I was thinking it would be a good idea to put together a reading list. Just a list of books that you have read that have personally helped shape your belief. They can be classics or niche books doesn't matter, but I know I would be interested in broadening my perspectives. So I'll start with a few of my favorites and you can respond in the comments and I'll try and put something together.
So I going to list the books that I feel have been really instrumental in shaping the way I think, and then I'll throw in a few I just like.
The Bible - God(?)
The Dhammapada - Buddha(?)
Tao Te Ching - Lao Tzu
Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
Damien - Herman Hesse
Moses and Monotheism - Sigmund Freud
The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand
Timeline - Michael Crichton (Long story, you probably shouldn't read this book just ask my why its on the list)
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars - Kim Stanley Robinson (again sounds weird but I have my reasons)
That's a short list, I'm sure there are more I just don't have my bookshelf in front of me. I'll amend this later.
6 Responses to "Books!"
September 22, 2007 at 8:02 PM
I have recently been recommended a book that I believe to be called A History of God. Has anyone read this book?
Also, has anyone read any of the Diamond Sutra?
September 22, 2007 at 10:36 PM
books about religion (et al.) that I have enjoyed:
No god but God - Reza Aslan
Living Buddha, Living Christ - Thich Nhat Hahn (spelling?)
The Virtue of Selfishness - Ayn Rand
September 22, 2007 at 10:47 PM
Maybe I'm cliche, but what about:
"mere christianity" - C.S. Lewis
September 23, 2007 at 12:54 AM
I think it is safe to say that 3/4 of us have already read that one. Though, perhaps I should read it again, considering...
September 24, 2007 at 11:45 AM
I must be the 1/4 that hasn't read it...but I will.
Matt, I also heard of A History of God, I read a review somewhere and it sounded like it was worth checking out.
I'm interested to know if anyone has read any of the recent atheist books, God is not Great by Christopher Hitchens, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins or Letters to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris...among others.
I actually haven't read them, I'm sure it would be a good read but I have this feeling I would get bored simply because I would be in agreement. Probably not a good reason not to read it, but o well.
Also here are a few more to add to my list.
Letter's From the Earth - Mark Twain
The Humanoids - Jack Williamson
Rabbit Run - John Updike
The Planet that Wasn't - Isaac Asimov
Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
Again, not all about religion but they have been instrumental in shaping my perspectives on life.
September 24, 2007 at 12:05 PM
I would like to add
A Clockwork Orange - Anthony Burgess
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
More about free will, but that is related, right?
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