Reading List
Reading enriches my life. Below is a list of some of the books I have read since beginning derwerffblogg at the end of September 2007. The list is arranged alphabetically by the author’s surname. Bookcover images running down the right side of the blogpages are arranged alphabetically by title. Each image is linked to the author’s name in the reading list.
Adams, Henry. The Education of Henry Adams
Alter, Jonathan. The Defining Moment: FDR’s One Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope
Anaya, Rudolfo. Bless me, Ultima
Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Atwood, Margaret. Oryx and Crake
—–. Mansfield Park
—–. Sense and Sensibililty
Berendt, John. The City of Falling Angels
</>Bradley, James. The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
Carter, Jimmy. Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid
Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton
Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dreams
Cohan, Tony. On Mexican Time: A new Life in San Miguel
Collins, Jim. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap… and Others Don’t
Covey, Stephen M. R. The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything
Dawkins, Richard. The God Delusion
de Botton, Alain. How Proust Can Change Your Life
Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. The Brothers Karamazov
Edwards, Kim. The Memory Keeper‘s Daughter
Ehrenreich, Barbara. Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
—–. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In America
Fitch, Noel Riley. Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
Follett, Ken. Pillars of the Earth
—–. A Place Called Freedom
—–. World Without End
Freston, Kathy. Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness
Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat
Fuller, Alexandra. Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Gopnik, Adam. Paris to the Moon
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants
Hamid, Moshin. The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Harris, Sam. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Hedges, Chris. American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Heilemann, John, and Mark Halperin. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime
Hemingway, Ernest. A Movable Feast
Hitchens, Christopher. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner
Isherwood, Christopher. A Single Man
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never Let Me Go
Isikoff, Michael, & David Corn. Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Mermaid Chair
—–. The Secret Life of Bees
Kingsolver, Barbara. The Lacuna
Krauss, Nicole. The History of Love
Leon, Donna. Dressed for Death
Lessing, Doris. The Grass is Singing
Maisel, Eric. A Writer’s Paris: A Guided Journey for the Creative Soul
Matthew, Chris. Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero
McCarthy, Cormac. All the Pretty Horses
—–. No Country for Old Men
—–. The Road
McCarthy, Mary. The Stones of Florence
Mendell, David. Obama: From Promise to Power
Mortensen, Greg, and David Oliver Relin. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace… One School at a Time
Nemirovsky, Irene. Suite Française
Obama, Barack. The Audacity of Hope
—–. Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Packer, George. The Assassin’s Gate: America In Iraq
Paramahansa Yogananda. Autobiography of a Yogi
Petterson, Per. Out Stealing Horses
Pollan, Michael. Botany of Desire: A Plant’s Eye-View of the World
—–. In defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto
—–. Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
Pollard, Justin, and Howard Reid. The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern World
Rochefort, Harriet Welty. French Toast: An American In Paris Celebrates the Maddening Mysteries of the French
Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows
Rubenfeld, Jed. The Interpretation of a Murder
Schaeffer, Frank. Sex, Mom, and God
Seierstad, Asne. The Bookseller of Kabul
Shrum, Robert. No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner
Stegner, Wallace. Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West
Tobias, Andrew. The Best Little Boy in the World Grows Up
—–. [Reid, John]. The Best Little Boy in the World
To Read…
I began this list because I found I could not keep track of the books I want to read or the recommendations I’m given.
Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune
Bolaño, Roberto. The Savage Detectives
Brokaw, Tom. Boom! Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow
—–. The Greatest Generation
Caro, Robert. Master of the Senate
Diaz, Junot. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Ellis, Joseph. American Creation
Goodwin, Doris Kearns. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Heat-Moon, William Least. Blue Highways: A Journey into America
Korda, Michael. Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
—–. American Lion
Powell, John Wesley. The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
Thomas, Evan. A Long Time Coming
Waugh, Evelyn. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
