Having a wide variety of interests these are some of my recommendations:
Another vote here for Jack Hinson's One Man War by McKenne
Just finished reading the original by Ian Fleming's The Spy Who Loved Me. Don't know why he wrote it as I read somewhere, he hated it. Story is taken from the "heroine's" point of view and Bond doesn't show up until 3/4 of the way through. However, as with all his books, Fleming made me a better writer by the almost over use of adjectives, describing things so much so, as they make you believe you are almost there.
Picked up a book with the most unusual title of "Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All", by Christina Thompson, a "love story"...
If you think Columbus discovered America, fugetta about it! Gavin Menzies "1421, the Year China discovered America" is for those who have an open mind and don't have a phobia about China. His "1434, the Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance" is also a fascinating book. These two books by Menzies will really give one something to think about!
For those of you who like mysteries..."Mrs. Sherlock Holmes" by Brad Ricca and of course the complete works of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sports: Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a much better book then Wilt Chamberlin's, who just wrote about his "25,000 conquests". Interestingly enough Kareem also wrote a couple of books about Mycroft and Sherlock Holmes.
Jim Bouton, former pitcher of the Yankees wrote some interesting books about baseball. I got an autographed copy of "Ball Four".
I am sure many of you own several firearms, but do you have specific books to go along with your guns? Since I own a Winchester 1894, I bought the book "Winchester" as I am partial to historical books. It is by R.L. Wilson.
For those of you who own a rowboat...C.S. Forester's books about Horatio Hornblower's books are outstanding, but if you are a landlubber, then Bernard Cornwell's series about Richard Sharpe should suit you.
Of course one of the all-time great adventure series was the Tarzan books (I read 30 of them when I was in the AF) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Just about every chapter ends in a cliff-hanger.
They say variety is the spice of life and I have read/collected many books and magazines. I have over 100 First Edition/Premiere Magazines including the first 20 years of Penthouse, seven years of Oui and of course various Playboy's. I was fortunate enough to even get some of the Centerfold's autographs when they used to make public appearances at auto shows, home shows and sound shops here in town.
My pièce de ré·sis·tance however, is the first edition of Sports Illustrated (1954 same year Playboy started) which I picked up, still in it's original mailing envelope for only twenty five cents!!! (price on the cover) This was in the 70's.
...but back to books... Sci-fi and Science. Isaac Asimov stands head and shoulders in these two categories. His Foundation series is awesome and his science books start out with the basics so the layman can get a little understanding of it, like mathematics or astronomy, but then then the subjects get really deep, for the more advanced readers.
A book by the Fey Brothers, grandsons of Charles Fey considered the inventor of the one armed bandit aka: slot machine is a colorful history of Slots.
When I first read them, I thought Brave New World and 1984 were sci-fi books, but found out they had more meaning then I originally thought.
Well as you can see I like to diversify in my choices. Keep an open mind. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Drop me a line if you read any of my books and what you thought of them. I am always open to some of your recommendations too.