When it comes to books I began keeping a list of those I’ve read ever since high school days. That list got lost when I was in the Army. I started a new list in 1975 but with all the moves we’ve made since then, that got lost in the shuffle. So in 2004 I started all over again.
One thing I did was look at my list of all the books I used to own before that time and began making a separate list of books read prior to 2004; compiled from memory and book lists; but that list is very incomplete. Some books I remember because I read them to my children!
So, someone emailed me a question—Do I read for fun, i.e. fiction? Well my pre-2004 list includes a lot of those that I remember from high school, Army, and since then. For all those wondering the same thing, here is that list (I’ve read lots of these to my wife and/or kids). You’ll see that there are some classics. (The “Cat Who” series was specifically read to my wife.)
1984, by George Orwell
A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute
Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand
Back Home, by Michelle Magorian
The Best Loved Poems of the American People
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
Captains Courageous, by Rudyard Kipling
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham
Castles in the Sand, by Carolyn A. Greene
The Cat Who Could Read Backwards,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Turned On and Off,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Saw Red,
by Lilian Jackson Braun.
The Cat Who Played Brahms,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Played Post Office,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare,
Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Sniffed Glue,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Went Underground,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Lived High,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain,
by Lilian Jackson Braun
Catch-22, by Joseph Heller
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, 3 volumes - twice!
Chronicles of Narnia (7 stories), by C.S. Lewis
The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexadre Dumas
Three “books” from “The Complete Sherlock Holmes,”
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Darwin Conspiracy, by James Scott Bell
Emma, by Jane Austen
Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
The Flames of Rome, by Paul L. Maier
The Four Feathers, by A.E.W. Mason
Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales
Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
The High and the Mighty, by Ernest K. Gann
Hiroshima, by John Hersey.
The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien
How Green Was My Valley, by Richard Llewellyn
Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
The Inheritance, by Louisa May Alcott
The Invisible Man, by H.G. Wells
The Island of Dr. Moreau, by H.G. Wells
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo.
Little Lord Fauntleroy, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hannett
The Man Who Thought He Could Fly, by J.L. Pattison
The Mind Invaders, by Dave Hunt
Mr. Roberts, by Thomas Heggen.
Mrs. Miniver, by Jan Struther
Morning Star, by Marian Wells
Murder on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christi
Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen
Pilgrim’s Progress, by John Bunyan
Persuasion, by Jane Austin
Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter
Pontius Pilate, by Paul L. Maier
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen
The Princess Bride, by William Goldman
The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit
Sanctuary of the Chosen, by Dave Hunt
Saving Kennedy, by Jerry L. Pattison [Time travel]
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen
This Perfect Day, by Ira Levin.
The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
The Wall, by John Hersey (in high school)
The War Lover, by John Hersey
Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo
Uncle Tom’s Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Wall, by John Hersey
The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells
Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
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