Saturday, November 15, 2014

The Influentials



The Independent notes an interesting Folio Society survey.

Aside from The Holy Bible, here are a few others which deserve many visits:
  • Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
  • Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis
  • The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
  • Modern Times by Paul Johnson
  • Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
  • The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
  • The Dream and the Nightmare: The Sixties' Legacy to the Underclass by Myron Magnet
  • Life with a Star by Jiri Weil
  • The Federalist Papers by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  • The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Connor
  • A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell   
  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  • How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  • Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
  • The Best and The Brightest by David Halberstam
Any other nominees?

Update: Cultural Offering has added to the list.

Update II: Anderson Layman's Blog has more recommendations.

2 comments:

Wally Bock said...

I love the lists. Here are some things I would add to what others have already suggested.

The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker
Management by Results by Peter Drucker

Read this two books as a single work.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

Michael Wade said...

Wally,

Those are great additions.

Thanks!

Michael