Dan
A few of my favorites.
The book that made me a reader:
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Short Stories:
You Are Not A Stranger Here - Adam Haslett
A Good Man Is Hard To Find - Flannery O'Connor
Memoir:
Just Kids - Patti Smith
Fun Home - Alison Bechdel
Burning Kansas:
John Brown - W.E.B. Du Bois
Now It's Time To Say Goodbye - Dale Peck
Still In Kansas:
Mysterious Skin - Scott Heim
You're Not In Kansas Anymore:
Tales Of The City - Armistead Maupin
So you want...
... to be a missionary:
Poisonwood Bible - Barbara Kingsolver
... a revolution:
Revolt Of The Cockroach People - Oscar Zeta Acosta
... to survive the apocalypse:
The Road - Cormac McCarthy
... to enjoy reading history:
Try Sarah Vowell, any book
... to laugh your ass off:
Barrel Fever - David Sedaris, well again any Sedaris book (or audio) will do
Not So Guilty Pleasures:
Dominick Dunne, Molly Ivins, Paul Rudnick, Nick Hornby, Lisa Lampanelli, Studs Terkel
Recent Favorites:
Swamplandia! - Karen Russell
Bossypants - Tina Fey
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