Novel Needed Urgently !!!!

I can thoroughly reccommend…………….

Think Like a Bird: An Army Pilot’s Story by Alex Kimbell

And

Chickenhawk by Robert Mason

….at least its on the right track……

Fiction doesn’t do anything for me.

Says true on the cover.;)

It is illustrated throughout.

Gripping stuff!

Baz

Fiction? Fiction……???!!!

Who said either of the last two were fiction?

Fiction doesn’t do anything for me.

One of the best books I have read in recent years was, “Between Silk and Cyanide” by Leo Marks.
The story of SOE during and just after WWII. Excellent book.

The sequel is more interesting….

“Wings Under Burma” (With apologies to Kenneth Hemmingway)

‘Key to the dungeon’ by Andy Saunders

To kill a mockingbird – Harper Lee
Of mice and men – John Steinbeck
Both excellent.

Caligula by Aloys Winterling is a good read, though not a novel.

Good choice .:)

Thanks again everyone……..

Piece of Cake….one of my all time favourites. Enjoyed Robinsons novel on the cold war Vulcans. Though not a huge fan of Tuesdays war.

I think Flygirl has got the answer, I’ve never read Catch 22 !

Catch-22 Joseph Heller

‘Winged Victory’ by Victor Yeates.
Yeates flew Sopwith Camels with 46 Sqn, on the Western Front and you won’t find a better book on flying in The Great War–in fact you’ll be hard pushed to find a better book full stop–in my ‘onest guv.
It’s written in the form of a novel but is clearly autobiographical, many of the characters in the book are based on real people in the squadron at that time. Yeates was dying from what was known as ‘Flying Sickness D’ when he wrote the book–we know it as Tuberculosis.
It has a slightly bitter tone (which is understandable) but is blessedly
far removed from false heroics of the type the film industry (in particular) seem so enamoured with.
Buy it–read it–marvel at what they did..!

Andy

I would load up my KINDLE with “Books” small, compact, lightweight, and the beauty is that you only have one “Book” as luggage.:)
Jim.
Lincoln .7.

Talk Down by Brian Lecomber. Aviation, non-war, and a good page-turning holiday read.

“War and Peace.” You won’t get through that before you get home.

Piece of Cake is always worth revisiting

Under an English Heaven for your B17 fix (Just noticed you’ve already ticked this one)

Tuesday’s War for light relief with Lancasters

Moggy

OK

Try any book by Patricia Cornwell, I have about twenty of her books in my case not read a poor one yet, crime and pathology the theme.

Any of the Cross series of books by James Patterson crime and detection.

Authors I would recommend Val McDermid (wire in the blood just one of her books), John Grisham, Michael Crichton and even for something light, aviation based but pure fiction, try Dale Brown or Tom Clancy, bit like John Wayne in jet planes but easy going.

Thanks all for your input !!!

It’s novels I’m after.

A thousand shall fall I thought was magnificent.

Fate is the Hunter is of course the classic alongside I would put Bomber by Deighton and Under an English Heaven by Radcliffe.

Think I’ll give Titanic a miss, I guess we will be passing close to her…….

I hate to think how long ago it is since I read Fate is The Hunter, still a good read.

Continuing the aviation theme a little more modern selection.

Joint Force Harrier by Commander Ade Orchard RN
Ark Royal by Mike Rossiter
Phoenix Squadron &
Vulcan 607 &
Storm Front by Rowland White
Apache Dawn by Damien Lewis (no it’s not cowboys and indians)
Empire of the Clouds by James Hamilton Paterson
Fighter Pilot by Paul Richey
I Sank the Bismark by Lieutenant Commander John Moffat with Mike Rossiter