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Old 10-21-2008, 10:55 PM
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Default Favorite Books?

Some of the books I've read are: Lord of the Flies, The Lieutenants, The Captains, Honor Bound, Behind the lines, Hatchet, Lords of Discipline, Absolutely American, Foxman, a Day no Pigs would Die, As I lay Dying, All that Remains, The entire Redwall series, just to name a few.

I find that most of my favorite book's plots tend to fall in to military, and military fiction categories. However upon further inspection of that list, you can also note that southern classics also rank up on that top list of mine.

I was just wondering what are some of yall's favorite books?
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My favorite book of all time would have to be The Lord of the Rings.
Band of Brothers is a close second.
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Old 10-21-2008, 10:59 PM
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If it's got Tom Clancy on the spine, chances are I'll enjoy it. My all time favorite is Rainbow Six. I also enjoy reading legal/political/social documentations and books, I know snooze fest but don't judge me lol! Of those, Kissinger is probably my most read author, but I've only actually finished one full book by him (Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy). It's always hard for me to finish informative books, or books discussing a single topic because I generally start reading other material relating to it and not finishing them all...
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It's always hard for me to finish informative books, or books discussing a single topic because I generally start reading other material relating to it and not finishing them all...
That's hard for me too. Try reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich without picking up dozens of other books and looking at dozens of websites while reading it.
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Old 10-22-2008, 07:28 AM
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That's hard for me too. Try reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich without picking up dozens of other books and looking at dozens of websites while reading it.
Sounds boring , I'll have to check it out lol! I'm glad that someone else shares my pain here, not that I would wish you pain or am glad that you have that pain, but you know what I mean , right?
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Sounds boring
It wasn't to bad once I started looking up the additional information. But yeah, it was kind of boring.
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Old 10-22-2008, 08:46 AM
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Killer Angels by Micheal Shaara

Gone for Soldiers by Jeff Shaara

So Far From God by John S.D. Eisenhower

Star Trek: New Frontier series by Peter David

and various comics from DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, DDP, IDW, etc.
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My favorite books?

The Rising Tide
Rainbow Six
Brothers in Arms (The Story of the 761st Tank Battalion)
The Presidential Agent Series
SEALs: Battlecraft

and dozens more...
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My favorites are:

And Then There Were None

Anything by Stephen King

Lord of the Flies

Animal Farm
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