I know this is the internet and people tend to exaggerate. A LOT. So if you don't believe me I understand, but I couldn't care less. I read, on average anywhere from 30 - 50 books (of ALL types) during any given year depending on how busy school and work keep me. I can tell there are a damn good amount of people on this site who have above average, to well above average intelligence levels so I figured this would be a good place for anyone interest to share books that they found interesting/exciting/informative. And, I LOVE thriller novels, especially ones involving the CIA/Badass dudes that fuck people up too, so this thread isn't just for people reading Stephen Hawking novels, but is open to everyone.....I'll start....

Pure entertainment reading, as I said I love current event type thriller novels.

Anything by Vince Flynn, Alex Berenson, Brad Thor are good, won't find a bad book amongst any of those three. New authors in the same vein are Mark Greaney (wrote The Gray Man....fucking AMAZING).

As far as intelligent thrillers that involve some type of history/science/unknown and obscure facts/education along with their thriller stories, James Rollins(great writer and books full of interesting takes on history), Raymond Khoury, Steve Berry, Chris Kuzneski and David Gibbins are cool. To a lesser extent Greg Loomis attempts to do what these writers do, but to quite a lesser result. Tom Grace is also decent but I've only read one of his books - "The Secret Cardinal"- and have a hard time finding his stuff....Interestingly, I've only read one book like this by this author but "The Lost Constitution" by William Martin is a fictionalized account of a missing rough draft of the constitution that takes the reader through a mix of modern day detective story and history background/beginning of the country....and its a great book.

As it pertains to my other reading passion....anything to do with archaeology/history/repressed history/alternative history/anything ancient that is unexplained I recommend:

1. Discovering the Mysteries of Ancient America - Joseph, Sitchin, Collins, Childress, Lee....etc

Amazing book that brings to light the fact that there were other cultures in this country BESIDES Native Americans, as far back as 1000 BC in North America and Possible MUUUUUCH further in South America. Irony might like to know that there are an abundance of copper mies in the Detroit/ Northern Michigan area that date back to pre-christ era, come complete with Phoenecian writing and local Indian stories of a strange people from "a land far away" that worked the caves and left to sail down the Mississippi.....

Information on Early 4-7th centur Gaelic style inscriptions on rocks and caves up and down the Eastern Coast of the US indicating an Irish Catholic Pilgrammage to the North America was launched almost 1000 years before Viking explorers reached Newfoundland.

Amazing Linguistic Studies of the eerie commonalities between the languages of Egypt and the mysterious Cahokia mound building cultures that built the largest pre-modern city in the US around the same time the culture in Mexico disappeared that displays eerie simmilarities to the temple building cultues of Mexico and south America

The existence and discovery of a rock slate containing an accurate account of Moses 10 Commandments in the Canyons of New Mexico dated to about 200 years after the time of Christ along with a description of a "lost group" who left Jerusalem and fought their way to New Mexico only to fade into history

An honest look at how an astonishingly high percentage of Native American cultures in the Northeast - From Michigan to St. Louis and from Ohio, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and all the way to Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia have stories of "old world" looking humans coming to their lands to trade and to live and then returning home, almost in every case, in peace.

Stories of an amazingly well preserved mummy found in Alaska dating back to almost 500 years BCE that shows a CLEARLY European-type face and dark red-auburn hair, in COMPLETE contrast to any Native Americans living in the area at the time.....

First person accounts of one of the first European explorers to reach the pacific coast of South America, Juan Fernandez, describing a race of people living along the oceans and west coast of south America in blatant contrast to the rest of the natives he encountered. Fernandez describes "people so white and well clad in everything different from the people of Chile (that he previously encountered)." Thes people are believed to be the mysterious Chachapoya - or cloud - people that disappeared soon after the arrival of the Spanish in South America.....leaving behind extremely well preserved mummies in cliff caves only accessible with modern rock climbing equipment 500 years ago.....

Or the stories of now native Hawaiians, upon discovery of Hawaii, encountering a race of tall, fair skinned, red/light haired people inhabiting the island when they first arrived.........


All in all, just things that dont fit "the accepted" view of history yet cannot be ignored

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

Jesus people......1 min after I posted this thread there were 8 people in here....now there's zero and not one of the previous people responded ( I was hoping for something from CV and/or Phil) who were both in here but pretty sure they both left because neither will usually make a statement without knowing exactly what they are talking about first. Not that they aren't intelligent enough to respond (obv both are) I'm guessing they both left to find info to back up the points they will inevitably like to make.

Also, really, in all honesty I will mail any book I own to a Sabres Junkie Forum poster if they promise to mail a book back to me in return. I've read everything I have and I'm sick of paying $20-$25 for a book I'll read in a week and leave on a bookshelf forever....if you want to read it, I'll pay the $2/$3 to ship it to you if you promise to send me something worth while in return. THIS is the entire point of this thread...to share the intelligence/knowledge/learning amongst the people who love it......... because you know you're sending someone a book they may never read otherwise and in turn, they may be sending you a book you may never have read otherwise......

