Reading

Just for fun, I keep track of the books I have read, lest I forget them (starting June 2002). Most books (printed and electronic) are borrowed from the library. I love the library...don't buy books before you read them! If a book is intellectually valuable enough to me, I'll (usually) purchase it for my personal library (PL).

The symbol "(e)" means that I read the book electronically (on an Amazon 3rd Gen. Kindle, previously on a Sony PRS-505 Reader, which I lost). The symbol "(r)" means the work is a re-read for me. The symbol "(a)" means I'm "reading" the book in audio format (unabridged versions only, thank-you), most likely borrowed on CD from the library and ripped to my iPod. (8.5/12)

Currently:

Note - this page is terribly out of date…

East of Eden (e), John Steinbeck, 10/31/13- (PL)
Leaves of Grass (e), Walt Whitman, 6/16/12- (PL)
The Essays of Michel de Montaigne (e), Michel de Montaigne, 5-23-11- (PL)
Count Zero (e), William Gibson, 3/17/11- (PL)
Children of Dune, Frank Herbert, 6/19/10- (PL)
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon, 3/15/10- (PL)

Finished:

Apology (e), Plato, 8/7/14-8/8/14 (PL)
Meditations (Gregory Hays translation) (e)   , Aurelius, Marcus, 4/2/14-6/9/14 (PL)
   --- Sam Merendino Died, May 30, 2014 ---
The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are (e) , Alan Watts, 3/1/14-4/1/14 (PL)
   --- Hiromi Visits from Japan November 2013-January 2014 ---
Choose Yourself (e), James Altucher, 7/1/13-7/31/13 (PL)
Anna Karenina (Maude Translation) (e), Leo Tolstoy, 10/19/11-3/1/12 (PL)
   --- Trip to Italy June-July 2012 ---
The Art of Travel (e) , Alain De Botton, 5/28/12-6/15/12 (PL)
Guns, Germs and Steel (e), Jared Diamond, 5/2/11-5/8/12 (PL)
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking (e) , Susan Cain, 2/23-3/12/12 (PL)
Notes from Underground (e), Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 1/14/11-10/5/11 (PL)
   --- Esmé starts Kindergarten August 2011 ---
The Elegance of the Hedgehog (e) , Muriel Barbery, 3/17/11-4/11/11 (PL)
Zero History (e) , William Gibson, 2/28/11-3/16/11 (PL)
Leisure The Basis of Culture (e)  , Josef Pieper, 1/12/11-2/17/11 (PL)
The Importance of Living   , Lin Yutang, 11/11/10-1/11/11; PL
What Should I Do with My Life? (e), Po Bronson, 9/2/10-1/3/11; PL
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (e) (r), Robert M. Pirsig, 5/19/10-7/7/10; PL
Dune Messiah, Frank Herbert, 1/27/10-6/18/10; PL
Catch-22 (e), Joseph Heller, 11/19/09-3/9/10; PL
   --- Jason & Rose 10-Year Anniversary 2/18/10 ---
Dune  (r), Frank Herbert, 3/17/09-1/27/10; PL
The Grapes of Wrath (e), John Steinbeck, 10/5/09-11/18/09; PL
Slaughterhouse Five (e), Kurt Vonnegut, 9/22/09-10/5/09
  --- Esmé Starts Preschool 9/14/09 ---
Breakfast of Champions (e), Kurt Vonnegut, 8/5/09-9/21/09; PL
The Brothers Karamazov   , Fyodor Dostoevsky, 2/12/09-9/1/09; PL
Mostly Harmless (r), Douglas Adams, 1/11/09-3/16/09; PL
The Stranger , Albert Camus, 1/21/09-2/11/09; PL
The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut, 12/22/08-1/20/09
So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish (r), Douglas Adams, 11/24/08-1/11/09; PL
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater , Kurt Vonnegut, 12/8/08-12/22/08; PL
Catcher in the Rye (r), J.D. Salinger, 11/3/08-12/4/08; PL
Life, The Universe and Everything (r), Douglas Adams, 10/25/08-11/23/08; PL
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (r), Douglas Adams, 9/4/08-10/24/08; PL
  --- Japan-Korea Trip 10/1/08-10/17/08 ---
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (r), Douglas Adams, 7/30/08-9/3/08; PL
