I’ve already commented on this recommendation, which was an outstanding one, and I’ve read all 21 books in the series….without a doubt the best and most fun reading I’ve done in my life! It’s historical fiction, basically. The main characters are fictional but the battles and life in the British Army at that time are real. I am on book 10 of the same Author’s series “Saxon Tales”, which covers the late 800’s to early 900’s in What is now England, and the battles between the Danes, Northmen, West Saxons, and all the other little Kingdoms, that led to the Kingdom that it became. It’s fantastic. Ordinarily, when I find an author I like, after a few books I need a break and need to read something different. Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Michael Connelly, are all great Authors, but the books tend to follow the same constant theme, so after a few, I need to change it up for a while, but with Bernard Cornwell, for some reason, I can’t get enough, and I just keep going. I can’t say enough about how much I love reading these books.

A lot of you obviously read the current events type publications and historical studies, and I like that too, but if you haven’t read the Sharpe series (Sharpe’s Tiger), or Saxon Tales “The Last Kingdom” ( the first book in the respective series) , do yourself a favor and try them out. The Last Kingdom is also a 4 season series on Netflix, but after the first 2 seasons, the series is almost unrecognizable from the books, but still entertaining. I don’t know what I’ll do when I’m done with this series of books. Maybe I’ll start working out again. 🤣😂

If you like riveting war books, primarily WWII, I can highly recommend John McManus. He has written 15 books and is an extraordinary writer. He is a professor of history.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=john+mcma...s_ts-doa-p_1_8

Watched the show, never occurred to me it was a book! Thanks for the suggestion!

Innumeracy by John Alan Paulos
The Physics of Star Trek - don't remember the author

“Snow Crash” -Neal Stephenson.

Fiction, sure. Published in 1992, this author came up with the concept Facebook is selling with “Meta”. He even coined the concept for a VR world called Meta.

A name adopted by Facebook, and a nod towards it’s “vision”.

Carrying The Fire by Michael Collins Apollo 11 Command Module Pilot. Probably one of the best non fiction books I’ve ever read about his experience becoming an astronaut and the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Written so well and isn’t too technical. Pretty well regarded as the best space centric book written. If you’ve wanted to take a peek behind the curtain of America’s finest hour, you won’t be disappointed.

Just to add- if you have a library card from your local library you most likely have access to apps like Hoopla, which will give you free access to lots of books and audiobooks. I’m currently listening to and reading a few of the books recommended here via Hoopla for any pilot’s favorite cost of $0.00.

Hoopla and Libby. Free ebooks on the Kindle app for iPad.

Not great writing but a fantastic story about a Flying Tigers Super Constellation ditching in the North Atlantic with 72 people on board. The ditching and rescue occurred in 20 foot seas and 50 knot winds with the nearest ship 8 hours away. There were 48 survivors. I had never heard the story until stumbling on the book. Great read for anyone who has flown the Atlantic. Tiger in the Sea is the book name by Eric Lindbergh.

Funny, I just heard about this Flying Tigers accident. I’ll have to check that out.

“35 Miles From Shore: The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980” by Emilio Corsetti III is a great read. He does a great job telling the story about the ditching of a DC-9 in the Caribbean. I had never heard of the accident prior. Pretty amazing story.