SPC James Mcneil270187<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Of the authors you've read, who would be your favorite? And do you have a favorite book from this author?<br /><br />For me it would be John C. Maxwell, and I like his book "Everyone Communicates; Few Connect."Who is your favorite author?2014-10-08T21:20:37-04:00SPC James Mcneil270187<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Of the authors you've read, who would be your favorite? And do you have a favorite book from this author?<br /><br />For me it would be John C. Maxwell, and I like his book "Everyone Communicates; Few Connect."Who is your favorite author?2014-10-08T21:20:37-04:002014-10-08T21:20:37-04:00SGT Richard H.270192<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>So many.....depends on my mood. A few that come to mind:<br /><br />James Michener<br />Tom Clancy<br />Dan Brown <br />Vince Flynn<br />Ernest HemmingwayResponse by SGT Richard H. made Oct 8 at 2014 9:23 PM2014-10-08T21:23:33-04:002014-10-08T21:23:33-04:00TSgt Joshua Copeland270219<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fiction: Brad Meltzer<br />leadership: Simon SinakResponse by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Oct 8 at 2014 9:42 PM2014-10-08T21:42:09-04:002014-10-08T21:42:09-04:00MSgt Private RallyPoint Member270287<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Robert Ludlum - The Jason Bourne trilogy (Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum).Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 8 at 2014 10:30 PM2014-10-08T22:30:41-04:002014-10-08T22:30:41-04:00Cpl Dennis F.270416<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>John Le Care' (John the square) Too many to list. "The Night Manager"Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Oct 9 at 2014 12:01 AM2014-10-09T00:01:10-04:002014-10-09T00:01:10-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member270479<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have an eclectic taste. In order of impact for me, it's a very short list:<br /><br />1. The Bible - Jesus is Lord!<br />2. Oswald Chambers - The man speaks to me!<br />3. Louis L'Amour - His stories and values are my own!<br />4. W.E.B Griffin - The "Brotherhood Of War" series embodied the things I hold dear to me!<br />5. Piers Anthony - Fantasy genre. The man is incredible in his imagination!Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 1:13 AM2014-10-09T01:13:54-04:002014-10-09T01:13:54-04:00MSG Wade Huffman270636<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I tend to be rather eclectic with my reading, so I have many favorites to include, but not limited to:<br />Stuart Woods<br />Dan Brown<br />W.E.B. Griffin<br />Robert Ludlum<br />John Grisham<br />Ian FlemmingResponse by MSG Wade Huffman made Oct 9 at 2014 7:59 AM2014-10-09T07:59:53-04:002014-10-09T07:59:53-04:00SPC David Shaffer270667<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dale Carnegie is mine. I have to say his book "How to Win Friends and Influence People is my favorite book he wrote. I also like his book "The Art of Public Speaking". I usually only read non-fiction work.Response by SPC David Shaffer made Oct 9 at 2014 8:34 AM2014-10-09T08:34:48-04:002014-10-09T08:34:48-04:00COL Jean (John) F. B.270738<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>John Grisham <br />W.E.B. Griffin<br />Lee ChildResponse by COL Jean (John) F. B. made Oct 9 at 2014 9:56 AM2014-10-09T09:56:16-04:002014-10-09T09:56:16-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member270790<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I enjoy Paulo Coelho. Especially his newer works. I do love his classic work "The Alchemist".Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 10:38 AM2014-10-09T10:38:24-04:002014-10-09T10:38:24-04:00LTC Paul Labrador270804<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depends on the genre, but based on the overall amount of books that I have read, it is a close tie between Robert Jordan and Dave Duncan and Eric Flint..Response by LTC Paul Labrador made Oct 9 at 2014 10:49 AM2014-10-09T10:49:04-04:002014-10-09T10:49:04-04:00Maj Chris Nelson270868<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Louis Lamour, JK Rowling, and a couple others..... I am more into the "for fun" reading....I suppose I should do more "self improvement" reading, but honestly, most of that stuff becomes boring and I read to relax.Response by Maj Chris Nelson made Oct 9 at 2014 11:41 AM2014-10-09T11:41:38-04:002014-10-09T11:41:38-04:00CSM Private RallyPoint Member270885<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ernest Hemingway. He is helping me shape my retirement plan. Buying a boat, living in a tropical location. Fish and drink beer all day.Response by CSM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 11:55 AM2014-10-09T11:55:42-04:002014-10-09T11:55:42-04:001SG Chris Brown270902<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dean Koontz. The Odd Thomas series is what I like best, but all his books are good!Response by 1SG Chris Brown made Oct 9 at 2014 12:05 PM2014-10-09T12:05:23-04:002014-10-09T12:05:23-04:00MSG Brad Sand270951<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One...just cannot do it?