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. . .

 

	Haruki Murakami, 1Q84	Long-awaited epic work by Murakami, instrumental in talking about him as a Nobel Prize candidate.  I have been a fan of his surreal works of mystery, fantasy, Japanese history, and psychology. In the opening pages, the main character descends an emergency staircase to find history. . . altered.	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.
	Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games trilogy	Just picked up this hyped set of books.  So far, as predicted, sparsely written and plot-driven post-apocalypse adventure. Will there be anything deeper?  Doubt it.
	Joshua Cooper Ramo, The Age of the Unthinkable	NOOK READ: Part science, part psychology, part history and economics, part chaos theory, Ramos explains why our new world of political disorder astounds us and how we can better understand it.   I look forward to this read!
	Stephen King, Secret Windows	King's second book after On Writing should be a treat--a collection of works and reflections on the how and why of the craft.
	Chris Buckley, No Way to Treat a First Lady	Buckley is often a funny writer, but not always one.  Even so, I appreciate his ironic mix of politics and personality.  Boomsday is among my favorite novels, period. This book is about the accidental death of the President by the First Lady's temper; now she's on trial for assassination!
	On Deck:   Jared Diamond, Collapse	Diamond is a renowned writer for Guns, Germs, and Steel, and his speculations through fuzzy science and historical research uncover compelling patterns which we've always suspected, but rarely articulated.