All-time favorite book is "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell. Also really liked the late Vince Flynn's counter-terrorism books (he died @ age 47 of prostate cancer). Also like David Baldacci and James Patterson (Alex Cross series is my favorite) I tend to like books with mystery, turns and twists. Since retirement, I usually read a couple of books a week and get thru the library and order used books on line thru thriftbooks.com
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