The Railway man by Eric Lomax
Notes from a small island Bill Bryson
Chariots of the gods by Erich von Daniken
Watch my back Geoff Thompson

the profession of violence - john pearson

made for rugby - barrie macdermot


bronson- charles bronson.

Bronsons ok but its mostly about him moveing from prison to prison and gets abit boreing.

A Confederacy Of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil - John Berendt

The Adventures Of Augie March - Saul Bellow

Underworld - Don DeLillo

i'm bugggered if i know where my copy is, its been passed round several friends who can only get through the first couple of chapters then decide to give it a miss. No one seems to know who had it last, can't say i'm that bothered though.

Correctamundo - I read it on holiday last year. A brilliant book and the last chapter is a real tear jerker.

Wayne Bennett's book is another great read, some inspiriational stuff in there. Some recommended sports reads -

Jan the Man - Jan Molby
Back from the Brink - Paul McGrath
Letting the Big Dog Eat - John Daly
A Life in Rugby League - Mal Reilly

I don't read much fiction but Birdsong is a fantastic book, I read it when I was travelling. It's like watching a 10 hour long war film.

A book recommendation for Wires71 is "The Fall of Apartheid" by Robert Harvey. You might have seen the Channel 4 drama "Endgame" which was shown last year and got repeated due to its good reviews, that drama was based on the book. Basically the (true) story of a British PR agent of a gold mining company, a professor from the University of Stellenbosch and the exiled Thabo Mbeki hosting secret talks in the UK, which are being spied on by the apartheid security services, to start the negotiations which ended up with Mandela's release and apartheid laws being repealed. As he says in the book, it's one of those situations where the truth could have been written as a political thriller. Mbeki comes out of it very well, ironically seeing as he was generally seen as a disappointment after his 10 years as President of South Africa, back in the late 80s he was a key figure in bringing apartheid to a close.

Mike Greg - Biting back

Just finished The Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub. First read it and really enjoyed it years ago, and enjoyed it just as much this time. Helps a little if you read The Talisman by the same authors first.

We seem to have alot off reconmmendations for books.So i can i suggest we put them if diferent catergories.
Like best Ficton,best auto biography, and so on.I think you get the picture.

How about books to avoid?
Stephen King - Carrie

IMO Stephen King books are either absolutely amazing (the aforementioned 'Talisman' and 'Black House' for example) or very poor. I cannot put into words the utter disappointment I felt after investing weeks into completing 'The Dark Tower' series of books (anyone who has read the full series will know what I mean).

Another favourite of mine is 'Good Omens' by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman.

I have that book in my 'intray' at the moment and I'm waiting for a reason to kick into it. I've read the first chapter which didn't quite grab me as I'm used to reading fact. Is it really worth a go?

Actually, forgot Paul McGrath's autobiography is outstanding. Really gritty & honest. Maybe the best I've read. [They're all I read]

Dan Browns Da Vinci Code was a book I really enjoyed and have just bought his new one, The Lost Symbol so I'll let you know what thats like when I get chance to read it.