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facts as in books based on true stories in general, or as in history books?
Song for a Raggy Boy- Patrick Galvin (I've only seen the movie for that tone, but I bet the book is better)
Angela's ashes - Frank McCourt (book far better than the movie that was released)
Both of those take place in Ireland
Song for a Raggy Boy- Patrick Galvin (I've only seen the movie for that tone, but I bet the book is better)
Angela's ashes - Frank McCourt (book far better than the movie that was released)
Both of those take place in Ireland
I read "1984", I liked the first couple of chapters, but the middle was sorta dry. "Animal Farm" (also by Orwel) was a bit faster-paced, with a similar message, and more interesting, I.M.H.Opinion, but maybe that says more about my attention span than it does about Orwel's writing 
Corrie Ten Boom's books are really good, "The Hiding Place" was my favorite.
"Adventures in Two Worlds" is one of my favorites, it's a collection of real-life short stories by a doctor named A.J Cronin. It made me laugh, cry, and think, all signs of a good book in my opinion.
"The Cross and The Switchblade" Really interesting, read it twice.
"How to Live Like a King's Kid" by Harold Hill, amusingly written lighthearted account of the author's growth in Christ.
"The Persecutor" by Sergei Kourdakov, a fascinating true story about persecution in the U.S.S.R in the 60's & 70's, written by a guy who was on the squad in charge of breaking up underground churches. The author fled to America, got saved, wrote the book, and was killed shortly thereafter, presumably by Russian operatives
I can't really say that any of these books contain a lot of facts, but they are all well-written accounts of the human experience, which is the kind of book I tend to like. Hope this helps!
Corrie Ten Boom's books are really good, "The Hiding Place" was my favorite.
"Adventures in Two Worlds" is one of my favorites, it's a collection of real-life short stories by a doctor named A.J Cronin. It made me laugh, cry, and think, all signs of a good book in my opinion.
"The Cross and The Switchblade" Really interesting, read it twice.
"How to Live Like a King's Kid" by Harold Hill, amusingly written lighthearted account of the author's growth in Christ.
"The Persecutor" by Sergei Kourdakov, a fascinating true story about persecution in the U.S.S.R in the 60's & 70's, written by a guy who was on the squad in charge of breaking up underground churches. The author fled to America, got saved, wrote the book, and was killed shortly thereafter, presumably by Russian operatives
I can't really say that any of these books contain a lot of facts, but they are all well-written accounts of the human experience, which is the kind of book I tend to like. Hope this helps!
S
"In literature and our choice of wife, we surprise our closest friends". It's a little hard to know your tastes, Mr diggs. I haven't watched TV these 20 years so I've read over1000 books. -- Non-fiction, I hardly read fiction. English, Scots and American history, travel, sociology, Christian testimony, psycology, economics and biography.
I am an innocent and sunshiney man. What appeals to me may not appeal to you. So in, say, biography I enjoyed "As I Walked Out One Summer's Morning" by Laurie Lee, and "A Fortunate Life" by A.B.Facey, young men rising up through hardship to a simple, happy life. I did read all the great Victorian adventure novels once, and "Quentin Durward" and "Westward Ho" would be the pick of them, although in that they didn't get off to the pirate seas until p300-plus. Westerns: "The Homesman" and "Riders of the Purple Sage" (were not simple). Sci-fi: "Herio's Journey", gosh, there's no end is there.
I am an innocent and sunshiney man. What appeals to me may not appeal to you. So in, say, biography I enjoyed "As I Walked Out One Summer's Morning" by Laurie Lee, and "A Fortunate Life" by A.B.Facey, young men rising up through hardship to a simple, happy life. I did read all the great Victorian adventure novels once, and "Quentin Durward" and "Westward Ho" would be the pick of them, although in that they didn't get off to the pirate seas until p300-plus. Westerns: "The Homesman" and "Riders of the Purple Sage" (were not simple). Sci-fi: "Herio's Journey", gosh, there's no end is there.
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Like Steve, I too have read a great deal of books over my life. I've read out public libraries in sizably populated areas and used to go to used bookstores and buy them by the box when I was younger. However, since public integration to the Internet I read less than I once did.
Here's a book I found challenging after about the midway point:
Here's a book I found challenging after about the midway point:
