Recommended Books for John

John asked me for a list of recommended books. Here are some of my favorites, not listed in any particular order. Some of these books shaped the way I think. Others are just so darn good I had to add them to the list. Please add yours to the list if you feel so obliged.

1. Demian, by Hermann Hesse
2. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse
3. The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. The Color of Water, by James McBride (non-fiction but reads like fiction)
5. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
6. The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
7. Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt
8. The Accidental Asian, by Eric Liu (non-fiction)
9. The Stranger, by Albert Camus
10. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
11. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, by Dai Sijie
12. Blindness, by Jose Saramago
13. Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
14. Devil in the White City, Erik Larson (non-fiction but reads like fiction)
15. Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
16. The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
17. The Winged Seed, by Li-Young Lee