I have always wanted to read more and, of late, have found my reading decreasing to a virtual standstill. So...I'm publishing my reading list for 2010 for accountability more than anything. Too often we have "resolutions" we share with no one and, therefore, have no accountability when we fall off the wagon. So here it is...more aggressive, more diverse and a bit daunting. I found inspiration and influence from a long-time friend (Bob Hostetler, a pastor and author in Oxford, OH) and his annual list. I modeled my list much after his own and am hoping for an exciting literary year.
READING LIST 2010
Biography:
The Operator: David Geffen (King)
Memoir:
Lucky: A Memoir (Alice Sebold)
Classics
The Moviegoer (Percy)
1984 (Orwell)
Black Boy (Wright)
Writing:
On Writing (King)
History:
Churchill (P. Johnson)
New author:
The Brief History of the Dead (Brockmeir)
Poet for 2010: Rainer Maria Rilke
Stories of God
Letters to a Young Poet
Selected Poetry of Rilke
Favorites Authors:
Saint Maybe (Tyler)
Free Fall (Golding)
The Innocent Man (Grisham)
Weight of Glory (Lewis)
Christian/Inspirational:
10 Dumb Things Smart Christians Believe (Osborne)
Jesus wants to save Christians (Bell)
Divine Conspiracy (Willard)
Sacredness of Questioning Everything (Dark)
Leadership/Creative/Development:
Branding Faith (Cook)
Designful Company (Neumeier)
How the Mighty Fall (Collins)
Built to Last (Collins)
What got you here won’t get you there (Goldsmith)
The Ten Faces of Innovation (Kelley)
Politics:
National Suicide (Gross)
Children’s:
The Phantom Tollbooth (Juster)
Contemplative/Devotional:
With Open Hands (Nouwen)
A Barclay Prayer Book (Barclay)
Provocations (Kierkegaard and Moore)
The Open Secret (Newbigin)
Big Pagers:
Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
Les Miserables (Hugo)
