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And here are my favorite books and authors in no particular order:
Horror/Science Fiction:
The Repairman Jack/ Adversary Cycle/ Secret Histories series by F. Paul Wilson. I have mentioned this series in a previous post. by far this is one of the best written series out there. I would love to see this made into an HBO series like they are doing with Game of Thrones. Here is the other thread on the repairman Jack series:
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108266
Mystery:
The Spellman Files series by Lisa Lutz.
I really laughed hard at this series. it is about a family of private investigators and they are pretty disfunctional. The list of Izzy's boyfriends and why they broke up is well worth the read, and her little sister is quite a riot too. http://lisalutz.com/books/the-spellmans/
The Kinsey Millhone alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton.
This series is quite a bit more serious than the Spellman files. I really like Sue Grafton's way of describing human nature, and even some of the bad guys in her novels you can identify with him and understand why he is the way he is. This series is set in the 80's, with "A is for Alibi" set in 1982 to "V is for Vengance" set in 1987. Again, Character depth is very well thought out in Graftons books.
http://www.suegrafton.com/bookshelf.php
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. some similarities to the Repairman Jack series, but without the supernatural element. I have only read the first couple of books in this series, but so far it is great..
http://www.leechild.com/jack-reacher/
Action/ Adventure:
Dirk Pitt series by Clive Cussler
The earlier books in this series are a bit dated and definitely show their age in some respects, but still a decent read for the most part. Dirk Pitt is the Special Projects director of NUMA, National Underwater Marine Agency which he has directed such feats as recovering and using the third nuclear bomb from WW2 that never made it to Japan, Finding the lost treasure of the Library of Alexandria, and others. This series really takes off in the 9th book of the series, "Treasure" each book has the main character with a different classic car. In Treasure, the car is a 1929 Cord L29. sharp car. the 11th book in the series is Sahara, which they actually made a half way decent movie out of. They did leave out the most interesting twist of that book in the movie version tho...
http://clive-cussler-books.com/html/DirkPitt_AdventureSeries.htm
I have several other series, but I will quit for now.
AJ
Horror/Science Fiction:
The Repairman Jack/ Adversary Cycle/ Secret Histories series by F. Paul Wilson. I have mentioned this series in a previous post. by far this is one of the best written series out there. I would love to see this made into an HBO series like they are doing with Game of Thrones. Here is the other thread on the repairman Jack series:
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108266
Mystery:
The Spellman Files series by Lisa Lutz.
I really laughed hard at this series. it is about a family of private investigators and they are pretty disfunctional. The list of Izzy's boyfriends and why they broke up is well worth the read, and her little sister is quite a riot too. http://lisalutz.com/books/the-spellmans/
The Kinsey Millhone alphabet mysteries by Sue Grafton.
This series is quite a bit more serious than the Spellman files. I really like Sue Grafton's way of describing human nature, and even some of the bad guys in her novels you can identify with him and understand why he is the way he is. This series is set in the 80's, with "A is for Alibi" set in 1982 to "V is for Vengance" set in 1987. Again, Character depth is very well thought out in Graftons books.
http://www.suegrafton.com/bookshelf.php
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. some similarities to the Repairman Jack series, but without the supernatural element. I have only read the first couple of books in this series, but so far it is great..
http://www.leechild.com/jack-reacher/
Action/ Adventure:
Dirk Pitt series by Clive Cussler
The earlier books in this series are a bit dated and definitely show their age in some respects, but still a decent read for the most part. Dirk Pitt is the Special Projects director of NUMA, National Underwater Marine Agency which he has directed such feats as recovering and using the third nuclear bomb from WW2 that never made it to Japan, Finding the lost treasure of the Library of Alexandria, and others. This series really takes off in the 9th book of the series, "Treasure" each book has the main character with a different classic car. In Treasure, the car is a 1929 Cord L29. sharp car. the 11th book in the series is Sahara, which they actually made a half way decent movie out of. They did leave out the most interesting twist of that book in the movie version tho...
http://clive-cussler-books.com/html/DirkPitt_AdventureSeries.htm
I have several other series, but I will quit for now.
AJ