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

Sorry dude. I hate books.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

I'm almost never the person to make fun of someone for personal choice, but honestly, without trying to be a dick...why do you "hate books?"

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

I don't hate books books, just there is rarely ever a book my type.
Very very picky when it comes to books.

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"Counting all the assholes in the room, I'm definitely not alone!" ~ Michael Poulsen, Volbeat, Still Standing.

The Lovely Bones!!! If you watched the movie or seen the trailer, then don't post about how gay it is, because I know it is...but that's one of my favorite books...so AMAZING!

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"Ah...composite sticks...you can't beat 'em...unless you have a wooden one..."-Harry Neale

In Pegula We We Trust!

A lot of that reminds me of my 200 level cultural studies class (which was interesting as hell, btw). You didn't name some of the other "more popular" authors; what do you think of guys like Dan Brown, James Patterson, or Michael Crichton (just three of my favorites).

I'd be willing to do a swap; the first book I'd send you would be The Jester, by James Patterson. Second would be 'Next', by Michael Crichton.

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Ray Feist.

I read to escape, he creates new worlds with inspiring characters and it stimulates my imagination. Providing me with fuel for my awesomeness.

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

Stuck on Christopher Moore lately... Dirty Job... The Gospel According to Biff: Jesus' Childhood pal... Also got into the Tao of Poo ... Did the whole Angels & Demons and the other one he did that I forgot the title... working on some comedy stuff right now and the instruction manuel on putting together a trailer, lol... Obviously, when I read I go more lighthearted, funny...

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I find this stuff so interesting. Every time there is a documentary about this on TV, almost like the Ancient Aliens documentary on the History Channel I'm watching it.

Are you a Coast to Coast listener?

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I love reading. I've read about 10 books so far this summer. Right now I'm reading The Game by Ken Dryden, and it's been spectacular so far. It's a must-read for any hockey fan.


The Lovely Bones is one of my favorite books too.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

If you ever want to cure your love for reading, just go to college for English Lit.
That did the trick for me.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

When I read, I read 2-3 books a day (my reading-with-comprehension speed is too fast for the tests we did for that in high school, which maxed at 800 wpm; safe to say now that while my classmates skim books required for class, I read every word). When we first moved here the Julia Boyer Reinstein library (think that's what it's called hahaha) was THE BEST THING EVER. The library where I used to live is just a house. I was eleven, and I checked out 10-12 books a week for the first two or three years we lived here. Heaven.

Now I mostly read non-fiction, especially books on psychology and sociology and philosophy.

I really want to write a long reply to this, but I have to leave in like five minutes for another shift at work, soooo I will bow out for now.

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Miles to go before I sleep

‎"Love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation."
-Khalil Gibran

I tend to read predominately fantasy genre books for pleasure reading, which is mostly why I read.

Some interesting nonfiction I've read include Mole People, a book about the underground homeless in NYC (years ago); Atlas Shrugged, an eerily disturbing look at the downfall of a productive capitalist society from an author who lived under the oppression of Communist Russia; The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey, which is some straight talk about our financial pitfalls and a no nonsense plan for getting out (and staying out) of debt.

I'm also partial to Dave Barry's novels. His columns always cracked me up, and he does a bang up job with a longer format.

I may be able to remember more. I don't read as much as you, but I probably put a good 20+ books away a year. My family also saves them. We don't trade or sell them because we love having an extensive library.

Ham

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Do you believe yet?

vince flynn=amazing


ive only read his series on mitch rapp, but it was awsome

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PSA: I am an overly sarcastic person. If you take me at my word, then i will most likely anger and offend you.

Ah, Choke by Chuck Pahlaniuk (spelling?). Same guy who wrote Fight Club. Different, but I recall enjoying it.

Ham

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I Love Jeffery Deaver Books also Andy Mcnab is quite good

I've always been a fan of auto biographies, I think most of the books I own are autobiographies of rock stars. I love learning about all those stories you never hear. One book I found particularly compelling was The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx. It's all about his struggle with a crippling heroin addiction. It may sound trashy, but it really is a great book. I also like a little science fiction on the side. I like Michael Crichton. The Andromeda Strain was top notch.

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Rest in Peace Nani. 10/3/10

Gerbacity



"Grier coming in over the line. He leaves it to Gaustad. The shot. THEY SCOOOREE!! RING UP ANOTHER ONE FOR THE GOOSE!!! HONK IF YA HEAR THE GOOSE!! 3-0 BUFFALO!"

I used to read Mack Bolan(The Executioner) when I was young. Phoenix Force was similar, and I actually liked it better. I think it's a Bolan spin-off anyways. I'm sure you've read some of these already, if not, I'm sure you'd like them.