One guys favorite books
Ø Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. I think of myself as/want to be Hank Rearden.
Ø Richard Bach’s Illusions. Yes, it is early-70’s hippy silliness/idealism – but I believe sincerely. And I see blue feathers nearly everywhere I look. I never have bugs on my windshield.
Ø Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. The very best satire of human motivations…
Ø Neuromancer by William Gibson. Cyber-punks rule.
Ø Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The scary part of this book is how real “it” all is…
Ø Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Terrific writer.
Ø High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby. Yeah, the movie was good also, but all of Hornsby’s writings make me laugh/sob to the core.
Ø A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Not the novel you may be accustomed to…but that’s more reason for you to read it.
Ø When I was an angry young single man, I re-read Men without Women by Ernest Hemmingway at least 2 dozen times. The man could write.
Ø Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet. Brilliant. Oh, and funny.
Ø Eric Segal’s Love Story. Can still draw tears just thinking about Jen.
Ø The Truth Machine by James Halperin. Life in 2004?
Ø The Thin Man by Dashell Hammett. 1930’s glamorous couple that solve murders on 3 martinis before lunch.
Ø Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. America – what a country.
Ø Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy. Historical fiction about the Renaissance and the sculptor Michelangelo.
Ø Many worlds, many choices in Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman.
Ø Carl Hiaasen’s Basket Case – comic crime genre (really).
Ø The king of twisty-plots – Charles Palliser and his book, Betrayals.
Ø I have really enjoyed every Harry Potter book written. What an imagination she has!
Ø There is no better “escape” than anything by: Forsythe; Ludlum; Clancy; le Carre; Coonts; and Coban. I often learn more about the world via these books, than all the CNN/Fox News/BBC/MSNBC combined.
Ø Richard Bach’s Illusions. Yes, it is early-70’s hippy silliness/idealism – but I believe sincerely. And I see blue feathers nearly everywhere I look. I never have bugs on my windshield.
Ø Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. The very best satire of human motivations…
Ø Neuromancer by William Gibson. Cyber-punks rule.
Ø Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. The scary part of this book is how real “it” all is…
Ø Empire Falls by Richard Russo. Terrific writer.
Ø High Fidelity by Nick Hornsby. Yeah, the movie was good also, but all of Hornsby’s writings make me laugh/sob to the core.
Ø A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. Not the novel you may be accustomed to…but that’s more reason for you to read it.
Ø When I was an angry young single man, I re-read Men without Women by Ernest Hemmingway at least 2 dozen times. The man could write.
Ø Tales from Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffet. Brilliant. Oh, and funny.
Ø Eric Segal’s Love Story. Can still draw tears just thinking about Jen.
Ø The Truth Machine by James Halperin. Life in 2004?
Ø The Thin Man by Dashell Hammett. 1930’s glamorous couple that solve murders on 3 martinis before lunch.
Ø Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. America – what a country.
Ø Irving Stone’s The Agony and the Ecstasy. Historical fiction about the Renaissance and the sculptor Michelangelo.
Ø Many worlds, many choices in Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman.
Ø Carl Hiaasen’s Basket Case – comic crime genre (really).
Ø The king of twisty-plots – Charles Palliser and his book, Betrayals.
Ø I have really enjoyed every Harry Potter book written. What an imagination she has!
Ø There is no better “escape” than anything by: Forsythe; Ludlum; Clancy; le Carre; Coonts; and Coban. I often learn more about the world via these books, than all the CNN/Fox News/BBC/MSNBC combined.
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