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Humor
I Like You Amy Sedaris


Memoir
Electroboy Andy Behrman
True Hallucinations Terence Mckenna
Garlic and Sapphires Ruth Reichl
Tender at the Bone Ruth Reichl
Fear And Loathing In America Hunter S. Thompson
The Proud Highway Hunter S. Thompson


Nonfiction
The Highly Sensitive Person Elaine Aron
The Highly Sensitive Person in Love Elaine Aron
When They Severed Earth from Sky Elizabeth Wayland Barber
The Lucifer Principle Howard Bloom
How the Irish Saved Civilization Thomas Cahill
Cash Johnny Cash
Abducted Susan Clancy
Marriage, a History Stephanie Coontz
The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins
The Gift of Fear Gavin De Becker
Potatoes not Prozac Kathleen DeMaisons
At Day's Close: Night in Times Past A. Roger Ekirch
The Economy of Cities Jane Jacobs
Making Work Work for the Highly Sensitive Person Barrie S. Jaeger
Touched with Fire Kay Redfield Jamison
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind Julian Jaynes
The Web That Has No Weaver Ted J. Kaptchuk
Killing Yourself to Live Chuck Klostermann
The Introvert Advantage Marti Olsen Laney
The Dance of Anger Harriet Lerner
The Archaic Revival Terence Mckenna
Food of the Gods Terrence McKenna
Fashion Victim Michelle Lee
It's getting better all the time: 100 great trends of the past 100 years Stephen Moore
The Descent of Woman Elaine Morgan
Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn't Work Jennifer Roback Morse
Monsoon Diary Shoba Narayan
The Homeric Gods Walter F Otto
Demonic Males Dale Peterson
The Blank Slate Steven Pinker
Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife Mary Roach
From Chocolate to Morphine Winifred Rosen and Andrew T. Weil
Not By Genes Alone Peter J. Richerson and Robert Boyd
Cyberia: Life in the Trenches of Hyperspace Douglas Rushkoff
Mind Hacks Tom Stafford and Matt Webb
The Sociopath Next Door Martha Stout
The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists Neil Strauss
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe
Seven Seasons of Buffy Glenn Yeffeth and Drew Goddard


SF/Fantasy
DoOon Mode Piers Anthony
The Demolished Man Alfred Bester
The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester
Ficciones Jorge Luis Borges
The Master and Margarita Mikhail Bulgakov
On Wings of Song Thomas Disch
Native Tongue Suzette Haden Elgin
Enchantress from the Stars Sylvia Engdahl
Legend Gimmel
The Historian Elizabeth Kostova
Amnesia Moon Jonathon Lethem
As She Climbed Across the Table Jonathan Lethem
A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
The Last Continent Terry Pratchett
Anubis Gate Tim Powers
Declare Tim Powers
Dinner at Deviant's Palace Tim Powers
Last Call Tim Powers
Uglies Scott Westerfield
Pretties Scott Westerfield
Inside Job Connie Willis


Fiction
Quite Ugly One Morning Christopher Brookmyre
Dog Eat Dog Edward Bunker
Eaters of the Dead Michael Crichton
Diary of a Drug Fiend Aleister Crowley
Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel Jonathan Safran Foer
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Foer
The House of Sight and Shadow Nicholas Griffin
The Continental Op Dashiell Hammett
The Glass Key Dashiell Hammett
The Thin Man Dashiel Hammet
Woman in the Dark Dashiell Hammett
The Bitch in the House Cathi Hanauer
Ripley Underground Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley Patricia Highsmith
The Berlin Stories Chris Isherwood
Thirtynothing Lisa Jewell
The Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd
Paradise A.L. Kennedy
Another Day in Paradise Eddie Little
Steel Toes Eddie Little
Keep the Aspidistra Flying George Orwell
Lancelot Walker Percy
Love in the Ruins Walker Percy
The Secret History Donna Tartt
Rats Saw God Rob Thomas
Slave Day Rob Thomas
The People's Republic of Desire Annie Wang

Date: 2007-01-01 05:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gikiski.livejournal.com
I crave your reading speed.

Date: 2007-01-01 11:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fritz-da-kat.livejournal.com
Same here. I think I only read 19 or 20 this year... shame on me.

Date: 2007-01-01 11:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fritz-da-kat.livejournal.com
Authors that I have heard about or read:

Hunter S. Thompson
Richard Dawkins
Jorge Luis Borges
Mikhail Bulgakov
Elizabeth Kostova
Terry Pratchett
Michael Crichton
Dashiell Hammett
George Orwell

I'm not sure Johnny Cash counts.

Date: 2007-01-01 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com
It's actually a pretty damn good book. The ghostwriter got the voice down cold.

Date: 2007-01-01 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] altamira16.livejournal.com
I am in awe. I have read one of those books, and we have another two in the house somewhere.

now you gotta tell us

Date: 2007-01-04 06:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bythesea.livejournal.com
which you recommend and why, like a top 5 or a top 10!

Re: now you gotta tell us

Date: 2007-01-05 02:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] herbaliser.livejournal.com
i've got it down to 15, i will post soon.

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