Books!

I've started reading alot lately. I've got a stack next to my bed now that, where it to fall over, it would kill me. So I was wondering if you guys had any books to recommend. I made this list of books I'm planning to get off Play.com. Feel free to comment on the ones you've read.

Sniper One - Dan Mills

 I read "Generation Kill" and liked it. This seems similiar, only less crazy.

"Public Enemies" - Bryan Burrough

 1920's gangsters/bank robbers. Nuff said!

Darth Bane - Path of Destruction - Drew Karpyshyn

 I'm not a big Star Wars fan, but I really liked the Mass Effect books which were written by the same author.

The Crusades - Terry Jones ; Alan Ereira

I just finished The Barbarians by the same guys, this seems like more of that.

World War Z - Max Brooks

I've heard good things and I liked The Zombie Survival Guide which was written by the same guy.

Dragon Age: The Stolen Throne - David Gaider

The universe seems interesting and I liked the books Bioware did for Mass Effect.

 Here's a few of my favourites.
 
Sci-fi:
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut (well, sort of sci-fi)
Foundation, Isaac Asimov 
Short Stories, Philip K. Dick
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, vol. 2 (a collection of short stories by various sci-fi authors)
 
Non sci-fi:
Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond (non fiction, historical) 
Fifth Business, Robertson Davies 
The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandres Dumas (long but totally worth it)
Any short stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. There are quite a few collections out there.

Fiction
 
A Song of Ice and Fire: (A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings,A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows)  by George RR Martin.  Probably my favorite books ever written.
 
I'd also recommend Fight Club, Choke, and Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

Flyboys and Flags Of Our Fathers are fantastic books.

The I Am Legend book made me want to destroy the movie for ruining the book.

I've been reading John Adams by David McCullough.   
 
I just bought Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes last night, I have about 20 other books to read before it though. 

I have so many books that I need to finish.  It's not exactly I didn't have any free time this summer(I had nothing BUT free time). 

Johnny Got His Gun, Dragons of Eden, The Great Gatsby, God is not Great, Lord of the Rings, Crime and Punishment, In Cold Blood and The Picture of Dorian Gray are a few good ones.

What are books?

" What are books? "

" The I Am Legend book made me want to destroy the movie for ruining the book. "

" @CL60 said:

" The I Am Legend book made me want to destroy the movie for ruining the book. "

I'm right with you there man, I watched the movie before I read the book and I can safely say that the book was far superiour. "

" @FlamingHobo said:

" @CL60 said:

" The I Am Legend book made me want to destroy the movie for ruining the book. "

I'm right with you there man, I watched the movie before I read the book and I can safely say that the book was far superiour. "

Yeah, I watched the movie first and was like..hey, this movie is pretty good. So I went out and bought the book and after finishing it I felt that the movie was terrible...just absolutely terrible in comparison. "

" @CL60 said:

" @FlamingHobo said:

" @CL60 said:

" The I Am Legend book made me want to destroy the movie for ruining the book. "

I'm right with you there man, I watched the movie before I read the book and I can safely say that the book was far superiour. "

Yeah, I watched the movie first and was like..hey, this movie is pretty good. So I went out and bought the book and after finishing it I felt that the movie was terrible...just absolutely terrible in comparison. "

I read the book first waiting for the movie to be released and was very disappointed. The movie captured the feel of the city well but it couldn't capture the loneliness and depression Neville faced being a lone survivor. If you enjoy Matheson's work I really would  recommend some of his other stories especially this collection:  
  
http://www.amazon.com/Button-Uncanny-Stories-Richard-Matheson/dp/0765312573 "

Also Sean Williams is a fantastic sci-fi/fantasy writer. "

If you haven't already seen the film (since they are essentially identical), you would probably like No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Actually just read everything by McCarthy, he's a genius.
 
Right now I don't really have a book next in my queue. I just finished Atlas Shrugged about a week and a half ago and I can still see the pages in my nightmares. It's basically drained my of my will to read so I guess I'll just wait till my school assigns me something to read to get back into the groove. Although I do have some works of Friedrich Nietzsche that I could go through first...

" @CL60 said:

" @Lydian_Sel said:

Also Sean Williams is a fantastic sci-fi/fantasy writer. "

Indeed. He wrote the story for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and I've gotta say..it's got a pretty good story. It's pretty much the only reason I like The Force Unleashed. "

Hot Damn!     It's always good to see Australian Authors getting their due's on the world stage. I may have to actually finish that game now... "

Slaughterhouse Five
Breakfast of Champions
Cat's Cradle
 
hell I'll just recommend Kurt Vonnegut.