Book Recommendations

[Cheap Shot]

Are there any mystery/police series that are more.... reasonable, or realistic?

I've really enjoyed the Bosch novels, which started off not-that-convincing, but become more and more believable as LA cops became fans and reached out to the author.

Anything like that?

I very much enjoy the "Prey" series and the Virgil Flowers books by John Sanford. Not sure about how realistic they are from am LEO perspective but both Sanford and Connelly are extremely gifted writers

[NickA]

I'll second both John Sandford series. I have some catching up to do with the Flowers books but have been reading the Prey novels since he started them.
Also not an expert on police procedure but I don't think there's anything too fantastical in them. The dialog between the cops is always entertaining, realistic or not. There's plenty of instances where Davenport screws up and pays the consequences, and he ages and changes as the series progresses which you don't always see.
He also does a good job making Flowers a very different character, so the series have a different feel.

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[BehindBlueI's]

Spearhead by Adam Makos

This was an awesome read. If you like WWII military history and armor you’ll like this book. I read three quarters of it in one sitting.

I just started this one and am a touch over 1/4 through it already. You're right, it's an awesome read.

[Coyotesfan97]

It’s time to reread it.

[Lester Polfus]

In other words, the kind of book people read in order to impress people they really don't like. Or at least say they've read.

While spending your own time and money to do things you can't stand to impress people you don't like (and who often don't care or notice) isn't quite Hell on Earth, it's still a pretty miserable time.

I vicariously experienced my ex-wife getting an MFA in creative writing. At one point the plan was for her to get hers, then for me to get mine. After watching her navigate that toxic environment, I said "nope" and now I write lowly genre fiction. Those folks would look down on me , but I'm paying the mortgage with book royalties, so there's that.

What comes to be considered "good" in literary fiction is interesting. Some of those books are breathtaking books that will change your life. Most of them are boosted because of who the author knows, or in many cases, literally sleeping with.

There's long been speculation that many people buy the popular lit-fic books as a form of virtue signaling, but don't actually read them. One of the funny things about eBooks is that retailers like Amazon and Kobo actually know whether books are getting finished or not, and their numbers bear that out.

[Cheap Shot]

I just started this one and am a touch over 1/4 through it already. You're right, it's an awesome read.

Spoiler Alert.

Agree but beware. After reading the book you'll probably feel a compelling urge to buy a tank. It really seems like it would be a handy problem solver during the weekly commute. I image a future of zen like calmness once I get mine!

Namaste

[Clusterfrack]

I just finished the latest Expanse book. I love the series, both in print and on Amazon streaming.

[LockedBreech]

I vicariously experienced my ex-wife getting an MFA in creative writing. At one point the plan was for her to get hers, then for me to get mine. After watching her navigate that toxic environment, I said "nope" and now I write lowly genre fiction. Those folks would look down on me , but I'm paying the mortgage with book royalties, so there's that.

What comes to be considered "good" in literary fiction is interesting. Some of those books are breathtaking books that will change your life. Most of them are boosted because of who the author knows, or in many cases, literally sleeping with.

There's long been speculation that many people buy the popular lit-fic books as a form of virtue signaling, but don't actually read them. One of the funny things about eBooks is that retailers like Amazon and Kobo actually know whether books are getting finished or not, and their numbers bear that out.

My shelves have a few dozen "signaling" titles from my college years. A fair number are, indeed, unread.

I stopped caring what anyone thought about what I read a long time ago, and I finish every single book I buy now - Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Iain M. Banks (sadly, I have exhausted his works and am on my last Banks read ever, rest his soul), Alastair Reynolds, and anything that I just genuinely enjoy and am excited to read, which is usually military, sci fi, fantasy, or detective-type stuff.

Life is such a short, fleeting thing, and reading such an enjoyable escape from it, that the very idea I once cared what some mysterious peer group thought about what I'm reading is alien, like a different human being had those concerns.

[Medusa]

I just finished the latest Expanse book. I love the series, both in print and on Amazon streaming.

I’m saving my reading of the series for whenever the amazon series ends - definitely on my to be read list.

[Clusterfrack]

I’m saving my reading of the series for whenever the amazon series ends - definitely on my to be read list.

I think you get more out of the show having read the books.