OT: Book Recommendations

The Fifth Profession - David Morrell. Exceptional read.

The Lucifer Effect (nonfiction, why people are bad)
The Ethical Slut (nonfiction, why people are sexual on so many different spectrums)
Sleeping Beauty (Series by Anne Rice, fiction, smutty as fuck)
A Delusion of Satan (nonfiction, Salem Witch Trials writings)
Norse Myths (mythology... if you dig that kinda stuff.)

. . . Everything I read is either really dark or really sexual.

TUSCL Volume-1 (The Early Years)

Just reading a John Grisham novel Camino Wind, it's a fun exciting read

Operating Manual for John Deere 318 Tractor. The trouble shooting section is a hoot! It's also extremely non-fiction.

I had that baby in my garage for 3 years unused and it started up today like a champ!

I read Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock a few weeks ago. It is an odd collection of about a dozen and a half short stories. It wouldn't be something I would recommend to the general public due to the vulgar language but I think it would be just right for the TUSCL crowd.

Any of the Mitch Rapp series by the late Vince Flynn. Best if you start with "American Assassin". Great stories of clandestine shoot-em-ups!

@sinclair

I recommend these books, in my opinion well written and interesting.

“The Godfather” is a crime novel by American author Mario Puzo. Originally published in 1969; the novel details the story of a fictional Mafia family in New York City (and Long Beach, New York), headed by Vito Corleone.

“Papillon” (French: [papijɔ̃], lit. "butterfly") is an autobiographical novel written by Henri Charrière, first published in France on 30 April 1969. Papillon is Charrière's nickname.[1] The novel details Papillon's incarceration and subsequent escape from the French penal colony of French Guiana, and covers a 14-year period between 1931 and 1945.

“Banco” is a 1973 autobiography by Henri Charrière, it is a sequel to his previous novel Papillon. It documents Charrière's life in Venezuela, where he arrived after his escape from the penal colony on Devil's Island.

Commander in Cheat by Rick Reilly. A great book about our President and golf.

Just read Steve Martin’s book Born Standing Up really good and I’m a huge fan of his anyway

How about a few books to make you laugh out loud?

Bill Bryson's Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid.
I probably helps if you're old, like me, but this book has very funny reflections about growing up in the 50's in Iowa. His other books are also entertaining, especially A Walk in the Woods.

Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole.

Nearly any book by David Sedaris, Carl Hiassen or Dave Barry.

Two old books I just reread after 30+ years that were great: Ball Four Jim Bouton and The gang that couldn't shoot straight Jimmy Breslin.

As mentioned in a similar thread a while back I really enjoy the Tom Clancy stuff, especially early books when he did all the writing. If you watch the Jack Ryan stuff on Netflix you should check these out

The Art of War, Sun Tzu.

It applies to more than war.

Recently read a few of the Ian Fleming - James Bond books. Always loved the movies but never read any of the books before. Interesting how politically incorrect they are by today's standards.
Live and Let Die
From Russia With Love
Dr. No
Casino Royale

• If you're into music, try This Is Your Brain on Music by Dan Levitin,
• fantasy, try Declare by Tim Powers,
• autobiography, try Harpo Speaks,
• art history, try The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (a collection of correspondence between James Whistler and his critics),
• sci fi, try Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (much better than the Netflix series IMO)

If anyone is bored and has access to some old bestsellers anything written by Harold Robbins is a fun way to spend a few days, special attention to “ The Carpetbaggers”
“A Stone For Danny Fisher” are great stories
I agree with the person who promoted books by Carl Hiassen, and Dave Barry as fun and funny and add to that list in the same genre Elmore Leonard.

Johnny Cash Autobiography

“Love and Logic”, because most people who raise a family weren’t taught how to become parents. This book teaches you how to have the right tools in your tool box to handle children with consequences and love during the challenges when they grow up. If you don’t read it, give it to the milf you’re fucking so she doesn’t have to raise another white trash chikd in this world.

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne. Very interesting read about the Comanches and last Comanche chief Quanah Parker.

Can vouch for the Art of War (Have two different variant copies of it) and Altered Carbon (95% of tv series/movies based off of books are not as good or worse than the book itself. One of the few exceptions I'll make is The Picture of Dorian Grey - where I liked both the book and the classic 1945 film equally. Another being TCON: The Lion, The Witch, And The Wardrobe with their 2005 film.)

I foresee this thread becoming the TUSCL Book Club.

For an amazing and interesting fun read “American Roulette” by Richard Marcus, it’s the true autobiographical story of a roulette cheat who won millions from casinos by his patented move, the Savannah, named after a stripper in Reno. Not only that but his mentor turns out to be one of the original blackjack and table cheats and a couple of chapters goes through the history and evolution of how cheating at the tables evolved and the different methods. I need to reread it now that I’m talking about it, it’s a book I’ve read several times because it’s hard to believe.

I’m about to read “The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told”. Supposedly it’s the true story about a trio of guys who in the 80s bet a ton on a long short horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Unknowingly, they placed their bet through the Mexican cartel....

I also enjoyed “Hatching Twitter.” Pretty fascinating how a group just stumbled into this and it’s origin was a e-radio blog. Then came twitter and the egos, money, and power struggles. Highly entertaining.

Lots of good and varied recommendations above. I already bought some of the titles and will begin them tomorrow.

Here's a couple from my library that the strip club crowd may enjoy:

1. Naughty Nomad by Mark Zolo. He refers to himself as "The Indiana Jones of Sex". A fun read if you like travel, adventure, and sex. He even barebacks women when he travels through Africa.
2. My Life as a Mexican Pirate by Mark Zolo. The sequel to Naughty Nomad.
3. Black Passenger Yellow Cabs by Stefhen Bryan. A Jamaican sex addict moves to Japan to fuck Asian women. Lots of insight into Japanese culture.
4. Vodkaberg by English Teacher X. American guy goes to Russia for 9 years to teach English and ends up partying a lot and banging a lot of Russian girls.
5. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max. A collection of stories about drinking, sex, and doing stupid shit.
6. Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max. The sequel to I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell.

Here is a book for skibum609: The God of Skiing by Peter Kray.

If you like legal fiction, anything by Scott Turow, particularly Personal Injuries. Turow makes Grisham seem like legal fiction for teenagers.

If you like historical fiction, anything by Robert Harris.

If you're missing baseball, try Nine Innings by Daniel Okrent. It's not recent, but it's a fascinating behind the scenes look at Major League Baseball.

I used to travel for work extensively, in a car, so I listened to a ton of series lately. I am a sci fi nerd - here are my favorites:

Easily the best series I have read in the last decade. Galaxy's Edge
audible.com
Like a dark, twisted version of star wars. If you like the Expanse (also great Audible series) and stuff like that, this is a must-read.

Best series I've read within the year. Cradle
audible.com
Typical Shonin series where main character grows in power. Great books

Classic series I've enjoyed. Dresden Files
audible.com
Wizard detective books. Sounds weird and it is, but good.