Over Spring Break, the wife and I and some friends went skiing in Colorado. Long story short, I fell and tore my ACL. Surgery went well this morning, but God knows I'm not going to be riverdancing any time soon. I also DON'T want to watch daytime TV all day (I could care less who the frickin father is), so I'd rather do something a little better with my time. My wife got a nook for Christmas, and I'd like to bone up on some good reads while I'm out of commission. I've heard Work War Z is good, what else y'all got? FYI I enjoy post apocalyptic, dystopian society, and most sci fi novels.

I've already read Enders Game, Hatchet, Maze Runner series, even read the Hunger Games with the rib and enjoyed it. I kind of want to start reading books with an older audience, now though. Post your favorite or link me to any threads that might have good suggestions/discussions.

These are some of my favorite non fiction that I read/have read.

Empire of the Summer Moon
Anything by J. Frank Dobie.

John Gierach
Pat McManus

Check the OB FAQ three is a three page thread on books

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My wife got a nook for Christmas, and I'd like to bone up on some good reads while I'm out of commission.

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I'm not sure the OB is the correct place for the kinda books you are looking for...

CJ Box is a personal favorite of mine (incidently got hooked during ACL recovery).

I highly recommend "A Beast in the Garden" to anyone, and A Sand County Alamanac if you have never read it.

If you can get "Hell I was there" Elmer Keith's story that is a good read. He was a cool dude and yeah he was there.

Never mind. Holy crap I just looked and that book is going for crazy prices.

Thanks for the recs everyone!

Oh and HammerStump, nice one.

Into Thin Air / Into the Wild - both by John Krakauer
The Third Man Factor - John Geiger
Deep Survival: who lives, who dies, and why - Laurence Gonzales

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"Guns don't kill people, I kill people."

I just finished WinterDance and highly reccomend it. It chornicles the Iditarod Trail.

The Game of Thrones series should be right up your alley.

Plugger by Rudy Grigar

Anything Michael Crichton is good. Lots of thought both goes into and comes out of his stuff. Same for Tom Clancy, although he's not exactly in the vein you asked for. E. E. Knight's Vampire Earth series is good, post apocalyptic alien vampire novels, not whiny and shiny. I'd also recommend a good survival manual or two, on the basis of practical reading.

Robert Rourk

Peter H. Capstick

Hemingway

I'll second both the Capstick books and "Empire of the Summer Moon".

Lucifer's Hammer


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