My Reading List
My “To Be Read” list keeps getting longer, because I get new books faster than I read them. As of today, I am not going to get any new books until I have read the ones on my reading list. Here are my lists, broken down by category:
Fiction
1. 1984 by George Orwell
2. The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
3. The Stranger by Albert Camus
4. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
5. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
6. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
7. Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (Highsmith wrote The Talented Mr. Ripley, which is one of my favorite books AND movies of all time.
Personal Development
1. What Should I Do With My Life? by Po Bronson (I’ve read this twice already, but it’s good enough to read a third time.)
2. On Writing Well by William Zinsser (currently reading)
3. Put Your Life On A Diet by Gregory Johnson (current reading) DONE
4. The Renaissance Soul by Margaret Lobenstine (I’ve read this one already, but need to read it again. It describes my personality to a “T.”)
5. Your Money Or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin (I’ve already read this once, but need to read it again.)
6. Voluntary Simplicity by Duane Elgin (I have a hard time getting past the liberal propaganda, but there is really some good stuff in there.)
7. The Not So Big Life by Sarah Susanka (I started reading this one and decided to put it down, but I will give it another shot.)
Urban Planning
1. The Life and Death of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (I’m in the middle of this one, but it’s slow going.)
2. The Great Neighborhood Book by Jay Walljasper
3. Livable Cities Observed by Suzanne and Henry Lennard
Miscellaneous
1. Reagan, In His Own Hand by Ronald Reagan (I hope to learn a few things from him.)
2. Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
November 29th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I need to read The Renaissance Soul, too!
Have you seen YMOYL has a new edition out, updated for the current time? John, Amarinthia, Margaret, and I were saying yesterday it would be interesting to see what’s changed in the new version.
I’ve been reading On Writing Well and have really enjoyed it. I don’t agree with every point he makes or example he uses (I think some of his ideas are pretty subjective), but it’s definitely thought-provoking, and some of it’s certainly influencing my writing.
Email me and tell me about what you thought of Put Your Life On a Diet, please.