I read so many books that it would be hard for me keep up a list. But I feel compelled to list a couple of books from two of my very favorite authors:
Amazon.com: The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir: Bill Bryson: Books
I really love Bill Bryson and his sometimes exaggerated descriptions of growing up in the 50s and early 60s in Des Moines are perhaps the funniest things I have ever read. Every page is a laugh out loud moment, which is saying a lot for me.
Amazon.com: A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World: Tony Horwitz: Books
Tony Horwitz is perhaps my favorite writer, being a historian and a travel writer, my top 2 favorite subjects. He's the one that did
Confederates in the Attic and he takes a similar style in following the histories and paths of the early North American explorers (from the Vikings to Plymouth).
WSUCougar mentioned my favorite historical novelist, Jeff Shaara, and I agree completely with his views on
Rise to Rebellion (plsu his sequel
The Glorious Cause). I picked up his two WW2 novels written in the same vain
The Steel Wave and
The Rising Tide and will be getting to those soon.