Here are some books I am currently recommending.
They can be found at selfari:
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Fair
Good
Very good
ExcellentSpring 2007
Into
the Wild, John Krakauer
10
Days the Unexpectedly Changed America, Steven M. Gillon
Point
to Point Navigation Gore Vidal
The
Meaning of Night, Michael Cox
Nonviolence,
Mark Kurlansky
Trouble
with Harriet, Dorothy Cannell
Red
Leaves, Thomas H. Cook
Fat
Girl, Judith Moore
The
Ninth Life of Louis Drax, Liz Jensen
31
Days, Barry Werth
Dinner
with a Perfect Stranger, David Gregory
Harvest,
Tess Gerritsen
44
Scotland Street, Alexander McCall Smith
Letter
of the Law, Tim Green
The
Preservationist, David Maine
The
Assassin's Gate America in Iraq, George Packer
The
Center of Everything, Laura Moriarty
The
Bishop and the Beggar of St. Germain, Andrew M. Greeley
Spikes,
Michael Griffith
Thomas
Paine, Craig Nelson
A
Gentleman Caller, Dorothy Salisbury Davis
The
Interrogation, Thomas H. Cook
The
Soloist, Mark Salzman
Boogaloo
on 2nd Avenue, Mark Kurlanski
In
the Time of the Butterflies, Julia Alvarez
The
Dark Side of the Game, Tim Green
Expresso
Tales, Alexander McCall Smith
Courting
Trouble, Lisa Scottoline
Married
Men, Carl Weber
The
Yokota Officers Club, Sarah Bird
The
First Counsel, Brad Meltzer
The
Story of Chicago may, Nuala O'Faolain
Bless
Me Ultima, Rudolfo Anaya
Citizen
Vince, Jess Walter
The
Last Templar, Raymond Khoury
Open
House, Elizabeth Berg
Jefferson,
Max Byrd
The
Innocent Man, John Grisham
Buddha,
Karen Armstron
The
Book Thief, Markus Zusak
The
Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong
Omnivore's
Dilemma, Michael Pollen
Bait
and Switch, Barbara Ehrenreich
The
Devil's Code, John Standford
The
Good Husband of Zebra Drive, Alexander McCall Smith
A
Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah
The
Poe Shadow, Matthew Pearl
Glass
Castle, Jeanette Walls
Einstein
His Life and Universe, Walter Isaacson
Carpool,
Mary Cahill
Bridget
Jones Diary, Helen Fielding
In
the Deep Midwinter, Robert Clark
Never
Change, Elizabeth Berg
All
Creatures Great and Small, James Herriot
A
Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
Cooked,
Jeff Henderson
Overblown,
John Mueller
The
Road, Cormac McCarthy
Love
and Other Impossible Pursuits, Ayelet Waldman
Travels
with Charley, John Steinbeck
Evening
Class, Maeve Binchy
Raney,
Clyde Edgerton
Where
are the Children, Mary Higgins Clark
Ultramarathon
Man, Dean Karnazes
Memory
Keeper's Daughter, Kim Edwards
The
Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman
A
New Earth, Eckhart Tolle
How
the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez
Top
Ten, Ryne Douglas Pearson
Revolutionary
Characters, Gordon S. Wood
The
Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot, Bart D. Ehrman
Fall 2007
The
One Percent Solution, Ron Suskind
The
Long Rain, Peter Gadol
The
God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
The
Spellman Files, Lisa Lutz
This
I Believe, ed. Juy Allison and Dan Gediman
Keeping
Faith, Jodi Picoult
Grave
Surprise, Charlaine Harris
Mother
Tongue, Demetria Martinez
Amusing
Ourselfs to Death, Neal Postman
Gnostic
Gospels, Elaine Pagels
Finn,
Jon Clinch
God,
Jack Miles
The
Wheat Field, Steve Thayer
Buddha
Is As Buddha Does, Lama Surya Das
Bridge
of Sighs, Richard Russo
How
Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman
Rise
and Shine, Ann Quindlen
Thunderstruck, Richard Russo
Spring 2008
Pillars
of the Earth, Ken Follett
Brief
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz
Free
Food for Millionaires, Min Jin Lee
