Recommend me a good book!

[Slate99]

Hi All,

I am going on holiday soon and would like a good book to read . I have no interest in reading at home but there is something nice about reading on holiday!

I don't really know what I am after . I quite like the idea of reading a "diary" of someone who fought in WWII or something similar. Also a good war/espionage thriller would be great to take.

So what's everyone reading, and what do you recommend? Feel free to recommend books that doesn't fit into the forementioned categories if they are worth reading!

Thanks!

[evenflow]

The Bible.
Has Jesus entered your life yet?

[Slate99]

evenflow said:

The Bible.
Has Jesus entered your life yet?

Yep, just spent 6 months studying that!

Vr6er said:

WWII diary - with the jocks

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jocks-Peter-White/dp/07509...

I loved it - great account of the last year of the war.

That looks great just the sort of thing i am looking for!

Anyone else?

Edited by Slate99 on Wednesday 1st April 10:36

[andy400]

'Lion Rampant' by Robert Woollcombe is brilliant.

as are

'Troop Leader' by Bill Bellamy
and
'Ill Met by Moonlight' and 'War of Shadows' by W. Stanley Moss

(All WW2)

I've also just finished 'The Escaping Club' by A J Evans which is about POW camp escapes in WW1. Great book, but quite rare.

[sevros1981]

American Tabloid by James Ellroy

[MacGee]

If you like science...try any book by Simon Singh....fermatts last theorem, the big bang theory, codebook...All great reads. I dont read fiction and only really on hols...they may sound heavy but not as bad as stephen hawking. He writes so joe average can understand !!!!

[Puggit]

For WWII 'diaries' I can recommend The Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer. This is a truly harrowing account of the life of a German soldier on the Eastern Front.

If you're interested in the subject of the Eastern Front, then Stalingrad by Anthony Beevor is the daddy of them all.

Edited to add a proper link for Stalingrad with reviews

Edited by Puggit on Wednesday 1st April 10:46

[Jasandjules]

If I die in a combat zone.

Chicken Hawk

Bravo Two Zero

(Vietman war and Gulf war, but war is war?)

[evenflow]

Serious answer.
Although they don't fit into your categories very well, any of the Wilbur Smith books are excellent holiday reads.
I would suggest River God or Birds of Prey.

[Slate99]

Thanks all! Most of WWII I find interesting even though its a massive subject, I find reading history books boring so prefer to read it from one man's eyes rather that just plain facts. All seem to be great recommendations, keep them coming!

[Lord Pikey]

Brock Yates - Cannonball

Driver - Alex Roy

I loved every minute of them.

[MacGee]

Jasandjules said:

If I die in a combat zone.

Chicken Hawk

Bravo Two Zero

(Vietman war and Gulf war, but war is war?)

chicken hawk by bob mason an excellent insight to gunship pilots in vietnam..

[andy400]

'By Tank Into Normandy' by Stuart Hills is also a very good read.

[Slate99]

Thanks all! My final list is :-

With The Jocks
The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
Chicken hawk
Forgotten Soldier

Think that shall keep me rather busy!

[P924]

+4 for chicken hawk