Man-lit

tribulus

^^^ I can't remember if that was in the film, probably a bit too far lol

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tribulus wrote: »

^^^ I can't remember if that was in the film, probably a bit too far lol

It wasn't in the film. The bit of the film that made me lol was the bit where he

threw the chainsaw down the stairs after the woman

Slow Motion

I have read pretty much all of David Gemmels books, Druss the Legend, now there's a manly man!

Dr Strange

My kind of books:

r3nu4l

Too many to list but I'll try:
Terry Pratchett,
Douglas Adams,
Neil Gaiman,
Stephen King,
Ian Rankin,
Lee Child,
Peter Robinson,
Wilbur Smith,
Robert Ludlum,

Now, someone who hasn't been mentioned yet!!!

Alastair MacLean!

WTF? Who?

Just think of "The Guns of Navarone" and "Where Eagles Dare"
I picked up 24 of his books at a charity hop for £5 last year The ultimate in manly books

Younger BG&RH members ask yer Da about those books!

trout

John Irving
Terry Pratchett
Douglas Adams
Ian Rankin
Robert Rankin - even if you like sprouts! Pratchett rates him highly.
PJ Farmer
Harry Harrison
Harry Turtledove
Joseph Wambaugh
Michael Connolly - Hieronymous rhymes with Anonymous
John Connolly
Louis L'Amour - excellent cowboy books ... ye can't bate the cowboy books.
Zane Grey - as above.
Lois McMaster Bujold - best space opera ever.
Robert B Parker - Spenser series is criminally under-rated
Laurence Shames - excellent comedy
Robert M Pirsig - even if you didn't like Zen, you should try Lila
Ken Kesey
Isacc Asimov - 'nuff said.
Joseph Heller
David Brin
Orson Scott Card - Ender Wiggins ftw! Speaker for the Dead is a yearly read for me.
Stephen Donaldson - quite magnificent.
Carl Hiassen - slow burner.
Brian Aldiss
George Orwell.
Piers Anthony
Poul Anderson
Tom Holt
Tom Sharpe
Joyce Porter - the Dover series is so good.
Barbara Hambly - the Dark, excellent series.
Bill Bryson - whimsy, but very entertaining.
Irvine Welsh - even with the regional accents
Margaret Atwood
Sven Hassel ... and the list goes on.

I spend a lot of time reading, when I should be working or living. :rolleyes:

r3nu4l

trout wrote: »

John Irving
Michael Connolly - Hieronymous rhymes with Anonymous
John Connolly
Carl Hiassen

Argh...how could I forget those guys? Brilliant one and all.

I also love to read:

Stephen Leather
Harlan Coben
Campbell Armstrong
Ken Bruen
and of course Brad Meltzer!!!

As with Brother Trout I enjoy reading...a lot...an awful lot...possibly to the detriment of my social life! Go to the pub to watch the game? Nah, I'd rather sit in with a pint and a book!

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trout wrote: »

I spend a lot of time reading, when I should be working or living. :rolleyes:

Reading IS living.

I love reading, always have my face in a book.

Stky10

DesF wrote: »

Did you read it? Are you disgusted? Don't say I didn't warn you...

Yeah that bit was the worst bit of the whole book.. especially when to top it off he ends up

cutting her in half, and ends up cutting the tail off the rat

johnnyskeleton

This really should be called dick-lit, you should have gone with your instincts.

The best books are the fake books used to hide your brandy and cigars, though failing that as per trout.

I'd add Paul Auster and, as the film of I am Ledgend is coming out soon, Richard Matheson.

Zaph

Another for the list, the great Kinky Friedman. It was a real shame he didn't manage to get elected governor of Texas.

Oilrig

Oh Dear...

Reading Robert Fisk at the mo...

sioda

A few ommissions IMHO

Tom Severin his viking series was fantastic
Bernard Cornwell Sharpe and Viking Chronicles
Warhammer 40000 books by Dan Abnett and James Swallow.

James Rollins great brain off page flickers

For esacpism love Matthew Reilly basically die hard in book form

Vince Flynn's mitch Rapp series are excellent. Duncan Falconer's books are pretty good too.

If submarines are your thing give Joe Buff a bash

Saw Clancy mentioned a few times change to Patrick Robinson he is the master.

Lee Child for Thriller writing no-one does it better

Yup I read a lot thats what a boring job does to ya

DublinWriter

Three pages into the thread and I can't believe that no-one has mentioned Bravo Two Zero! It has to be the ultimate in man-lit since Ian Fleming.

But real man-lit should always be non-fictional and serve a functional purpose. You're not a real man until you've got a Haynes manual on your shelf, preferably a shelf in your garage.

trout

DublinWriter wrote: »

Three pages into the thread and I can't believe that no-one has mentioned Bravo Two Zero! It has to be the ultimate in man-lit since Ian Fleming.

But real man-lit should always be non-fictional and serve a functional purpose. You're not a real man until you've got a Haynes manual on your shelf, preferably a shelf in your garage.

I must confess, I've never read Bravo Two Zero.
I giggle every time I see yer man's name though, as it's very close to a old slang term for pubic lice "Sandy McNabs == crabs".

I have two Haynes manuals. :cool::cool:

Slow Motion

What's this abouth Hyneas? Some good suggestions brothers, I'm impressed with the literary depth and breadth of the reading going on, not to mention the amount! I agree with rather having a pint and a good book than watching the footie!

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Slow Motion wrote: »

I agree with rather having a pint and a good book than watching the footie!

Wait, wait, wait.

I'd rather watch football than do anything else.

Reading comes a close second though.

AlmightyCushion

Page 3 of the sun.

smashey

Loaded.

xebec

Don't think anyone has mentioned George McDonald Fraser's Flashman books yet. Feckin hilarious, Flashman is the biggest womanising coward in the British Army and yet ends up becoming a hero and meeting the Queen numerous times.

dr strangelove

Anything by P.J. O'Rourke:

The Bachelor Home Companion,
Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut,
The CEO of the Sofa,

.....to name a few.

pretty-in-pink

smashey wrote: »

Loaded.

FHM is better

citytillidie

Happy New Year PiP and your right FHM is better than loaded

Jesus Wept

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

FHM is better

Hello Stranger! :eek:
Where do you think you have been?

watna

The-Rigger wrote: »

Hello Stranger! :eek:
Where do you think you have been?

Was going to say the same thing! and I agree, I actually quite like reading FHM!

citytillidie

If girls like them mens mags i thought it would have been Maxim as they have a no nipple policy in its mag

Rattlehead_ie

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

FHM is better

Agreed, Otherwise My shelf is covered with every David Gemmel Book and a couple of James Pattersons

blackbox

What about Thomas Harris.

The Hannibal Lecter books are magnificent.

Also, anything by Stephen Hunter.

Santa Claus

A good SAS brain-off book by Chris Ryan or Andy McNab normally does me.
Also I have a strange interest in french foreign legion books since a mate from college went off to join many years ago.

Mark Bowden is always a good choice (Black hawk down, killing pablo)
Mark Brandon Read is a genius and his "Chopper" books are hilarious !
And as others said you can't beat a bit of Pratchett.

As someone else said Audiobooks are brilliant....you can listen to a book while playing video game!

justsomebloke

I have to admit I generally still can't read a book without it having pictures in it. So generally it is photography books for me, the BBC wildlife photographer of the year probably being my favorites