2.07.2010

my ever-evolving reading list


Books I've bought and have yet to finish (If crossed out, they've been conquered.):
Look Me in the Eye: My Life w/ Asperger's, John Elder Robinson - brilliance and honesty; an inspiration
Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (...I know, it's despicable that I haven't read this yet..)
Darwin's Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution, Michael Behe
In a Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson - hilarious and fantastic adventure in a laid-back land
Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine - entertaining, humorous, and despairing look into man's mark on nature
the Bible, many authors and editors.. (this is an ongoing endeavor)
A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson
The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales, Oliver Sacks 
Physics of the Impossible, Michio Kaku

Books to buy (and obviously read):
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail, Bill Bryson
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Anne Lamott
Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, Donald Miller
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life, Donald Miller
Angry Conversations w/ God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir, Susan E. Isaacs
Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson
Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe, Bill Bryson
The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-town America, Bill Bryson
I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Bill Bryson
Finding Darwin's God: A Scientists' Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, Kenneth R Miller
The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins
There is a God: How the World's Most Notorious Atheist Changed His Mind, Roy A Varghese and Antony Flew
The Language of God: A Scientist Presensts Evidence for Belief, Francis S. Collins
The Man with a Shattered World, A. R. Luria
Just Don't Fall, Josh Sundquist


If you have any input on the lameness or awesomeness of these books, or suggestions - feel free to comment

1 comment:

Unknown said...

not a single book in a foreign language... boring!