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May 25, 2017 04:47PM
I'll suggest anything by Don Winslow. I love "Savages" and the prequel, "Kings of Cool," and I'm currently listening to "Hour of the Dog" on my commute. Look any of them up on amazon to see if you might get like them.
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It's been a while since I read Lonesome Dove, but it clearly remains on my list of truly awesome books. In fact, I found a couple of the other books in the Lonesome Dove series to be excellent as well. I'm about 30% through with the Underground Railroad and its excellent.
Larry wrote: "I hope you guys find a way to make this group work. The reading community seems to be dominated by women. Not that there's anything wrong with that--but sometimes I want to talk about sports, sex, ..."Hey Larry, have you watched that show about the JFK assassination on the History channel? I plan on watching it this week.
Hello gentlemen I'm Joseph and I'm glad to be apart of this group! Looking forward to many awesome discussions!
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I hope you can participate in our group read. If not, please feel free to post what you are reading or want to read next.
Bill wrote: "Welcome to the group, Joseph.I hope you can participate in our group read. If not, please feel free to post what you are reading or want to read next."
Thank you Bill. I would love to participate in a group read I think it would be awesome! I read graphic novels and all types of books at the same time. I just finished the graphic novel Paul Has A Summer Job which I enjoyed very much because who doesn't love a good summer story? And I am currently reading the Sun Also Rises.
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Please feel free to share the books you've read recently and be sure to head over to the 'What should we Read' thread and make a suggestion for our next group read.
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Hello,I'm a new member. I have a book blog at http://www.ManOfLaBook.com
I enjoy history books and historical fiction, especially WWII ones. I also enjoy espionage books and in the process of reading the Bond books in order. Recently my taste in books has been changing and I find myself enjoying a bit more fiction.
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I like WWII books myself--both non-fiction and historical fiction.
I just joined the group. I've been looking for something like this since the book club over at Art of Manliness kind of fell apart. I just downloaded this month's book and am looking forward to it. How active is this club? Are there typically discussion questions posted for books at a certain time of month? Thanks.
Welcome Brent. I'm looking forward to some discussion on the book of the month that we just started. Hope you can join in.
Just joined. Been trying to find man-book blogs. I recognize Zohar's name, one of the few, one of the proud. I'll send an ebook to people for honest reviews. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...
Hello everyone, New fella here, Name is Paul and im from Convoy Ohio...Im an avid reader and have been a member here for a long time. I had no Idea they had a mens book club, Im married with 5 grown children, Im a retired Deputy Sheriff at 47 due to an on the job injury(broke back) I have plenty of time on my hands so I do a lot of reading about WW2, and things like that, Im also in the process of reading Being and time which is straining my intelligence...Any suggestions or recommendations are greatly appreciated...Thanks in advance.
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Do you have any particular area of interest in your WWII reading?
Just wanted to let everyone know that I have a new science fiction book being published by Baen in July 2019: TYGER BURNING. As part of the preparation for release I'm doing a series of YouTube videos; just go to my profile for links to the vids. (Moderators: if this kind of post isn't allowed, my apologies)
It looks like this group has gone a bit inactive. What a shame. Or am I missing something? I'm after a let's read..."____" and discuss next month. I don't actually care about the genre, as I read across the spectrum. Any good tips? Some I've really enjoyed in the past year...A Little Life, The Life we Bury, Reasons to Stay Alive, Sourdough...odd choices I know.
To deputy Paul’s intro welcome I’m retired City officer and read a lot of wwII. Will pass on some of my favs. I’m retired but I just ran out of gas after 28 years.
A lot of the activity seems to be on the Facebook site "Men’s book club"
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If we have enough interest here, I'll be happy to spend more time with posting group reads.
Definitely interested in seeing something here as I've reduced social media use, generally, and have given up on Facebook, entirely. Too polarised for my tastes. In any event, if the discussion comes back to the Goodreads forum, I'll definitely be a participant!
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I just read Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. My other book club is going to be reading Star Maker by Olaf Stapledon.
Any other suggestions?
How about the "coughlin series" by Dennis LeHane first book "the given day"Fiction About organized crime in Boston
Fathers and Sons, and The Given Day both sound like interesting picks (can't find Star Maker here in Australia). I was planning to pick up The Nix for my next read, but I can hold off if there is any interest in making it a "Club read."Also just started reading 'The Underground Railroad,' by Colson Whitehead.
Fathers and Sons sounds interesting, and it looks like it's relatively short too. Might be a good book club read.
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I already have a copy of the Given Day, but I'll go with whichever book has the most interest.
I look forward to participating in this group. It seems that far more women than men read and, as a result, the market caters more to them than to men. Moreover, many of the books for men seems to be genre books where an author like Tom Clancy or Stuart Woods write thrillers or mysteries or sea stories, etc. and nothing else, often following a formula in the writing. I hope to find more literary fiction like "The Things They Carried" or "All the Light We cannot See" or similar unique books like those.
@Paul Manytravels, we actually read The Things They Carried in our all male book club a few months back - it was excellent! Agreed, more books like those would be great.
Thanks for the reply, Douglas. Tim O’Brien’s other book, In the Lake of the Woods is also excellent, although much lesser known. It is about as powerful as a book can be, in my estimation. Much underrated.
Paul wrote: "Thanks for the reply, Douglas. Tim O’Brien’s other book, In the Lake of the Woods is also excellent, although much lesser known. It is about as powerful as a book can be, in my estimation. Much und..."Adding to my to-read list now. Thanks!
