Looking for fiction and non-fiction books for my 60 y/o dad.
Over the last couple years, I've been helping my dad get into reading. He had never really read anything outside of school obligations when he was young because he was always overwhelmed with trying to figure out which books he would like.
He's now read many non-fiction books – typically music (auto)biographies (favorite being Surrender by Bono, he's a huge U2 fan) and sports stories mainly about hockey.
He's expressed that he's interested in getting into fiction and I want to help him out with books he might like.
He also loves thriller/crime/drama movies and tv (his favorites: Ozark, Succession, Lincoln Lawyer) as well as historical drama and period pieces if that helps.
by Obvious_Lemon7571
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A Little Life :*
Sigma Force Series by James Rollins might be up his alley.
Thrillers that combine government, science, religion, occasional gun fights and a puzzle to solve in every single book.
They’re so good (IMO) that I re read them once a year or so (there are 16 or 17 now and I think may have more coming)
*Red Harvest* by Dashiell Hammett (and much of the rest of his work)
Stephen Hunter Bob Lee Swagger series,
James R. Benn Billy Boyle series,
Reacher books by Lee Child
Bosch books by Michael Connelly
Harry Hole books by Jo Nesbo
Virgil Flowers series or Lucas Davenport series by John Sandford
Parker books by Richard Stark
Source: I’m a nearly 60 yr old Dad.
He might like “That f*ckin’ Flowers” as he’s affectionately called throughout the series- he’s an investigator that’s not a typical stuffed shirt cop type. Early Gen X guy that’s always wearing a t-shirts that has some music/band reference, is constantly not bringing his gun, and happens to write articles for outdoor magazines.
For historical fiction, Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
He might like John Grisham books, but many have been made into movies which he may have seen.
The Lincoln Lawyer books are good!
okay a little left field but if he’s into music autobiographies he might really like[ Daisy Jones And the Six](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40597810-daisy-jones-the-six?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=AISnxqQxEp&rank=1) especially if he’s at all into Fleetwood Mac because it’s very loosely inspired by them.
Trying to suggest some lesser known books or less gung-ho American. Not that there’s anything wrong with those, but sometimes it’s nice to read a different perspective
.[ Berlin Game ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/482120.Berlin_Game?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=UTBwtuHNjZ&rank=1)by Len Deighton is an excellent book, part of a loose trilogy
Day of the Jackal remains the GOAT, and Dogs of War by the same author is a close second. And of course The Eagle Has Landed.
i recommend the John Cardinal series, starting with [Forty Words for Sorrow](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150447.Forty_Words_for_Sorrow?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Y3Z4qYdTy2&rank=1)
The Detective Sean Duffy books by Adrian McKinty starting with [The Cold Cold Ground](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13008754-the-cold-cold-ground?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=GXLpszYvzn&rank=6)
The Burke series by Andrew Vachs starting with [Flood ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/82306.Flood)is amazing and not just because there’s a 200 lb Neopolitan Mastiff called Pansy in it. Pansy’s been trained to attack on the command “Sit” (I think). Very gritty, raw books. There fantastic.
and seriously the Nick Stone books by Andy McNab starting with [Remote Control](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/601621.Remote_Control?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=5E9ez1HwR7&rank=2) are a ton of fun and very authentic