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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Redlands
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Oct 21, 2009 - 12:46pm PT
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Tao Te Ching - Lao Tsu
Analects - Confucious
Structure of Scientific Revolutions - Thomas Kuhn
First Folio - Shakespear
Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand
Upanishads
Varities of Religious Experience - Wm James
Mastering the Art of French Cooking V1&2, Julia Child (we all gotta eat).
1984 - Orwell
Religions, Values, and Peak Experiences - Abraham Maslow
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Slater
Trad climber
Central Coast
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Oct 21, 2009 - 01:03pm PT
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California Road Trip A Climber's Guide Northern CaliforniaBold Text ; )
and probably the BibleItalic Text cover to cover.
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nature
climber
Tucson, AZ
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Oct 21, 2009 - 01:13pm PT
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Upanishads eh Will?
I didn't expect that in anyones list.
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Ray Olson
Trad climber
Imperial Beach, California
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Oct 21, 2009 - 01:47pm PT
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^^^
yes Tami, but the OP doesn't state that a woman
cannot make her own list of must reads for men...
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Oct 21, 2009 - 01:49pm PT
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Anything by
Jack Kerouac
Edward Abbey
Hunter Thompson
And for fun (not that those up top aren't fun)
Tom Robbins
Kurt Vonnegut
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Jobee
Social climber
The Portal
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Oct 21, 2009 - 02:33pm PT
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Endurance- Alfred Lansing
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoevsky
The 21 indispensable Qualities of a Leader - John C. Maxwell
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling
The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupe'ry
The Prophet - Kahlilgibran
Aesop's Fables - The Harvard Classics
Free Spirit - Reinhold Messner
Yosemite Climbs; Free Climbs - Don Reid
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myterious
Trad climber
Joshua Tree
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Oct 21, 2009 - 02:45pm PT
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It's better to just get the Cliff notes, all that reading on dead tree format is so dreary.
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quietpartner
Trad climber
Moantannah
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Oct 21, 2009 - 02:54pm PT
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Cliffnotes are a dry peck on the cheek compared to full-on lovemaking. ;)
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 21, 2009 - 02:59pm PT
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"Upanishads eh Will?
I didn't expect that in anyones list."
i dunno, I bet there's at least four of us who've spent some time in there.
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quietpartner
Trad climber
Moantannah
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:06pm PT
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Pretty much anything by Tolstoy and Chekov top my list.
Ya gotta slog and flog your way through Tolstoy's long books, but in the end they're worth it.
Chekov's short stories are miraculous.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:13pm PT
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i'm pretty 'on' with Will and Jobee's lists, Quietpartner has a point, Though Crime and Punishment pretty much has to be the best Novel ever written, Imho
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Howie S
climber
Mammoth Lakes, Ca
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:14pm PT
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Desert Solitaire, Ed Abbey
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:16pm PT
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Tami,
Re the Bible vs. Torah: the first five books of the Bible are the Torah.
And yes, Chekhov and Tolstoy rock. I don't think there is any better short story authors than Chekhov. Equal yes, better no. I had considered putting Anna Karenina on my list. It's amazing but probably not top 10, especially when you already have (on my list) the Bros. K.
I think the Mahabharata is probably a better read than the Upanishads. I think people have a tendency to assign a bit too much worth to the Upanishads since the foreignness of the thoughts raised appear to be profound, rather than just, well foreign, or vague. Stuff that's interesting to chew on, but nothing that I don't think is already better represented in the Western canon. The Mahabharata, in contrast, is wonderful at creating myth and has passages of real profundity.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:18pm PT
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if more people actually read Origin of Species, would that increase or decrease, internet word count?
