I originally did this list for my friend Zach’s website, which is a collection of literature reviews from any friends we could wrangle together into contributing. With the advent of sites like Goodreads, this kind of thing may be outdated. But I think it’s a good way to get to know me. You could do a lot worse than reading this stuff.
STUFF I’VE READ THAT DEFINES ME
Annie Dillard – Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Joseph Campbell – The Power of Myth
Dale Carnegie – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Peter Shaffer – Equus
Berke Breathed – Any Bloom County
Bill Watterson – Any Calvin & Hobbes
Gary Larson – Any The Far Side
Ayn Rand – Atlas Shrugged
Larry McMurtry – Lonesome Dove
Jonathan Safran Foer – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Carson McCullers – The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
John Irving – A Prayer for Owen Meany
F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby
Everette Maddox – Any poetry
Roald Dahl – Any work
Yann Martel – Life of Pi
Madeline L’Engle – A Wrinkle in Time
Bill James – Any baseball book
The Playboy Interviews (ed. Golson)
Greg Godek – 1001 Ways to be Romantic
Piers Anthony – On a Pale Horse
Orson Scott Card – Ender’s Game