Looking to get back into reading. Let me hear some great books you've recently read. Subject doesn't matter.

Lords of the Fly by Monte Burke

Blood Aces by Doug J. Swanson is one I read recently. cool book about Benny Binion.

We've had two or three book threads in the last few weeks. You may want to do a search.

I would recommend:

Non-fiction:
The 2nd Ammendment Manifesto
https://www.amazon.com/Second-Amendment-Manifesto-American-Constitutional/dp/1736083503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=T9PDMFAA1YW7&dchild=1&keywords=2nd+amendment+manifesto&qid=1612323116&sprefix=2nd+ammendment+man%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-1

Fortitude - by Dan Crenshaw
I like Dan, and this book hits home with his thoughts on his military service and what all Americans owe the USA

Plugger - by Rudy Grigar
This one is one of my all time favorites as we fish many of the same waters that Rudy did way back when. He has some amazing tales.

Old Man and the Sea - Hemmingway
This is another of my all time favorites. I re-read it annually.

Fiction:
Jesse McDermitt series by Wayne Stinnet
These are set mainly in the Florida Keys with former military guys turned fed agents. I mainly like them for the nautical themed stuff and they are always fishing and shooting and diving.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jessie+mcdermott+series&crid=1BEBMHINTIOIE&sprefix=Jessie+McDermott%2Caps%2C173&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-a-p_1_16

The Mac Travis books were also a good read along the same lines as Jessie McDermitt.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mac+travis+adventure+series&crid=31D17COJ3Q5W1&sprefix=Mac+Travis%2Caps%2C172&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-a-p_4_10

I also read a lot of terrorist whacking stuff, by authors such as: Brad Taylor, Brad Thor, Mark Greaney (both Grey Man, and his Tom Clancy books), LT Ryan, Kyle Mills, Steven Konkoly. The original Tom Clancy stuff written by Clancy was all really good, too. I used to read Jack Higgins when younger, and he has great stuff. Another favorite is the Swagger books by Stephen Hunter. David L RObbins has written some other great ones also, like War of the Rats. Jack Coughlin also wrote some great sniper books. Any of the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child are worth it (better from the beginning ones first). Marc Cameron is along these same lines with a US Marshall. Ken Follet and some of his early English stuff like Pillars of the Earth is interesting for a change of pace.

I also have read some James Rawles stuff, like Patriots, Survivors, etc. It is great post-apocolyptic reading with covid going on.

Anything by Louis L'amour or Elmer Kelton never disappointed me when I was in High School. Lonesome Dove was better than the movie also.

I will also say that the books Jurassic Park, and We were soldiers, are 20 times better than the movies.

(ETA...I have always read a lot. I will continue to post up others as I recall them)

- Anything by Steven Rinella if you're into the outdoors
- Crow Killer the Saga of Liver Eating Johnson
- Red Platoon
- lonesome Dove
- I ever Met a Story I didn't like by Todd snider
- The Revanant
- American King pin - story of the silk road, bitcoin, etc


Those are the best ones I've read in the past couple years.

Empire Of The Summer Moon

Time Life Old West book series. Only set of books a man needs.

Read the whole Brad Thor collection, i think he is a dick personally, but really like his books. Also, start at the beginning, it will all flow much better than reading out of order.

https://texags.com/forums/34/topics/3174503

Some good authors:

Skeeter Skelton
Elmer Keith
Bill Jordan

In addition to authors already mentioned:
Will Thomas is a nice change if you like turn of the century English private investigator books. His books are a little Sherlock Holmes and a little Bosch from Michael Connelly's books.
Brad Taylor
James Rollins
Jack Carr
Ben Coes (Power Down is a great book)
Paul Doiron (about a Maine game warden investigator)

AnScAggie said:

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In addition to authors already mentioned:
Will Thomas is a nice change if you like turn of the century English private investigator books. His books are a little Sherlock Holmes and a little Bosch from Michael Connelly's books.
Brad Taylor
James Rollins
Jack Carr
Ben Coes (Power Down is a great book)
Paul Doiron (about a Maine game warden investigator)

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I also went through Jack Carr and Ben Coes. Both excellent.

Blood and thunder

The end is always near

Emerald mile

Someone gave me "Tools of Titans" and by the end of that book, I'd ordered at least 30 more books. Tim Ferris compiled excerpts from his favorite podcast guests and one of the things he includes is each of their recommended reading list. It's a rabbit hole if you're a book person and now my collection includes some crazy stuff I never knew I'd be interested in. Actually opened up some new paths in my life.

Anything by Ben K. Greene.

