Really Fun Books
I think all of the books listed below are really fun reads, and perfect for a long trip or for a relaxing Sunday afternoon by the water fountain in the LMU library. The main criterion for inclusion in this list is absorption: I found all of these books totally absorbing (with a few exceptions, which I note).
Adventures of a Treasure Hunter, Charles P. Everitt (read 12/04)
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, by Julian Rubinstein (read 11/05)
Conman, JR Weil (read spring '05)
Consolations of Philosophy, Alain de Botton (not completely absorbing)
Darwin Wars, Andrew Brown (read 8/06, not completely absorbing)
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell (read multiple times)
Flame Trees of Thika, Elseph Huxley (read 7/06)
In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick (read 10/06)
Going Solo, Roald Dahl (read winter '06)
McGoorty, Robert Byrne (read winter '06)
Telephone Booth Indian, AJ Liebling
Voyage for Madmen, Peter Nichols (read 11/06)
Where the Money Was, Willie Sutton (read fall '05)
White Nile, Alan Moorehead
Adventures of a Treasure Hunter, Charles P. Everitt (read 12/04)
Ballad of the Whiskey Robber, by Julian Rubinstein (read 11/05)
Conman, JR Weil (read spring '05)
Consolations of Philosophy, Alain de Botton (not completely absorbing)
Darwin Wars, Andrew Brown (read 8/06, not completely absorbing)
Down and Out in Paris and London, George Orwell (read multiple times)
Flame Trees of Thika, Elseph Huxley (read 7/06)
In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick (read 10/06)
Going Solo, Roald Dahl (read winter '06)
McGoorty, Robert Byrne (read winter '06)
Telephone Booth Indian, AJ Liebling
Voyage for Madmen, Peter Nichols (read 11/06)
Where the Money Was, Willie Sutton (read fall '05)
White Nile, Alan Moorehead
posted by Charles P. Everitt at 6:49 PM
2 Comments:
Consolations of Philosophy?!?!?! Come on?!? A fun read for a trip? I disagree.
Well, I did say a fun read for a trip OR for a Sunday afternoon at the fountain in the LMU library. I guess, to be honest, "Consolations of Philosophy" is more a late night, before-you-go-sleep, fun read. He does a great job of keeping it fun with classic anecdotes about different philosophers.
You're not going to like or believe this, but if I add "sitting on the beach under a sun umbrella" to my list of fun reading contexts, I'd have to add Ian Hacking's "The Social Construction of What?" to this list. I once spent a wonderful afternoon at the beach in Dewey, relaxing and reading that book.
Oh, and David Foster Wallace's partcipatory journalism articles (when he takes a cruise, or goes to the porn Oscars, e.g.) qualify as fun reads by my lights. But they're mixed in with his other essays, which aren't as fun. So I can't recommend a single book of essays.
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