Every summer brings much excitement to me by way of book lists. I love to pick up a good story on a rainy day, by the pool, or at the beach, and enjoy the simplicity of literature over the TV. July is almost here, and I am just now on #2 and #3; nevertheless, the list can continue into the fall, so I’ll probably end up taking my time and not doing my typical “5 books in a week at the beach” speed-reading. What’s on your list?! Here’s mine:
1. Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (I just finished it–this has become one of my favorites!)
2. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (a third of the way through…)
3. The Power of the Cross of Christ by Charles Spurgeon (on Chapter 4 in my quiet-times)
4. My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok–author of The Chosen; a national bestseller about a young Jewish boy who is an aspiring artist growing up in post-WWII Brooklyn, NY.
5. Knowledge of the Holy by AW Tozer
6. Spiritual Depression–Its Causes and Cure by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
7. A Call to Spiritual Reformation–Priorities from Paul and His Prayers by D.A. Carson
8. Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis–a re-read…it’s incredible, really.
9. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini–a New York Times bestseller about two young boys who are friends in Afghanistan…
10. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende–set in the 1850’s, a story of an Chilean orphan who encounters the allure of the California gold rush as a young woman.
11. Hiroshima by John Hersey–a short set of stories from the Japanese people compiled by Hersey in an attempt to recount the memories of the August 6, 1945 bombing.
12. Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller-a fictional story relating to the emerging new church of our day…
And last, but certainly not least (now don’t laugh):
13. How to Be A Domestic Goddess-Baking and the Art of Comfort Food by Nigella Lawson. (This will be an interactive form of reading because I am going to use it to cook with on my designated Thursday night!)