I don't think it will be a problem to reach my target of 40 books this year. So I have upped my target to a quite reasonable 60. This page will be updated as books are completed.
- "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
- "The Satanic Bible" by Anton LaVey
- "Soulmates: Honoring the Mysteries of Love and Relationship" by Thomas Moore
- "Life's Companion: Journal Writing As A Spiritual Quest" by Christina Baldwin
- "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
- "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
- "The Enlightened Smoker's Guide to Quitting" by B. Jack Gebhardt
- "I'm Here Now (Are You?)" by Bhagavan Das
- "This Is It And Other Essays" by Alan W.Watts
- "Pandora" by Anne Rice
- "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking (2nd time)
- "The Words of My Perfect Teacher" by Patrul Rinpoche
- "Eat Right 4 Your Type" by Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo
- "Does It Matter?" by Alan Watts
- "The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity" by Alan Watts***
- "I Shudder At Your Touch: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror" edited by Michele Slung
- "We Are But A Moment's Sunlight: Understanding Death"edited by Charles S. Adler, M.D., Gene Stanford, Ph.D. and Sheila Morrisey Adler, Ph.D.
- "The Meaning of Happiness" by Alan Watts*
- "In The Cut" by Susanna Moore
- "Notes On Love And Courage" by Hugh Prather
- "XXXXXXX: XXX XXXXXX XXXX XXXXX" by Gene Lester and David Lester
- "Chaos: Making A New Science" by James Gleick
- "Beyond Theology" by Alan Watts
- "Love And Limerance" by Dorothy Tenov"
- "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
- "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
- "The Passionate Life" by Sam Keen
- "Nineteen Eighty Four" by George Orwell
- "The Origin of Satan" by Elaine Pagels
- "Bluebeard" by Kurt Vonnegut
- "Escape From Freedom" by Eric Fromme
- "Story of O" by Pauline Reage
- "The Crimes of Love" by Marquis de Sade
- "The Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker
- "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks
- "In The
- "Lila" by Robert M. Pirsig
- "A Defense of Masochism" by Anita Phillips
- "Doorway To The Soul: How To Have A Profound Spiritual Experience" by Ron Scolastico
- "When You Love You Must Depart" by Alina Reyes
- "Return Of The Warriors: The Toltec Teachings - Volume 1" by Theun Mares
- "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Frederick Nietzsche
- "Philosophy In The Bedroom" by Marquis de Sade
- "On Bullshit" by Laura Penny
- "Building Mental Muscle" by David Gamon, Ph.D and Allen D. Bragdon
- "Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery In Physics" by Amir D. Aczel
- "Notes To Each Other" by Hugh and Gayle Prather
- "The Old Man And The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
- "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
- "Life Of Pi" by Yann Martel
- "Caffeine Blues" by Stephen Cherniske
- "Philosophies Of Love" edited by David Norton and Mary Kille
- "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
3 comments:
which one did you like the best? The two that stick out to me from your list are The Fountainhead and Madam Bovary. I think Ayn Rand is ridiculous. And I haven't read Madam Bovary, but it is supposed the flawless novel, almost sterile in its perfection; what did you think?
Tim,
By far, the best book on the list thus far is The Power Of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Like a light brought to darkness, this book helped me to climb out of my previous state of mind. One morning after finishing the book I woke up and everything was bright again. The oppression had been lifted through my ability to accept things as they are and by seeing how I could really BE in the NOW. This wonderful book put some of the pieces together. And then certain other things seemed to fall into place as well.
I agree that Ayn Rand is somewhat ridiculous, but I think this is due to her denial of things she had already seen as truth but wasn't quite willing to accept. Some refinement of her objectivist philosophy would make her a top ranking philosopher in intellectual fields. I did like Fountainhead. Very much. I especially enjoyed the love story between Roark and Dominique.
As per Madame Bovary...another good book. Flaubert has an amazing understanding of human emotion and the desires that drive it. The book shows that Flaubert himself has also been faced with the meaninglessness of life.
"almost sterile in its perfection"
Yes. I can understand how one could see it that way.
I have written reviews on all 3. Links to them are in the side column if you ever wish to read them.
THE TOP 10 BOOKS I READ IN 2006!
1. "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle
2. "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
3. "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand
4. "The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity" by Alan Watts
5. "Escape From Freedom" by Eric Fromme
6. "A Defense of Masochism" by Anita Phillips
7. "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Frederick Nietzsche
8. "Love And Limerance" by Dorothy Tenov
9. "The Dancing Wu Li Masters" by Gary Zukav
10. "The Philosophies of Love" edited by David L. Norton and Mary F. Kille
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