain Rankin, Stuart McBride, Peter May & Christopher Brookmyre. Mainly read on holidays but all are good reads. I don't read Val McDermid for obvious reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 I like a good military book, like Bravo Two Zero etc - some of McNabs fiction books have been pretty good as well. Along with the Bourne books, really good and totally different stories to the films which are also brilliant.There is a quality book called First Into Action by Duncan Falconer, about Special Boat Service training and missions etc. It's superb.There are some very good military writers. John Nicholl was an RAF pilot shot down in the Gulf in 1990, he's written a few very good books from an RAF view. The story of Bravo Two Zero has been written about three times, once by McNab, Chris Ryans version of how he escaped, and then there is the view point of the Kiwi, Stan - Interesting to compare the different versions. If the SAS is your kind of thing, there was a series of books called "Soldier A", "Soldier B", "Soldier C" and on and on. True tales of SAS combat. For a bit of SAS fiction, Terence Strong is a great read. Writes a lot about the Troubles with NI, following a central character and his team. I should add that Jack Higgins is really easy to read too, covering SAS, MI5, WW2 and the IRA. There was also a very good diary of the Falklands by a Para who was there on the ground. For the life of me I cant remember what the book or author are called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piracy Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Stalingrad by Antony Beevor is a classic interpretation of one of WW2 greatest battles. Great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTH123 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 I tend to find an author whose style I like and work my way through their books. Watched The Crow Road on TV years ago and got into Iain Banks. It's a good book but I like Complicity even more. Couldn't get into his scifi stuff though.Have also read all the Andy McNab and Chris Ryan books but these days now that I've got a kindle I tend to just download anything free that's got decent reviews. There's a series called Jet that's about a female mossad agent and one about a south American assassin by Russell Blake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Autobiography wise, I'd recommend Nigel Mansell's latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu_Manchu Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Started to get into some Tartan Noir particularly Iain Rankin, Stuart McBride, Peter May & Christopher Brookmyre. Mainly read on holidays but all are good reads. I don't read Val McDermid for obvious reasons Started to get into some Tartan Noir particularly Iain Rankin, Stuart McBride, Peter May & Christopher Brookmyre. Mainly read on holidays but all are good reads. I don't read Val McDermid for obvious reasons I like Val McDermid's standalone novels but cannot get into her sets of series. Just finished Coffin Road by Peter May. Excellent book. Also love Rankin's novels. On the subject of crime/thriller novels i also recommend Peter James, Lee Child and Simon Kernick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superally Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Fu I was looking for a copy of the Coffin Rd for my hols, I have May's Lewis trilogy if you want to borrow it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fu_Manchu Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Fu I was looking for a copy of the Coffin Rd for my hols, I have May's Lewis trilogy if you want to borrow it? Have got and read the trilogy. Thanks anyway. Btw, Coffin Road is available dirt cheap for a hardback on Amazon just now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Beer Baron Posted February 20, 2016 Report Share Posted February 20, 2016 Currently reading Straight White Male by John Niven. Loving it, everything I love about his stuff. Nothing touches 'The Second Coming' or 'The Amateurs' though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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