<br /><br />Tom Clancy, John Grisham, Robert Heinlein, J.R.R. Tolkien, Homer, Virgil, Herodotus, Edward Gibbon, Steven Runciman, Stephen E. Ambrose, Thomas Jefferson...Response by MSG Brad Sand made Oct 9 at 2014 12:40 PM2014-10-09T12:40:56-04:002014-10-09T12:40:56-04:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member271115<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Steinbech<br />Joseph Heller<br /><br />.. and for non-fiction, Joseph Ellis.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 2:22 PM2014-10-09T14:22:10-04:002014-10-09T14:22:10-04:00MSG Greg Kelly271136<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>All military personnel must in my opinion must read Jack Campbell's Starks War Trilogy and John Ringo's The Last Centurion. If your into Zombies Bobby Adair Slow Burn Series or W.J. Lundy's Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Series plus part of the proceeds go to the WWP.<br /><br />Jack Campbell<br />John Ringo<br />Bobby Adair<br />W.J. LundyResponse by MSG Greg Kelly made Oct 9 at 2014 2:32 PM2014-10-09T14:32:17-04:002014-10-09T14:32:17-04:00SSgt Private RallyPoint Member271315<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>F Paul Wilson repairman Jack Novels<br />Terry Brooks Sword of shannara seriesResponse by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 5:07 PM2014-10-09T17:07:01-04:002014-10-09T17:07:01-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member271419<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The Apostle Paul comes to mind.<br /><br />My favorite Poet is Robert Frost.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 9 at 2014 6:37 PM2014-10-09T18:37:55-04:002014-10-09T18:37:55-04:00Capt Richard I P.271433<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Steven Pressfield, any book but especially Gates of Fire: mandatory reading for all.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/">http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/</a> [login to see] ?pc_redir= [login to see] &robot_redir=1Response by Capt Richard I P. made Oct 9 at 2014 6:46 PM2014-10-09T18:46:16-04:002014-10-09T18:46:16-04:00MAJ Private RallyPoint Member272229<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Lois McMaster Bujold<br />Michael Shaara<br />Patrick Rothfuss<br />Stephen E. Ambrose<br />David Weber<br />Neil Gaiman<br />Terry Pratchett<br />Robert Jordan<br />J.R.R. Tolkein<br />Robert Asprin<br />J.K. Rowling<br /><br />It's sort of a mixed bag, but so are my tastes.Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 12:33 PM2014-10-10T12:33:58-04:002014-10-10T12:33:58-04:00Cpl Private RallyPoint Member272267<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Alexander Kent, Donald Clayton Porter, Tom Clancy, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkein, Pearl Buck, Ursula Leguin, Anne McCaffrey, Robert Asprin, Sun Tsu, Dean Koontz as well as many many others.Response by Cpl Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 12:58 PM2014-10-10T12:58:57-04:002014-10-10T12:58:57-04:00SGT Private RallyPoint Member272721<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Oh, so many. I'm eclectic, but my absolute favorite is Steinbeck. <br />And I like:<br />George Orwell<br />Ayn Rand<br />Ray Bradbury<br />Upton Sinclair<br />Khaled Hosseini<br />Robin Cook<br />Stephen King<br />Michael CrichtonResponse by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 5:11 PM2014-10-10T17:11:03-04:002014-10-10T17:11:03-04:00MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca272815<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Dan Brown<br />Arthur C. Clarke<br />Clive CusslerResponse by MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca made Oct 10 at 2014 6:42 PM2014-10-10T18:42:11-04:002014-10-10T18:42:11-04:001LT Private RallyPoint Member272905<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>It depends, for military books I like to read autobiographies from the veteran's themselves. But if we're talking about just regular fiction books I gotta say I've always been a fan of John Steinbeck.Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 8:08 PM2014-10-10T20:08:15-04:002014-10-10T20:08:15-04:00PO2 Private RallyPoint Member273026<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am a 100% disabled Navy Corpsman, who has not only Gulf War Illness, but P.T.S.D. . I'm here for ya. Just write. And thank you for your service.Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 10:09 PM2014-10-10T22:09:46-04:002014-10-10T22:09:46-04:00PO2 Private RallyPoint Member273029<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>There are soo many! Carl Sagan, Einstein, Jules Verne, Erik Von Dankin, Philip Coppen, just to name a few.Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 10:13 PM2014-10-10T22:13:51-04:002014-10-10T22:13:51-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member273030<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Charles Shultz, he was great. His stuff was pretty deep. My second one I read their work just about daily. It is the Army Publishing Directorate. They just keep coming out with so many good books. The new new 670-1 was an instant classic.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 10:16 PM2014-10-10T22:16:17-04:002014-10-10T22:16:17-04:00SGM Private RallyPoint Member273115<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would have to say Terry Brooks. I was a you d kid who has just learned to read and picked up his first book. He is the only author I can read o ER and over again and never get tired of it.<br /><br />A very close second is Clive ClusslerResponse by SGM Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 10 at 2014 11:28 PM2014-10-10T23:28:39-04:002014-10-10T23:28:39-04:00Sgt Packy Flickinger273273<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have done very little pleasure reading, but its usually Dean Koontz when I do.Response by Sgt Packy Flickinger made Oct 11 at 2014 2:16 AM2014-10-11T02:16:37-04:002014-10-11T02:16:37-04:00SFC William Swartz Jr273442<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Was always partial to Tom Clancy, Harold Coyle and W.E.B. GriffinResponse by SFC William Swartz Jr made Oct 11 at 2014 9:03 AM2014-10-11T09:03:27-04:002014-10-11T09:03:27-04:00SPC Dave St.Andrew274354<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Fiction: Ernest Hemingway "The Big Two Hearted" Even though the events he wrote about actually occured on the Fox River and not the Two Hearted, it brings me back to fishing trips with my Grandpa on the same rivers in the best place to grow up in, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.<br /><br />Non-Fiction: Steve Rinella "Meateater" Another Michigander, his books are amazing, chronicling how he got into hunting and his time spent in the woods. He also sent me a signed poster and other things while deployed, I have much respect for the man.Response by SPC Dave St.Andrew made Oct 11 at 2014 11:44 PM2014-10-11T23:44:09-04:002014-10-11T23:44:09-04:00Cpl Dennis F.297047<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>John Le Care', the creator of George Smiley the ultimate low key cold war spy master, and so very many other unforgettable characters that helped forge who I have become today.<br /><br />As to the very best of the Vietnam novels "Dispatches" by Michael Herr. One of the very few true combat correspondents who went out and chased down the real war to be the voice of the line troops. He and Gustav Hasford "The 13th valley" were instrumental in the script for "Full Metal Jacket"Response by Cpl Dennis F. made Oct 27 at 2014 9:07 PM2014-10-27T21:07:56-04:002014-10-27T21:07:56-04:00COL Private RallyPoint Member368435<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tom Clancy (RIP)<br />Vince Flynn (RIP)<br />Brad Thor<br />Patterson (alex cross series)Response by COL Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 13 at 2014 11:24 AM2014-12-13T11:24:15-05:002014-12-13T11:24:15-05:00SPC Christian Ziegler615341<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Leonard B. Scott I really like his books, I also like R.A. Salvatore. I know those 2 authors are not even close in what they write. Guess I just like a large range of books.Response by SPC Christian Ziegler made Apr 24 at 2015 8:45 AM2015-04-24T08:45:18-04:002015-04-24T08:45:18-04:00SPC Thomas Moore624475<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ken Follett is my favorite author, I also like Stienbeck, Michener, Tony Hillerman, Jack Higgins, Dick Francis and Larry McMurtry.Response by SPC Thomas Moore made Apr 28 at 2015 7:10 AM2015-04-28T07:10:36-04:002015-04-28T07:10:36-04:001stSgt Jon Vance771374<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Jonathon Moeller, I like all his series.Response by 1stSgt Jon Vance made Jun 25 at 2015 9:45 PM2015-06-25T21:45:13-04:002015-06-25T21:45:13-04:00CPT Private RallyPoint Member1126918<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>For non-fiction, my favorite writer is G.K. Chesterton. Fiction would be a lot harder to choose. Thomas Wolfe is a great American novelist (especially for "Look Homeward, Angel"). J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert Jordan for obvious reasons. Dan Simmons for superb science fiction. Too many to choose, really.Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 23 at 2015 12:54 PM2015-11-23T12:54:25-05:002015-11-23T12:54:25-05:00PFC Private RallyPoint Member3415304<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>jrr Tolkien children of hurin <br />Andrzej sapkowski Witcher <br />George R. R. Martin Gabe of thronesResponse by PFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 4 at 2018 9:39 PM2018-03-04T21:39:08-05:002018-03-04T21:39:08-05:002014-10-08T21:20:37-04:00