Another book list

Stolen. I'm feeling snap-judgement-y tonight.



Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

This is another good one. I even liked the TV movie with Spock as The Big Giant Head, or whatever his name was.


The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris

And another. Riveting.


Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

Ugh.


Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Nope.


The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer

I read some of it. Just enough to escape with a 'C'.


Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut

Vonnegut sucks.


Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

Nope.


Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins

Never heard of it.


White Noise by Don Delillo

Ditto.


Ulysses by James Joyce

Nope.


The Young Man’s Guide by William Alcott

No.


Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

No.


Seek: Reports from the Edges of America & Beyond by Denis Johnson

No.


Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

Wasn't Andy Dick in Steppenwolf?


The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry by Christine De Pizan

Nope.


Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Possibly, parts. Don't remember anything about it. Was this the one about windmills?


Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

Nope.


The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Might have read some of it. Good stuff, I think. Surprising how much of our current religious beliefs came from this.

The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt

No. Should.


East of Eden by John Steinbeck

No.


Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

No. Don't they make light switches?


The Thin Red Line by James Jones

No. I think I have the 1964 film waiting on my DVR.


Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Did read this one. I liked it.


The Politics by Aristotle

No.


First Edition of the The Boy Scout Handbook

Does the Webelos handbook count?


Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

No.


Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller

No. Probably should. I liked Death of a Salesman.


The Crisis by Winston Churchill

No.


The Naked and The Dead by Norman Mailer

No.


Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

No.


Animal Farm by George Orwell

Yes. More annoying, constant comparisons to anything we don't like in modern times.


Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Does George of the Jungle count?


Beyond Good and Evil by Freidrich Nietzsche

I'm living it!


The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

Probably should.


Moby Dick by Herman Melville

No.


Essential Manners for Men by Peter Post

Burp! What?


Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly

I think I read this. I know I read Dracula.


Hamlet by Shakespeare

Yes.


The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn

No.


A Separate Peace by John Knowles

No.


A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway

No.


The Stranger by Albert Camus

No.


Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe

No. But saw it about a thousand times on WGN's Family Classics. [que song and Frazier Thomas]


The Pearl by John Steinbeck

No.


On the Road by Jack Kerouac

No.


Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

Ditto about the Family Classics.


Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

No.


Foucault’s Pendulum - Umberto Eco

No.


The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

No.


Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard

Does Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas count?


Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose

Is this one of those "Look at me and how wonderful I am for not killing my family" books?

Paradise Lost by John Milton

No. Or maybe I did?


Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

No.


American Boys’ Handy Book

Was this the one that taught us was menses and vas deferens were?


Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

No.


King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard

No. I prefer his brother Merle's work.


The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Living it.


A River Runs Through It by Norman F. Maclean

No.


The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells

No.


Malcolm X: The Autobiography

No.


Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris

Liked this one too. Ran a little long-winded, but still excellent.


The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Wasn't he the guy that invented deep fried sandwiches?


All Quiet on The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarq

No.


The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

No.


Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans by Plutarch

No.


The Strenuous Life by Theodore Roosevelt

Swimmin' nude in the Potomac!


The Bible

I guess. There is some good stuff in there.


Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

No.


The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Good movie.


The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler

No.


The Dangerous Book for Boys by Conn and Hal Iggulden

I think I downloaded this off a BBS once.


The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

No.


The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Should read this.


The Histories by Herodotus

No.


From Here to Eternity by James Jones

Good, sad movie.


The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner

No.


Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

Yeah, I read this. A bit self-indulgent for my tastes. I didn't like the ending.


Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe should.