What are you reading?

[Schaaf]

as i said, pick up The Long Knives are Crying. the same battle told from the Sioux and Cheyenne side.The Lokata author Joseph Marshall has a couple other great books too.

I'll definitely have to pick that one up. Thanks!

 

[Disco14]

Two books that I would recommend are: Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose (story of Lewis and Clark) and, The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (story of Teddy Roosevelt's journey down an uncharted river in South America/Amazon).

Just finished Undaunted Courage- great read. Currently reading another book by Stephen Ambrose, Crazy Horse and Custer; pretty good so far.

 

[LostArra]

Couldn't agree more, it's my all time favorite book. Have you read The Revenant? Same story but different perspective, well worth a read also

Thanks for the recommendation of The Revenant. I enjoyed it.

 

[Riplip]

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and American Buffalo are two favorites.

 

[Mmcan]

Savage Continent
Details the horror of WW2 and afterwards as millions of people were killed during, and after the war. Really presents interesting info about how populations are forced to migrate/escape, kill or be killed, in the aftermath of a war.

 

[fastphin]

If you enjoyed those military books you need to check out Fearless. I've read all of the Seal, Delta and other special forces book and Fearless was my second fave to Lone Survivor.

Bourbon, thanks for the suggestion on Fearless. Lots of inspiration gathered from it both personally, work and afield.

 

[Bonedalien]

For the WW2 buffs, A Higher Call by Adam Makos. True story.
A German ME-109 drops in on a crippled American bomber trying to get out of Germany. Confused that the bomber is not firing at him,the pilot closes and can see through the massive holes the only living crewmen working on their fallen buddies. The German then eases up to the bombers wing and locks eyes with the terrified pilot and copilot struggling to keep the bomber airborne.The German Ace decides then that shooting down this bomber would be an act of murder,not war.Then escorts them to the North Sea,salutes them and returns to base.Knowing full well,if reported he could be executed.
40 years later,both pilots were reunited. They remained as close as brothers,taking family vacations together untill their deaths.
I have read some studios are looking at this story for a full feature movie.

 

[Josh Wright]

Half way through Legends & Lies by Bill O'Reilly. Very good so far.

 

[Schaaf]

Half way through Legends & Lies by Bill O'Reilly. Very good so far.

Regardless of a person's opinion of O'Reilly he is a very good author. I don't think I set Killing Lincoln down once until I was finished.

 

[Darren Best]

American Sniper
Brotherhood of Warriors
Kiss or Kill
One Bullet Away
Empire of the Summer Moon
Meat Eater
Sniper on the Eastern Front

Many classics for free on Kindle.

 

[aclawrence]

Speaking of Lincoln. Manhunt is a great book about Lincoln's assassination and the hunt for Boothe. I'm

 

[beetlespin]

Two books that I would recommend are: Undaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose (story of Lewis and Clark) and, The River of Doubt by Candice Millard (story of Teddy Roosevelt's journey down an uncharted river in South America/Amazon).

These too books are some of the best I have ever read. Really enjoyed reading them. I really liked the following as well:

Meat Eater by Steven Rinella
Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly (about Piracy, really interesting)
Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden (All about the hunt and capture of Pablo Escobar)
Any Tim Dorsey book, they are very funny murder mystery books as long as you doing mind some harsh language
Louis Lamour western novels.

 

[beetlespin]

Regardless of a person's opinion of O'Reilly he is a very good author. I don't think I set Killing Lincoln down once until I was finished.

Killing Paton and Killing Jesus were very good too. I am very impressed with these books.

 

[critrgitr]

These are great reads:
Alaskan Yukon trophies won and lost by G.O. Young
Hunter by James Hunter
Slim Moore Alaska Master guide by Jim Rearden.

 

[critrgitr]

And don't forget to read Alaska's Wolf MAn by Jim Rearden about Frank Glaser

 

[KMT]

For Whom the Bell Tolls- Hemingway

East of Eden - Steinbeck

 

[bat-cave]

The list from ssliger mirrors mine + a few more ...

You mentioned that you love history: The Last Gunfight (lots of interesting historical data regarding the Gunfight at the OK Corral .. I learned al ot!)
Anything from Stephen Ambrose (Great WW II history)
Unbroken was a good read
Lawrence in Arabia (not of Arabia, very different as it's the historical background and the middle eastern history was super interesting and offered a lot of insight into the mess that it is today)

Non-Fiction / Not History:
I am Pilgrim (Terry Hayes) - GREAT read
Stephen Hunter (Lee Swagger novels)
Mark Greaney (Grey man series)
James Rollins (all of his books are food - IMHO)
Brad Thor (Scot Harvath series)
Freakanomics (sounds boring as good be, but anything but ... and I have economics!)
Original Tom Clancy novels

I think thats a good start

 

[airlocksniffer]

Just finished The Martian by Andy Weir. Very good/quick read.

 

[CrzyTrekker]

Into Africa, the Epic Adventures of Stanley and Livingstone.

A true story of exploration on the African continent, including Livingstone's quest to find the source of the Nile River.

 

[huntn100]

Anything by John Geirach, I really enjoyed Meat eater and A scavengers guide by Steven Rinella. The last Buffalo hunter by Jake Mosher is a really good one too.