Monday, February 24, 2025

BOOKS I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH

I have made the effort to understand every last sentence in every last one of these books.

Raja-Vidya: The King of Knowledge
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhu

The Fool's Progress
Abbey, Edward

Desert Solitaire
Abbey, Edward

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 
Adams, Douglas

Watership Down 
Adams, Richard

How to Think about the Great Ideas: From the Great Books of Western Civilization
Adler, Mortimer J.

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading
Adler, Mortimer J.

The Weather Girls
Aki

The American Dream
Albee, Edward

Heaven: Biblical Answers to Common Questions
Alcorn, Randy 

Ten Little Indians
Alexie, Sherman

Reservation Blues
Alexie, Sherman

The Toughest Indian in the World
Alexie, Sherman

Indian Killer
Alexie, Sherman

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven
Alexie, Sherman

Flight
Alexie, Sherman

Inferno
Alighieri, Dante

Conversations with Mother Teresa: A Personal Portrait of the Saint, Her Mission, and Her Great Love for God
Allegri, Renzo

Alone With God
Andross, Matilda Erickson

Beowulf
Anonymous

Bhagavad Gita 
Anonymous

Brihad-aranyaka Upanishad
Anonymous

Chandogya Upanishad
Anonymous

The Dhammapada
Anonymous

Proverbs 
Anonymous

The I Ching or Book of Changes
Anonymous

The Holy Bible
Anonymous

Isa Upanishad
Anonymous

Katha Upanishad
Anonymous

Kena Upanishad
Anonymous

Mandukya Upanishad
Anonymous

Mundaka Upanishad
Anonymous

Prasna Upanishad
Anonymous

Svetasvatara Upanishad
Anonymous

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life
Armstrong, Lance

The Awakening of Faith: The Classic Exposition of Mahayana Buddhism
Aśvaghoṣa

I Come As a Thief
Auchincloss, Louis

The Confessions of St. Augustine
Augustine of Hippo

Emma
Austen, Jane

I Thee Wed: Beautiful Tributes to Love and Marriage
Authors, Multiple

Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Azerrad, Michael

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
Bach, Richard 

Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Bach, Richard 

Peter Pan
Barrie, J.M.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Baum, L. Frank

Waiting for Godot
Beckett, Samuel

The Actual: A Novella
Bellow, Saul

Dangling Man
Bellow, Saul

The Victim
Bellow, Saul

A Theft
Bellow, Saul

Invention
Bender, Lionel

Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime
Benge, Janet

Sleepwalk With Me and Other Painfully True Stories
Birbiglia, Mike

Kin 
Black, Holly 

Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury, Ray

The Martian Chronicles 
Bradbury, Ray

50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why
Bridges, John

Wuthering Heights
Brontë, Emily

The da Vinci Code 
Brown, Dan 

Angels & Demons 
Brown, Dan 

The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Bruser, Madeline

The Good Earth 
Buck, Pearl S.

Junky
Burroughs, William S.

How Music Works
Byrne, David 

The Secret 
Byrne, Rhonda

Let's visit China today
Caldwell, John C.

The Power of Myth
Campbell, Joseph

The Stranger
Camus, Albert

The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
Capra, Fritjof

Through the Looking-Glass
Carroll, Lewis

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 
Carroll, Lewis

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Chbosky, Stephen

The Huntsman
Chekhov, Anton

The Requiem
Chekhov, Anton

A Living Calendar
Chekhov, Anton

Misery
Chekhov, Anton

Oysters
Chekhov, Anton

The Chameleon
Chekhov, Anton

Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
Chödrön, Pema

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams
Chopra, Deepak 

The Miracle of Christmas
Christensen, Larry G.

And Then There Were None
Christie, Agatha

The Children's Story
Clavell, James

The Alchemist
Coelho, Paulo 

107 Ways to Stick to It: Practical Tips to Achieve the Success You Deserve
Colan, Lee J.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

The Rain in Portugal
Collins, Billy

Pure As the Lily
Cookson, Catherine

Simple Gifts
Copeland, Lori

God's Promises for New Believers: Encouragement and Hope for Your Life with Christ
Countryman, Jack

The Red Badge of Courage
Crane, Stephen

Congo
Crichton, Michael

The Andromeda Strain 
Crichton, Michael

Sphere
Crichton, Michael

Jurassic Park 
Crichton, Michael

Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain
Cross, Charles R.

Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography
Crossan, John Dominic

The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living
Dalai Lama XIV

The Beatles
Davies, Hunter

Robinson Crusoe
Defoe, Daniel

White Noise
DeLillo, Don

A Christmas Carol
Dickens, Charles

Hard Times
Dickens, Charles

Deliverance
Dickey, James

The Book of Daniel
Doctorow, E.L.

The Ginger Man
Donleavy, J.P.

The Best Joke Book (Period): Hundreds of the Funniest, Silliest, Most Ridiculous Jokes Ever
Donohue, William

Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Notes from Underground
Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Douglass, Frederick

A Study in Scarlet 
Doyle, Arthur Conan

Lot No. 249
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Silver Hatchet
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Leather Funnel
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Brown Hand
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The American's Tale
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Bully of Brocas Court
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Captain of the Polestar
Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Commitments 
Doyle, Roddy

The Woman Who Walked Into Doors 
Doyle, Roddy

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Doyle, Roddy

A Dog for All Seasons
Dratfield, Jim

Chronicles, Volume One
Dylan, Bob

Fretboard Logic: The Reasoning Behind the Guitar's Unique Tuning
Edwards, Bill

Fretboard Logic 2 Chords Scales and Arpeggios Complete
Edwards, Bill

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Eggers, Dave

Encounters with Qi: Exploring Chinese Medicine
Eisenberg, David

The Waste Land
Eliot, T.S.

Self-Reliance
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Winning Your Spiritual Battles
Evans, Tony

On The Various Forces Of Nature
Faraday, Michael

The Sound and the Fury
Faulkner, William

A Rose for Emily
Faulkner, William

Harmonicas, Harps, and Heavy Breathers: The History of the Harmonica and Its Role in American Music
Field, Kim

Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Fischer, Bobby

I Still Dream About You
Flagg, Fannie

Madame Bovary
Flaubert, Gustave

The Secret of Life, Death and Immortality a Startling Proposition: With a Chapter Devoted to Mental, 
Therapeutics and Instructions, for Self Healing
Fleetwood, Henry

Man’s Search for Meaning
Frankl, Viktor E.

The Dancing Bees: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee
Frisch, Karl von

Master Harold...and the boys
Fugard, Athol

One Hundred Years of Solitude
García Márquez, Gabriel

Mozart: A Life
Gay, Peter

A Virtuous Woman
Gibbons, Kaye

The Prophet
Gibran, Kahlil

Cheaper by the Dozen 
Gilbreth Jr., Frank B.

The Unseen Essential: A Story For Our Troubled Times
Gills, James P.

Old Yeller
Gipson, Fred

Chaos: Making a New Science
Gleick, James 

Memoirs of a Geisha
Golden, Arthur

Lord of the Flies
Golding, William

Turtles All the Way Down
Green, John 

Phoebe the Spy
Griffin, Judith Berry

The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album
Groening, Matt

Forrest Gump 
Groom, Winston

The Secret Life of Dilly McBean
Haas, Dorothy

The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems Inspired by Hafiz
Hafez

Buddhism Plain & Simple: The Practice of Being Aware, Right Now, Every Day
Hagen, Steve

Merle Haggard's My House of Memories: For the Record
Haggard, Merle

A Raisin in the Sun
Hansberry, Lorraine

The Grand Design
Hawking, Stephen

Life, Death, and Immortality: The Journey of the Soul
Hayes, Terrill G.

The Journey of the Soul: Life, Death, and Immortality
Hayes, Terrill G.

Catch-22
Heller, Joseph

The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway, Ernest

The Sun Also Rises
Hemingway, Ernest

The Gift of the Magi
Henry, O.

Siddhartha
Hesse, Hermann

The Music of Dolphins
Hesse, Karen

Horns
Hill, Joe 

The Ghostway 
Hillerman, Tony

Goodbye Mr. Chips
Hilton, James

The Outsiders
Hinton, S.E. 

Taming the Star Runner
Hinton, S.E. 

The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet
Hoff, Benjamin

About a Boy
Hornby, Nick

The Doors of Perception
Huxley, Aldous

Brave New World
Huxley, Aldous

The Lottery
Jackson, Shirley

A Walk Across America
Jenkins, Peter

Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living
Job, Rueben P.

I Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence
Jordan, Michael

Bible Summary: Every Chapter in 140 Characters or Less
Juby, Chris 

The Death of Superman
Jurgens, Dan

The Phantom Tollbooth
Juster, Norton

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
Kabat-Zinn, Jon

The Metamorphosis
Kafka, Franz

Small Things Like These
Keegan, Claire

The Essential Wisdom of the Saints
Kelly-Gangi, Carol

Big Sur
Kerouac, Jack

The Dharma Bums
Kerouac, Jack

Tristessa
Kerouac, Jack

On the Road
Kerouac, Jack

On the Road: The Original Scroll
Kerouac, Jack

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Kesey, Ken

Flowers for Algernon
Keyes, Daniel

The Tommyknockers
King, Stephen 

It
King, Stephen 

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
King, Stephen 

The Colorado Kid
King, Stephen 

Misery
King, Stephen 

Dolores Claiborne
King, Stephen 

The Institute
King, Stephen 

The Life of Chuck
King, Stephen 

Rat
King, Stephen 

I Want My Hat Back
Klassen, Jon

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
Kondo, Marie 

Intensity
Koontz, Dean 

Into the Wild
Krakauer, Jon 

Pot Stories for the Soul
Krassner, Paul

Down the Long Hills
L'Amour, Louis

Life in Double Time: Confessions of an American Drummer
Lankford, Mike

Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu

A Wrinkle in Time 
L'Engle, Madeleine

The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life: How to Get More Books in Your Life and More Life from Your Books
Leveen, Steve 

The Wish
Levine, Gail Carson 

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Levitt, Steven D.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 
Lewis, C.S.

The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
Lewis, C.S.

A Poor Man's Rain
Lewis, Phillip

Einstein’s Dreams
Lightman, Alan 

Finding Gratitude: Simple Ideas That Can Change Your Life 
Lipp, Rebekah

The Contender
Lipsyte, Robert

To Build a Fire
London, Jack

John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs
London, Jack

The Road
London, Jack

White Fang
London, Jack

The Call of the Wild
London, Jack

The Giver 
Lowry, Lois 

Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
Lucado, Max 

He Did This Just For You
Lucado, Max 

Karma 101: What Goes Around Comes Around...and What You Can Do About It
Mack, Joshua

Meditations
Marcus Aurelius

Ashtavakra Gita:
Marshall, Bart 

Upanishads
Mascaró, Juan

I Am Legend
Matheson, Richard

Witch War
Matheson, Richard

Dance of the Dead
Matheson, Richard

Dress of White Silk
Matheson, Richard

Buried Talents
Matheson, Richard

The Near Departed
Matheson, Richard

Prey
Matheson, Richard

Person to Person
Matheson, Richard

Dare to Dream...then Do It: What Successful People Know And Do
Maxwell, John C.

Angela’s Ashes 
McCourt, Frank

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
McCullers, Carson

Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...and Maybe the World
McRaven, William H.

Awareness: the Perils and Opportunities of Reality
Mello, Anthony de

Benito Cereno
Melville, Herman

Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Melville, Herman

Thomas Merton: Spiritual Direction And Meditation
Merton, Thomas

What is Contemplation?
Merton, Thomas

The Seven Storey Mountain
Merton, Thomas

Winnie-the-Pooh 
Milne, A.A.

The Misanthrope
Molière

Stickeen: A Nature Book About John Muir and His Trusty Dog's Adventure
Muir, John

With Christ in the School of Prayer
Murray, Andrew

Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
Neihardt, John G.

Weep Not, Child
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

On the Use and Abuse of History
Nietzsche, Friedrich

The 100 Simple Secrets of Happy People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It
Niven, David

The Things They Carried
O’Brien, Tim

Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
O'Connor, Flannery

A Good Man Is Hard To Find
O'Connor, Flannery

Parker's Back
O'Connor, Flannery

The Artificial Nigger and Other Tales
O'Connor, Flannery

1984
Orwell, George

Why I Write
Orwell, George

Animal Farm
Orwell, George

Praying the Lord's Prayer
Packer, J.I.

A Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation
Paramananda

Bridge to Terabithia
Paterson, Katherine

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
Patterson, James 

The Power of Positive Thinking
Peale, Norman Vincent

Expect A Miracle-Make Miracles Happen
Peale, Norman Vincent

A Day No Pigs Would Die
Peck, Robert Newton

Centering Prayer: Renewing an Ancient Christian Prayer Form
Pennington, M. Basil

How the Mind Works
Pinker, Steven 

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values 
Pirsig, Robert M.

Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals 
Pirsig, Robert M.

