I'm compiling my summer reading list. The list is based solely on friend recommendations. Just a little precursor, my book taste is a little different. I like to feel like I'm learning or being inspired when I read. This means I like non-fiction (loved the tipping point for example), self-help (i'm currently enjoying 7 habits), cultural feeling type of books. (i like the life of pi, though I'm not done), and uplifting, insightful types (tuesdays with morrie is a fave.) I guess a couple other random books that I like a lot are the outsiders, the perks of being a wallflower and to kill
So the list is as follows:
Nate B.:
?:::April 1865
milton.friedman:::free.to.choose
c.s.lewis:::mere.christianity
jared.diamond:::guns.germs.and.steel
Jake S.:
pearl.buck:::the.good.earth
john.lewis:::walking.with.the.wind
?:::arc.of.justice
terrell.givens:::by.the.hand.of.mormon
Trent M.(me):
malcolm.gladwell:::blink
earnest.dimnet:::the.art.of.thinking
yann.martel:::life.of.pi (finish it!)
george.orwell:::1984 (finish it!)
j.d.salinger:::catcher.in.the.rye
katherine.peterson:::bridge.to.terabithia
i appreciate your contributions.
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Posted about the same thing yesterday just less interesting. I am now deleting it and stealing YOURS.
I have to suggest my two favorite books even though I have told everyone about them anyway.
Exremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathon Safron Foer
History of Love by Nicole Krauss
The Alchemist by Paul Coelho
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (although I think that may be more interesting for girls)
Those are just a few on the top of my head.
Dr. Seuss's The Butter Battle Book
Bullitt Lowry's Pershing and the Armistice
Family by Pa Chin
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (won the Booker Prize)
the kite runner
the power of one
the glass castle
i know this much is true
the upanishads
'deadly persuasion'. though it's kind of depressing/shocking/in your face information about how the media affects people. but it's quite interesting. i reccomend.
I second The Good Earth. I read it this semester and it was excellent.
the count of monte cristo, alexandre dumas
atonement, ian mcewan (not a church book)
peace like a river, leif enger
on the road, jack kerouac
i third the good earth, and i second all of meredith's.
good luck.
i also second kite runner. best book. best.
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