Beach Book Recommendations?

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I’d look into some Elvis Cole or Jack Reacher stuff.

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Some great recommendations on this thread.

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Not fun…but fitting.

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I’ll throw a shout out to Michael Crichton.

Jurassic Park, and The Lost World were good reads whilst on holiday.

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Your going on vacation to a beach resort without your kids and you want some light reading?

I would suggest the cocktail menu. Preferably anything with a little umbrella in it.

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[quote]LoRez wrote:
And there’s always the Conan stories… The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian is the first compilation in a set of them.

Pretty easy reading.

I think the last time I actually did any reading on the beach, I was working my way through the James Bond novels.[/quote]

I picked up something similar to this but I don’t think it was “the Coming of Conan the Cimmerian” it’s a volume after he was already King. I actually might stop it and find the one you mentioned to read first.

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David Malouf wrote a short novel called Ransom about Priam’s trip to the Greek camp to recover Hector’s body from Achilles. I’ve never read something better balanced between Pynchon and Grisham in my life.

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I’ll throw in annything by; James Lee Burke, CJ Box, or Bill Bryson.

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[quote]gregron wrote:
Your going on vacation to a beach resort without your kids and you want some light reading?

I would suggest the cocktail menu. Preferably anything with a little umbrella in it.[/quote]
He can multitask and do both.

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[quote]dcb wrote:
I’ll throw in annything by; James Lee Burke, CJ Box, or Bill Bryson. [/quote]
all good authors but C.J. Box is my favorite of the 3. also check out James D. Doss.

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A shorter Tom Clancy book I really liked was splinter cell. Some of his other stuff is a little to heavy for just light reading, but splinter cell wasn’t too long and an awesome book

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You don’t know me but you don’t like me : Phish, Insane Clown Posse, and my misadventures with two of music’s most maligned tribes Rabin, Nathan

One more thing : stories and other stories Novak, B. J

Citizen Vince : a novel Walter, Jess

Snuff Palahniuk, Chuck

In defense of flogging Moskos, Peter

True grit : a novel Portis, Charles

Outlaw : Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson and the Renegades of Nashville Streissguth, Michael

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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

Great summer read and amazing book.

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The Power of Habit.

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American psycho brilliant.

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The Living Son of the Vigilant by Ibn Tufail

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[quote]RATTLEHEAD wrote:
I’ll throw a shout out to Michael Crichton.

Jurassic Park, and The Lost World were good reads whilst on holiday.[/quote]

BRO HUG

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[quote]kickernine wrote:
Thanks for the recommendations. I am holding off on the Game of Thrones saga until he is finished writing it. I don’t want to get Robert Jordan-ed.[/quote]

Well the Wheel of Time books are finished by Brandon Sanderson now, but I get your point.

If you like fantasy and you haven’t read any of Brandon Sanderson’s books then I would highly recommend them. The final empire is a great place to start, first book of the Mistborn trilogy.

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did you all forget the trilogy that started with ‘Clan of the Cave Bear’?

(shakes head)

also… if you have not read ‘Lonesome Dove’ - then you need to. yes, need to~

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[quote]anonym wrote:
I’d look into some Elvis Cole or Jack Reacher stuff.[/quote]

I second this. Knocked out a couple of Jack Reacher books while I was at the beach last week. Easy to read. Nice short chapters and bursts. Very entertaining.