This is a simple alphabetical index of the books I’ve reviewed on my blog. I’ve organized them into three categories: The Hall of Fame, for books I consider near-perfect, The Hall of Shame, for book that I would endorse burning, and The Hall, for everything else that falls somewhere in the middle.
Have you just read a great book? Let me know in the comments section down below - I’m always looking for things to read.
The Hall of Fame
- O Pioneers! By Willa Cather
- But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer
- The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
- No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Despair by Vladimir Nabokov
- Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks
- Like You’d Understand Anyway by Jim Shepard
- Homicide by David Simon
The Hall of Shame
The Hall
- Winesburg, Ohio, by Sherwood Anderson
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- The Well-Fed Writer by Peter Bowerman
- The Body Artist by Don DeLillo
- The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
- The Ongoing Moment by Geoff Dyer
- On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
- Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Fooling With Words by Bill Moyers
- Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov
- Dreams Of My Father by Barak Obama
- Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessel
- Great Dream of Heaven by Sam Shepard
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February 1, 2008 at 2:52 am
B
Alphabet versus the Goddess by Leonard Schlain and The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, the second isn’t so good in terms of writing but the retelling of the story I think is interesting. The first one is fascinating for all sorts of reasons, I’l l let you see why.
P.S. Good luck with all the new transitions and findings. You give me hope I won’t fall flat on my face once I get out and try.
February 1, 2008 at 10:23 am
MAS
Probably the most fun I’ve had in the past couple years: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.