Books to read
A list of books that I always think I should have read but never remembered when the time came. Thought I would put them up here so I can access them wherever I am at that moment. If you have any additions shout them out. Some of them are leftovers from high school, some from my political science degree and others classics that I will probably never read but probably should.
Power of Now - Eckkhart Tolle
World Is Flat, Lexus and the Olive Tree, From Behruit to Jerusalem - Thomas Friedman
Power of One - Bryce Courtney
Bible
Qur'an
Clash of Civilisations - Samuel P Huntington
Orientalism - Edward Sa'id
The End of History and the Last Man - Francis Fukuyama
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Old Man and the Sea/For Whom the Bell Tolls/Farewell to Arms - Hemmingway
Ulyssis - James Joyce
Island - Aldous Huxely
Cloud Street - Tim Winton
Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Steven R Covey
100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Story of B - Daniel Quinn
Sophie's World - Jostein Gaarder
Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared M Diamond
Siddartha - Herman Hesse
Blink: The Power of Thinking - Malcom Gladwell
Recommendations:
The Emperor's Children - Claire Messud
Ian McEwan
Love in the Time of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No Logo - Naomi Klein
A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Milan Kundera
A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry Nonzero - Robert Wright
Recommendations:
posted by Westy at 9:50 PM
11 Comments:
Have you read Fukuyama's and Huntington's articles?
That'll probably save you time for all the other books!
Yikes! No wonder you haven't picked them up yet. I think I'd prefer to smack my head against a brick wall. Do yourself a favour and skip the obnoxious prognostications of Friedman and Huntington and read something written by a talented writer who wants you to enjoy your reading. Any Ian McEwan novel or 'The Emperor's Children' by Claire Messud. That's what I've read lately and I enjoyed every minute of it.
PS - Also enjoying reading your blog. Keep it up!
I have to agree about Friedman... I read "the world is flat" and I still have no idea why I wasted my time... it told me nothing new and Friedman simply uses random incidental examples to back up his already stupidly obvious theories and prognostications... and he only lightly touches on the negative impact of globalisation and almost skirts past it, a bit pointless. If you're going to read that then you should check out Naomi Klein's "No Logo" to hear the other side of the story...
I've also read "Life of Pi", which was quite good, I do recommend it... and "100 years of solitude" which was simply fantastic, though I do think "love in the time of cholera", another one by Garcia Marquez, is better... check that one out also if you can :)
I just finished reading Eckhart Tolles 'A new eath: Awakening to your life's purpose' which I would recommend.
sorry this was Mazzy
If you haven't read "The Fountainhead" from Ayn Rand, I would recommend that one...
Thanks for your comment by the way
Nice list. I'd like to recommend The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. I found it inspiring (yet haunting).
Siz
have you got around to any milan kundera? I think you'd like his writing alot.
i would be prepared to second the recommendations for 'kite runner' and milan kundera... :)
I just finished reading "A Fine Balance", by Rohinton Mistry. It's one of those books you just can't put down - I loved it.
hey Siz and Bov,
yeah I managed to read Kite Runner a little while ago, alongside a long run of 'India/Afghanistan/Pakistan' books like Shantaram, Lost in Transmission, Absurdistan and the Carpet Wars. After a while everything started to mesh in together but they are all cool books.
Cheers
W
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