This part of my site is dedicated to the books that I've read. Most of my friends are avid readers, and we spend a lot of time discussing what we are reading. Below is a list of the books that I've read since 2001, and my thoughts about them are there for your perusal. Enjoy!

Fiction
Title Author
Winesburg, Ohio Sherwood Anderson
The Exorcist William Peter Blatty
Angels and Demons Dan Brown
By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept Paulo Coelho
The Devil and Miss Prym Paulo Coelho
The Great Santini Pat Conroy
The Body Artist Don DeLillo
Bluesman Andre Dubus III
Narcissus and Goldmund Hermann Hesse
About a Boy Nick Hornby
High Fidelity Nick Hornby
How to be Good Nick Hornby
The Screwtape Letters C.S. Lewis
Sideways Rex Pickett
The Chosen Chaim Potok
Old Men at Midnight Chaim Potok
The Promise Chaim Potok
All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque
Empire Falls Richard Russo
The Age of Reason Jean-Paul Sartre
Walden Two B. F. Skinner
The Hermit: A Personal Discovery of Prayer David Torkington
Johnny Got His Gun Dalton Trumbo
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut
All the King's Men Robert Penn Warren

Nonfiction
Title Author
God Underneath Edward Beck
Running with Scissors Augusten Burroughs
Elements of Forecasting Francis Diebold
Wittgenstein's Poker David Edmonds and John Eidenow
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers
Europe's Last Summer David Fromkin
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement Eliyahu Goldratt
Father Joe Tony Hendra
The Monk and the Riddle Randy Komisar
In Good Company James Martin, SJ
Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good Paul Newman and A.E. Hotchner
Moving Mountains Lt. Gen. William G. Pagonis
Population: 485 Michael Perry
Socrates Cafe Christopher Phillips
Naked David Sedaris
The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman
One L Scott Turow
Microeconomic Analysis Hal Varian
Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce Stanley Weintraub

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