O/T:- Book recommendations

[Bartlett's Dust]

Plenty of spare time at the moment so I've got back into my reading, a few recommendations below for ones I have read recently and were good. If anyone has any recommendations please add.

Don Winslow - The Border
Like Narcos the novel, very detailed, violent and descriptive.

Blake Crouch - Dark Matter
Sci-fi thriller from the author of the Wayward Pines books.

Cormac McCarthy - Blood Meridian
a western but not a typical western, very graphic and violent known as one of the most shocking books ever written.

John Niven - Kill Your Friends
Like an Indie version of American Psycho.

Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon
Classic book, one of the only ones I've read twice.

Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory
Only book I've read without a break.

A few I have downloaded today and will probably read over the next week or so.

Shane Stadler - Exoskeleton
Similar to 1984 apparently, free on Kindle Unlimited.

Iris Chang - The Rape of Nanking
About the atrocities against the Chinese by Japanese soldiers in 1937.

Robert Bolano - 2666
One of the best books of the noughties, nearly a 1,000 pages long.

[sidders]

Good shout, Dusty.
Can I add another tome that makes a great read AND IT'S BY A TORY MP so it must be good if I recommend a blue boy
The book is 'The Places In Between' and it's by Rory Stewart. It tells the true story of his trek through Taliban-ridden Afghanistan. This guy has balls of steel to get through this odyssey. His saving of a dog that had been savaged by Afghan villagers is a wonderful but plaintive tale in its own right. Be patient with it; once you get 80 pages in it really takes off.

[LaxtonLad]

I've been reading "Killers Of The King". It's the factual account of the arrest, trial and execution of King Charles I and the vengeful chase of the signatories of his death warrant by his son Charles I and the restored parliament. It's written by Charles Spencer, brother of Lady Diana, and at times it reads almost like a thriller. The executions are particularly gruesome and the atmosphere of the mid 17th century is so real you could almost smell Baldrick. It's a highly original style of writing history, not cobwebby at all.

[JoePass]

The Path To Power..Margaret Thatcher, top read.

[Mapperleypie]

The Path To Power..Margaret Thatcher, top read.

Pages stuck together Joe?

[SwalePie]

Good shout, Dusty.
Can I add another tome that makes a great read AND IT'S BY A TORY MP so it must be good if I recommend a blue boy
The book is 'The Places In Between' and it's by Rory Stewart. It tells the true story of his trek through Taliban-ridden Afghanistan. This guy has balls of steel to get through this odyssey. His saving of a dog that had been savaged by Afghan villagers is a wonderful but plaintive tale in its own right. Be patient with it; once you get 80 pages in it really takes off.

I like the sound of this one. Ta!

[TSANHO]

Pages stuck together Joe?

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[Bartlett's Dust]

Good shout, Dusty.
Can I add another tome that makes a great read AND IT'S BY A TORY MP so it must be good if I recommend a blue boy
The book is 'The Places In Between' and it's by Rory Stewart. It tells the true story of his trek through Taliban-ridden Afghanistan. This guy has balls of steel to get through this odyssey. His saving of a dog that had been savaged by Afghan villagers is a wonderful but plaintive tale in its own right. Be patient with it; once you get 80 pages in it really takes off.

Thanks Sid, this has now been added to my list to download.

Sounds fairly similar to the one below and if you haven't read I would definitely recommend.

Blood River by Tim Butcher
"Blood River was written after Butcher was posted as an Africa foreign correspondent for British newspaper the Daily Telegraph. The book follows Butcher's mission to recreate the expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley – travelling alone through the Congo. The book not only tells the story of Butcher's journey but the remarkable story of the Congo"

[Bartlett's Dust]

I've been reading "Killers Of The King". It's the factual account of the arrest, trial and execution of King Charles I and the vengeful chase of the signatories of his death warrant by his son Charles I and the restored parliament. It's written by Charles Spencer, brother of Lady Diana, and at times it reads almost like a thriller. The executions are particularly gruesome and the atmosphere of the mid 17th century is so real you could almost smell Baldrick. It's a highly original style of writing history, not cobwebby at all.

Thanks for the recommendation. I'm getting to the point where I need to read some other genres as crime fiction is a bit too predictable and this will tick a box.

[Bartlett's Dust]

Pages stuck together Joe?

Hmmm, what a lovely thought.

Thanks Joe but I think I'll pass on that one.