The 50 book Challenge 2011

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley


Now that college is out of the way for now, I have more time for reading!

[Pappa]

1. Percy Gets Probed
2. Zombie Haiku
3. Codex Necrons
4. Easy Sushi
5. Blek le Rat: Getting Through the Walls
6. Notes from the Underground

[hadespussercats]

1. Her Fearful Symmetry- Audrey Niffeneggar
A good read, if a touch derivative. Not as good as The Time-Traveler's Wife, but then, few books are.

2. Solaris- Stanislaw Lem
A fascinating scholarly review of books and studies that never existed. Borges in the future. Thoughtfully and convincingly written, though the dialogue suffers in translation.

3. Sleepwalker- John Toomey
Meh. Gen-X blankness from an Irish perspective. Preachy towards the end.

4. Orlando- Virginia Woolfe
Delightful use of language, though plodding/dense at times. Sumptuous. Thoughts on gender, identity, sexual politics still fresh after the better part of a century.

5. Pale Blue Dot- Carl Sagan
Beautiful language, lucid and educational. Message still current, particularly considering recent commentary on the state of the Earth/space travel by Stephen Hawking.

6. An Object of Beauty- Steve Martin
A history of modern and contemporary art, set in fiction, spun by someone who knows and loves it well. A quick, interesting, but emotionally reserved read.

7. The Book of Joe- Jonathan Tropper
Augusten Burroughs loves this novel-- wishes he´d written it himself. It´s not hard to understand why he´d say that. Synopsis: a writer with a wildly successful first novel under his belt has to go back to the small New England town where he grew up, and face the townspeople he outraged with his thinly-veiled autobiographical depiction of them. Hilarity and life affirmation ensue.

Solid, enjoyable. Not great literature.

8. The Mismeasure of Man- Stephen Jay Gould
I want to give my dad, the I.Q.-respecting, devoted genetic determinist, a copy of this history of intelligence studies. Gould explores how racial, social, gender, and class bias can influence scientific findings-- even, perhaps especially, in the absence of conscious fraud. He provides a compelling account of the disastrous results of applying such biased studies to social policy, and does much to debunk the very notion of ranking people according to perceived intelligence.

9. Devil's Cub- Georgette Heyer
This is a re-read-- I can't resist Heyer's giddy re-creation of the life of the haut ton in Regency England, and she's been a favorite of mine since childhood. This particular one is a sequel of my all-time favorite Heyer, These Old Shades, and features sword fights, dueling with pistols, abductions, French elopements, and romance. Heyer's novels are well-researched and great for anyone who loves a sensuous description of sprigged muslin dresses and Hessian boots. Light reading. A real treat.

10. On Beauty- Zadie Smith
This is my first venture into Zadie Smith's writing-- I was irrationally turned off by the ubiquity of her earlier White Teeth, which I'm now thinking I should give a go, since I enjoyed On Beauty quite a bit. A tale of binaries: two families, England/America, academia/street life, black/white, representational/abstract, etc., etc., told with great humor, an enviable ear for the gamut of English speech, and warm sympathy for her characters.

11. The Ascent of Money- Niall Ferguson
I was somewhat familiar with this book before I read it-- saw some of the television programs developed concurrently with the writing, as well as some articles in Newsweek, comments for the LongNow Foundation, etc. So I didn't get the pleasure of encountering some of his big ideas for the first time. I definitely have a far better understanding of the history of finance-- but then, since i went in with a knowledge base of close to zero, that wouldn't have taken much. Ferguson is a lively writer, entertaining on a subject that could be deadly dull in the hands of someone less passionate. However, his frequent footnotes and parenthetical comments, though elucidating, really harm the flow of the narrative-- I often had to read pages several times through to get their whole intent. And the closer his history came to the current time, the less effort he spent explaining technical terms so the layperson could understand (What do these percentages MEAN? What the hell is a credit spread? etc.)
A bit of a slog at times, but worth it.

12. Exposure- Kathryn Harrison
Not surprising this author is able to write with utter credibility about a creepily sexualized relationship between a father and a daughter. Three generations of photographers, two generations of mental illness-- a downward spiral of character portraiture that is compelling, subtly drawn, and, as I've noted, entirely believable. Well done.

13. Black Elk Speaks-- as told through John G. Neihardt
Joseph Campbell notes this book as one of his most important reads-- an autobiography of a Lakota warrior/medicine man, which tells the story of his people, from the days of Custer to the tragedy at Wounded Knee. A heartbreaking first-hand account of one of the most shameful aspects of United States history, and a useful resource for those interested in understanding totemic imagery. The chapter describing Black Elk's great vision was, for me, a bit of a slog-- but the book as a whole was well worth reading.

