I am a fairly avid reader and I especially enjoy novels with a "sporting" aspect to them. Unfortunately, I am running out of ideas for new books to read so I thought I would start a recommended reading thread.
What I am looking for are novels with some sort of connection to shooting, hunting, fishing, outdoors, etc.. The books do not have to be all, or even primarily, related to sporting themes, but should touch on them in some way. For example, I recently finished Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, which has only a few hunting scenes but which would be appreciated by any hunter because it is all about old vs. new ways, rural vs. city, etc.. (BTW, I highly recommend Anna Karenina and War and Peace to all. Who knew that 800 and 1600 page novels, respectively, could be gripping page-turners?.)
There are, of course, many "how to" books, technicanna, etc., but I am looking for pure entertainment reading. Recommendations do not need to be pure fiction, for example Capstick's Death in the Long Grass was a great book filled with stories, but I am looking for books that are primarily story, written for entertainment, not instruction.
To get the list going, here are my suggestions:
- Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (some hunting, appreciation of rural life, etc.)
- Capstik, Death in the Long Grass (collection of accounts and some "how to" on Safarai hunting in Africa)
- Hemingway, Green Hills of Africa (more Safari hunting)
- Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls (no hunting, but lots of outdoors and shooting)
- Hemingway ... Okay, just about all Hemingway.
- The hunting and exploring adventures of Theodore Roosevelt (this one was just so-so)
Your recommendations are appreciated.
