Tuesday, October 21, 2003

My 10 Favorite Books

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Widow for One Year by John Irving

Cider House Rules by John Irving

Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler

Once and Future King by T.H. White

Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (non-fiction)

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Hawaii by James Michener

Lying on the Couch by Irwin Yalom

Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (non-fiction)

OTHER FAVORITES

Particles and Luck by Louis B. Jones (a quirky slapstick for intellectals)

Fooled by Randomness by Nassim N Taleb (math philosophy?)

Positively Fifth Street by James McManus (fact-packed but great poker memoir)

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Amy Tan spoke and Louis B. Jones taught at Squaw Valley. John Irving lectured at the Las Vegas Book Festival. Russo will read in Houston in February. I visited the Michener home-now museum/library in Bucks Co. McManus and Michener talked on BookTV. The Incline Village Library has the complete set of PBS tapes of Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell.

Anonymous said...

Nice job Sam! good to see you book is coming along. keep writing.
Regards, Jim Mannix

Anonymous said...

I really liked reading about the Reno/Carson City/Incline area...my favorite area of the country...thanks for bringing it back to me!

Anonymous said...

You are one interesting woman & I enjoyed reading your journal..

Anonymous said...

WHAT BEAUTIFUL PICTURES..WILDLIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN A DEFINATE PLUS,