Ten Books

Ten Books I Want To Read Again

The title link takes you to Lexington Green's list, five of which I have (surprisingly) read.  But, like you, I have my own list of formative books that I would like to reread.  I'll begin listing them, but doubt I'll reach ten. (I did) “ Treasure Island (Unabridged Classics)  Robert Louis Stevenson A year after I received this book for Christmas, I got around to reading it.  It was the first novel I ever read, and began a lifetime love for literature.  I've reread it. Hardy Boys starter set Mysteries All of them.  I was mad for these books that my friend Timmy got me hooked on.  He was given a monthly subscription to the series by an aunt, and every month I pestered him to hurry up and read the newest book so I could have it.  Most memorably, I discovered one afternoon that I had developed a different, rather mature, affection for Chet Morton's sister, Lola.  I mean, it just popped up out of nowhere.  I've wondered if rereading the series would bring about a restoration, of sorts. Battle Cry Leon Uris All the kids were talking about it, because it had a bunch of dirty words in it.  After my dad had finished it, I secreted his copy under my mattress and read it as I had time.  As I remember, it was rather tame by today's standards.  I was the first kid to recite "This is my rifle, and this is my gun (grabbing my little package); This is for fighting, this is for fun." But the real impact the book had on me was the literature.  Brave Men, Ernie Pyle. My mom had the book, and at some point I began reading random chapters from it before I went to bed..  Did that for years.  Still do sometimes. Around the World With Auntie Mame , Patrick Dennis Never laughed so hard in my life.  Went on to read everything he wrote, The Source: A Novel by James Michener Affected me profoundly on many levels, not all for the better. The Oxford History of the American People, Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1789 The Oxford History of the American People, Vol. 2: 1789 Through Reconstruction The Oxford History of the American People, Vol. 3: 1869 Through the Death of John F. Kennedy  S.E. Morison My primary college history textbooks. The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression Amazon.com Review When it was first published in France in 1997, Le livre noir du Communisme touched off a storm of controversy that continues to rage today. Even some of his contributors shied away from chief editor Stéphane Courtois's conclusion that Communism, in all its many forms, was morally no better than Nazism; the two totalitarian systems, Courtois argued, were far better at killing than at governing, as the world learned to its sorrow. Just stunning.  All the more reason to read it. The Twilight of the Intellectuals: Culture and Politics in the Era of the Cold War  Hilton Kramer The late Hilton Kramer, former art critic for the New York Times and founding editor of the New Criterion, collected  essays from the latter as well as from Commentary, the Atlantic Monthly, and others.  He focuses on Stalinists in the American cultural hierarchy.  I just now grabbed it for rereading. Everything by Ann Coulter She's venomous, yes, and with good reason.  But she also, despite efforts by her critics to persuade us to the contrary, backs herself up with dead accurate research. You will ALWAYS learn new stuff. ”