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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 01:48 PM Original message |
I need some book suggestions. Not political! |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. I've never read Ludlum, but I absolutely LOVE LeCarre's books. |
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reprehensor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I can second that. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
51. You have never read Ludlum? Get thee to a woodshead! |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ask this question in the DU Lounge; you'll get better suggestions there |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. O.K. will do |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 12:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Appears that you were wrong |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Sci-Fi: Kim Stanley Robinson - The Mars Trilogy |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
48. I like sci fi in videos but need a modicum of believability |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:27 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. That's why I recommended this trilogy |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. O.K. cool. Its on my list. Thanks |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tried Robert Tanenbaum? |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Love it, thank you |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 03:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. You're welcome. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
36. As a matter of fact, I have a used bookstore around the corner |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. "Corruption of Blood" (7th in Karp series) is VERY political, however. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. "My Name is Red" by Orhan Pamuk |
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Hestia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. For something completely different, try Kim Harrison and the |
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Justitia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Books by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (co-authors) look really good (link) |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. For fine writing, the classics are hard to beat. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Don Quixote |
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loves_dulcinea (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. if you have a modern lit jones |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
63. Sounds like you have read Don Q |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Can't Find My Way Home" |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
13. Hey, if you're connected in any way with |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
37. Much as I would love your book, I am a union Sheet Metal Worker |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:49 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Hey, remind me when I'm shouting about being published |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 12:04 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. PM me when you get to print |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Sure thing |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #44 |
68. Sounds like a good book... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here are a few... |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 03:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Westlake's Dortmunder series is especially fun. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. Reginald Hill writes terrific brainy mysteries. n/t |
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troubleinwinter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
16. History. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Hi, tmfun. Maybe pick up a copy of Reynolds Price's novel, THE TONGUES OF |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
19. I have been on a reading binge.. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
43. Already read all of Burkes stuff but will look at your other recs |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Here's one I haven't read yet... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Family Tree (sheri tepper), any Octavia Butler |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
23. If you don't want a Ludlum Spy type then "1491" by Charles Mann is a great read |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oh...and "Salt, a World History"...Lots of Food, Culture, History.... |
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Democrat 4 Ever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If you like political mysteries try Brian Haig. I read one of his |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
26. Read Dennis Lehane. 'Mystic River' 'Gone Baby Gone' 'Shutter Island' |
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cordelia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
27. Anything Steinbeck, and |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Read all of Stienbeck years ago |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
29. Richard Brautigan's A Confederate General from Big Sur. |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
30. "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:21 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. One of my all time favorites! |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
64. ditto that! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
33. You'll probably like Steve Martini .. and the Paul Madriani series |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. You'll also probably like Jonathan Kellerman ... and his Alex Delaware series |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Yep, read em all already |
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enlightenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. David Liss. |
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LiberalHeart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
38. Read John Philpin's novels or true crime books. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
41. For Costa Rica reading, maybe |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-01-07 11:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. If you like Ludlum, Follett, and Patterson, you will like Vince Flynn, Brad Meltzer |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
50. sounds like you read me. I will look into them |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
49. Stephen R. Donaldson;: The Gap Series (sci-fi) or The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
53. Motherless Brooklyn |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
55. "Humboldt's Gift" by Saul Bellow |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
56. SF favs with modicum of "believability" |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
57. A fan of Ludlum, Follett, Patterson will propbably enjoy ... |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
59. thrillers and mysteries....my picks |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
60. Fannie Flagg's two books are great! but, John Grisham is my hands |
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Corgigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
61. Christopher Moore |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
62. Colleen McCullough's "Masters of Rome Series" |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
65. If you're talking suspense |
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Dawggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
66. Marley and Me |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
67. Any Dan Brown book is great beach reading. |
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shadowknows69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-02-07 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
69. Can't go wrong reading "The Lord of the Rings" again(?) |
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