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I like to bend my mind every now and again.
What Books Are You Reading & Favorite Authors?
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I like to bend my mind every now and again.
Since so many folks seem to be interested in mysteries & techno-thrillers, here are a few suggestions.
Caleb Carr's "The Alienist" is one of the best mystery/thrillers I've ever read. Set in New York in the late 1800s, it's about psychological profiling and the search for a serial child-murderer.
I think of Frederick Forsyth as "Tom Clancy before there was Tom Clancy" - he is very proficient with using and incorporating technical details into his story lines, without overburdening the reader with jargon & "tech talk" - the two I recommend the most are "Day of the Jackal" and "The Dogs of War". Both were also made into fine films (although avoid the Bruce Willis remake of "Jackal" like the plague).
Lawrence Sanders "The Anderson Tapes" is a great book about surveillance and robbery (it was also made into a fine film, with Sean Connery).
Caleb Carr's "The Alienist" is one of the best mystery/thrillers I've ever read. Set in New York in the late 1800s, it's about psychological profiling and the search for a serial child-murderer.
I think of Frederick Forsyth as "Tom Clancy before there was Tom Clancy" - he is very proficient with using and incorporating technical details into his story lines, without overburdening the reader with jargon & "tech talk" - the two I recommend the most are "Day of the Jackal" and "The Dogs of War". Both were also made into fine films (although avoid the Bruce Willis remake of "Jackal" like the plague).
Lawrence Sanders "The Anderson Tapes" is a great book about surveillance and robbery (it was also made into a fine film, with Sean Connery).
rivasky
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Currently reading Philip Roth's The Facts. I love that guy.
other favs are Thomas Pynchon, Franz Kafka and Thomas Bernhard
other favs are Thomas Pynchon, Franz Kafka and Thomas Bernhard
I will have a look, thanks for the heads up
He writes novels from time to time indeed and I do agree with you that the movies made and based on his novels are not that great but that the books are indeed great.
Last I read was The Law of Nines a second time. I really Like Terry Goodkind. Stephen Kings early and mid stuff is great have not read the newer stuff.
Looking into reading some Brad Meltzers soon.
Looking into reading some Brad Meltzers soon.
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The Devil in the White City and Mike Tyson's Undisputed Truth.
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