3.1.07

a quest for (improved) literacy

response to my request for book recommendations has been overwhelming; it has been delightful to talk with my friends about the books they love, and why they love them.

So in no particular order, the first 26 books you will be hearing about this year:
What We Believe But Cannot Prove John Brockman
Great Expectations Charles Dickens
The Things They Carries Tim O'Brien
Lolita Nabokov
Dracula Bram Stoker
Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace
Assasination Vacation Sarah Vowell
Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut
Dreams From My Father Barack Obama
Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein
Lamb Christopher Moore
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
The Autograph Man Zadie Smith
American Gods Neil Gaiman
Incredible Lightness of Being Milan Kundera
The Stranger Albert Camus
Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller
House of Leaves Mark Danielewski
Animal Farm Geroge Orwell
The Dreyfus Affair Peter Lefcourt
Mere Christianity C.S. Lewis
Jitterbug Perfume Tom Robbins
Freakonomics Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
Man's Search for Meaning Victor Frankl
For Whom the Bell Tolls Ernest Hemingway
A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson

1 comment:

The Process said...

Sweet. When I read about my baby's poop you can be sure to let me know how your books are! : )