I'm looking for a good book to dive into while on my commute to work. I'm not looking for anything sports related, and I'm open to something non-fiction or fiction, current or classic. I'm just looking for the best of the best - your favorite book and why, something that was really hard hitting and/or entertaining.
My favorite book is The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum...very quick moving and exciting. If you have watched the movie, it doesn't ruin any of the book.
I also just recently finished The Da Vinci code....which I'm sure most of the World has read already. But it was quite enjoyable.
The Count of Monte Cristo is another very good read.
My favorite is far and away Shogun by James Clavell, which tells the story of when the Europeans discovered and began to interact with feudal Japan in the late 16th century. It is an extremely entertaining historical fiction which portray's an amazing picture of the people and political struggles of the time.
If I haven't convinced you, 242 out of 287 reviewers on Amazon.com gave it 5-stars.
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CheeseBeger wrote:My favorite is far and away Shogun by James Clavell, which tells the story of when the Europeans discovered and began to interact with feudal Japan in the late 16th century. It is an extremely entertaining historical fiction which portray's an amazing picture of the people and political struggles of the time.
If I haven't convinced you, 242 out of 287 reviewers on Amazon.com gave it 5-stars.
Sounds somewhat obscure in nature, but if it got reviews like that, it must be impeccably written...
That hairy potter kid seems to be popular......dunno what's so special about pottery, much less some hairy kid doing (?) pottery and stuff, but that's just me....Isn't that just a Chia-Pet? What's so special about that?
If you liked the movie 300, or like the story behind it, Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is a great read.
Yes doctor, I am sick. Sick of those who are spineless. Sick of those who feel self-entitled. Sick of those who are hypocrites. Yes doctor, an army is forming. Yes doctor, there will be a war. Yes doctor, there will be blood.....
CheeseBeger wrote:My favorite is far and away Shogun by James Clavell, which tells the story of when the Europeans discovered and began to interact with feudal Japan in the late 16th century. It is an extremely entertaining historical fiction which portray's an amazing picture of the people and political struggles of the time.
If I haven't convinced you, 242 out of 287 reviewers on Amazon.com gave it 5-stars.
Sounds somewhat obscure in nature, but if it got reviews like that, it must be impeccably written...
Yeah Clavell is a very good author. I guess he is most famous for writing "The Great Escape."
Shogun is at its heart an adventure novel, which was very well researched to gain a strong cultural understanding of Japan/Europe of the time. Definately a book you won't want to put down once you start.
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A great viewpoint of military structure, civic duty, and the difference of the citizen and soldier. More thought rousing than entertainment but I love it. The movie absolutely destroyed the book in a bad, bad way.
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