3. worth reading once (by author)

These books affected me, but I’m not sure if the affect would be the same if I’d read them at a different point in life. I’d recommend them to many people, in many situations, but not for everyone.

Adams, Richard ed. –  Favorite animal Stories

Aiken, Henry D., ed. –  Age of Ideology, the

Alcorn, Randy –  Deadline

Alcorn, Randy –  Dominion

Anderson, Anne and Tony Lynch –  Listening

Anderson, Neil T. –  Bondage Breaker, The

Arnold, Clinton E. –  Three Crucial Questions Regarding Spiritual Warfare

Baldacci, David –  Hour Game

Berlin, Isaiah, ed. –  Age of Enlightenment, the

Blassingame, John ed. –  Slave Tesitmony

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich –  Life Together

Boom, Corrie ten –  Hiding Place, the

Boulle, Pierre –  Bridge Over the River Kwai, the

Brand, Paul and Philip Yancey –  Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Brewster, E. Thomas and Elizabeth –  Language Acquisition Made Practical

Bridges, Larry –  Practice of Godliness, the

Brown, H. Douglas –  Principles of Language Learning and Teaching

Bunyan, John –  Holy War, the

Burns, Robert –  Poetical Works of Robert Burns, the

Bygate, Martin –  Speaking

Carey, Peter –  True History of the Kelly Gang

Carroll, Lewis –  Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis –  Through the Looking Glass

Cather, Willa –  My Antonia

Clancy, Tom –  Clear and Present Danger

Clancy, Tom –  Hunt for the Red October, the

Clotfelter, David –  Sinners in the Hands of a Good God

Cormier, Robert –  I am the Cheese

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Company

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Enemy

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Fortress

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Gold

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Sword

Cornwall, Bernard –  Sharpe’s Triumph

Crews, Harry –  Scar Lover

Delillo, Don –  End Zone

Delillo, Don –  Libra

Delillo, Don –  Mao II

Eco, Umberto –  Baudolino

Eco, Umberto –  Island of the Day Before, The

Edwards, Jonathan –  Selected Sermons

Eldridge, John –  Waking the Dead

Elliot, Elizabeth –  Passion and Purity

Ellis, Bret Easton –  Less Than Zero

Ezorsky, Gertrude –  Racism and Justice

Farah, Cesair E. –  Islam

Fast, Howard –  My Glorious Brothers

Fielding, Helen –  Bridget Jones: the edge of reason

Fingarette, Herbert –  Confucius

Fischer, Louis –  Gandhi

Flew, antony –  Dictionary of Philosophy, a

Fremantle, anne, ed –  Age of Belief, the

Frey, James –  Million Little Pieces, A

Gaiman, Neil –  Stardust

Gaiman, Neil –  The Sandman vol. 11: Endless Nights

Gaiman, Neil –  The Sandman vol. 5: A Game of You

Gaiman, Neil –  The Sandman vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

