harold1950

Anyone here read any Jim Butcher? He has a series called the Dresden Files, about the only publicly practicing Wizard in Chicago. Harry Dresden is a smart ass, a real Wizard, with all kinds of problems keeping the wolf from the door, so to speak. Trying to earn a living, trying to keep out of trouble with the White Council (Wizard self government, who are sure he is one spell away from being a warlock)

If you get them, read them in order. They will stand alone but you miss so much of the back story and it is all relevant.

The First is Storm Front, then Fool Moon, then Grave Peril. If you are not hooked after the first one, go on to something else but I have all eight. Good reads all.

spankymcwanky

I recommend an author by the name of Joe R. Lansdale. He writes excellent thrillers and mysteries that keep you on the edge of your seat. Many of his books are suspensful and full of dry humor.

acidfilter

Hi yall, good of a time as ever to start posting. Here are two books off the top of my head I would recommend.

Bill Bryson - Down in a Sunburned Country (about his travels in Oz, great for constant laughs)

Paul Theroux - Dark Star Safari (his travels through Africa from Cairo to Cape Town, enlightening but a bit cynical)

thecowboy

If you like Grisham, you'll like Robin Cook. Medical instead of law but just as thrilling

inimyaudi

Brad Metzler writes about law, buy I'd recommend John Dunning if you want some really well-written mysteries...

roastduck

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No one's recommended him yet, but Tom Clancy writes some good stuff (ever see the movie "The Hunt for Red October?"). His earlier novels are a good group of espionage novels, and his later ones are a mix between political thrillers and war novels.