14. The Children's Book-- A.S. Byatt
Hm. Hm.
Not sure what to say. Enjoyed it. Lots of great details about Art Nouveau, English pastorale, Liberty dresses, anarchy, socialism, Fabianism, women's suffrage, uber-puppets, the Aesthetic Movement at large, and late-Victorian/Edwardian sexuality. But after 500 or so pages, I'm left with soup.

I like soup. But it was a bit of a narrative let-down.

15. Jane Eyre-- Charlotte Bronte
There's little I can say about this book that you haven't already heard-- it's a re-read, anyway. All I'll add is that if you're only going to read one book by C.B., I'd recommend Villette over Jane Eyre, any day of the week (Villette is one of my all-time favorites.) The emotional depth and breadth of Villette is far greater than J.E., and I suspect, closer to C.B.'s life experience. When she writes about an actual, realized love affair, her ear for language seriously suffers-- people speak in extended, florid perorations that fail to convince. I suspect she was depending more on imagination than experience for these intimate scenes, and her imagination failed her.

16. Monkeys- Susan Minot
A short series of vignettes about a large, semi-Catholic family living in New England in the 60's and 70's. Truthful, spare, and melancholy.

17. A Will and a Way- Nora Roberts
Yeah, I like Nora Roberts. Shut up.

So, I re-read a couple more crap books, but I feel like it's cheating to list them all. I need to do another book-store run, soon.


18.Waterfront- Phillip Lopate
a walking tour/history/rumination of the waterfront perimeter of Manhattan-- a series of personal essays by a native son. I enjoyed the first half, which covered the West Side from Battery Park to Inwood. But that could just be because I live here. The second half was less enthralling-- in part because of literary excursions that didn't seem to serve any function within the structure of the book, but were there just to please the author's ego; and in part because, well, I don't give a shit about the East Side. Ha.

19. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed- Jared Diamond
I gave our copy of Guns, Germs, and Steel to my father before reading it. Now I'm regretting that move, since I enjoyed Collapse quite a bit. Diamond explores a number of historic and pre-historic societies that have collapsed due to environmental and other pressures. He explores current societies at risk, and looks at how we can use our understanding of the failure of past societies to avoid similar outcomes in the present and future. Diamond's writing is intelligent, yet lucid and conversational. A well-traveled, gregarious scholar-- likeable-- it's easy to imagine sitting down with him and discussing the issues of the world over a pint or two.

That seems like a strange reaction to have to a book about societal collapse. Which is a good reason to read it.

So, midway through a book with some heft, I stopped and read another dime-store Nora, then this:

20. The Happiest Baby on the Block-- Dr. Harvey Karp
Learn all about the fabled ' fourth-trimester', along with swaddling, side or stomach, shushing, swinging, and sucking-- or, more succinctly, how to make your screaming baby shut up, in a nice way, before you shake him to death. A quick, easy read, highly recommended as effective by most mothers I know. A little too "try my fail-safe patented techniques!!!" in tone for my taste, and there was a troubling lack of condemnation for homeopathy (though he admitted supporting evidence was hard to find), but the book seemed helpful. And the drawings were cute.

21. Baby Bargains-- Denise and Alan Fields
Yup, this is exactly what it sounds like. The authors are generally informative, and they strive for a friendly tone.

But, as I wrote elsewhere:
"As I was flipping through the section on maternity wear, I came across this line:
Okay, I'll admit that I don't normally shop at K-mart or Target for my clothes. But I was surprised to discover these chains (and even department stores like Sears) carry casual maternity clothes in 100% cotton at very affordable prices.

I've got to wonder-- if you wouldn't normally even consider shopping at Target for clothes, what business do you have writing a book called Baby Bargains? I mean, doesn't this say something about the socio-economic level of the authors, and their idea of what bargain shopping is, if they sound so vaguely dismissive of shopping at these sorts of places unless you're in the market for (relatively disposable) maternity wear?

I like fashion. But hell-- I've worn stuff from Sears and Target-- even K-mart, if we're talking bras, sleepwear, and workout clothes. Because I'm not made of money. Which is why I bought a book called Baby Bargains."

So that's all there is to say about that.

22. Black Hills- Nora Roberts
OK, OK, another Nora. This one was new to me, though-- borrowed from my mom when I was home for Easter, to have something not-too-challenging to read for the bus. And it was pretty good-- the main character runs a wildlife refuge in South Dakota. She finds love with a former-NYC-cop-turned-horse-rancher, who helps her to evade the serial killer who's been stalking her for a decade.

Meanwhile, I've been slowly working my way through a collection of anthropological/sociological essays. They're good, but they take focus to appreciate-- hence the brainless reading breaks. Hopefully I'll be finished soon, and can tell you all about it.

