Author Topic: So what are the greatest books you've ever read? (Read 19162 times)

Teutonic Knight · « **Reply #100 on:** March 12, 2015, 02:29:06 PM »

Quote from: IronMeister on March 12, 2015, 11:00:08 AM

Useful book for a getbigger:
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Basiles favourite text

Teutonic Knight · « **Reply #101 on:** March 12, 2015, 02:29:52 PM »

Quote from: El Diablo Blanco on March 11, 2015, 08:32:19 AM

Mein Kampf

Teutonic Knight · « **Reply #102 on:** March 12, 2015, 02:32:29 PM »

Quote from: Thespritz0 on March 11, 2015, 08:40:22 AM

Vince Gironda, The Wild Physique
Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Education of a Bodybuilder
Mike Mentzer, Heavy Duty Arms

No Vincenzo Basile book in existence

bigmc · « **Reply #103 on:** March 12, 2015, 02:52:25 PM »

Quote from: Core on March 12, 2015, 12:47:38 PM

I agree. His characters are excellent and he can turn a well loved and routine story like the trojan war into something incredible. The attention to detail is phenomenal and the little twists he throws in are refreshing. Im finishing up valerio manfredi's alexander trilogy currently and a reread of the troy series is next. Highly recommend the alexander trilogy too if you havent read it though I suspect you have if you've read gemmels stuff.

no i havent just ordered it on amazon thanks

did you read lion of macedon and the follow up dark prince

gemmels take on alexander

benchmstr · « **Reply #104 on:** March 12, 2015, 04:34:06 PM »

vince flynn...

bench

Core · « **Reply #105 on:** March 12, 2015, 07:17:01 PM »

Quote from: bigmc on March 12, 2015, 02:52:25 PM

no i havent just ordered it on amazon thanks

did you read lion of macedon and the follow up dark prince

gemmels take on alexander

I haven't but now that I read that the first is about Parmenion.. I have to read this one next haha

thanks!

edit- one thing i love about gemmell is how he doesnt focus on what are supposed to be primary characters in a story he prefers instead to flesh out the supporting characters and i havent found this in anyone elses style of storytelling.

bigmc · « **Reply #106 on:** March 13, 2015, 01:53:49 AM »

Quote from: Core on March 12, 2015, 07:17:01 PM

I haven't but now that I read that the first is about Parmenion.. I have to read this one next haha

thanks!

edit- one thing i love about gemmell is how he doesnt focus on what are supposed to be primary characters in a story he prefers instead to flesh out the supporting characters and i havent found this in anyone elses style of storytelling.

especially minor characters who may be only in the book for a coucple of pages

you still find yourself forming an opinion on them

and even rooting for them

indie-lad · « **Reply #107 on:** March 13, 2015, 03:22:00 AM »

Quote from: bigmc on March 12, 2015, 02:52:25 PM

no i havent just ordered it on amazon thanks

did you read lion of macedon and the follow up dark prince

gemmels take on alexander

I haven't read Lion of Macedon or dark Prince yet either.

I looked into them, they seem interesting.

bigmc · « **Reply #108 on:** March 13, 2015, 03:25:37 AM »

Quote from: indie-lad on March 13, 2015, 03:22:00 AM

I haven't read Lion of Macedon or dark Prince yet either.

I looked into them, they seem interesting.

it incorporates the story in to greek myth

with minotaurs etc

CalvinH · « **Reply #109 on:** March 13, 2015, 08:31:17 AM »

Quote from: benchmstr on March 12, 2015, 04:34:06 PM

vince flynn...

bench

Good reads, shame Vince died so young but someone else is suppose to be taking up the Mitch Rapp story.

mphgrove · « **Reply #110 on:** March 13, 2015, 10:12:56 AM »

Quote from: jon cole on March 12, 2015, 08:01:06 AM

I'm french, so no !

Light in august is my favorite, the second from faulkner is "as i lay dying".

"The sound and the fury" is generally the favorite of Faulkner who have never read Faulkner, and never read "the sound and fury".