Meno
Plato

Euthyphro
Plato

The Republic
Plato

Apology
Plato

Crito
Plato

Phaedo
Plato

Phaedrus
Plato

Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Pollan, Michael 

The World is a Class: How and Why to Teach English Around the World
Powell, Caleb 

Brokeback Mountain
Proulx, Annie

The Golden Compass 
Pullman, Philip

Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit 
Quinn, Daniel

Where the Red Fern Grows
Rawls, Wilson

Histoire d'O 
Réage, Pauline

Sounds Good 101 Poems
Reid, Christopher

Mozart's Brain and the Fighter Pilot: Unleashing Your Brain's Potential
Restak, Richard

How Old Timofei Died With a Song
Rilke, Rainer Maria

Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul
Roberts, Jane

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Robinson, Barbara

Gilead 
Robinson, Marilynne

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: Neighborly Words of Wisdom from Mister Rogers
Rogers, Fred

Two for Survival
Roth, Arthur J.

Harry Potter 
Rowling, J.K.

Wisdom from the Four Agreements
Ruiz, Miguel

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Related Subjects
Russell, Bertrand

Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Sacks, Oliver

The Little Prince
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de

Nine Stories
Salinger, J.D.

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
Salinger, J.D.

The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger, J.D.

Franny and Zooey
Salinger, J.D.

Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
Saunders, George

On Beauty and Being Just
Scarry, Elaine

The Reader
Schlink, Bernhard

You're in Love, Charlie Brown
Schulz, Charles M.

Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris, David

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Sedaris, David

Love Story 
Segal, Erich

Oscar Lobster's Fair Exchange
Selden, George

The Tempest
Shakespeare, William

Hamlet
Shakespeare, William

Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William

The Winter's Tale
Shakespeare, William

Frankenstein
Shelley, Mary

8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Shetty, Jay

No Tigers in Africa
Silver, Norman

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Silverstein, Shel

The Giving Tree
Silverstein, Shel

A Light in the Attic
Silverstein, Shel

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith, Betty

The Reptile Room
Snicket, Lemony 

The Bad Beginning 
Snicket, Lemony 

The Wide Window
Snicket, Lemony 

The Silver Surfer: Rebirth of Thanos
Starlin, Jim

A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Stead, Philip C.

The Pearl
Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck, John

The Chrysanthemums
Steinbeck, John

Treasure Island
Stevenson, Robert Louis

Kant in 90 Minutes 
Strathern, Paul

Sunjata
Suso, Bamba

The Coming Glory: Hope Now for Life After Death
Swets, Paul

Gulliver’s Travels
Swift, Jonathan

A Modest Proposal
Swift, Jonathan

The Rhythm Code
Tamás, Bodzsár 

The Book for Children
Taylor, Kenneth N.

The Cay 
Taylor, Theodore

Meditations from a Simple Path
Teresa, Mother

The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Thich Nhat Hanh

No Death, No Fear: Comforting Wisdom for Life
Thich Nhat Hanh

Being Peace 
Thich Nhat Hanh

Breathe! You Are Alive: Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing
Thich Nhat Hanh

The Sun My Heart
Thich Nhat Hanh

How to Eat 
Thich Nhat Hanh

Walden
Thoreau, Henry David

Civil Disobedience
Thoreau, Henry David

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 
Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Lord of the Rings
Tolkien, J.R.R.

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Tolle, Eckhart

Stillness Speaks
Tolle, Eckhart

After the Ball
Tolstoy, Leo

Three Deaths
Tolstoy, Leo

A Confederacy of Dunces
Toole, John Kennedy

Johnny Got His Gun
Trumbo, Dalton

The Raft: The Courageous Struggle of Three Naval Airmen Against the Sea
Trumbull, Robert

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Twain, Mark

Keep Calm and Carry On
Various

The US Constitution & The Bill of Rights
Various

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Verne, Jules

Homecoming 
Voigt, Cynthia 

Candide
Voltaire

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.

Slaughterhouse-Five
Vonnegut, Kurt Jr.

This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
Wallace, David Foster

The Bridges of Madison County
Waller, Robert James

The Glass Castle
Walls, Jeannette 

The Science of Getting Rich
Wattles, Wallace D.

Still the Mind: An Introduction to Meditation
Watts, Alan W.

The Way of Zen
Watts, Alan W.

How to Study the Bible
West, Robert M.

Charlotte’s Web
White, E.B.

Night
Wiesel, Elie

The Picture of Dorian Gray
Wilde, Oscar

The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life
Wilkinson, Bruce H.

Velveteen Rabbit
Williams Bianco, Margery

Free The Beagle: A Journey To Destinae
Williams, Roy H.

Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Wilson, August

A Man in Full
Wolfe, Tom

The Great Bicycle Caper: Across America on a Ten Speed
Wright, Edward

Making Peace with Your Past
Wright, H. Norman

Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Wright, Robert

Crow Boy
Yashima, Taro

—2/24/2025

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