Summer Reading List 2006

13 thoughts on “Summer Reading List 2006”

1. atone­ment, sophies choice

2. Any­thing by John Irv­ing that you haven’t read.

3. The Lions of Al Ras­san

4. Shalom Adam,

   These are the two I’m rec­om­mend­ing to peo­ple now:

   Sex Wars by Marge Pier­cy, and
   Stone­henge by Bernard Corn­well.

   What have you got for me?

   B’shalom,

   Jeff

5. Skip­ping Through Gomor­rah by Dan Sav­age for a lit­tle light read­ing.

   Nick­el and Dimed by Bar­bara Ehren­re­ich
   Ordi­nary Res­ur­rec­tions by Jonathon Kozol and
   A Prob­lem from Hell: Amer­i­ca and the Age of Geno­cide by Saman­tha Pow­er for a lit­tle unlight read­ing.

6. “Kaf­ka on the Shore” or “Sput­nik Sweet­heart” by Haru­ki Muraka­mi are two favorites of mine read in recent years.

7. Thanks for your sug­ges­tions, every­one!

   I sug­gest that every­one read Peace by Gene Wolfe.

8. Fic­tion rec­om­men­da­tion: “Hard-Boiled Won­der­land and the End of the World” by Haru­ki Muraka­mi

   Non­fic­tion rec­om­men­da­tion: “Gödel, Esch­er, Bach” by Dou­glas Hof­s­tadter.

9. The Demon Haunt­ed World by Carl Sagan

10. “Music of the Swamp” by Lewis Nor­don; one of my lit­er­a­ture pro­fes­sor’s favorites.

11. “How To Talk To A Lib­er­al, If You Must” by Ann Coul­ter. Great read!

12. “Oryx and Crake” by Mar­gret Atwood

13. Two from my trip to the CWRU book sale two Sat­u­radys ago, both are good for a week­end read:

    Girl with a Pearl Ear­ring (bet­ter than the movie)
    Slow­ness (by Milan Kun­dera)

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