Published January 25, 2009 | 
Not necessarily my favorites, but some books I proselytize for.
1. Joanna Russ, The Female Man
2. John Keegan, The Face of Battle
3. Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age
3?r. Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle
4. Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
5. Lorelei, The Mistress Manual*
6. Simon Schama, Landscape and Memory
7. Shirley Hazzard, The Bay of Noon
8. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night
8ß. John Le Carré, The Little Drummer Girl
9. Richard Slotkin, Regeneration through Violence
10. Rene Girard, Violence and the Sacred
¡. Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery
11. Margaret Halsey, With Malice toward Some
12. Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady
13. David Bradley, The Cheneysville Incident
14. Kelynda, The Crystal Tree*
15. Barbara Michaels, Ammie Come Home
16. Toni Morrison, Beloved
µ. Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home
17. Mary Daly, Gyn/Ecology
¿. Mary Duffy, The HOAX Fashion Formula
18. Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa
§. Richard Adams, The Girl on a Swing
19. Julia Kristeva, Tales of Love
20. John McPhee, The Control of Nature
*Because I need the royalties, dammit. Not that I get (m)any.
ETA Originally supposed to be posted to thebookyouscrew. Thus the bizarre numbering system.
good grief, what’s a ??
#20 – absofuckinglutely. When I can find it used at a decent price, I buy it because I keep giving copies away to friends. I have two copies now.
I like your numbering “system”.
(This may become a good reading list, these ones I haven’t read.)
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Looks like an ass with a tattoo to me, but according to the Mac character palette, it’s a Cyrillic Capital Letter Omega with Titlo.
Yay for john Le Carre. :)
14. Kelynda, The Crystal Tree*
Is that still in print?
Hi there! I’m getting caught up on posts I missed over the last month of intermittent internet service, and I finally read this one.
I wanted to know what you like about Mary Daly’s Gyn/Ecology, because it irritated me so much. I remember enjoying the first hour or so of reading it, enjoying the word play. Then getting more and more irritated as my knowledge of root languages kept saying “but… there is NO connection between these words in Greek. I call shenanigans!”. Also, she seemed to be setting up straw men to knock down, protesting against a hostile environment that I have never experienced.
Still, it’s a book I do see recommended occasionally, and I’d like to learn what to look for in it that’s good.