I've been building so many different kinds of reading lists, it's becoming hard to keep track. Hence, I have re-organized all of my lists to this central place. Hope this is helpful!
Some of these pages you can add to and revise, as well!
What I'm reading now:
In addition to the books I assign for classes. . .
- Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West. Why not start reading McCathy with his magnum opus? This is a dark and often grotesque amoral tale of 19th century Texas and Mexico, scraping away--with a knife--any mythologized romanticism our childhoods may have painted. Yet behind the grit and blood is a language rich in imagery and reflection on human purpose.
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Greg Mortensen, Stones Into Schools. The follow-up book to Three Cups of Tea, The story picks up in 2003 with Mortensen's promise to build schools in Afghanistan, a direct affront to the Taliban.
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Frank Herbet, Dune. This is the novel that I measure all other science fiction against, a thick novel of science and mythology, which begins a long series of novels around prophet Paul Muad'dib which will be continued by Herbert's son. Time to revisit Arrakis.
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Christopher Morley, Parnassus on Wheels. Morley's 1917 novel of the romance of books and small bookshops. This has long been on my list to read, so thanks to Mr. Greening for gifting it to me this past holiday!
Here are some lists I'm updating now...
Book Lists
Good Books, Fiction - An annotated listing of my favorite reads, regardless of academic value!
Good Books, Non-Fiction
Good Books, Global Views - A list of books and films of and from other parts of the world.
Bad Books- A contrary list of authors who have frustrated me, appropriately annotated.
Indian Literature and Tibetan Literature- An annotated section of sourcebooks and literature around my 2005 trip to India. Some terrific reads here!
Japanese Literature - A large annotated section of literature, non-fiction, and media of and from the Japanese culture. A complete list of Murakami's works is here.
Japanese Non-Fiction recommendations
Japanese Music and Film recommendations
AP English Reading List with Prompts - A large list of works considered worthy of AP English study, supplemented with prompts/questions for projects or discussion for class. This link takes you away from this Books Wiki site.
AP English Master Reading List - A large list (still incomplete!) of classic authors from all genres, unfortunately not yet annotated.
AP Comparative Government Texts - A list of international non-fiction works appropriate for preparation for the AP Comparative Government exam and the Model UN class.
What Every College Freshman Should Have Read - A survey of EMU professors on what they want all entering freshman to have in their background.
Reading Couth Quiz- A survey I give to my AP English classes to test their well-roundedness in reading.