If you liked This-Then you might like....

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I thought I'd start a thread where people can connect books that are similar. I don't believe that any two people see the same thing in a book, but I do believe that we tend to fall into groups that like this, that or the other thing about a book and that we often see the same "likable" things in other books.

So, I wondered, If I like this book (insert name here) are there other books out there that I might also like that are...like this? (yes, I used "like" three times in a sentance.)

So, as Charles Burke might say, "What's your connections?" (I don't know if he ever said that, but I loved his show "Connections" on The Learning Channel.)

Give us a book to think aobut and tell us what other books you liked for the same reasons.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I'll kick it off.

If you liked Resurrected: An Adam Wolf Thriller by Steve Trotter then you might like:

The Reluctant by C.S. Splitter

And...

If you liked Dauntless by Jack Campbell then you might like

A Galaxy Unknown or Citizen X by Thomas DePrima.

And if you liked Storm Front by Jim Butcher and A Cold Day For Murder by Dana Stabenow then you might like


Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by J.L. Murray.


And..

If you like books by James Rollins and Clive Cussler you might also like,

Butler Did It! by Keith Pomeroy and Sally Pomeroy and The Hunt For Atlantis by Andy McDermott

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Good idea!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I have my moments.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

Of course you do!

[Eileen]

Yes, good idea!

[Lisa P, My weekend is all booked up!]

Great Idea...can we also ask for recommendations? For example:

If I liked Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia, then I might like ????

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Lisa wrote: "Great Idea...can we also ask for recommendations? For example:

If I liked Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia, then I might like ????"

Zounds... that sounds like a great idea!

and that's a great question! ... i want to know the answer too! MHI and.... (I've heard The Rook but I haven't read that and cannot confirm it.

[Eileen]

Lisa wrote: "Great Idea...can we also ask for recommendations? For example:

If I liked Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia, then I might like ????"

I also say if you liked MHI you will like The Rook. I've read both and the Rook as a similar feel to MHI except the main character is female. Besides the action, it's a funny book. I'll be surprised if you don't find yourself laughing out load will reading The Rook.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Okay, so that's one ... if you like MHI Then you'll like the Rook... (Thanks Eileen!)

I'm curious, what is it about MHI and the Rook that makes them so different from other reads that they have a fairly unique appeal?

[Eileen]

Anytime, Hugh!

For me, MHI and the Rook hooked me right from the first couple of pages and then continued till the very last page. Maybe it's just as simple as great world building and story telling. Or it could be the humor.

Does that begin to answer your question?

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Literary Adrenaline Junkie]

I haven't read MHI yet (in the pile), but I loved The Rook. I hope he writes more books in that series!

[Jody]

This is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for.
For example: "If you like books by James Rollins and Clive Cussler you might also like,

Butler Did It! by Keith Pomeroy and Sally Pomeroy and The Hunt For Atlantis by Andy McDermott "

I have enjoyed the McDermott books....now I have a new author to look into....Keith Pomeroy. Thanks! :o)

[Jim]

Hugh: What's up with that scary bear picture? Being in Montana, that looks a lot like Griz to me. When the sun goes down, they all come creeping around in the dark. They get up in the apple tree across the street and go nuts. Talk about scary bears!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Jim wrote: "Hugh: What's up with that scary bear picture? Being in Montana, that looks a lot like Griz to me. When the sun goes down, they all come creeping around in the dark. They get up in the apple tree ac..."

It reminds me of one of the most colourful characters ever to greace the Big Screen, Bear Claw Chris Lapp!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcsXC...

Watch that, and, tell me he's not a fun guy?

"Sure are cocky for a starving pilgrim."

[Jim]

Yassah, Bear Claw's my new go-to guy! There's places around here with people just like that!! I try and be nice to 'em, read the paper to 'em and stuff like that.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Yaahhh-ha-ha-haaaa! Skin that one, Pilgrim, and I'll git you anuther one!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Jody wrote: "This is exactly the kind of thing I've been looking for.
For example: "If you like books by James Rollins and Clive Cussler you might also like,

Butler Did It! by Keith Pomeroy and Sally Pomeroy ..."

