Russ
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does anybody read much? if so, what sort of stuff do you read/recomend.
i'll read sports autobiographies and things like andy mcnab/chris ryan/tom clancy
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C2RL R
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i bought these a few weeks ago
i've not even finished the first book in the series yet as i found it hard to get into. afaik these are the first books he wrote so maybe they are not his best work. i have read 2 of chris ryans more recent books and thought they were great.
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Russ
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yeah those are his first books based around geordie sharp
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C2RL R
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yeah thats right. stand by, stand by started way too slowly for me. i'm hoping they get better though.
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Hammer
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I've read a ton of autobiographies, got Eric Clapton and Ronnie Wood's to read just now. I buy them for my old man then pinch them when he's done 
Read a couple of the Dan Brown books as well.
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I've read hundreds of sports autobiographies, love reading them. Just finished reading Russell Brands 'My Booky Wook' which is very very funny.
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Mark1984_SRI
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If you want to read something you wouldnt usually pick up, this is one of the funniest books, i've ever read. My mate recommended it whilst i was in college and is still one of the best books i've read...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Heartbreaking_Work_of_Staggering_Genius
Anyone else read it 
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Eck
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I still stand by my opinion that Irvine Welsh created the best book ever with Trainspotting! Half way through the sequel which is good too.
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drunkenfool
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Read a couple of the Dan Brown books (in spanish lol ) which were quite entertaining.
Anohter great book was Danny Wallace - Yes Man. Definately recommend that one 
Ive also been reading a bit of Spanish poetry, and late 19th century novels aswell, but thats for part of my degree, not just for pleasure.
[Edited on 20-05-2008 by drunkenfool]
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DannyB
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At the min im reading a Dave Grohl autobiography, after that i'll be starting on Gordon Ramsey's, i only read autobiographies.
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AdZ9
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Never been interested in reading, just can't seem to get into the books and never have time to read them really.
I have however read Da Vinci code along with most of the world  i have only ever read 1 auto biography too which was Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnsons 
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Jamescorsa97
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I am really into reading climbing books. Recently read, The Climb, touching the void and into this air. All amazing books.
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Marc
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Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange
Irvine Welsh - Filth (awesome), The Acid House
Hunter S Thompson - Fear & Loathing..., The Rum diary
Iain Banks - The Wasp Factory, The Business
Alex Garland - The Beach
William H Sutcliffe - Are You Experienced
Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
Keane
Dan Brown - Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Digital Fortress
Bruce Campbell - If Chins Could Kill
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John
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Angels and demons is good, better than da vinci code anyway.
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Russ
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i read Sniper One by Dan Mills this week, amazing book, I'd recommend it to anyone who likes war stories, especially those based on a true story.
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Kurt
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never really get chance to read books but theres a couple that i wouldnt mind trying to make time for
Kurt Cobain - Journals
Banksy - Wall And Piece
Jack Kerouac - One The Road
Also to my suprise randomly looking on my parents bookcase.. in between the war, railway, cooking and gardening books was a pretty cool History of graffiti book 
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eddiewhiteley
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Papillon by Henri Charierre
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
In 1978, gifted student and writer Greg Roberts turned to heroin when his marriage collapsed, feeding his addiction with a string of robberies. Caught and convicted, he was given a nineteen-year sentence. After two years, he escaped from a maximum- security prison, spending the next ten years on the run as Australia's most wanted man. Hiding in Bombay, he established a medical clinic for slum- dwellers, worked in the Bollywood film industry and served time in the notorious Arthur Road prison. He was recruited by one of the most charismatic branches of the Bombay mafia for whom he worked as a forger, counterfeiter, and smuggler, and fought alongside a unit of mujaheddin guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan. His debut novel, SHANTARAM, is based on this ten-year period of his life in Bombay. The result is an epic tale of slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison torture, mafia gang wars and Bollywood films. A gripping adventure story, SHANTARAM is also a superbly written meditation on good and evil and an authentic evocation of Bombay life.
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smack
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Hunter s thompson 
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