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doreenjoy · 10-09-2010, 01:17 AM

From the Board's List, I've read 8...and sadly, those are pretty much the only ones on the whole list I'm interested in reading.

* Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington (fascinating)
* A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (I loved it, even though I hate her fiction)
* The Double Helix by James Watson (dense)
* Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forester (it didn't help me become a better novelist)
* The Elements of Style by Strunk & White (it's more of a reference book than a work of non-fiction, IMO)
* The Autobiography of Malcolm X (loved it)
* In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Loved it)
* Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott (hated it)

On my TBR list:

Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman
The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

I didn't go through the "Readers" List -- can't stand Ayn Rand, didn't even bother reading the list after I saw her at the top.

10-09-2010, 01:17 AM	#10
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	From the Board's List, I've read 8...and sadly, those are pretty much the only ones on the whole list I'm interested in reading. * Up from Slavery by Booker T Washington (fascinating) * A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (I loved it, even though I hate her fiction) * The Double Helix by James Watson (dense) * Aspects of the Novel by E.M. Forester (it didn't help me become a better novelist) * The Elements of Style by Strunk & White (it's more of a reference book than a work of non-fiction, IMO) * The Autobiography of Malcolm X (loved it) * In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (Loved it) * Operating Instructions by Anne Lamott (hated it) On my TBR list: Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes I didn't go through the "Readers" List -- can't stand Ayn Rand, didn't even bother reading the list after I saw her at the top. Last edited by doreenjoy; 10-09-2010 at 01:19 AM.