I'm glad you like the thread. I'll also add that if you like The Hunt For AtlantisExcavation you might also like and Inca Gold or Temple

And, if you liked Ice Station you might like Ice Hunt

[Jody]

I still need to read The Hunt of Atlantis but you are absolutely right, read the others and enjoyed them all! :o)

[Sally]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "I'll kick it off.


If you like books by James Rollins and Clive Cussler you might also like,

Butler Did It! by Keith Pomeroy and Sally Pomeroy



Thanks so much for mentioning us!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Sally wrote: "I, Curmudgeon wrote: "I'll kick it off.


If you like books by James Rollins and Clive Cussler you might also like,

Butler Did It! by Keith Pomeroy and Sally Pomeroy



Thanks so much for mention..."

Your welcome. The idea behind this thread is to connect people to books that they may not be aware of by having people share books that they feel are related in some way. I find that I may read lots of different types of books, but, where those I like are concenred, if I knew that there was another book that captured the magic of storytelling in the same way as one that I enjoyed, I'd surely like to give it a chance and read it.

Hopefully some new, rich viens of reading can be opened up here... at least that's the hope behind the thread.

[Sally]

It's a great idea! I'll give it a try; if you like Clive Cussler and our book, you might like the harder to find River of Diamonds or Twist of Sand by Geoffrey Jenkins.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Sally wrote: "It's a great idea! I'll give it a try; if you like Clive Cussler and our book, you might like the harder to find River of Diamonds or Twist of Sand by Geoffrey Jenkins."

The River of Diamonds and A Twist of Sand by Geoffrey Jenkins. I'm checking them out now. Thank you!

See, it's working already!

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Sally wrote: "It's a great idea! I'll give it a try; if you like Clive Cussler and our book, you might like the harder to find River of Diamonds or Twist of Sand by Geoffrey Jenkins."



Wow, I thought these were new Indie-pubs but, am I seeing "Published in 1960 here?" That's cool. I thought I had at least heard of all of the action adventure authors in the recent but classic past. Of course that's ludicrous but, I like to think I have broad horizons. I wish they were available in a Kindle Format, but they are reasonably priced for the trade paperback editions.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Mike(The Paladin), have you heard of Geoffrey Jenkins? He's got a lot of books out. They look right up the old, Desmond Bagely Hammond Innes and Alistair McClean alley.

[Sally]

Hubby is gloating. He loves introducing people to Geoffrey Jenkins.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Well, if you like Historical Romance (Regency Romance) you should always try my favorite author in that genre ... Patricia Frances Rowell. (Yes, she's the Mamma Mudgeon.)

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

And, I'd say, another, if you like C.S. Forester then you may like Ramage by Dudley Pope who was sort of a Protoge' of Forester's.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Sally wrote: "Hubby is gloating. He loves introducing people to Geoffrey Jenkins."

Give my thanks to your husband (Keith Pomeroy?)

[Sally]

Right, he helped me out because I couldn't think of any new books to recommend. When he got me onto older books, I thought of the Jonathan Gash novels (older ones, something changed toward the end and they're not so good), but I can't think of anyone to compare them to.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Johnathan Gash Novels... hmm... thinking...

[Sally]

These books feature the charcter Lovejoy, a rascally art and antiques savant. BBC made a popular TV series of them, but the books are far better and more adventurous. When Lovejoy gets in trouble, there are some of the most extreme and entertaining adventure scenes I have ever come across.

[Patricia]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Well, if you like Historical Romance (Regency Romance) you should always try my favorite author in that genre ... Patricia Frances Rowell. (Yes, she's the Mamma Mudgeon.)"

Thanks for the plug, Mudgeon. There is quite a bit of action in them, too. Now available on Kindle (except the first one. Don't know why.).

[Patricia]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "And, I'd say, another, if you like C.S. Forester then you may like Ramage by Dudley Pope who was sort of a Protoge' of Forester's."

Would that be the USS Ramage, the one you helped build?

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Patti wrote: "I, Curmudgeon wrote: "And, I'd say, another, if you like C.S. Forester then you may like Ramage by Dudley Pope who was sort of a Protoge' of Forester's."