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell

[Twoflower]

1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
5. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist.
6. A Study in Scarlet.
7. The Sign of Four
8. Unionists & Separatists; The Vagaries of Ethio-Eritrean Relation 1941-1991
9. The Jungle Book
10. Unseen Academicals
11. The Fifth Elephant
12. A Hat Full of Sky
13. Thud!
14. Islam, Sectarianism and Politics In Sudan Since The Mahdiyya
15. Jingo
16. Guards! Guards!
17. Trio of Horror: Three Tales From the Holocaust
18. Men at Arms
19. The Wyrd Sisters
20. Lords and Ladies
21. The Truth
22. The Kid; What happened my when my boyfriend and I decided to get pregnant.
23. It Gets Better: The Book
24. Dracula
25. Huanuco Pampa: The Architecture and Ceramics

26. Pyramids
27. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene

[Twoflower]

1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
5. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist.
6. A Study in Scarlet.
7. The Sign of Four
8. Unionists & Separatists; The Vagaries of Ethio-Eritrean Relation 1941-1991
9. The Jungle Book
10. Unseen Academicals
11. The Fifth Elephant
12. A Hat Full of Sky
13. Thud!
14. Islam, Sectarianism and Politics In Sudan Since The Mahdiyya
15. Jingo
16. Guards! Guards!
17. Trio of Horror: Three Tales From the Holocaust
18. Men at Arms
19. The Wyrd Sisters
20. Lords and Ladies
21. The Truth
22. The Kid; What happened my when my boyfriend and I decided to get pregnant.
23. It Gets Better: The Book
24. Dracula
25. Huanuco Pampa: The Architecture and Ceramics

26. Pyramids
27. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[Twoflower]

1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
5. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist.
6. A Study in Scarlet.
7. The Sign of Four
8. Unionists & Separatists; The Vagaries of Ethio-Eritrean Relation 1941-1991
9. The Jungle Book
10. Unseen Academicals
11. The Fifth Elephant
12. A Hat Full of Sky
13. Thud!
14. Islam, Sectarianism and Politics In Sudan Since The Mahdiyya
15. Jingo
16. Guards! Guards!
17. Trio of Horror: Three Tales From the Holocaust
18. Men at Arms
19. The Wyrd Sisters
20. Lords and Ladies
21. The Truth
22. The Kid; What happened my when my boyfriend and I decided to get pregnant.
23. It Gets Better: The Book
24. Dracula
25. Huanuco Pampa: The Architecture and Ceramics

26. Pyramids
27. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Catch-22- Joseph Heller

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Catch-22- Joseph Heller
23. A Study in Scarlet- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Catch-22- Joseph Heller
23. A Study in Scarlet- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
24. The Valley of Fear- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[anna09]

1. A Devil's Chaplain- Richard Dawkins
2. The Anatomy of Evil- Michael H. Stone
3. God: The Failed Hypothesis- Victor J. Stenger
4. Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism- Michelle Goldberg
5. Synaptic Self: How Our Brains Become Who We Are- Joseph LeDoux
6. The Pluto Files- Neil Degrasse Tyson
7. Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know- Alexandria Herowitz
8. Why Everyone (Else) is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind- Robert Kurzban
9. The Masked Rider: Cycling in West Africa- Neil Peart
10. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind- V.S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee
11. The Science of Fear- Daniel Gardner
12. Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins
13. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors- Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
14. Animal Farm- George Orwell
15. The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins
16. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe- Peter D. Ward and Donald Brownlee
17. Brave New World- Aldous Huxley
18. Brave New World Revisited- Aldous Huxley
19. Homage to Catalonia- George Orwell
20. Our Man in Havana- Graham Greene
21. The Hound of the Baskervilles- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
22. Catch-22- Joseph Heller
23. A Study in Scarlet- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
24. The Valley of Fear- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
25. A Gun for Sale- Graham Greene

[Twoflower]

1. The Secret Holocaust Diaries.
2. I Sold my Soul to Ebay
3. I Shall Wear Midnight
4. Skipping Towards Gomorra.
5. Savage Love: Straight Answers from America's Most Popular Sex Columnist.
6. A Study in Scarlet.
7. The Sign of Four
8. Unionists & Separatists; The Vagaries of Ethio-Eritrean Relation 1941-1991
9. The Jungle Book
10. Unseen Academicals
11. The Fifth Elephant
12. A Hat Full of Sky
13. Thud!
14. Islam, Sectarianism and Politics In Sudan Since The Mahdiyya
15. Jingo
16. Guards! Guards!
17. Trio of Horror: Three Tales From the Holocaust
18. Men at Arms
19. The Wyrd Sisters
20. Lords and Ladies
21. The Truth
22. The Kid; What happened my when my boyfriend and I decided to get pregnant.
23. It Gets Better: The Book
24. Dracula
25. Huanuco Pampa: The Architecture and Ceramics

26. Pyramids
27. Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
28. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
29. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
30. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
31. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
32. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
33. The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
34. A Case of Identity