BOOKS I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH

I have tried to understand every last sentence in every last one of these books.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu

• Raja-Vidya: The King Of Knowledge

Abbey, Edward

• Desert Solitaire
• The Fool's Progress

Adams, Douglas

• The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy 

Adams, Richard

• Watership Down 

Adler, Mortimer J.

• How To Read A Book
• How To Think About The Great Ideas
• The Weather Girls

 Albee, Edward

• The American Dream

 Alcorn, Randy 

• Heaven: Biblical Answers To Common Questions

 Alexie, Sherman

• Flight
• Indian Killer
• The Lone Ranger And Tonto Fist Fight In Heaven
• Reservation Blues
• Ten Little Indians
• The Toughest Indian In The World

 Alighieri, Dante

• Inferno

 Allegri, Renzo

• Conversations With Mother Teresa

Andross, Matilda Erickson

• Alone With God

Anonymous

• Beowulf

Anonymous 

• Bhagavad Gita

Anonymous

• The Dhammapada

Anonymous

• I Ching

Anonymous

• Holy Bible

Anonymous

• Upanishads

Anthony, Edward

• Every Dog Has His Say

 Armstrong, Lance

• It's Not About The Bike: My Journey Back To Life

Aśvaghoṣa

• The Awakening Of Faith

Auchincloss, Louis

• I Come As A Thief

Augustine

• The Confessions

Austen, Jane

• Emma

Azerrad, Michael

• Come As You Are: The Story Of Nirvana

Bach, Richard 

• Illusions: The Adventures of A Reluctant Messiah
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Barrie, J.M.

• Peter Pan

Baum, L. Frank

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Beckett, Samuel

• Waiting For Godot

Bellow, Saul

• The Actual
• Dangling Man
• A Theft
• The Victim

Bender, Lionel

• Invention

Benge, Janet

• Gladys Aylward: The Adventure Of A Lifetime

Birbiglia, Mike

• Sleepwalk With Me And Other Painfully True Stories

Black, Holly 

• Kin

Bradbury, Ray

• Fahrenheit 45
• The Martian Chronicles 

Bridges, John

• 50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know: What To Do, When To Do It, And Why

Brontë, Emily

• Wuthering Heights

Brown, Dan 

• Angels & Demons
• The Da Vinci Code

Bruser, Madeline

• The Art Of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music From The Heart

Buck, Pearl S.

• The Good Earth 

Burroughs, William S.

• Junky

Byrne, David 

• How Music Works

Byrne, Rhonda

• The Secret 

Caldwell, John C.

• Let's Visit China Today

Campbell, Joseph

• The Power Of Myth

Camus, Albert

• The Stranger

Capra, Fritjof

• The Tao Of Physics: An Exploration Of the Parallels Between Modern Physics And Eastern Mysticism

Carroll, Lewis

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 
• Through The Looking-Glass

Chbosky, Stephen

• The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

Chekhov, Anton

• The Chameleon
• The Huntsman
• A Living Calendar
• Misery
• Oysters
• The Requiem

Chödrön, Pema

• Comfortable With Uncertainty: 108 Teachings On Cultivating Fearlessness And Compassion

Chopra, Deepak 

• The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success: A Practical Guide To The Fulfillment Of Your Dreams

Christensen, Larry G.

• The Miracle Of Christmas

Christie, Agatha

• And Then There Were None

Clavell, James

• The Children's Story

Coelho, Paulo 

• The Alchemist

Colan, Lee J.

• 107 Ways To Stick To It: Practical Tips To Achieve The Success You Deserve

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

• The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Collins, Billy

• The Rain In Portugal

Cookson, Catherine

• Pure As The Lily

Copeland, Lori

• Simple Gifts

Countryman, Jack

• God's Promises for New Believers: Encouragement and Hope for Your Life with Christ

Crane, Stephen

• The Red Badge Of Courage

Crichton, Michael

• The Andromeda Strain
• Congo
• Jurassic Park
• Sphere

Cross, Charles R.

• Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography Of Kurt Cobain

Crossan, John Dominic

• Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography

Dalai Lama XIV

• The Art Of Happiness

Davies, Hunter

• The Beatles

Defoe, Daniel

• Robinson Crusoe

DeLillo, Don

• White Noise

Dickens, Charles

• A Christmas Carol

Dickey, James

• Deliverance

Doctorow, E.L.

• The Book Of Daniel

Donleavy, J.P.

• The Ginger Man

Donohue, William

• The Best Joke Book (Period): Hundreds Of The Funniest, Silliest, Most Ridiculous Jokes Ever

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

• Crime And Punishment
• Notes From Underground

Douglass, Frederick

• Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass

Doyle, Arthur Conan

• The American's Tale
• The Brown Hand
• The Bully Of Brocas Court
• The Captain Of The Polestar
• The Leather Funnel
• Lot No. 249
• The Silver Hatchet
• A Study In Scarlet

Doyle, Roddy

• The Commitments
• Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
• The Woman Who Walked Into Doors

Dratfield, Jim

• A Dog For All Seasons

Dylan, Bob

• Chronicles, Volume One

Edwards, Bill

• Fretboard Logic: The Reasoning Behind The Guitar's Unique Tuning,
• Fretboard Logic 2 Chords Scales And Arpeggios Complete

Eggers, Dave

• A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

Eisenberg, David

• Encounters With Qi: Exploring Chinese Medicine

Eliot, T.S.

• The Waste Land

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

• Self-Reliance

Evans, Tony

• Winning Your Spiritual Battles

Faulkner, William

• A Rose For Emily
• The Sound And The Fury

Field, Kim

• Harmonicas, Harps, And Heavy Breathers: The History Of The Harmonica And Its Role In American Music

Fischer, Bobby

• Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

Flagg, Fannie

• I Still Dream About You

Flaubert, Gustave

• Madame Bovary

Frankl, Viktor E.

• Man’s Search For Meaning

Frisch, Karl Von

• The Dancing Bees: An Account Of The Life And Senses Of The Honey Bee

Fugard, Athol

• Master Harold...And The Boys

García Márquez, Gabriel

• One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Gay, Peter

• Mozart: A Life

Gibbons, Kaye

• A Virtuous Woman

Gibran, Kahlil

• The Prophet

Gilbreth Jr., Frank B.

• Cheaper By The Dozen 

Gills, James P.

• The Unseen Essential: A Story For Our Troubled Times

Gipson, Fred

• Old Yeller

Gleick, James 

• Chaos: Making A New Science

Golden, Arthur

• Memoirs Of A Geisha

Golding, William

•  Lord Of The Flies

Green, John 

• Turtles All The Way Down

Griffin, Judith Berry

• Phoebe The Spy

Groening, Matt

• The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album

Groom, Winston

• Forrest Gump

Haas, Dorothy

• The Secret Life Of Dilly McBean

Hafiz

• The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild And Sweet Poems Inspired By Hafiz

Hagen, Steve

• Buddhism Plain & Simple

Haggard, Merle

• My House of Memories: For The Record

Hansberry, Lorraine

• A Raisin In The Sun

Hawking, Stephen

• The Grand Design

Hayes, Terrill G.

• Life, Death, And Immortality: The Journey Of The Soul

Heller, Joseph

• Catch-22

Hemingway, Ernest

• The Old Man And The Sea
• The Sun Also Rises

Henry, O.

• The Gift Of The Magi

Hesse, Hermann

• Siddhartha

Hesse, Karen

• The Music Of Dolphins

Hill, Joe 

• Horns

Hiller, Bonnie Byant 

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, A Novel

Hillerman, Tony

• The Ghostway

Hilton, James

• Goodbye Mr. Chips

Hinton, S.E. 

• The Outsiders
• Taming the Star Runner

Hoff, Benjamin

• The Tao Of Pooh
• The Te Of Piglet

Hornby, Nick

• About A Boy

Huxley, Aldous

• Brave New World

Jackson, Shirley

• The Lottery

Jenkins, Peter

• A Walk Across America

Job, Rueben P.

• Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way Of Living

Jordan, Michael

• I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan On the Pursuit Of Excellence

Juby, Chris 

• Bible Summary: Every Chapter In 140 Characters Or Less

Jurgens, Dan

• The Death Of Superman

Juster, Norton

• The Phantom Tollbooth

Kabat-Zinn, Jon

• Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life

Kafka, Franz

• The Metamorphosis

Kanute, Banna

• Sunjata

Keegan, Claire

• Small Things Like These

Kelly-Gangi, Carol

• The Essential Wisdom Of The Saints

Kerouac, Jack

• Big Sur
• The Dharma Bums
• On the Road
• On the Road: The Original Scroll
• Tristessa

Kesey, Ken

• One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Keyes, Daniel

• Flowers For Algernon

King, Stephen 

• The Colorado Kid
• Dolores Claiborne
• The Institute
• It
• The Life Of Chuck
• Mr. Harrigan’s Phone
• Misery
• On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft
• Rat
• The Tommyknockers

Klassen, Jon

• I Want My Hat Back

Kolk, Bessel Van Der

• The Body Keeps The Score: Brain Mind, And Body In The Healing Of Trauma

Kondo, Marie 

• The Life-Changing Magic Of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art Of Decluttering And Organizing

Koontz, Dean 

• Intensity

Krakauer, Jon 

• Into The Wild

Krassner, Paul

• Pot Stories For The Soul

L'Amour, Louis

• Down The Long Hills

Lankford, Mike

• Life In Double Time: Confessions Of An American Drummer

Lao Tzu

• Tao Te Ching

L'Engle, Madeleine

• A Wrinkle In Time

Leveen, Steve 

• The Little Guide To Your Well-Read Life: How To Get More Books In Your Life And More Life From Your Books

Levine, Gail Carson 

• The Wish

Lewis, C.S.

• The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
• The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes

Lewis, Phillip

• A Poor Man's Rain

Lightman, Alan 

• Einstein’s Dreams

Lipp, Rebekah

• Finding Gratitude: Simple Ideas That Can Change Your Life 

Lipsyte, Robert

• The Contender

London, Jack

• To Build A Fire
• The Call Of The Wild
• John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
• The Road
• White Fang

Lowry, Lois 

• The Giver

Lucado, Max 

• He Did This Just For You
• Traveling Light: Releasing The Burdens You Were Never Intended To Bear

Mack, Joshua

• Karma 101: What Goes Around Comes Around...And What You Can Do About It

Marcus Aurelius

• Meditations

Matheson, Richard

• Buried Talents
• Dance Of The Dead
• Dress Of White Silk
• I Am Legend
• The Near Departed
• Person To Person
• Prey
• Witch War

Maxwell, John C.

• Dare To Dream...Then Do It: What Successful People Know And Do

McCourt, Frank

• Angela’s Ashes

McCullers, Carson

• The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

McRaven, William H.

• Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe The World

Mello, Anthony De

• Awareness: The Perils And Opportunities Of Reality

Melville, Herman

• Benito Cereno
• Moby-Dick Or, The Whale

Merton, Thomas

• The Seven Storey Mountain
• Spiritual Direction And Meditation
• What Is Contemplation?

Milne, A.A.

• Winnie-The-Pooh

Molière

• The Misanthrope

Muir, John

• Stickeen

Murray, Andrew

• With Christ In The School Of Prayer

Neihardt, John G.

• Black Elk Speaks: Being The Life Story Of A Holy Man Of The Oglala Sioux

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

• Weep Not, Child

Nietzsche, Friedrich

• On The Use And Abuse Of History

Niven, David

• The 100 Simple Secrets Of Happy People

O’Brien, Tim

• The Things They Carried

O'Connor, Flannery

• The Artificial Nigger
• Everything That Rises Must Converge
• A Good Man Is Hard To Find
• Parker's Back

Orwell, George

• 1984
• Animal Farm
• Why I Write

Packer, J.I.

• Praying The Lord's Prayer

Paramananda

• A Practical Guide To Buddhist Meditation

Paterson, Katherine

• Bridge To Terabithia

Patterson, James 

• Suzanne's Diary For Nicholas

Peale, Norman Vincent

• Expect A Miracle—Make Miracles Happen
• The Power Of Positive Thinking

Peck, Robert Newton

• A Day No Pigs Would Die

Pennington, M. Basil

• Centering Prayer: Renewing An Ancient Christian Prayer Form

Pinker, Steven 

• How The Mind Works

Pirsig, Robert M.

• Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals 
• Zen And the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

Plato

• Apology
• Crito
• Euthyphro
• Meno
• Phaedo
• Phaedrus
• The Republic

Pollan, Michael 

• Food Rules: An Eater's Manual

Potok, Chaim

• The Chosen

Powell, Caleb 

• The World Is A Class: How And Why To Teach English Around The World

Proulx, Annie

• Brokeback Mountain

Pullman, Philip

• The Golden Compass

Quinn, Daniel

• Ishmael: An Adventure Of The Mind And Spirit

Rawls, Wilson

• Where The Red Fern Grows

Réage, Pauline

• Histoire d'O

Reid, Christopher—Editor

• Sounds Good: 101 Poems

Restak, Richard

• Mozart's Brain And The Fighter Pilot

Rilke, Rainer Maria

• How Old Timofei Died With A Song

Roberts, Jane

• Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity Of The Soul

Robinson, Barbara

• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Robinson, Marilynne

• Gilead 

Rogers, Fred

• A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood: Neighborly Words Of Wisdom From Mister Rogers

Rollins, James

• Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull 

Roth, Arthur J.

• Two For Survival

Rowling, J.K.

• The Harry Potter series 

Ruiz, Miguel

• Wisdom From The Four Agreements

Russell, Bertrand

• Why I Am Not A Christian

Saint-Exupéry, Antoine De

• The Little Prince

Salinger, J.D.

• The Catcher In The Rye
• Franny And Zooey
• Nine Stories
• Raise High The Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction

Saunders, George

• Congratulations, By The Way: Some Thoughts On Kindness

Scarry, Elaine

• On Beauty And Being Just

Schlink, Bernhard

• The Reader

Schulz, Charles M.

• You're In Love, Charlie Brown

Sedaris, David

• Me Talk Pretty One Day
• Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

Segal, Erich

• Love Story 

Selden, George

• Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange

Shakespeare, William

• Hamlet
• Romeo and Juliet
• The Tempest
• The Winter's Tale

Shelley, Mary

• Frankenstein

Shetty, Jay

• 8 Rules Of Love: How To Find It, Keep It, And Let It Go

Silver, Norman

• No Tigers In Africa

Silverstein, Shel

• The Giving Tree
• A Light In The Attic
• Where The Sidewalk Ends

Smith, Betty

• A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

Snicket, Lemony 

• A Series Of Unfortunate Events 1, 2, 3…

Starlin, Jim

• The Silver Surfer: Rebirth Of Thanos

Stead, Philip C

• A Sick Day For Amos McGee

Steinbeck, John

• The Grapes Of Wrath
• The Chrysanthemums
• Of Mice And Men
• The Pearl

Stevenson, Robert Louis

• Treasure Island

Strathern, Paul

• Kant In 90 Minutes

Suso, Bamba

• Sunjata

Swets, Paul

• The Coming Glory: Hope Now For Life After Death 

Swift, Jonathan

• Gulliver’s Travels,
• A Modest Proposal

Tamás, Bodzsár 

• The Rhythm Code

Taylor, Kenneth N.

• The Book For Children

Taylor, Theodore

• The Cay

Teresa, Mother

• Meditations From A Simple Path

Thich Nhat Hanh

• Being Peace
• Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra On The Full Awareness Of Breathing
• How To Eat
• The Miracle Of Mindfulness: An Introduction To The Practice Of Meditation
• No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom For Life
• The Sun My Heart

Thompson, Dave

• Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story

Thoreau, Henry David

• Civil Disobedience
• Walden

Tolkien, J.R.R.

• The Hobbit, Or There And Back Again
• The Lord Of The Rings

Tolle, Eckhart

• A New Earth: Awakening To Your Life's Purpose
• The Power of Now
• Stillness Speaks

Tolstoy, Leo

• After The Ball
• Three Deaths

Toole, John Kennedy

• A Confederacy Of Dunces

Trumbo, Dalton

• Johnny Got His Gun

Trumbull, Robert

• The Raft: The Courageous Struggle Of Three Naval Airmen Against The Sea

Twain, Mark

• The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Various

• The Bill Of Rights

Various

• Keep Calm And Carry On

Various

• The Declaration Of Independence

Various

• I Thee Wed: Beautiful Tributes To Love and Marriage

Various

• The U.S. Constitution

Verne, Jules

• Journey To The Center Of The Earth

Voigt, Cynthia 

• Homecoming

Voltaire

• Candide

Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.

• God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
• Slaughterhouse-Five

Wallace, David Foster

• This Is Water

Waller, Robert James

• The Bridges Of Madison County

Walls, Jeannette

• The Glass Castle

 Wattles, Wallace D.

• The Science Of Getting Rich

Watts, Alan W.

• Still The Mind: An Introduction To Meditation
• The Way Of Zen

West, Robert M.

• How To Study The Bible

White, E.B.

• Charlotte’s Web

Wiesel, Elie

• Night

Wilde, Oscar

• The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Wilkinson, Bruce H.

• The Prayer Of Jabez: Breaking Through To The Blessed Life

Williams Bianco, Margery

• Velveteen Rabbit

Williams, Roy H.

• Free The Beagle: A Journey To Destinae

Wilson, August

• Joe Turner's Come And Gone

Wolfe, Tom

• A Man In Full

Wright, Edward

• The Great Bicycle Caper: Across America On A Ten Speed

Wright, H. Norman

• Making Peace With Your Past

Wright, Robert

• Why Buddhism Is True: The Science And Philosophy Of Meditation And Enlightenment

Yashima, Taro

• Crow Boy

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