Would that be the USS Ramage, the one you ..."

Same name, this Ramage is English and it's set during the Napoleonic War era off the coast of Italy.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Patti wrote: "I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Well, if you like Historical Romance (Regency Romance) you should always try my favorite author in that genre ... Patricia Frances Rowell. (Yes, she's the Mamma Mudgeon.)"

T..."

And there's a sweet Romance in Ramage too, when they aren't blasting things with Cannons and stuff.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I, Curmudgeon wrote: "Patti wrote: "I, Curmudgeon wrote: "And, I'd say, another, if you like C.S. Forester then you may like Ramage by Dudley Pope who was sort of a Protoge' of Forester's."

Would that be the USS Ramage..."

Oh, and for the record, the Litton Industries Shipyard in Pascagoula MS built Ramage, I was part of the commissioning crew that "made the ship come to life."

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

If you liked Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett then you might like Black Cross by Greg Iles.

[Eileen]

How about this one....

If you like Storm Front you might like Hounded.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Eileen wrote: "How about this one....

If you like Storm Front you might like Hounded."

Yeah, that's a good connection!

[Eileen]

I'm near the end of Summer Knight, this series just keeps getter better! This is the 4th in series and probably my favorite so far.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

I liked Hounded. Oberon was really cool. I have to get moving on this series (I have the next two, just haven't cracked them open yet.)

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

If you like Hung Out by Margaret Weis, Ender's Game by Orson Scot Card, The Lost fleet Series by Jack Campbell, or Galaxy Unknown by Brian Deprima you might like Originsby Randolph Lalonde

[Mark]

I've just started David Baldacci's Zero Day and the comparison's between his Puller character and Lee Child's Reacher are scary. So I guess if you like one, you'll probably like the other... although I feel a bit queasy at just how derivative it seems - anyone else have the same problem?

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

Yeah, there are some books that I read, then, take a second look at the cover to make sure I haven't accidentally re-read something. Sometimes the simalarities are striking.

More often than not, I see pieces of this, that or the other in a book. (More than one source) which, sometimes I applaude and sometimes it looks exactly like it reads, peicemeal comic book panel by panel construction. I'm familiar with Reacher, but I haven't read Puller.

[The Pirate Ghost, Long John Silvers Wanna-be]

This is more osbscure and surely not Action Adventure but I can't resit the temptation, if you likedDumb White Husband vs. the Grocery Store by Benjamin Wallace then you might like Vampires are from Venus, Werewolves are from Mars by Vera Nazarian.

Both humorous and written in a a flowing stream of consciousness that rattles on a bit (but I liked both of them).

[Patricia]

Mark wrote: "I've just started David Baldacci's Zero Day and the comparison's between his Puller character and Lee Child's Reacher are scary. So I guess if you like one, you'll probably like the other... althou..."

Some things I have been aware of in writing are a) You can't copyright an idea, nor a phrase, and b)there is nothing new under the sun. ;-)

Every time I thought I had an unique idea, I saw it in the next book I picked up.

[Patricia]

Mark wrote: "I've just started David Baldacci's Zero Day and the comparison's between his Puller character and Lee Child's Reacher are scary. So I guess if you like one, you'll probably like the other... althou..."

I like Baldacci, but sometimes he drives me nuts with his odd use of prepositions. E.g., "He slipped it between in briefcase." Yeah, I knew what he meant, but...TILT.

[Mark]

They do say there are only seven plots, and so everything is going to seem like something else - the trick is in mining a seam of originality in the situation, the characters, or whatever.

So I think Baldacci could at least have made Puller an inch taller or shorter than Reacher... I mean, really.

[Patricia]

Mark wrote: "They do say there are only seven plots, and so everything is going to seem like something else - the trick is in mining a seam of originality in the situation, the characters, or whatever.

So I think Baldacci could at least have made Puller an inch taller or shorter than Reacher... I mean, really..."

LOL, Mark. Yeah, they say Shakespear wrote all seven of them.

I just (accidently) read a very old romance in which the hero was 6'5".