The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, Book 3)186 reviews
Stephen King

Plume, 2003

Awesome!

+ THE WASTE LANDS by Stephen King
+ The Most Imaginative of the First Three.
+ Wait til you get to the end of this one!
+ One of the best books of all time
  
  











  



  
The Stand: Expanded Edition: For the First Time Complete and Uncut (Signet)926 reviews
Stephen King

Signet, 1991

Flagship King

+ A must-read
+ Masterpiece by Stephen King
+ King's best work
  
  











  



  
The Great Train Robbery125 reviews
Michael Crichton

Avon, 2002

What a combo! Thriller, caper, historical novel all in one!

+ Classic Crichton
+ Probably Crichton's best
+ Robbers Win
+ Entertaining Heist
  
  











  



  
The Warrior Elite: The Forging of SEAL Class 22887 reviews
Dick Couch

Three Rivers Press, 2003

The Warrior Elite

+ Outstanding description of BUD/S
+ a must read
+ His Best
+ Only a few make it......
  
  











  



  
The Shining610 reviews
Stephen King

Pocket, 2001

Redrum and ha loo sin nations in the ultimate mountain resort

+ Intense and frightening
+ The most evil book that is on the market
+ Brilliant haunted house story
+ most scary
  
  











  



  
The Great Santini60 reviews
Pat Conroy

Bantam, 1987

Penetrating portrait of fathers and sons, and of America

+ Very fine purchase
+ Conroy the Great

The Great Santini is Colonel Bull Meecham, husband to his lovely Southern enabling wife Lillian, father to Ben, Mary Anne, Matt, and Karen, Marine, fighter pilot, bully, creep, alcoholic, and all around jerk. Bull rules his family as he does the marines that serve under him. A bad drunk, Bull ...
  
  











  



  
King Rat82 reviews
James Clavell

Dell, 1986

King for half a century (almost)

+ compelling and disturbing
+ Trading Conscience for Survival in a Japanese POW Camp
+ "Changi was genesis, the place of beginning again"
+ Excellent novel
  
  











  



  
The Big Four (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)59 reviews
Agatha Christie

Berkley, 1987

Lots of Action!

+ If you like Sherlock Holmes you will LOVE this one!
+ The Moriarty Syndrome

I have read all of the Poirot stories; and I find that this is my favorite, second only to Curtain. I like it because it is very different than the other books of the series. Poirot is much more a man of action, and the killer stays ahead of Poirot for most of this book. (Poirot is usually more in ...
  
  











  



  
Timeline1767 reviews
Michael Crichton

Ballantine Books, 2000

Excellent medieval thriller

+ My first Science Fiction book

Excellent story of rising in the past, medieval history in the Perigord. A book also well documented. No stop in midair. Very good book.
  
  











  



  
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1)528 reviews
Stephen King, Michael Whelan

Viking Adult, 2003

You have to read the whole series

+ I want more
+ Not Free SF Reader
+ Imagination Galore
+ The Beginning...
  
  











  



  
1984 (Signet Classics)1369 reviews
George Orwell

New American Library, 1961

1984

+ Holy S$$T, thats pretty much it.
+ Orthodoxy is unconsciousness
+ No longer shocking...
  
  











  



  
Jane Eyre (Signet Classics)597 reviews
Charlotte Brontė

Signet Classics, 1997

Best Book in the World!

+ Touching
+ Please Skip Erica Jong's Intro!
+ None Like It
+ A triumphant classic
  
  











  



  
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)3589 reviews
J. K. Rowling

Scholastic, Inc., 2005

Beyond the Order of the Phoenix Aftertaste

+ A revealing look into the past...
+ Harry Potter, need I say more?
+ Another Great Book in the Series
+ Snape steps into the spotlight.
  
  











  



  
Adventures of Huck Finn490 reviews
Mark Twain

Highbridge Audio, 2003

American Classic

+ YOU CANT RUN AWAY FROM TROUBLES.
+ Huckleberry Finn
+ An Entertaining Flight in American Literature
+ A Tale From a Time Past
  
  











  



  
The Bourne Identity (Bourne Trilogy, Book 1)289 reviews
Robert Ludlum

Bantam, 1984

Great Book

+ Darn that Robert Ludlum
+ AWESOME!
+ Perhaps the best action book I have read
  
  











  



  
Suffer in Silence32 reviews
David Reid

Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, 2004

Right on

+ A hero's journey
+ Suffer in Silence
+ Be Proud of the best of our best.
  
  











  



  
Sphere699 reviews
Michael Crichton

Ballantine Books, 1988

Great fun

+ Psycho-drama
+ My favorite Crichton thriller
+ Superb!
  
  











  



  
December 6: A Novel76 reviews
Martin Cruz Smith

Pocket Star, 2003

suspense novel

+ "The gaijin is always 'It.'"

Terrific characters and plot but the sense of place in pre-wwII Japan is the most outstnding quality of the book. Highly recomended.
  
  











  



  
The Return Of Sherlock Holmes
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Books on Tape, Inc., 1982
  
  











  



  
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, Book 2)211 reviews
Stephen King, Phil Hale

Viking Adult, 2003

Best book in a great series

+ "Drawing" Me In
+ THE DRAWING OF THE THREE by Stephen King
+ Can you say "ImAgInAtIoN?"
+ Roland draws his posse