Kindle nearly empty - pimp me some reads

fatherjack

Ed McBain - the 87th Precinct stories.

chrispy108

Michael Connolly - Bosch novels

Some swedish crime? Wallander?

fretmeister

Grunfeld said:

I really enjoyed Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London.

I wanted something easy going after reading a ton of heavy stuff and this fit the bill perfectly.  Basically, a story of a couple of rookie coppers and it's a police procedural except the London of the book has echoes of previous times, with ghosts, and war-time settings, all mixed in with the present day.  I liked the way the supernatural elements have to be played down so everything looks normal on the surface.  Fun book.  There's a series and I'll be reading more.

Yes! Excellent book. Highly amusing.

monquixote

How about Cormac McCarthy

drwiddly

+1 on Cornwell's Warlord series. Also Azincourt, 1356 and Stonehenge are well worth a read. Like you I held off on Sharpe but loved them when I did eventually read them.

On a completely different tack, Brian Lumley's Necroscope series is worth a try if you like horror/SF - scariest vampires ever!

If you like space opera try James White's space doctor series and for a real classic read, E.E. 'Doc' Smith's Lensman series.

Jalapeno

PolarityMan said:

doh, didnt spot Alasdair Reynolds in your first list...Ian M Banks is definitely worth a look.

Already read all his stuff.

Also read Cornwell's 1356 & Azincourt

And Richard Morgan

Thanks for the other suggestions.  Ed McBain and EE "Doc" Smith could be a good vein to mine, plus Amazon have a new Crime category of "Hard Boiled" which looks promising.

The Ok-ish BBC Atlantis series also reminds me I want to read Stephen Lawhead's Pendragon series.

@Lixarto - no issue with that, it's authors I need !  

ddlooping

Are you into Sci-fi?
If yes, plenty of classics to be read.

For some fun, Douglas Adams.

not_the_dj

Historical romps eh?

Try this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Fleet-M-Howard-Morgan-ebook/dp/B004HYH9G8

I must admit I've not actually read it, but I'm related to the author and he'd be dead chuffed if you did.

Jalapeno

ddlooping said:

Are you into Sci-fi?
If yes, plenty of classics to be read.

For some fun, Douglas Adams.

Yes / I know - suggest some / you seem to think I wouldn't have read Douglas Adams 30yrs ago !

ddlooping

Jalapeno said:

ddlooping said:

Are you into Sci-fi?
If yes, plenty of classics to be read.

For some fun, Douglas Adams.

Yes / I know - suggest some / you seem to think I wouldn't have read Douglas Adams 30yrs ago !

Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C.Clarke, Philip K. Dick...
Douglas Adams' books are worth reading several times.

bertie

anyone want to buy a kindle.......................the original type,  < 12 months................. £40 ?

Lixarto

Ah, if you're going to read Banks, don't miss "Espedair Street" - probably the best rock & roll novel

crunchman

Might be worth giving David Weber a try.

I think that the first book in the Honor Harrington series (On Basilisk Station) is free on Kindle these days - the second one might free as well.  They give them away to get you in so you buy all the rest.