also, check out goodreads and look at top lists for the past few years. That's a great place to find well-liked books to check out.
Book recommendations?
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The System by Armen Keteyian is really good. It is about College Football.
League of Denial is also excellent. The book the movie "Concussion" is based on.
Ever read A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? If you haven't and like Science Fiction than it is a must read.
League of Denial is also excellent. The book the movie "Concussion" is based on.
Ever read A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? If you haven't and like Science Fiction than it is a must read.
If you enjoy The Martian, you'll enjoy Ready Player One. Nice throwbacks to the 80's videogame culture.
The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. The first book in the series is QuickSilver. I believe Stephenson lived in Ames as a kid.
In another of his books one of his characters went to Iowa State.
All 3 books in The Baroque Cycle are hefty reads. I think Stephenson describes the series as 8 books in 3 volumes.
In another of his books one of his characters went to Iowa State.
All 3 books in The Baroque Cycle are hefty reads. I think Stephenson describes the series as 8 books in 3 volumes.
If you want to read an Iowa writer who has written a variety of books, you might look at Bill Bryson. You could start with his very funny a****iography about growing up in Des Moines called The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid, but his better known work is A walk in the Woods, a funny story about two guys hiking the Appalachian Trail, which was made into a movie. I think the book was more fun than the film.
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My younger teenagers have just discovered Asimov's Foundation trilogy, as well as Dune on the bookshelves, if you haven't already read them.
I read that right around the time the Pacific came out. That book is great, I loved it. I never did get around to reading Sledge's follow up China Marine however.
Shadows in the Jungle by Larry Alexander. Follows the story of he Alamo Scouts from its inception who operated behind Japenese lines in WWII. Original black ops stuff, pretty amazing considering not one member of the unit died during its operations. If you're in to science fiction you can't go wrong with any Vonnegut, particularly The Sirens of Titan or most of his short stories
Just finished A walk in the Woods. Reading the Thunderbolt kid. Former was ok, too early to tell on latter. Recently read a Time travelers guide to Elizabethan England, interesting expose on capitalism.
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If you havent read "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand, I would highly recommend it. Book that the movie of the same name is based on. The movie was jam packed with stuff and still barely scratched the surface of what that man went through.
If you liked World War Z, check out Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson. Similar story structure but about AI taking over the world instead of zombies. At one point it was being made into a movie by Spielberg, dunno what happened though.
2nd in the series has been released but that's it. 3rd installment is way, way overdue, which is a shame. They are good novels.
I loved the River of Doubt. Rondon should win the award for Badass of the Century, and Roosevelt has to be at least honorable mention.
