Old Yeller
Savage Sam
All The Right Stuff
Playing for Pizza
One Drop (Couldn't believe how intrigued I was by this story)
The Heart of Everything That Is
Dutch
Lone Survivor

Just a few that come to mind. I haven't read a book in a year. I have 3-4 I should start.

I havnt been reading long enough to get a vote. Im about to lie down and do a few pages of Pike now. I usually only watch TV when I eat at home, which isnt often. My TV just messed up so I read while I ate today. That was a first I think so maybe Ill catch up to some of yall if I dont fix the TV.

Patton.

Dr Roemer’s journey through a wild infant Texas is fascinating and beautifully remarkable. He describes in detail the land, the people’s, their dress and customs, the plants and animals, and the politics. It is truly an amazing book. My family immigrated to Texas from Germany during this time and through his writings I can “see” what they encountered as the settled here.

Great book!

I enjoy Ruark, but I find his works to be very self aggrandizing.

Papa wasn't exactly humble.

Bible

Crime and Punishment or the Count of Monte Cristo

Yup

Dang lots of great books in this thread.

Point of Impact Stephen Hunter
Without Remorse Tom Clancy

What do you think of Narnia?

Lonestar Preacher.

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It's been a long time since I've calmed down and read a book.... but this book, The Land Before Time, and a few others always stuck with me as a kid. I remember laying in bed, reading and actually getting into the book. Feeling the words that were printed on paper and putting myself there in my imagination..

At some point, I guess other things in my life took precedent over reading books.

I'm older now, maybe I should give book reading another try. I'm 43 and still have 20/20 vision, why not.

Bury my heart at wounded knee

My side of the mountain......the original book.

Rascal.

Goodbye to a river

Yertle the Turtle
Narrow Escapes and Wilderness Adventures
Daniel Boone - The Life and Legend of an American Pioneer
Trail Dust and Saddle Leather
Of Mice and Men
Time Life Old West Series
Time Life Year in Pictures Series

Gone With The Wind

Call of the Wild... Jack London

Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

Undaunted Courage
The Art of Racing in the Rain

A newer great one is, "Where the Crawdads Sing." It was on the best sellers list for over two years. I read it twice.

Being an avid reader, it's hard to have a favorite. There are books that should be read by our younger people about what devotion, sacrifice, and loyalty really are. Not only to country, family, and friends but to themselves.
Non-fiction
Blackhawk Down, Spearhead, an American tank gunners story. (Really good book). Red Platoon, Empire of the Summer Moon, Band of Brothers, The Pacific, American Sniper, Marine Sniper. I know there's lots I have left off.
Fiction
Anything by Loius L'Amour, Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn (RIP), Jeff Shahara, Frederick Forsythe, Brad Taylor, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, etc.

Fiction or Non Fiction?

non-fiction....best book was "think big and kick [censored]" by Donald J. Trump. I can honestly say it was life changing. Read it in 2006.

Some other great non-fiction books were "Empire of the Summer Moon, The International Hunter and No Angel.


Robert Ruark, to me, at least when he wrote "use enough gun" was largely a fraud. It was his first trip to Africa. Its regarded as one of the "must reads" of the African Hunting Topic but the real hero of the book was Henry Selby. Its a well written book and humerous for sure, but I don't think its "required reading" on the subject of African Hunting. Death in the Long Grass imo is a much better book on the topic.


Fiction, I always liked Call of the Wild, Hatchet and Mr. Tuckett. I don't read non fiction anymore but those were great books. Hatchet in particular.

I could never get behind "Where the Red Fern Grows " because the idea that a kid is running behind a coon hound chopping down trees that hold a coon is preposterous. And his mom won't let him have a gun until he is 21? Kids in that era were going to war at 16 and 17 and he can't get off his mama's teet until well after he is legally an adult? Gimme a break.

I felt the same way about the book "Shiloh"

The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Lords of Discipline

They both tie for me.