I'm looking for good books to read. Suggestions?

[Redbirds Fan]

I'm looking for some books to read. I literally have to read hours a day for my job, so I'm not interested in 300,000 word tomes. What I'm thinking is more like works of fiction, average in length, but I've found that many things I have tried to read just don't keep my attention.

Your basic dystopian society, post-apocalyptic world novel seems to be my cup of tea, except when it gets a little too 'charactery', like Station Eleven or American War. Of course, the protagonist in each of those was a little girl, if I recall correctly, so I should have seen that coming.

I like some elements of Tom Clancy stories, mainly the military operational efficiencies, the team loyalties, and the personal integrity and honor. I don't like the jingoism in some of his stuff. The last thing I read that I liked a good bit was Generation Kill by the journalist who was embedded with a bunch of Recon Marines in Iraq. I realize that wasn't fiction, but that whole war was so surreal as to be fiction-esque, save for the casualties.

Suggestions?

[TranaGreg]

Ready Player One. Fun read.

edit: I assume you've read World War Z?

[Redbirds Fan]

Ready Player One. Fun read.

edit: I assume you've read World War Z?

Saw the movie. Familiar with zombies. Still a go?

[Redbirds Fan]

Ready Player One looks like a good pick.

[TranaGreg]

Saw the movie. Familiar with zombies. Still a go?

I actually haven't seen the movie so I can't say. But from what I heard the movie only covers one storyline, the book covers many.

[heyelander]

based on your description, I only thought on one book. The Road

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307387895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503952772&sr=8-1&keywords=the+road+cormac+mccarthy

how about past-apocalyptic dystopian society?

City of Thieves

https://www.amazon.com/City-Thieves-Novel-David-Benioff/dp/0452295297/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0452295297&pd_rd_r=KM7VV7E98DQTED6SCT4N&pd_rd_w=EMmjf&pd_rd_wg=1gM5l&psc=1&refRID=KM7VV7E98DQTED6SCT4N

Maddonas of Lenningrad

https://www.amazon.com/Madonnas-Leningrad-Novel-Debra-Dean-ebook/dp/B000FCKRKQ/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

[Redbirds Fan]

based on your description, I only thought on one book. The Road

https://www.amazon.com/Road-Cormac-McCarthy/dp/0307387895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503952772&sr=8-1&keywords=the+road+cormac+mccarthy

how about past-apocalyptic dystopian society?

City of Thieves

https://www.amazon.com/City-Thieves-Novel-David-Benioff/dp/0452295297/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0452295297&pd_rd_r=KM7VV7E98DQTED6SCT4N&pd_rd_w=EMmjf&pd_rd_wg=1gM5l&psc=1&refRID=KM7VV7E98DQTED6SCT4N

Maddonas of Lenningrad
https://www.amazon.com/Madonnas-Leni...dp_kinw_strp_1

Those look great, if a bit depressing.

[TranaGreg]

Those look great, if a bit depressing.

you haven't met heye, have you ...

[Redbirds Fan]

I actually haven't seen the movie so I can't say. But from what I heard the movie only covers one storyline, the book covers many.

It was Brad Pitt, not bad. I'll give the book a try.

[Redbirds Fan]

you haven't met heye, have you ...

No, but my wife loved City of Thieves. She kept reading me passages from it. I remember there was a bunch of stuff about eggs.

[TranaGreg]

Maddonas of Lenningrad
https://www.amazon.com/Madonnas-Leni...dp_kinw_strp_1

I think this just became my next-read.

[heyelander]

Oh... you're looking for the Happy post-apocalyptic dystopian novels... my bad.

[heyelander]

for a mildly lighter starving in war-torn europe book, try The Book Thief.

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Thief-Markus-Zusak/dp/0375842209/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1503953742&sr=8-1&keywords=the+book+thief

I think it's billed as a Young Adult book, so it may be a bit less taxing a read. Hard to say you enjoyed reading a book about people starving to death, but I thought it was very good.

[heyelander]

Those look great, if a bit depressing.

Calling the Road a bit depressing is like... under-representing it's level of depressingness... a lot.

[Mithrandir]

Wuthering Heights is fantastic.