Books I recommend

This is a small, non-exhaustive listing, in no particular order, of recommended reading for those times when you aren't traveling in cyberspace. There's a little for everyone here, from the classics to pop fiction. For those who don't remember, reading a book printed on paper is a relaxing, entertaining, educational, refreshingly low-tech experience that you don't need a computer or anything electrical to enjoy.

• Douglas Adams
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
  • Life, the Universe, and Everything
  • So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
  • Mostly Harmless
• Woody Allen
  • Without Feathers
  • Getting Even
  • Side Effects
• Anthony Burgess
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • 1985
• Arthur C. Clarke
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Michael Crichton
  • The Andromeda Strain
  • The Terminal Man
  • Jurassic Park (IMHO, much better than the movie!)
• Jeffery Deaver
  • The Blue Nowhere
• Vince Flynn
  • Term Limits
• James Gleick
  • Chaos
• "God", with multiple ghost writers
  • The Bible
• Laurie R. Godfrey (editor)
  • Scientists Confront Creationism
• Stephen W. Hawking
  • A Brief History of Time
• Aldous Huxley
  • Brave New World
• Jerzy Kosinski
  • The Painted Bird
  • Steps
  • Passion Play
  • Being There
  • Pinball
• Madeleine L'Engle
  • A Wrinkle in Time (I read this in the fifth grade, but it's definitely a classic!)
• Thomas McGuane
  • The Bushwhacked Piano
• Henry Miller
  • Tropic of Capricorn
• Marvin Minsky
  • The Society of Mind
• George Orwell
  • 1984
  • Animal Farm
• Ayn Rand
  • Atlas Shrugged
  • The Fountainhead
  • We The Living
• Tom Robbins
  • Another Roadside Attraction
  • Jitterbug Perfume
  • Still Life with Woodpecker
  • Skinny Legs and All
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Cat's Cradle
  • God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian
  • Jailbird
  • Sirens of Titan
• Dr. Ruth Westheimer
  • Sex for Dummies (I haven't read it, but I saw the title tonight and thought it was a hoot!)

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