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MisterE
Trad climber
Canoga Bark! CA
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Oct 21, 2009 - 03:25pm PT
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Any 10 of these:
My Ishmael, D. Quinn, ISBN# 0-553-10636-8
The Celestine Prophecy, J.Redfield, ISBN# 0-446-51862-X
The Lorax, Dr. Seuss, ISBN# 0-394-82337-0
Animal Farm, G Orwell, ISBN# 0-451-52634-1
The Pearl, J. Steinbeck, ISBN# 0-140-17737-X
Way of the Peaceful Warrior, D. Milliman, ISBN# 0-915-81100-6
Atlas Shrugged, A. Rand, ISBN# 0-451-19114-5
Solar Living, Real Goods, ISBN# 0-930-03168-7
Voluntary Simplicity, D. Elgin, ISBN# 0-668-12119-5
Siddhartha, H. Hesse, ISBN# 0-553-20884-5
Medicine Woman, L. Andrews, ISBN# 0-061-05703-7
Your Money or You Life, Dominguez/Robin, ISBN# 0-140-16715-3
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, D. Adams, ISBN# 0-345-41891-3)
Start Where You Are, P. Chodron, ISBN# 0-877-73880-7
Satanic Verses, S. Rushdie, ISBN# 0-670-82537-9
The Quest, T. Brown, ISBN# 0-425-15381-9
The Doors of Perception, A. Huxley, ISBN# 0-060-90007-5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, K. Kesey, ISBN# 0-140-04312-8
The Fifth Disciple, P.M. Senge, ISBN# 0-553-47321-2
Animal Speak, T. Andrews, ISBN# 0-875-42028-1
The Tao of Pooh, B. Hoff, ISBN# 0-140-06747-7
The Aquarian Conspiracy, M. Ferguson, ISBN# 0-874-77458-6
Flowers for Algernon, D. Keyes, ISBN# 0-553-27450-3
Weaveworld, C. Barker, ISBN# 0-671-70418-4
Tibeten Book of Living and Dying, S. Rinpoche, ISBN# 0-062-50793-1
Cat's Cradle, K. Vonnegut, ISBN# 0-440-11149-8
Lord of the Flies, Golding, ISBN# 0-399-50148-7
The Brothers K, D.J. Duncan, ISBN# 0-553-56314-9
Riprap and Cold Mountain Poems, G. Snyder, ISBN# 0-865-47455-9
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, T. Robbins, ISBN# 0-553-34949-X
Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger, ISBN# 0-316-76948-7
Poems, W.B. Yeats, ISBN# 1-565-11147-8
Journey Without A Goal, C. Trungpa, ISBN#0-397-74194-3
Book of Runes, R. Blum, ISBN# 0-312-09758-1
Enter the Zone, B. Sears, ISBN# 0-060-19131-7
Out of Freedom, Into Slavery, G.Spence, ISBN# 0-312-95840-4
28-Day Yoga Plan, R Hittleman, ISBN# 0-553-27748-0
The Straw Bale House, Steen/Steen/ Bainbridge, ISBN# 0-930-03171-7
Anatomy of the Spirit, C. Myss, 0-609-80014-0
In the Absence of the Sacred, J. Mander, ISBN# 0-871-56509-9
Gaia, Lovelock, ISBN# 0-192-86030-5
Returning to Silence, D Katagiri, ISBN# 0-877-73431-3
An Innocent Millionaire, Vizinczey, ISBN# 0-226-85889-8
Black Elk Speaks, Neihardt, ISBN# 0-803-28359-8
Desert Solitaire, E. Abbey, ISBN# 0-345-32649-0
Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Journey, A. Lansing, ISBN# 0-786-70621-X
Mists of Avalon, M. Bradley, ISBN# 0-345-35049-9
Small is Beautiful, E.F. Shumacher
Heart of Darkness, J. Conrad, ISBN# 1-566-19490-3
Earth Speaks, VanMatre, ISBN# 0-917-01100-7
Alice in Wonderland, L. Carroll, ISBN# 0-553-21345-8
The Milagro Beanfield Wars, Nichols, ISBN# 0-345-34446-4)
The Seventh Son, O.S. Card, ISBN# 0-812-53305-4
1984, G. Orwell, ISBN# 0-451-52493-4
The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity, D. Reid, ISBN# 0-671-64811-X
Journey to Ixtlan, C. Castenada, ISBN# 0-671-73246-3
The Monkeywrench Gang, E. Abbey, ISBN# 0-380-71339-X
A Wrinkle in Time, M. L'Engel, ISBN# 0-440-49805-8
On the Road, J. Kerouac, ISBN# 0-670-87478-7
Leaves of Grass, W. Whitman, ISBN# 0-192-82675-1
Autobiography of a Yogi, P. Yogananda, ISBN# 0-876-12079-6
To Kill a Mockingbird, H. Lee, ISBN# 0-345-32649-0
The Path of Power, Sun Bear, ISBN#0-943-40403-7
Brave New World, A. Huxley, ISBN# 0-060-80983-3
Of Mice and Men, J. Steinbeck, ISBN# 0-140-18642-5
