I read the series. George R. R. Martin is certainly a talented writer.

Undaunted Courage
Atlas Shrugged

X2 Undaunted Courage (lewis and clark)
Lone survivor
The Theft Of Americas Soul

Bible,Jeff white series written here in Maine

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I also like point of impact and the other bob swagger books by Stephen hunter

And I like the Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn

Jurassic Park
The Lost World (Jurassic Park)
Lord of the Rings
Star Wars X wing series and the Thrawn series

Just finished Heller with a gun, Louis lamour. Great book. Any lamour books good. Anything by chapstick. African rifles and cartridges by pondoro John Taylor, tales of the African frontier by hunter and manix

Centennial

Marine Sniper- 93 Confirmed Kills- Charles Henderson

I just finished a quick read called, "Growing up Stubborn on Gold Creek" by Melody Erickson...It's a story of a girl who's family homesteaded near Talkeetna Alaska in the 60's. She trapped and mushed while growing up...A bit like a true story "My side of the Mountain."

As with these recurring threads on favorite books/authors, I will throw out my current favorite one more time. "The Long Walk". True story of a Polish POW in various jails, then moved by train and by foot to a gulag in Siberia. Escape, and a small cadre winter walk from central Siberia to India. Fascinating story of true survival (and deaths along the way). To put it in perspective, like walking from Fairbanks Alaska to Mexico City, having to contend with the Siberian winter, then the Gobi desert, then the Himalayan Mountains. Quite a journey.

Also, don't forget Steinbeck, notably "Grapes of Wrath", "Of Mice and Men", and the lighter ones (my favorites) "Cannery Row" and "Sweet Thursday".

Jack

X2 on the Long Walk.

Fiction that comes to mind-
Lost Nation and the In The Fall,Jeffrey Lent

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy

Non-fiction-

Dangerous River, R.M. Patterson

Spiked Boots, Robert Pike

W.E.B. Griffin writes fantastic novels based on military, police, FBI, etc. I picked up one book and couldn't put it down. Now when I go to a thrift store I look for his books and can find one almost every time I go because he wrote so many books and a lot of people read them!

The Grapes of Wrath...hands down my all time favorite.

Five Years to Freedom, by James Rowe.

Escape From Laos, Dieter Dengler.

The Big Sky; The Way West; Fair Land Fair Land all by AB Guthrie.

anything by Steven Ambrose

I agree with all your choices white17. Big Sky was one of the finest. Interesting though, I've never even heard of "Fair Land Fair Land". I'm looking.

It is the third book in that same series Jack !!

Another one of his is These Thousand Hills. A continuation of the characters from The Way West but one generation later ....and back in Montana.

From the reviews and a Wikipedia write up it sounds depressing.

I read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair years ago and it was the most depressing book I ever read.

I'm interested in reading "The Grapes of Wrath" but not if it's going to bum me out. LOL

white17

Yes, I've read The Big Sky 4 or 5 times. The Way West a couple times, and These Thousand Hills. Was not aware of Fair Land until now.

I recently read "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.

It is targeted towards a younger audience than this old man but I found it in my daughters library while waiting for the USPS to ship me my latest batch of books via the most circuitous route imaginable. So I had no choice but to read it.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone.