I am sending a box of books to a 21 year old man who will be deployed for several months on an aircraft carrier. Any suggestions?
I am sending a box of books to a 21 year old man who will be deployed for several months on an aircraft carrier. Any suggestions?
Ready Player One.
I was just typing that!
I didn’t like Ready Player One and I read it before it was commercially available because it was written by my son’s friend. I did not enjoy the video game aspect of it at all.
Both my sons loved it, I only did the movie… that was enough gaming for me ?
Yesss
Unbroken
The Martian
Winger
11/22/63
Maybe some classics like Swiss Family Robinson, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea…
Thank you for supporting our troops ??❤️
Some Stephen King books, John Grisham books.
Thanks for supporting our troops
I’m thinking about Stephen King right now. Not sure which one to send. I love The Stand, but it’s really long for someone who doesn’t read a lot.
Pet sematary
@Neva the green mile is not a long sk book.
@Neva How about Misery? That one isn’t super long.
Try to find Carrie that one isn’t long
Kings of the Wyld
The only decision I have made so far is Fahrenheit 451.
Ooo and my 22 year old is pre-ordening this one… he read Eragon over and over in his (even) younger years.
My 20 y/o loved those books too. He used to have such a passion for reading. I wonder if he would read this book.
I would suggest some short story books, just in case he doesn’t have much time to read sometimes and I would suggest something uplifting to help him through his downtime and lower days when he is feeling down.
Red Rising series, so good
Stephen King’s Christine, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.
stephen kings dark tower series
Brandon sanderson – warbreaker
Hemingway
Vince Flynn
Perhaps a silly thought.. but would a Kindle Paperwhite with a couple of month Kindle unlimited be a more practical gift?
It’s no more expensive than 6/7 books and shipping..
I want him to pass the books on to others when he’s done.
@Neva .. that sounds logical!
Devil in the White City, The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo series
My kid in Afghanistan is reading the Game of Thrones series.
Or if u get a sony ereader you can get books from anywhere, not limited to a certain online shop & can get ebooks from friends etc. Saves a bit of money.
Sony does not make eReaders anymore.. and I buy books from a variety of sources (also Dutch books in ePub) and I read them al on my Kindle.
Just install Calibre (it’s free) on your computer and you can handle almost all written content.
Ohhh good to know. I have an old Sony Ereader which Ive had for about 10 years. Its a bit beaten up so was going to start looking for a replacment. Wont be getting a Sony ?
I am not interested in sending any thing electronic because I want him to pass the books along to shipmates. Also, because he is not yet what we would call “a reader” I’m trying to think of books that will interest him and draw him into becoming a reader,
I am legend.
I haven’t personally read it yet, but it has raving reviews, and the movie was amazing
The book is good. Not very much like the movie though.
One of my faves! Much better than any of the movies
Sycamore Row…
Boys in the Boat…
Matter of Inches by Clint Malarchuck.
Into the Wild…
Catch 22, The Caine Mutiny, The Naked and the Dead.
Ender’s Game
Matthew Reilly
Middlesex.
Chris Ryan
Terry Pratchett
A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan and Haunting of the Hill House by Shirley Jackson
I am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. A fantastic thriller.
I am pilgrim
Harry Potter
The feather men, I am pilgrim, pillars of the earth & tge sequel
The Count of MonteChristo- once you’re into it it’s un-put-downable
What about some ‘Jack Reacher’ from Lee Child.
The Winds of War and also War and Remembrance. Long, interesting, historical fiction of Naval officer in WWII.
What a brilliant idea is there a site where you can send books to our troops. If not I think someone should set it up.
Yes, I would love to do something like this, maybe with little handwritten notes in them saying thanks perhaps.
The young man that I’m sending books to is the son of my friend. I can ask him.
Thank you that would be great
The Halo books are great (based around the xbox games)
Terry Pratchett’s Thud- it’s a brilliant, hilarious, pointy stick at war on Discworld
Ready player one
Grisham, Patterson, Tom Clancy.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Harry Potter, hunger games and lord of the rings or even game of thrones series would be good as they are really thick books
Tom Clancy
John milton
What a lovely thing to do ❤️
Catch 22
Jack Reacher series by Lee Child
Lee Child’s, Jack Reacher series.
A Kindle and ALL of the books you could want to read. I’d suggest Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series and the Hard Luck Hank series, for something lighter and funnier.
Agree
Hunt for Red October by Clancy!
Anything by Harlan Coben is a good read for men and women.
Consider some graphic novels. And some sports magazines (like sports illustrated). We sent extras like that when we sent care pkgs to my brother-in-law.
James Patterson’s Alex Cross series.
lovely idea. ❤
Most anything by Tom Clancy, Lee Child, or Harlan Coben.
If he likes wrestling my husband loves reading wrestlers biographies! He also likes reading books about historic teams.
The new dan brown
Send some light hearted stuff, nothing to heavy
Start out slow, don’t overwhelm him, big books can scare new readers off. Something that hasn’t been made into a movie.
Longmire books by Craig Johnson.
Great idea.
I served on an aircraft carrier (the Nimitz) when I was 21. Served on a few long cruises. Loved Westerns. I went through a bunch of the Longarm series. Longmire looks similar these days.
Any Steven King
Nate Temple series!!
Anything by Clive Cussler!
Tell him to take a kindle and download from http://navy.libraryreserve.com/
He will only have 18 inches of storage under his rack and no real place to store books as all his uniforms and civilian clothes have to fit there… and toiletries and shoes….
Especially if he’s not a reader… he’s going to prioritize what he stores
Hubby was a marine. He loves G. Michael hopf, joe nobody, mark greaney, a. American.
Send him this code. he can share it with his buddies too
Carriers have libraries.
Jurassic park. I remember reading that book same age and got hooked on that author.
James Patterson
HP Lovecraft
Jack Reacher series, by Lee Child, retired from active duty he always gets the bad guys? my husband has read every book in the series.
Paperbacks will be easy to take along ??
Robert Jordon
Catch 22
Robert B. Parker
After reading the comments here, definitely not anything by women authors.
send agatha christie
http://operationpaperback.org/
Harry Potter, ready player one, the Martian, Artemis, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy (ultimate edition so he gets all five novels in one), catalyst series, the cuckoos calling series, inkheart series.