Difference between revisions of "Books students are reading"

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* Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
 
* Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
 
* A Wild Sheepchase, by Haruki Murakami
 
* A Wild Sheepchase, by Haruki Murakami
* The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders) by Robertson Davies
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* The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders), by Robertson Davies
 
* Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson
 
* Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson
* On Beauty by Zadie Smith
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* On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
* Werewolves in their Youth by Michael Chabon
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* Werewolves in their Youth, by Michael Chabon
* Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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* Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
* Wicked by Gregory Maguire
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* Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
* A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
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* A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
 
* This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff
 
* This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff
 
* Complications, Atul Gawande
 
* Complications, Atul Gawande
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* Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
 
* Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
 
* The World Crisis: 1911-1918, by Sir Winston Churchill
 
* The World Crisis: 1911-1918, by Sir Winston Churchill
* Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
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* Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak
* Bad Dirt: Wyoming stories 2 by Annie Proulx
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* Bad Dirt: Wyoming stories 2, by Annie Proulx
* The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
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* The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
* The Once and Future King by T.H.White
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* The Once and Future King, by T.H.White
* Cell by Stephen King
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* Cell, by Stephen King
 
* Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
 
* Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
 
* The Prophet, by Kahil Gibran
 
* The Prophet, by Kahil Gibran
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* The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera

Revision as of 15:42, February 20, 2006

This list should only include books you're reading for fun. If this list gets big enough, this page might be a neat way to get a quick book recommendation. (It would also be great if after you finish the book, you could update the list with some kind of brief rating.)

  • Blue Highways, by William Least Heat-Moon
  • Second Foundation, by Isaac Asimov
  • Stranger in a Strange Land, by Robert A. Heinlein
  • A Wild Sheepchase, by Haruki Murakami
  • The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore, and World of Wonders), by Robertson Davies
  • Quicksilver, by Neal Stephenson
  • On Beauty, by Zadie Smith
  • Werewolves in their Youth, by Michael Chabon
  • Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
  • A Fine Balance, by Rohinton Mistry
  • This Boy's Life, by Tobias Wolff
  • Complications, Atul Gawande
  • Teacher Man, Frank McCourt
  • Team of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin
  • The World Crisis: 1911-1918, by Sir Winston Churchill
  • Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak
  • Bad Dirt: Wyoming stories 2, by Annie Proulx
  • The Eye of the World, by Robert Jordan
  • The Once and Future King, by T.H.White
  • Cell, by Stephen King
  • Gilead, by Marilynne Robinson
  • The Prophet, by Kahil Gibran
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera