Books

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. . .

 

	Thomas Kida, Don't Believe Everything You Think	A summary of brain studies and rhetorical techniques which act to create internal biases. Maybe it will compare directly to James Berlin's measures of false consciousness.	My 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.
	Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Mists of Avalon	This is the famous retelling of the King Arthur legend through the eyes of its female antagonists, now cast as protagonists defending their traditional (not pagan) religion against the crusades of men.
	Stephen King, Under the Dome	I’ve been waiting for this to emerge into paperback—it’s received some great reviews and I am ready for a King fix!
	Frank Herbert, Children of Dune	I was interrupted last year in my effort to re-read this classic science fiction trilogy.  At last I am back to the final book, an allegory of politics, religion, and ecology.
	On Deck:   David Bajo, The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri	Praised as a mix of mysticism, literature, and mathematics (Flatland, anyone?), Bajo's first novel has often been compared in style to Marquez.  Okay, probably over-hyped, but worth a look.