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STW has been great for recommendations in the past.
I've just finished A Higher Call and Moonshot following nods from here and in the past Pilgrim and the Spitfire one were good.
What should I think about next?
Books that have really gripped me:
Lonesome Dove
South
East of Eden
Grapes of Wrath
American Gods
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec
Outposts or Krakatoa, both by Simon Winchester.
Anything by Ben Macintyre, especially Operation Mincemeat.
Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec
Is very good. Requires/rewards the paying of attention.
Read some Don Delillo, working backward in order of popularity of title excluding Americana.
The shortest history of Germany - sort of arranges European history for you in a concise and readable fashion
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-shortest-history-of-germany/james-hawes/9781910400739
IHN - As you liked Lonesome Dove, have you read The Son by Philipp Meyer?
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-son/philipp-meyer/9780857209443
I have, it was excellent, as is American Rust by the same author.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1883390.The_Discovery_of_France
Also have a troll through and see what others are reading.
I am just finishing A Legacy of Spies by Le Carre.
I picked up The Boy On The Bridge recently and really enjoyed it. It's a prequel to The Girl With All The Gifts, also worth reading, but my recommended reading order would be Boy, Girl, then the epilogue at the end of Boy (which contains major spoilers for Girl).
''Crossing The Divide By The Teeth Of My Skin' - Jack 'Mustang' MacDuff
'Hard Refuge, Soft Option' - Gustaf Ølaf
'Gritty McGritface' - Terence Talltail
'A Short Gentleman' - Jon Canter
that last one was the best by far. Haven't laughed so much at a novel for as long as I can remember