| ashu |
Posted
on 21-Apr-01 07:39 AM
I read mostly non-fiction. Some non-fiction books that have given a total new way of looking at issues are:
a) On Ethics and economics by Amartya Sen.
b) Freedom as Development by Amartya Sen.
c) A Theory of Justice by John Rawls.
d) Justice, Gender and Family by Susan Okun.
e) Taking Rights Seriously by Ronald Dworkin.
f) Peddling Prosperity by Paul Krugman.
g) Anarchy, State and Utopia by Robert Nozick.
i) Inequality Reexamined by Amartya Sen.
j) Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
k) On Human Nature by E O Wilson
j) A Rulebook of Argument by Anthony Weston
k) On writing well by William Zinnsser.
j) ALL of John McPhee's books.
k) ALL of Lewis Thomas's' essays on science.
l) ALL of Stephen Jay Gould's books.
m) Moral Animal by Robert Wright.
n) Richard Feynman's biography: "Genius", and his three zany autobiographies.
o) Story of Art by Gombrich
p) E.O. White's essays.
Fiction:
Lord of the Rings: All four volumes.
Lord of the Flies.
Bonfire of Vanities.
ALL of Saul Bello's books.
Philip Roth, the first few ones.
Wislawa Symborzska's poetry.
Hemingway's short stories.
Remains of the Day by Ishiguro.
A House for Mr. Biswas by Naipaul and a bunch of other Naipaul books.
These are some of the books, I recommend to all.
This is what I can think of now; more later.
oohi
ashu
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