What's your favorite Book? I don't mean Sportsbook. I mean a book that you have read.

[gafl]

Anything written by Robert Ludlum.

[Roadtrip635]

Picking Winners by Andrew Beyer

That's a good one, first horse capping book I ever read. Betting Thoroughbreds by Steven Davidowitz is another good one.

[JohnGalt2341]

Anything written by Malcolm Gladwell Great insights

I agree. Malcolm Gladwell is great. I've read 4 of his books so far.

[Brock Landers]

Lights, Camera, Sex by Christy Canyon

[McCarthyFam]

tuesday's with morrie- mitch albom

[TheCentaur]

Great Expectations

[Dax]

The Third Eye - Lobsang Rampa and a few other of his.
The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho GREAT BOOK... one of my favorite authors.

[wal66]

I read a lot but the majority of my reading is mobster related or courtroom related or biographies. The one book I read that was outside my norm was The Da Vinci Code. It actually is my favorite and while many of the books I have read were also movies and the books are always better in this case the book was far and away much better.

[Bcatswin]

Lone Survivor, Marcus Lurttrell eyewitness account of a navy seal team

Harry Potter

[Gee]

Probably not my all time favourite book, but a great read nonetheless Marching Powder by Rusty Young.

It is about life in a Bolivian prison. some crazy stuff.

[opie1988]

Wow...good stuff. I don't know if I'm impressed or just depressed because I don't read nearly as much as I should. Ever since this box came into my life, all I do is read the web instead of books.
I do like John Grisham, though he's not exactly a wordsmith, his stories are compelling reads. I will have to check out some of these books.
Opie, do you have a Kindle?

Just saw this, Swinger.

No, I do not have a kindle. I've looked at them, but I actually prefer the process & feel of a real book. I always try to buy hardback if available. I like the smug feeling I get when I get to tell someone "I've read every book in that bookcase."

[jrmartin.mig]

Lone survivor by Marcus Latrell.

[Swinging Johnson]

Just saw this, Swinger.

No, I do not have a kindle. I've looked at them, but I actually prefer the process & feel of a real book. I always try to buy hardback if available. I like the smug feeling I get when I get to tell someone "I've read every book in that bookcase."

I like the smug feeling I get just knowing someone who has a bookcase.

[mw00]

All joking aside, huge fan of the Dan Brown stuff. Movies are terrible but Angels and Demons was a great read. I enjoy the Michael Crieghton novels (Sphere, Andromeda Strain ec).

check out greg iles man..prob my fav author of all time..only read 1 or 2 of this books that i thought was ok....the rest are pretty good.

[INVEGA MAN]

ANY BOOK BY LOCKE. Unbroken, another great book

[Capybara]

Not surprising that a thread about literature would die in here before reaching the bottom of page 2. Actually, I'm surprised it made it to page 2!

Anyway, wanted to contribute...

Off the top of my head, some all-time favorites were:

Rule of the Bone -- Russell Banks (a coming-of-age story, but a pretty dark one... even as an adult, I really connected with this story of a kid trying to find himself)

Infinite Jest -- David Foster Wallace (can't even describe it; very cerebral but incredibly written if you can get through it)

Clockers -- David Price (sort of The Wire before there was The Wire )

There are a few of mine.

[I/O]

I read a lot but the majority of my reading is mobster related or courtroom related or biographies. The one book I read that was outside my norm was The Da Vinci Code. It actually is my favorite and while many of the books I have read were also movies and the books are always better in this case the book was far and away much better.

When Corruption Was King

-Robert Cooley

[CanuckG]

During the fall semester I was forced to read "Treasure Forest" by Cat Bordhi. Actually wasn't bad...other than that I don't read much. Back in the day I would read Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings. Now it's just Sports Illustrated or gazing at lines on SO.

[Capybara]

Let's keep this going... Save the book thread!

[COYLO]

Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki

How to pay your house off years sooner without making extra interest payments - ?

It's my favorite books cause I'm gonna retire early and not work paycheck to paycheck my whole damn life


Anyone else know any good books such as the ones I listed above??

how's the book going?? kiyosaki had a seminar near me recently but i missed it


currently reading
escobar by roberto escobar

[Ralphie Halves]

Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert Kiyosaki

How to pay your house off years sooner without making extra interest payments - ?

It's my favorite books cause I'm gonna retire early and not work paycheck to paycheck my whole damn life


Anyone else know any good books such as the ones I listed above??

"The 4-Hr Workweek" by Tim Ferriss. Required reading after you've read Rich Dad. Best book I've ever read. The basis for how I live my life today. Like, you, I'm not there yet, but I'm damn fukking close.

[cant call it]

The Anti-capitalistic mentality &
Human Action
Ludwig von mises

What is property?
Pierre joseph proudhon

The law
Fredric Bastiat

[cant call it]

Fiction books

1984
farenheit 451
fear and loathing
grapes of wrath

[CanuckG]

Fiction books

1984
farenheit 451
fear and loathing
grapes of wrath

1984 is a good one.

[Roadtrip635]

Fiction books

1984
farenheit 451
fear and loathing
grapes of wrath

Fear and Loathing, great read.
Love reading Hunter S Thompson.

[Iced]

Non-fiction - The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul

Fiction is pretty close though. I'd give a slight edge to the Harry Potter books over the George Orwell books 1984 and Animal Farm.

[Ra77er]

check out greg iles man..prob my fav author of all time..only read 1 or 2 of this books that i thought was ok....the rest are pretty good.

Thats for the info, will check him out.

[poochiecollins]

Matters what types of books you like, do you like classics, William Faulkner? Or are you into the new type of novels . . A great book, that came out a few years ago is is White Noise Anything by Chulk Paulnuk is good. My favorite one of his books is Invisible Monsters. If you want to take on a challenge, read As I lay dying, its probably William Faulkners easiest book's. But i whole heartly enjoyed it. Going with the classics Ernest Hemming way is anther great author to check out. I love political thrillers so anything by Vince Flynn is great to me. One of the newest books i read is Life of Pi. If you are a hippie drug guy, Dharma Bums would be a good book for you. ANTHER GREAT BOOK, i would rec commend is THIS MUCH I KNOW IS TRUE, it is a bit long, but it is a very very fast read. Easy read. But i could not put this book down, the first 20 + pages will have you hooked for good. If i had to reccomend ONE BOOK it would be Invisible Monsters, it is THE MOST ****** up book i ever read. Murder, sex, sexchange, plot twists, shootings, gory images. If you want a thinker, paranoid, 1984 type book, go with the Don Dellio book White Noise. I will post some more later, i have all my books in the basement at the moment.

Using quotes or italics would've made this easier to read

[poochiecollins]

"Human Happiness
Its Nature and Its Attainment" by Fordyce. To me at least, it was and is a very informative and inspirational e-book on the study of happiness.

[Sanka]

Anything by Dan Brown
Gomorra - Roberto Saviano
Primal Fear - William Diehl

check out greg iles man..prob my fav author of all time..only read 1 or 2 of this books that i thought was ok....the rest are pretty good.

I have one of his books at home (The Footprints of God), never got around to reading it yet. Was about to start Men Who Hate Women from Stieg Larsson's Millenium series, but might give this one a go first.

[Living The Dream]

As they see them

[Jericholic]

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.

[jbrent95]

The Punch by John Feinstein(sic)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
A River Runs Through It by Norman McClean

[actiondan]

How to choke people by Latrell Sprewell.

How to eat chicken by Tyrone Washington

[JohnGalt2341]

Non-fiction - The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul.

I'm going to pick this up at my local Library within the next couple of days. It got 5 Stars out of 5 on Amazon. That's extremely rare.