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?
6 comments:
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/
Joe,
Thank you for your comments and thanks for the recommendation of the Pattakos book.
Michael
My list is among the comments at Barkley Rosser's post at Econospeak.
John,
That's a very good list. "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "The Hobbit" are among my favorites.
Michael
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
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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