American
Gods, Neil Gaiman
A
Simple Act of Murder, Mark Fuhrman
Arc
of Justice, Kevin Boyle
Infidel,
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Burning
Bright, Tracy Chevalier
Traveler,
Ron McLarty
The
Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, Pietra Rivoli
Run,
Ann Patchett
Love
over Scotland, Alexander McCall Smith
Shape
Shifter, Tony Hillerman
Blood
Diamonds, Greg Campbell
Foreskin's
Lament, Shalom Auslander
Funny
in Farsi, Firoozeh Duman
A
Long Stay in a Distant Land, Chieh Chieng
The
Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks
World
Without End, Ken Follett
Last
True Story I'll Ever Tell, John Crawford
The
Mistress's Daughter, A.M.Homes
Summer 2008
Legacy
of Ashes Tim Weiner
That's
Not in My American History Book, Thomas Ayres
Double
Bind, Chris Bohjalian
Born
on a Blue Day, Daniel Tammet
Beautiful
Boy, David Sheff
Fear
and Loathing in Los Vegan, Hunter Thompson
Ellen
Foster, Kaye Gibbons
House
of Corrections, Doug Swanson
Alchemist's
Daughter, Katharine McMahon
Their
Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
River
Cross My Heart, Breena Clarke
Songs
in Ordinary Times, Mary McGarry Morris
Miracle
at Speedy Motors, Alexander McCall Smith
Age
of American Unreason, Susan Jacoby
How
to Watch TV News, Meil Postman and Steve Powers
My
Stroke of Insight, Jill Bolte Taylor
Naked
Buddha, Adrienne Howley
Buddhism,
Winston King
Robert
Kennedy: His Life, Evan Thomas
This
Book Will Save Your Life, A.M. Homes
Sin
in Second City, Karen Abbott
Happy
Yoga, Steve Ross
A
New Earth, Echart Tolle
Crazy,
Peter Earley
Lottery,
Patricia Wood
Bend
in the River, V.S. Maijsaul
On
Bullshit, Harry G. Frankfurt
1968,
Mark Kurlansky
Dear
American Airlines, Jonathan Miles
Then
We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
Flight,
Sherman Alexie
Ballad
of the Whiskey Robber, Julian Rubinstein
Fall 2008
The
Lincolns, Daniel Mark Epstein
James
Madison, Robert A. Rutland
The
Host, Stephanie Meyer
The
Act of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
Skinny Bitch, Rory Freedman and Kin Barnouin
Jay Luck Club, Amy Tan
A Free Life, Hajin
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relm
The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coelho
The Woman Who Can't Forget, Jill Price
The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Roddy Doyle
Religious Literacy, Steven Prother
The Worst Hard Times, Timothy Egan
The Bodhisattva Mind, Pema Chodron
The Devil Came on Horseback, Brian Steidle
The Gathering, Ann Enright
Robert Kennedy, Evan Thomas
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski
Then We Came to the End, Joshua Ferris
Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
In the Country of Men, Hisham Matar
Reconciliation, Benazir Bhutto
Books from Previous Years 2004
to 2006
Must Read List [
Books]
The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry
Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver
Fast Food Nation, Eric Schlosser
Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown
The Dress Lodger, Sheri Holman
The Crimson Petal and the White, Michael Faber
The Earth Shall Weep, James Wilson
Overblown, John Mueller
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini
How to afford a reading habit.
1. Go to the library
2. Buy used books on the Internet (great bargains)
3. Join Book clubs (free book offers)
4. Join rent a book clubs (cheap books)
5. For your birthday or Christmas or anytime people give you gifts,
ask for
books
If you have any questions about any of these books email me at gazianjo@lewisu.edu