- A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles
- Democracy in America
- Daniel Boorstein's The Image
- Augustine's Confessions
These are just the kinds of recommendations I was hoping for. I think Augustine is definitely on my reading horizon. I also think some of this "serious" reading will be rereading. Orwell's 1984 comes to mind, a book I keep thinking I should get back to.
Right now I'm reading Richard Weaver's Ideas Have Consequences. That book is actually the starting point for this prospective reading list. From here I might turn to Robert Nisbett's The Quest for Community.
The whole process of finding books to read is always interesting to me. In the past year I went about researching the Western novel genre, creating a reading list (and an author list). But at other times I just let randomness rule. You browse the shelves at the library, or you pass one of those mini-libraries that people put up these days in their front yards, little free-book exchanges. I recently stopped by one of those, shaped like a little house on a post. You opened the front door and found a dozen old paperbacks inside. That's one way to find books you never would have thought to choose on your own. I'm currently reading and enjoying one of these found books: Kenneth Roberts' Oliver Wiswell, a novel about the Amerian Revolution narrated from a Loyalist perspective.
These random finds are great, but sometimes I like to set up reading programs for myself. Nothing like a good thematic reading list for this purpose, and thankfully such things are all over the Internet. Here's one that may be influencing my personal reading list for the coming year: National Review's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century.
If anyone out there has any further suggestions, fire away!
The whole process of finding books to read is always interesting to me. In the past year I went about researching the Western novel genre, creating a reading list (and an author list). But at other times I just let randomness rule. You browse the shelves at the library, or you pass one of those mini-libraries that people put up these days in their front yards, little free-book exchanges. I recently stopped by one of those, shaped like a little house on a post. You opened the front door and found a dozen old paperbacks inside. That's one way to find books you never would have thought to choose on your own. I'm currently reading and enjoying one of these found books: Kenneth Roberts' Oliver Wiswell, a novel about the Amerian Revolution narrated from a Loyalist perspective.
These random finds are great, but sometimes I like to set up reading programs for myself. Nothing like a good thematic reading list for this purpose, and thankfully such things are all over the Internet. Here's one that may be influencing my personal reading list for the coming year: National Review's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century.
If anyone out there has any further suggestions, fire away!
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