Man-lit

dr strangelove

Anything by P.J. O'Rourke:

The Bachelor Home Companion,
Age and Guile Beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut,
The CEO of the Sofa,

.....to name a few.

pretty-in-pink

smashey wrote: »

Loaded.

FHM is better

citytillidie

Happy New Year PiP and your right FHM is better than loaded

Jesus Wept

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

FHM is better

Hello Stranger! :eek:
Where do you think you have been?

watna

The-Rigger wrote: »

Hello Stranger! :eek:
Where do you think you have been?

Was going to say the same thing! and I agree, I actually quite like reading FHM!

citytillidie

If girls like them mens mags i thought it would have been Maxim as they have a no nipple policy in its mag

Rattlehead_ie

pretty-in-pink wrote: »

FHM is better

Agreed, Otherwise My shelf is covered with every David Gemmel Book and a couple of James Pattersons

blackbox

What about Thomas Harris.

The Hannibal Lecter books are magnificent.

Also, anything by Stephen Hunter.

Santa Claus

A good SAS brain-off book by Chris Ryan or Andy McNab normally does me.
Also I have a strange interest in french foreign legion books since a mate from college went off to join many years ago.

Mark Bowden is always a good choice (Black hawk down, killing pablo)
Mark Brandon Read is a genius and his "Chopper" books are hilarious !
And as others said you can't beat a bit of Pratchett.

As someone else said Audiobooks are brilliant....you can listen to a book while playing video game!

justsomebloke

I have to admit I generally still can't read a book without it having pictures in it. So generally it is photography books for me, the BBC wildlife photographer of the year probably being my favorites

LostinBlanch

Eh JSB I think you may want to change the 2nd link in your sig.

You won't find many takers in here.

justsomebloke

LostinBlanch wrote: »

Eh JSB I think you may want to change the 2nd link in your sig.

You won't find many takers in here.

you'd be surprised at how many people here would have all the good intentions of getting fit. So what would you prefer to go to a gym or workout at home so that you can have a beer betweens sets?

LostinBlanch

I'd stop digging if I were you.

People have been slagged off for less.

justsomebloke

I know but I don't care, weightlifting is great:p (seriously why did they have to make the sticking the tongue out pink).

weightlifting has been the single best thing that I have done that has helped me eat good food. I am nearly always hungry and can easily eat more food now then I have ever done before and get to have eggs, steak, a few chicken breasts. mince in one day (and that would be an easy day), so I would say don't knock it till you have tried it

Santa Claus

The only weight lifting you'll find brothers in BG&RH doing jsb is letting a lady with a few extra pounds go on top during the sex

Zaph

jsb wrote: »

you'd be surprised at how many people here would have all the good intentions of getting fit.

If it's anything other than zero I will be surprised, amazed, shocked, flabbergasted and most likely dumbfounded.

jester77

I don't see Max Barry mentioned in here. Good read, especially for anyone who is exposed to the politics of the big bad corporate world!

ibh

Tom Sharpe, very funny esp Riotous Assembly.

sarsfieldsrock

Recently read the first of the Travis McGee novels. "The Long Blue Goodbye" by John D Macdonald. A cynical private eye type but very well written.
Dated in certain aspects but still very enjoyable. I seem to remember reading some of his stuff when I was about 13 or 14.
Can't get the books on this side of the Atlantic. All still in print in the US though.

sarsfieldsrock

Oh and the Angel series by Mike Ripley has always been quite good.
Harry Harrisons Stainless Steel Rat and Deathworld series were a joy as well. Still are actually.

Tim Dorsey's character Serge Storms is also a brilliant creation. Even if the books do borrow from Carl Hiaasen.

I like a good series. Pity the Spenser and Jesse Stone series are almost done now.

JupiterKid

Irvine Welsh
Joe Esterzhas
Stephen Baxter
Brett Easton Ellis
Ian Rankin

Gaspode

Robert Rankin is great man-lit. Look him up.

Mackman

big b wrote: »

Stephen King & Michael Crichton

I love Michael Crichton, i just finished "Andromeda Strain" this morning actually. Pretty good. Incredibly nerdy though Jurassic Park, Congo, and Prey are worth reading too.

Huge Stephen King fan too, ive read heaps of his stuff. Havent read the dark tower series though. i must get onto that.

Bill Bryson is great too. i laugh my head off every time i read one of his.

Ill add Dean Koontz, he's like a poor mans Stephen King, but still very good.