Sep 12 2007

Speaking of Books

Categories: Books

After putting up my last post about Cyptonomicon I ran across 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. I can’t say as I’m very impressed with the list, a few things aren’t on there that I’d expect. I’ve read about 31 of the books on that list that I noticed.

So, instead of following someone elses list I’m going to make a couple of my own. Feel free to follow along at home, or in your blog, or in the comments.

Away we go. There are three lists, Currently Reading (only one, not really a list, but who’s getting technical?), Top 10 books you’ve read, Top 10 you want to read (no re-reads). Ordering, at least for me, is random. I also list some trilogies as single book sets.

Currently Reading

  1. Principia Discordia

Top 10 Books I’ve Read

  1. Lord of the Rings — J.R.R Tolkien
  2. Ender’s Game — Orson Scott Card
  3. Sandman — Neil Gaiman
  4. Fionavar Tapestry — Guy Gavriel Kay
  5. Microserfs — Douglas Coupland
  6. Starship Troopers — Robert A. Heinlein
  7. Blindness — Jose Saramago
  8. Midsummer Nights Dream — William Shakespeare
  9. Fight Club — Chuck Palahniuk
  10. Altered Carbon — Richard Morgan

Top 10 Books I Want to Read

  1. The Illuminatus! Trilogy — Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson
  2. Foucault’s Pendulum — Umberto Eco
  3. Godel, Escher, Bach — Douglas Hofstadter
  4. Spook Country — William Gibson
  5. Black Man — Richard Morgan
  6. Ulysses — James Joyce
  7. Tao Te Ching — Lao Tzu
  8. Holy Blood, Holy Grail — Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln
  9. The Children of Men — P.D. James
  10. Dune — Frank Herbert

Those are my three lists. Now, lets have yours. I’m always looking for new books to add to my shelves. Just don’t tell Stacy I said that.

4 Responses to “Speaking of Books”

  1. Stacy says:
    September 13th, 2007 at 14:54

    Sausage Fest!!!!

  2. Peter says:
    September 20th, 2007 at 11:46

    Dune is one of my favorite books and the best SciFi book i’ve ever read. To be honest it is the only SciFi book i’ve ever read, but nevertheless it’s really good.

  3. Bruce says:
    September 30th, 2007 at 11:18

    I’ve read 5 of your top 10 (LOTR, Ender’s Game, Sandman, Fight Club, Midsummers night’s dream) and have Microserfs (mainly, because I REALLY enjoyed J-pod) sitting on my to read pile.

    I’m currently reading Neuromancer. Something I’ve been wanting to read for ages. (read: probably 15+ years) It’s been slow going though mainly because Harry potter got wedged in while I was midway through and because a lot of the ideas feel dated even though this is where they originated from.

  4. dj2 says:
    October 11th, 2007 at 23:32

    I haven’t read Neuromancer since highschool. I’ve been thinking of giving it a re-read. Would be interesting to see how it stands up to some of the Neal Stephenson books.

    J-Pod was a good book. I’d rank Microserfs as better but that could be that I read Microserfs first. Just struck me as being some indefinable better.

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