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Monday, March 22, 2010

Ten Books and More

Matthew Continetti on ten books that shaped his world.

My own list of more than ten [hardly all-inclusive and the Bible is a given]:

  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
  • Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
  • Modern Times by Paul Johnson
  • Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
  • The Warden by Anthony Trollope
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (Yes, I know it's a play)
  • Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
  • The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
  • Free to Choose by Milton and Rose Friedman
  • The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
  • The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
  • Churchill by Lord Moran
  • Paris in the Terror by Stanley Loomis
  • The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis

    What is on your list?
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6 comments:

  1. Joe4:10 AM

    Hi Michael,

    Your list should be required reading to graduate from college!

    If you like Man's Search for Meaning, check out Dr. Alex Pattakos's book, Prisoner of our Thoughts.
    http://www.prisonersofourthoughts.com/

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  2. Michael Wade6:22 AM

    Joe,

    Thank you for your comments and thanks for the recommendation of the Pattakos book.

    Michael

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  3. John1:55 AM

    My list is among the comments at Barkley Rosser's post at Econospeak.

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  4. Michael Wade5:53 AM

    John,

    That's a very good list. "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "The Hobbit" are among my favorites.

    Michael

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  5. Wally Bock3:06 PM

    I love the criteria, "ten books that shaped his world," and so I had to think a lot. I decided not to include fiction. Here's my list.

    The Effective Executive/Managing for Results – Peter Drucker
    (I alWAYS think of these as two parts of the same book)

    The Seven Cultures of Capitalism ~ Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner

    The Science of Success ~ Charles Koch

    Only the Reckless Survive – Melvin Konner

    The Web of Life – Fritjof Capra

    Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis

    Luther's Small Catechism

    Strategy – BH Liddell Hart

    The Social Life of Information ~ John Seely Brown and Paul Duiguid

    Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony – Lewis Thomas

    The Land was Everything – Victor Davis Hanson

    In Search of Excellence – Peters and Waterman

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  6. Michael Wade9:39 AM

    Wally,

    I appreciate the thought that went into that impressive list. You have definitely added to my reading stack.

    Thanks!

    Michael

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