Geary, Patrick –  Furta Sacra

Gies, Francis –  Knight in History, the

Goldschmidt, arthur Jr. –  Concise History of the Middle East, a

Goodenow, E. trans –  Arabian Nights

Greene, Graham –  Tenth Man, The

Grisham, John –  The Partner

Henry, O. –  Rolling Stones

Henry, O. –  Sixes and Sevens

Henry, O. –  Voice of the City, the

Hillgarth, J.N., ed. –  Christianity and Paganism, 350 –  750

Hornby, Nick –  How To Be Good

Hornby, Nick –  Long Way Down, A

Humber, Wilson J. –  Dollars and Sense

Johnson, Denis –  Name of the World

Kaufmann, Walter ed –  Religion from Tolstoy to Camus

Khalid, Hosseini –  Kite Runner, The

Kierkegard, Soren –  Present Age, The

Kipling, Rudyard –  Just So Stories

Lamotte, Anne –  Traveling Mercies

L’Amour, Louis –  A Man Called Noon

L’Amour, Louis –  Down The Long Hills

L’Amour, Louis –  Fair Blows the Wind

L’Amour, Louis –  Hondo

L’Amour, Louis –  Lando

L’Amour, Louis –  Milo Talon

L’Amour, Louis –  Mojave Crossing

L’Amour, Louis –  Reilly’s Luck

L’Amour, Louis –  Ride the River

L’Amour, Louis –  Sackett

L’Amour, Louis –  Sackett’s Land

L’Amour, Louis –  The Lonely Men

L’Amour, Louis –  The Quick and the Dead

L’Amour, Louis –  To the Far Blue Mountains

L’Amour, Louis –  Treasure Mountain

Lawhead, Stephen R. –  Merlin

Legg, Stuart –  The Heartland

L’Engle, Madeleine –  Wrinkle in Time, a

Lewis, C.S. –  Case for Christianity, the

Lewis, C.S. –  Grand Miracle and other essays, the

Lewis, C.S. –  Horse and His Boy, the

Lewis, C.S. –  Magician’s Nephew, the

Lewis, C.S. –  Miracles

Lewis, C.S. –  Problem of Pain, the

Lewis, C.S. –  Reflections on the Psalms

Lewis, C.S. –  Silver Chair, the

Lewis, Sinclair –  Arrowsmith

Lewis, Sinclair –  Cass Timberlane

Lewis, Sinclair –  Main Street

Macarthur, John Jr. –  Gospel according to Jesus, the

MacDonald, George –  Gray Wolf and other fantasy stories, the

MacDonald, George –  Lady’s Confession, the

MacDonald, George –  Princess and Curdie, the

MacDonald, George –  Proving the Unseen

MacLeod, Colin –  Uzbekistan

Malcolm X  –  Autobiography of Malcolm X, the

Manning, Brennan –  Ragamuffin Gospel, The

Mathewes –  Green, Frederica –  At The Center Of East And Now

McDermott, Alice –  Charming Billy

Miller, Arthur –  Crucible, the

Mokyr, Joel –  Lever of Riches, the

Moore, Alan –  League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol. 1

Moore, Alan –  League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol. 2

Moore, Alan –  Top Ten

Mowat, Farley –  Never Cry Wolf

Muller, George –  Autobiography of George Muller, the

Murray, Craig –  Murder in Samarkand

Murray, Gilbert et al. trans. –  Greek Plays, the

Namioka, Lensey –  Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear

Naylor, Phyllis Reynold –  Shiloh

Ninh, Bao –  The Sorrow of War

Nouwen, Henri –  Life of the Beloved, the

Oates, Joyce Carole –  On Boxing

Oliver, Peter –  Origin and Progress of the american Rebellion

Orwell, George –  Animal Farm

Palahniuk, Chuck –  Invisible Monsters

Percy, Walker –  Second Coming, The

Perez –  Rivera, Francisco –  Queen of the South

Piper, John –  Counted Rightous in Christ

Piper, John –  Future Grace

Piper, John –  God’s Passion for His Glory

Piper, John –  Godward Life, a

Poe, Edgar allen –  Complete Stories and Poems

Potok, Chaim –  Wanderings

Rabelais –  Pantagruel

Radhakrishnan –  Hindu View of Life, the

Rashid, Ahmed –  Jihad: the rise of militant Ilsam in Central Asia

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinning –  Cross Creek

Rees, Ennis, trans. –  Odyssey of Homer, the

Remarque, Erich Maria –  All Quiet on the Western Front

Richardson, Don –  Lords of the Earth

Richardson, Don –  Peace Child

Robbins, Tom –  Skinny Legs And All

Rotella, Carlo –  Cut Time

Rushdie, Salman –  The Moor’s Last Sigh

Sacks, Oliver –  Island of the Colorblind, The

Santilla, Giorgio de, ed. –  Age of adventure, the

Sayers, Dorothy –  Clouds of Witnesses

Sayers, Dorothy –  Whose Body

Schaeffer, Francis –  Escape From Reason

Schaeffer, Francis –  Great Evangelical Disaster, the

Schaeffer, Francis –  True Spirituality

Sekules, Kate –  Boxer’s Heart, A

Shaara, Michael –  Killer angels, the

Shakespeare, William –  Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare, William –  Julius Caesar

Shakespeare, William –  Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Shakespeare, William –  Taming of the Shrew, a

Shaw, Bernard –  Major Barbara

Shaw, Bernard –  Pygmallion

Shields, Carol –  Stone Diaries, the

Solzhenitsyn, alexandr –  Gulag Archipelego, the

Stevenson, Robert Lewis –  Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Swales, John M. –  Genre Analysis

Szasz, Thomas E –  Myth of Mental Illness, the

Tate, T.W. ed. –  Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century, the

Taylor, Howard and Geraldine –  Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secret

Tennyson, alfred, Lord –  Tennyson’s Poems

Thomas, D. Winton, ed –  Documents from Old Testament Times

Thoreau, Henry David –  Walden and “Civil Disobedience”

Tolkien, J.R.R. –  Simarillion, the

Tolkien, J.R.R. –  Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, etc.

Tolkien, J.R.R. –  Tolkien Reader, the

Tolles, Frederick B. –  Meeting House and Counting House

Tolstoy, Leo –  On Civil Disobedience and Non –  Violence

Tozer, a.W. –  Pursuit of God, the

Twain, Mark –  Huckleberry Finn

Tyler, Anne –  Accidental Tourist, The

Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher –  Good Wives

Vermes, G. –  Dead Sea Scrolls in English, the

Walker, alice –  Color Purple, the

Wangerin, Walter Jr. –  Book of God, the

Yancey, Philip –  Disappointment with God

Yancey, Phillip –  Where is God when it Hurts?