"Goodbye to a River"....by John Graves.

Anything by Pat McManus

The Rescue Nurse
Book by J. Philip Horne

To rescue someone, sometimes you have to kill someone else.
When Michael Grimm is sent to Italy by his employer to transport an injured woman home to Montreal, he finds her riddled with bullet wounds and near death. Michael saves Ariana only to discover all is not as it seems, and that the lines between hunter and hunted don't exist.

I would add the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn if you haven't read those.

More terrorist whacking!

The richest man in Babylon.
This little book change my life 30 years ago.

Grizzly Killer series (mountain man books) by Lane Warenski. I have read the first 11 books, reading the newest release now.

Lane Warenski author page on Amazon

Isaac's Storm - Details the forecaster and the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Empire of the Summer Moon - Comanches and Comancheria in Texas and the Great Plains, really good, one of the best books I have ever read
The Boys in the Boat - U Washington Olympic Rowers in the 1936 Berlin (Hitler) Olympics

Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy
Dune by Frank Herbert
Earth Abides by George Stewart
The Coming Plague by Laurie Garrett
Lucifer's Hammer by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose
The Stand by Stephen King
West of Eden by Harry Harrison

Recommend my current read, A Voyage for Madmen by Peter Nichols. It's about the men who attempted the first solo circumnavigation of the world in a sailboat race in the late 60s.

One Second After, One Year After, The Final Day, 3 book series.

Some really uncomfortable parallels with what's going on now and what could easily happen.

Wilbur Smith. His books are about Africa, fathers, sons, and brothers. There are series but they also stand alone. I've read over 30 of his books and can't wait for the next one. About wildlife, hunting, wars, and battles. Some take place on ships, some in the jungle, some in the African plains. All are so good!

I'll probably get flamed for this but I love all of Louis L'Amour's books. They're my brain candy when I don't feel like reading a deep/heavy topic.

IronAg45 said:

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I'll probably get flamed for this but I love all of Louis L'Amour's books. They're my brain candy when I don't feel like reading a deep/heavy topic.

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Came here to post Louis L'Amour. He's most famous for his westerns, but my two favorites aren't westerns.

The Last of the Breed is about an experimental air force pilot that gets shot down by the Soviets and then he escapes the prison camp and travels across Siberia waging a personal war against the Soviets.

The Walking Drum is an 11th century story that follows a man on a quest to rescue his father from slavery. One of my favorite books ever.

Two of my favorites!

Lonseome Dove - McMurtry
Comanche Moon - McMurtry
Pretty much anything by McMurtry
Lonesome Gods - L'Amore
Lone Survivor - Luttrell
Service - Luttrell
Warrior Elite - Dick Couch
The Finishing School - Dick Couch
The Battle of Mogadishu - Matt Eversman & Dan Schilling
Band of Brothers - Ambrose
Beyond Band of Brothers - Maj. Dick Winters
Catcher in the Wry - Bob Uecker
Goodbye to a River - John Graves
Texas Market Hunting - Sawyer
A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting - Sawyer
The Deer Pasture - ?? (cant' remember the author, quick read though)
Game of My Life - 25 Stories of Texas A&M Football - Brent Zwerneman
Backyard Brawl - Stratton
The Junction Boys - Jim Dent
The Undefeated - Jim Dent
Fields of Honor - Sally Point
The 100 Year Decision - The Honey Badger
Failure is Not an Option - Gene Krantz
Eighteen Minutes - The Battle of San Jacinto and Texas Independence - Moore
A Texan Illiad - ?? (can't remember the author)

SquanchyAg said:

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Blood Aces by Doug J. Swanson is one I read recently. cool book about Benny Binion.

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Great book.

Last of the Breed is an excellent read and not the typical Lamour book if you're not into westerns.

I always wanted more of The Walking Drum - remember reading it a long time ago.

Recently read The Last Bushman on the Mid-Kuskokwim - about and partially written by Roland Welker, recent Alone winner. Definitely enjoyed it - an uncommon perspective on trapping and living and guiding in the wilderness.

Yep....read all of em so far!

HERE is a good place to start

Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

AnScAggie said:

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In addition to authors already mentioned:
Will Thomas is a nice change if you like turn of the century English private investigator books. His books are a little Sherlock Holmes and a little Bosch from Michael Connelly's books.
Brad Taylor
James Rollins
Jack Carr
Ben Coes (Power Down is a great book)
Paul Doiron (about a Maine game warden investigator)

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Good Reads.

I am currently reading the Gray Man series by Mark Greaney. Good stuff.