Sunday, June 21, 2009

Favorite books

All-time favorite books I've read:

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values
by Robert M. Pirsig



Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter



The Mind's I: Fantasies and Reflections on Self & Soul
by Douglas R. Hofstadter



The Chronicles of Narnia
by C.S. Lewis



The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien



The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams



The Collected Dialogues of Plato



The Complete Pelican Shakespeare



Miles Davis, The Autobiography



Tao Te Ching
Translated by Man-Ho Kwok, Martin Palmer, and Jay Ramsay
Calligraphy by Kowk-Lap Chan



Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley



Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury



books to read / re-read in future:

Journey to the West
by Wu Cheng'en (Author), W.J.F. Jenner (Translator)



Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand



The Analects of Confucius



The Book of Chuang Tzu
Translated by Martin Palmer with Elizabeth Breuilly



The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell
by Aldous Huxley



The Digital Photography Book volume 1
by Scott Kelby



The Digital Photography Book volume 2



Jean Christophe
by Romain Rolland



Stalking Microbes
by Richard P. Wenzel, M.D.

3 comments:

Hartwell said...

Don't bother with I Am That. An intriguing but ultimately very self-involved philosophy. A few nuggets of wisdom, but a far better teacher (and much more) was born in a stable around 6-4 B.C.

Dr. Kowawa said...

OK, I'll skip I Am That . . . and maybe pick up the Good Book instead.

Tony333 said...

Fantastic collection of books!! "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" is also on top in my favorites!!