Btw, I compared the books we both have on our shelves and there was a lot of overlap in both books read/to-read and ratings. Look forward to seeing what else you're reading going forward.
Got discussing some books and never introduced myself. I’d echo some of the sentiment on this thread - especially not being on social media and still wanting community (most of all about books!) that I’m not getting elsewhere. My wife and I both read as much as we’re able to, even if that means reading on the treadmill at the gym or any other ways to get it in. We enjoy discussing and sharing what we read. There is something different in many ways to have a group of guys to share with that gets me reading different books than I would otherwise and opening up my thinking to other viewpoints. Look forward to being on here.
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Things aren't usually super active around here, we can use as much sharing and discussion as you're willing to provide.
I'm a regular gym reader myself, though I'm usually on the bike instead of the treadmill.
Richard wrote: "I'll suggest anything by Don Winslow. I love "Savages" and the prequel, "Kings of Cool," and I'm currently listening to "Hour of the Dog" on my commute. Look any of them up on amazon to see if you ..."We got to meet Winslow at an author reading here in San Antonio a while back. He was so great. I've read Power of the Dog and the Cartel and have the Border and the Force on my bookshelf.
Hello. I read a lot, mostly audiobooks now since the tech has enabled me to get & listen to them while doing other things like mindless chores. I own a small farm in Kentucky with a few horses, goats, & dogs. It just costs money so I'm the IT department for a small manufacturing company in Louisville during the day to pay for it & my shop where I spend a lot of time woodworking.Matt Helm, Parker, & other series are some of my favorites. They're short & to the point. I'm not a fan of the way novels are getting padded now & ignoring reality. For instance, I detest the Jack Reacher series for the ridiculous way Child portrays guns. (Has he even seen one except on TV?) A lot of the novels of the sort I like have just been before & done better. I'm reading a lot more nonfiction, mostly science & history.
I agree with you on the Reacher books; they’re ridiculously unreal, but I guess unreality sells these days.
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Hi everyone!! I'm Brad. I stumbled across this group recently and haven't had much of a chance to interact but I do want to introduce myself and say hello!
Hey. I'm VERY new to this group and the app good reads. I joined this group in hopes of finding male readers like myself who enjoy reading books of all genres that have a male protagonist, or at least written by a male author in genres like fantasy, horror, fiction etc. As I'm trying to get into reading, I can't find any books like this, and these are the type of books I love, knowing I can relate and I'm not reading from a female perspective every time. I hope joining this group can help give me a hand on the wheel as to what y'all read, and help for me to find great books. Thanks.
Joshua: Welcome to the group. It is good to have fresh blood.In case you haven’t tried it yet, a good way to find out what other guys are reading and what they think of what they’ve read, open their profile pages and check out the books they’ve listed as ones they’ve read. These can be especially helpful if they also wrote reviews of the books since so many people award their stars far too generously and on far too nebulous a criteria.
When looking at the profiles of other members you can also check out what other groups they belong to and how long it has been since each group had been active.
Good luck on your reading journey. I look forward to following your updates.
Paul Manytravels: That's a great piece of advice and I'll definitely start doing that. As of the group, I'm happy to be a part of it but it seems quiet here. Is it just me or is there more to this group that I'm not seeing?
Joshua wrote: "Paul Manytravels: That's a great piece of advice and I'll definitely start doing that. As of the group, I'm happy to be a part of it but it seems quiet here. Is it just me or is there more to this ..."Actually, "quiet" is an understatement. If you happen to know of a group where the books fit the kinds of things you and I are both looking for, books with more appeal to men, please let me know what the group is.
That's exactly what I'm searching for XD
Greetings folks. Yup. This seems to be a sleepy group. WAKE UP!Anyhow, I just found this group while hunting for a good read for a local men's book club here in Truckee, California where I live. It's a new group (we've only met 4x) and so far it's been non-fiction heavy (3 out of 4 so far). Except for history, I'm a fiction reader mostly, literary as well as genre (spy novels mostly) and wonder if this NF bias is common in men's book clubs.
So I'm trying to decide if I want to play to apparent preferences or take the plunge and encourage the group to stretch their comfort zones. Suggestions welcome.
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David
Hi all,David's post woke me up.
David: as a literary fiction reader myself, my suggestion is to stretch their comfort zones.
I reckon something like Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk or Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre would be a perfect start. They're easy to read, rapidly paced, deliberately comic but also make you think. Then again, I'm biased toward satirical fiction since it's what I primarily read and write.
Other suggestions (other than my own novel, of course!) would be anything by Junot Diaz (like Palahniuk, his writing is geared toward male readers and resonates with me) and, despite being cliched, Post Office or Factotum by Charles Bukowski. I think anyone who's ever worked in menial jobs (which I have) can relate to these two books.
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That said, be a little careful when you attempt to stretch the comfort zones--I think something easy like Fight Club or Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will work out better than a Satantango or anything by Dostoevsky.
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Feel free to share what you are currently reading and share your opinions of the stuff others have read.
Unfortunately, this page tends to move rather slowly at times.
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Good evening. As you can tell I am not a gentleman and if that is a problem I am ok with being deleted. I am trying to start up a male based book group at my library and wanted some suggestions on what to read. I am a big readers and can read almost anything and I would like to fill this gap in our library book groups. Any help would be amazing. Thanks in advance.
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