As I Lie Dying: I'm sure it's considered one of his greats, but I found the complexity of the chronology hard to deal with. Phillipe Murray: now that's esoteric. I looked him up and found he's not even translated into English yet. Do you love any modern French novelists? The French always wrote the best novels (along with Brits, Americans, and Russians) but I haven't found too much French fiction that I like after say 1960.

Thespritz0 · « **Reply #111 on:** March 13, 2015, 11:07:03 AM »

Quote from: Teutonic Knight on March 12, 2015, 02:32:29 PM

No Vincenzo Basile book in existence

^^
I couldn't find ANYTHING written by him on Hypertrophy, but I DO have his Musclemag ANNUAL from back in the day with his 1980 Mr. Olympia article!!!! Seriously!

indie-lad · « **Reply #112 on:** March 13, 2015, 02:33:34 PM »

Read "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge for a WWII book that will knock your socks off.

Fucking amazing.

The Ugly · « **Reply #113 on:** March 13, 2015, 06:28:07 PM »

Quote from: indie-lad on March 13, 2015, 02:33:34 PM

Read "With the Old Breed" by Eugene Sledge for a WWII book that will knock your socks off.

Fucking amazing.

Just finished it, best war book I've ever read. Watching The Pacific now, based on much of Sledge's book.

indie-lad · « **Reply #114 on:** March 14, 2015, 06:50:33 AM »

Another book that is in my top 20 is War Is A Racket By Major General Smedley Butler.

I think this should be mandatory reading in every high school across the country.

I recommend this book to everyone.

DanielPaul · « **Reply #115 on:** March 14, 2015, 07:03:48 AM »

Gates Of Fire and also The Gunslinger by Stephen King

bigmc · « **Reply #116 on:** March 14, 2015, 07:35:44 AM »

Quote from: DanielPaul on March 14, 2015, 07:03:48 AM

Gates Of Fire and also The Gunslinger by Stephen King

yeah the gunslinger is great

bit annoying having to wait so long for the books

but the imagination needed to create all that is astonishing

DanielPaul · « **Reply #117 on:** March 14, 2015, 11:49:07 AM »

Quote from: bigmc on March 14, 2015, 07:35:44 AM

yeah the gunslinger is great

bit annoying having to wait so long for the books

but the imagination needed to create all that is astonishing

I wish he would do a prequel on the rise of Arthur Eld and Gilead , it would be epic. The most recent DT book was pretty good to, Wind Through The Key Hole, I really enjoyed it.

2Thick · « **Reply #118 on:** March 14, 2015, 01:44:59 PM »

Outliers

The Intelligent Investor

Security Analysis

The Quants

More Money Than God

Market Wizards

The Alchemy of Finance

The Millionaire Next Door

The Millionaire Mind

Beating The Street

Obvious Gimmick · « **Reply #119 on:** March 15, 2015, 09:07:04 AM »

I'm more of a menu reader

The Ugly · « **Reply #120 on:** March 15, 2015, 01:41:33 PM »

Anyone?

dr.chimps · « **Reply #121 on:** March 15, 2015, 01:49:58 PM »

Quote from: The Ugly on March 15, 2015, 01:41:33 PM

Anyone?

Yup. Solid book. Guy got out a whole bunch of markers to sign my copy. Classy.

/'not for you.'

The Ugly · « **Reply #122 on:** March 15, 2015, 01:52:34 PM »

Quote from: dr.chimps on March 15, 2015, 01:49:58 PM

Yup. Solid book. Guy got out a whole bunch of markers to sign my copy. Classy.

/'not for you.'

Most creative, haunting thing I've read.

dr.chimps · « **Reply #123 on:** March 15, 2015, 01:55:24 PM »

Quote from: The Ugly on March 15, 2015, 01:52:34 PM

Most creative, haunting thing I've read.

Yup. The whole inside/outside space freaked me out. Never even thought of such a thing.

The Ugly · « **Reply #124 on:** March 15, 2015, 03:26:40 PM »

Quote from: dr.chimps on March 15, 2015, 01:55:24 PM

Yup. The whole inside/outside space freaked me out. Never even thought of such a thing.

Indeed, the five and a half minute hallway.