  --- Max Starts Kindergarten 8/28/08 (Jason Starts Teaching at KSU) ---
For Esmé - with Love and Squalor (r), J. D. Salinger; 7/29/08; PL
The Art of War, Sun Tzu; 7/25/08-7/29/08
Bonfire of the Vanities , Tom Wolfe; 6/20/08-7/24/08
Mr. Palomar, Italo Calvino (translated by William Weaver); 5/28/08-6/19/08; PL
Constantine's Sword, James Carroll; 10/5/07-5/27/08
The Varieties of Scientific Experience, Carl Sagan, edited by Ann Druyan; 1/22/08-2/21/08
Parenting Beyond Belief, edited by Dale McGowan; 12/10/07-1/21/08; PL
The Sun Also Rises , Ernest Hemingway; 9/28/07-10/4/07; PL
Neuromancer (r), William Gibson; 9/10/07-9/27/07; PL
Siddhartha (r), Herman Hesse; 9/3/07-9/7/07; PL
Spook Country , William Gibson; 8/8/07-8/31/07; PL
Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card; 7/21/07-8/7/07
A World Lit Only by Fire , William Manchester; 6/27/07-7/20/07; PL
The God Delusion , Richard Dawkins; 5/30/07-6/26/07; PL
The New History of the World, J. M. Roberts; 7/1/06-1/2/07; PL
  --- Max Starts Preschool 9/5/06 ---
A Random Walk Down Wall Street , Burton G. Malkiel; 2/27/06-7/14/06; PL
  --- Esmé Born 6/21/06 ---
Flow , Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi; 3/15/06-5/2/06; PL
The Hero With A Thousand Faces , Joseph Campbell; 5/31/05-2/24/06; PL
Getting Things Done, David Allen; 12/1/05-1/1/06; PL
The Intelligent Investor (1949 Edition), Benjamin Graham; 12/1/05-1/1/06; PL
Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Van Tharp; 10/24/05-11/11/05
The New Psycho-Cybernetics, Maxwell Maltz, updated by Dan S. Kennedy; 3/26/05-5/25/05
A Man In Full , Tom Wolfe; 3/11/05-4/17/05; PL
  --- Italy Trip 3/7/05-3/17/05 (Jason & Rose 5-Year Anniversary 2/18/05)---
  --- Jason Starts at Mid-America 1/1/05 ---
The Power of Myth , Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers; 11/3/04-12/27/04
Tao Te Ching   , Lao Tzu (Translation by Jonathan Star); 12/9/04-12/15/04; PL
S, M, L, XL, Rem Koolhaas & Bruce Mau; 12/26/03-indefinite; PL
The Not So Big House, Sarah Susanka; 11/30/03-indefinite; PL
The Greatest Salesman In The World, Og Mandino; 10/22/04-10/27/04
As A Man Thinketh, James Allen; 10/21/04-10/21/04
The Richest Man in Babylon , George S. Clayson; 10/4/04-10/8/04
The Millionaire Next Door , Thomas Stanley & William Danko; 9/23/04-9/27/04; PL
Rich Dad, Poor Dad (e), Robert Kiyosaki; 9/20/04-9/23/04
Doctor Zhivago (a), Boris Pasternak; 10/17/03-8/13/04, PL
Invisible Cities (r), Italo Calvino; 3/29/04-4/1/04; PL
Pattern Recognition , William Gibson; 3/1/04-3/29/04; PL
The Web of Life, Fritjof Capra; 9/14/03-2/3/04; PL
  --- Bought House 10/29/03 ---
Tom Sawyer (e), Mark Twain; 10/9/02-11/5/03; PL
The Tipping Point (a), Malcolm Gladwell; 9/24/03-10/12/03
God's Debris (e), Scott Adams; 9/4/03-9/23/03; PL (ebook)
  --- Max Born 6/25/03 ---
Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough & Michael Braungart; 5/3/03-6/9/03; PL
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (e), Steven Covey; 12/15/02-4/1/03; PL (ebook)
  --- Jason Starts at Forest City Enterprises 1/1/03 ---
David Copperfield (e), Charles Dickens; 10/27/02-5/3/03
Flatland (e), Edwin A. Abbott; 9/1/02-10/24/02; PL (ebook)
The Hidden Dimension, Edward T. Hall; 8/30/02-10/10/02; PL
The Third Wave , Alvin Toffler; 7/1/02-9/27/02; PL
On The Road (r), Jack Kerouac; 7/15/02-8/28/02; PL
Megatrends, John Naisbitt; 6/14/02-6/28/02, PL
A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway; PL
For Shame, James B. Twitchell; PL
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (e, r), Lewis Carroll, PL
  --- Jason Graduates from Cornell May-02 ---

Prior to June 2002...

I can't remember all those books!