Reading List

Between hot season, Senegalese siesta and a general slower pace of life, I get a lot of reading done... Here's a list of what I've read so far, and I'm open to suggestions about any other must-reads!

Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger
Bedwetter, Sarah Silverman
Harry Potter (re-read all 7), J.K. Rowling
Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin
The Bean Trees (re-read), Barbara Kingsolver
Eating the Dinosaur, Chuck Klosterman
Girl, Interrupted, Susanna Kaysen
Cutting for Stone, Abraham Verghese
The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver (amazing "Africa" book)
Malaria Dreams, Stuart Stevens
The Nuclear Age, Tim O'Brien (one of my new favorite books)
The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje (beautiful)
The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri
I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Bill Bryson (hilarious)
Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen
The Paris Wife, Paula McLain (great read)
My Own Country, Abraham Verghese (amazing, slow getting into it but rewarding read)
Freedom, Jonathan Franzen
Bossypants (re-read), Tina Fey
My Ishmael, David Quinn (if you haven't read this and the original Ishmael, highly recommended)
Pigs in Heaven, Barbara Kingsolver
Why We Get Fat, Gary Taubes (only makes me slightly worried about all my carb on carb meals)
The Social Animal, David Brooks (excellent read, fascinating information)
Little Bee, Chris Cleave
Animal Dreams (re-read), Barbara Kingsolver

The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright

The Discomfort Zone, Jonathan Franzen
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
Speaker for the Dead, Orson Scott Card
Brave New World, Aldous Huxley

And because I'm always working on a few books, here's what I'm reading now:
The Future, Al Gore
The Complete Short Stories of Earnest Hemingway
Blindness (re-read), Jose Saramago
Almost French, Sarah Turnbull
A Cook's Tour, Anthony Bourdain
The Myth of Wild Africa, Jonathan S. Adams and Thomas O. McShane
Lucid Dreaming, Robert Waggoner
Seeds of Deception, Jeffrey M. Smith