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STW has been great for recommendations in the past.

I've just finished A Higher Call and Moonshot following nods from here and in the past Pilgrim and the Spitfire one were good.

What should I think about next?


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 7:56 pm
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Books that have really gripped me:

Lonesome Dove

South

East of Eden

Grapes of Wrath

American Gods


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 7:58 pm
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Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 8:05 pm
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Outposts or Krakatoa, both by Simon Winchester.

Anything by Ben Macintyre, especially Operation Mincemeat.


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 8:07 pm
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Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec

Is very good. Requires/rewards the paying of attention.

Read some Don Delillo, working backward in order of popularity of title excluding Americana.


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 8:50 pm
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The shortest history of Germany - sort of arranges European history for you in a concise and readable fashion

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-shortest-history-of-germany/james-hawes/9781910400739


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 9:20 pm
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IHN - As you liked Lonesome Dove, have you read The Son by Philipp Meyer?

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-son/philipp-meyer/9780857209443


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 9:22 pm
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I have, it was excellent, as is American Rust by the same author.


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 9:38 pm
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1883390.The_Discovery_of_France

Also have a troll through and see what others are reading.

I am just finishing A Legacy of Spies by Le Carre.


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 10:14 pm
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I picked up The Boy On The Bridge recently and really enjoyed it.  It's a prequel to The Girl With All The Gifts, also worth reading, but my recommended reading order would be Boy, Girl, then the epilogue at the end of Boy (which contains major spoilers for Girl).


 
Posted : 02/09/2018 10:32 pm
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''Crossing The Divide By The Teeth Of My Skin' - Jack 'Mustang' MacDuff

'Hard Refuge, Soft Option'  - Gustaf Ølaf

'Gritty McGritface' - Terence Talltail

'A Short Gentleman' - Jon Canter

that last one was the best by far.  Haven't laughed so much at a novel for as long as I can remember


 
Posted : 03/09/2018 5:41 am

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