Thinking English

Books: A Recommended Reading List

Students, the following books have inspired me. They have sparked my imagination, opened up large new worlds for me and many times, have forced me to see a culture, a people group and/or a political ideology from a different perspective. If you ever find yourself at a loss for what to read, read one of these. When you finish a book, I invite you to discuss it with me. Many of these books are old friends of mine and I greatly look forward to discussing any of them with you. As all of these books are important and worth reading, they are not listed in any particular order. Feel free to read them in whatever order you choose. If there is a book you particularly enjoy, send me an email so I too can enjoy the book.

Thanks – mr. j

ShoGun – Author: James Clavell

Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood – Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz

1984 – Author: George Orwell

Flowers for Algernon – Author: Daniel Keyes

The Importance of Being Earnest – Author: Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray – Author: Oscar Wilde

A Tale of Two Cities – Author: Charles Dickens

Crime and Punishment -Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Beowulf - Translated By: Seamus Heaney

Democracy – Author: Joan Didion

The God of Small Things – Author: Arundhati Roy

In The Lake of the Woods – Author: Tim O’Brien

The Things They Carried – Author: Tim O’Brien

The Kite Runner – Author: Khaled Hosseini

Native Son – Author: Richard Wright

Catch-22 – Author: Joseph Heller

Snow Crash – Author: Neal Stephenson

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time – Author: Mark Haddon

Tai-Pan – Author: James Clavell

The Color Purple – Author: Alice Walker

Harry Potter Books 1-7 - Author: J.K. Rowling

The Tempest – Author: William Shakespeare

Elegies in Blue (a collection of poems) – Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz

The Fountainhead – Author: Ayn Rand

Anthem – Author: Ayn Rand

Brave New World – Author: Aldous Huxley