"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read"- Groucho Marx

The Books Page

I love reading. I always have and I always will. Since you have graced me with your presence, I feel obliged to share with you the ever popular lists which are:

• Top Ten Books that I really want
• Books I am currently reading
• The most influential books I have read
• My favorite authors
• Books I have recently acquired
• Books for sale (just kidding)

The 10 Most Wanted

Everyone has a top ten list, or maybe a top 20 list. In any case I have a list of 100 or so I would be happy to have. My fingers and my brain are not willing to write a list that long out. However, I will write out the top 10 books that I want.

1. LA Confidential by James Ellroy
2. A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
3. General Murders by Loren D. Estleman
4. The Corner : A Year on the Streets by David Simon
5. Dead Man Walking by Sr. Helen Prejean
6. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
7. A Grief Observed by C.S.Lewis
8. Animal Farm by George Orwell
9. The Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy
10. I know why the caged bird sings by Maya Angelou

Recent Additions to the Library

• Bag of Bones by Stephen King
• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
• Comanche Moon by Larry McMurtry
• Silas Marner by George Eliot
• Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
• O Pioneers by Willa Cather
• The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
• Bhagavadghita (an ancient Hindu text)
• Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
• You Know Me Al by Ring Lardner
• The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
• A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
• The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
• Howard's End by E.M. Forster

  Plus 5 big boxes from the Fill a Bag for a Buck Sale from the Ann Arbor Public Library. 5 clams buys a lot when you can pack a Cadillac into a Volkswagen. ;)

Recently finished books

• Alice in Wonderland
• The Street Lawyer
• I, The Jury
• The Prince of Tides

The most influential books

• The Sea Wolf by Jack London
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis

  There are more to be added to this category, so come back often!

What I am reading currently

Life is short, so reading more than one book at a time becomes necessary. I'm reading 7 or 8 as we speak. I am a multitasking person. Kids, don't try this at home.

• Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets by David Simon
• The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
• Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
• Dead Man's Walk by Larry McMurtry
• The Pelican Brief by John Grisham
• Gandhi by Louis Fischer
• Colin Powell: My American Journey by Colin Powell and Joseph Persico
• Stress by Loren D. Estleman

Some of My Favorite Authors

• James A. Michener
• John Grisham
• Jack London
• Mark Twain
• O. Henry
• Tom Clancy
• Larry McMurtry
• Charles Dickens
• John LeCarre

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