Current
| The Odyssey, Homer (trans. W. H. D. Rouse) |
Recent
| The Illiad, Homer (trans. W. H. D. Rouse)* |
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Apr-Jun 2010 |
| Tears of Autumn, Charles McCarry* |
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Mar-Apr 2010 |
| Birdy, William Wharton |
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Feb-Mar 2010 |
| Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
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Jan-Feb 2010 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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Nov 2009-Jan 2010 |
| A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of Four†, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
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Nov 2009 |
| Thunder and Lightning: A No B.S. Hockey Memoir, Phil Esposito and Peter Golenbock |
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Oct-Nov 2009 |
| In Cold Blood, Truman Capote** |
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Oct 2009 |
| The Pearl, John Steinbeck |
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Oct 2009 |
| Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury |
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Sep-Oct 2009 |
| Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut** |
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Sep 2009 |
| Beowulf, Anonymous (trans. Seamus Heaney) |
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Sep 2009 |
| Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak |
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Sep 2009 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque* |
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Aug-Sep 2009 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* |
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Aug 2009 |
| Tremor of Intent, Anthony Burgess |
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Aug 2009 |
| The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane* |
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Jul-Aug 2009 |
| The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway |
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Jul 2009 |
| The Mansion, William Faulkner |
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Jun-Jul 2009 |
| Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs, Hunter S. Thompson |
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Jun 2009 |
| The Town, William Faulkner |
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May-Jun 2009 |
| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe* |
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Apr-May 2009 |
| The Call of the Wild, Jack London |
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Apr 2009 |
| The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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Mar-Apr 2009 |
| Billy Budd, Sailor: An Inside Narrative, Herman Melville |
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Mar 2009 |
| Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck** |
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Feb-Mar 2009 |
| Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes** | |
Jan-Feb 2009 |
| The Hamlet, William Faulkner | |
Dec 2008-Jan 2009 |
| When She Was Good, Philip Roth | |
Dec 2008 |
| The Godfather, Mario Puzo** | |
Nov-Dec 2008 |
| Bluebeard, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | |
Nov 2008 |
| The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Franklin | |
Oct-Nov 2008 |
| Immoral, Brian Freeman | |
Oct 2008 |
| The Maltese Falcon, Dashiell Hammett** | |
Oct 2008 |
| Tortilla Flat, John Steinbeck* | |
Sep-Oct 2008 |
| Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy, James T. Farrell* | |
Aug-Sep 2008 |
| Cannery Row, John Steinbeck* | |
Aug 2008 |
| Frankenstein, Mary Shelley | |
Aug 2008 |
| On the Road, Jack Kerouac | |
Aug 2008 |
| The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway | |
Aug 2008 |
| A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess* | |
Jul-Aug 2008 |
| Animal Farm, George Orwell | |
Jul 2008 |
| Catch 22, Joseph Heller | |
Jul 2008 |
| Slaugherhouse-five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.** | |
Jul 2008 |
| When Someone You Love Is Wiccan: A Guide to Witchcraft and Paganism for Concerned Friends, Nervous Parents, and Curious Co-Workers, Carl McColman | |
Jul 2008 |
| Silas Marner, George Eliot | |
Jul 2008 |
| Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner, Scott Cunningham | |
Jul 2008 |
| To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee* | | Nov 2007 |
| Lord of the Flies, William Golding** | | 2006 |
| The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger* | | 2005 |
| * | Recommended |
| ** | Highly Recommended |
| † | This title recommended out of multiple titles |
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Reading List
| The Epic of Gilgamesh, Anonymous (trans. Nancy K. Sandars) |
| The Eiger Sanction, Trevanian |
| Down and out in Paris and London, George Orwell |
| A Severed Head, Iris Murdoch |
| Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, Stephen Puleo |
| For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway |
| I Ching |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams |
| Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald (which version?) |
| The Doors of Perception, Aldous Huxley |
| Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
| Island, Aldous Huxley |
| Goodbye Columbus, Philip Roth |
| One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey |
| All the King's Men, Robert Penn Warren |
| Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen |
| Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arthur Mizener |
| East of Eden, John Steinbeck |
| A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway |
| Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra |
| The Prince, Machiavelli |
"Down and Out in Paris and London," George Orwell
Ray Bradbury, "The Martian Chronicles"
Ray Bradbury, "The October Country"
Thomas Paine, "Age of Reason"
Thomas Paine, "Common Sense"
The Way of All Flesh -- Samuel Butler. Slow getting into, but great human stories
The Severed Head -- Iris Murdoch. Hard to say what kind of novel it is. Murdoch was a famous academic/slut (!!!) in England. Interesting life. The book is laugh out loud funny as you reach the second half. She was an existential philosopher. Go figure.
Lucky Jim -- Kingsley Amis Funny, cheerful book. Not a forever classic, but very nicely done.
The Adventures of Augie March -- Saul Bellow
Ah, the Saul Bellow problem. He was a guy who everybody thought was just sensational, but left me cold -- very dry, very "thinky". The exception is "The Adventures of Augie March", which is a bildungsroman
Also, Thomas Mann, "The Adventures of Felix Krull, Confidence Man", which is very, very funny.
Also, read Thomas Mann, "Death in Venice", just for general culture. I didn't really like it, but I could see why he wrote it.
For SF, I loved the Jerry Pournelle/Larry Niven "The Mote in God's Eye" -- fascist propaganda, but interesting fascist propaganda.
"The Miernik Dossier", by McCarry
"Ipcress File", Len Deighton
"Spy Story", Deighton
Portnoy's Complaint
Tropic of Cancer
House of the seven gables
The Brothers Karamazov
east of eden
moby dick
the stand
the dark tower
the idiot by dostoevsky
Dracula
The Trial (kafka)
incredible lightness of being (?)
the jungle book
paradise lost
divine comedy
The Secret Agent, Joseph Conrad
candide
watership down
Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
Arrowsmith, Sinclair Lewis
I, Claudius
The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
the naked and the dead
Kim by kipling
shane
some mickey spillane book (one lonely night)
it by stephen king
Sometimes a Great Notion
lolita
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| The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath |
| Ulysses, James Joyce |
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