The Eagle and the Raven, J. Michener, ISBN# 0-938-34957-0
Breakfast of Champions, K. Vonnegut, ISBN# 0-440-13148-0
Ishmael, D. Quinn, ISBN# 0-553-37540-7
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis, ISBN# 0-064-47104-7
The Road Less Travelled, S. Peck, ISBN# 0-684-84728-0
Tracker, T. Brown, ISBN# 0-939-64368-5
Book of 5 Rings, Musashi, ISBN# 0-553-27096-6
Rodale Book of Composting, G. Gershuny, ISBN# 0-878-57991-5
Black Like Me, J. Griffin, ISBN# 0-451-15530-0
Living with Vision, L. Marks, ISBN# 0-904-57553-5
The Little Prince, A. St-Exupery, ISBN# 0-156-50300-X
This Side of Paradise, F.S. Fitzgerald, ISBN# 0-804-11480-3
The Sand County Almanac, A. Leopold, ISBN# 0-195-05305-2
No Exit, J.P. Satre, ISBN# 0-679-72516-4
A Brief History of Time, S. Hawkings, ISBN# 0-553-34614-8
Silent Spring, R. Carson, ISBN# 0-395-68329-7
Ecodefense, D. Foreman, ISBN# 0-993-28503-5
Messages from Michael, C. Yarbro, ISBN# 0-425-10437-0
Return of the Bird Tribes, K. Carey, ISBN# 0-062-50188-7
The Idiot, F. Dostoevski, ISBN# 0-140-44054-2
Rolling Thunder, D. Boyd, ISBN# 0-385-28859-X
Steal This Book!, A. Hoffman, ISBN# 1-586-58053-3
Forty Stories, A. Chekhov, ISBN# 0-679-73375-2
The Alchemist, P. Coelho, ISBN# 0-783-811-95-1
Les Miserables, V. Hugo, ISBN# 0-451-52526-4
Envisioning a Sustainable Society, L. Millbraith, ISBN# 0-791-40162-6
A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis, ISBN# 0-060-65284-5
An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, D.T. Suzuki, ISBN# 0-802-13055-0
The Conquest of Happiness, B. Russell, ISBN# 0-871-40244-0
Keeping the Rabble in Line, N. Chompsky, ISBN# 1-567-51033-7
The Education of Oversoul 7, J. Roberts, ISBN# 0-671-64318-5
Man and Superman, G.B. Shaw, ISBN# 0-140-45019-X
The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkein, ISBN# 0-345-33968-1
Deep Ecology, B. Devall, ISBN# 0-879-05247-3
A World Beyond, S. Peterson, ISBN# 0-694-01018-9
Remaking Society, M. Bookchin, ISBN# 0-896-08372-1
Catch 22, J. Heller, ISBN# 0-684-83339-5
American Primitive, M. Oliver, ISBN# 0-316-65004-8
A Course in Miracles, H Schucman, ISBN# 0-670-86975-9
The Simple Living Guide, J. Luhrs, ISBN# 0-965-02397-0
Mutant Message Down Under, M. Morgan, ISBN# 1-863-40557-7
Elemental Power, A. Wolfe, ISBN# 1-567-18807-9
Joshua, J. Girzone, ISBN# 0-684-81346-7
The Chakras, C. Ledbetter, ISBN# 0-835-60422-5
The Reluctant Shaman, K. Whitaker, ISBN# 0-062-50943-8
The Mind of God, P. Davies, ISBN# 0-671-79718-2
The Hero with 1,000 Faces, J. Campbell, ISBN# 0-691-01784-0
Peace Pilgrim, Peace Pilgrim, ISBN# 0-943-73401-0
Gesundheit!, P. Adams, ISBN# 0-892-28178-X
The Cobber's Companion: Earthen Homes, M. Smith, ISBN# 0-966-37380-4
The Story of Edgar Cayce, T. Sugrue, ISBN# 0-440-38680-2
The Complete Kama Sutra, A. Danielou, ISBN# 0-892-81492-6
The Hundredth Monkey, K. Keyes, ISBN# 0-942-02400-1
Fools Crow, J. Welch, ISBN# 0-140-08937-3
Sacred Eyes, L.R. Keck, ISBN# 0-964-69780-7
The Bible Code, M. Drusnin, ISBN#0-684-8973-9
The Glass Bead Game, H. Hesse, ISBN# 0-805-01246-X
How Your Mind Can Keep You Well, R. Masters, ISBN# 0-933-90009-0
Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World, A Weisman, ISBN# 1-890-13228-4
The One Straw Revolution, M. Fokuoka, ISBN# 0-878-57220-1
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown ISBN#
Myth of Freedom, C.Trungpa, ISBN# 0-87773-084-9
Inner Teachings of Taoism, Chang Po-Tuan, ISBN#0-87773-363-5
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Festus
Mountain climber
Enron by the Sea
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Oct 21, 2009 - 04:07pm PT
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Not THE ten, but some more worth being on anyone's list that haven't been mentioned (and aren't quite as obvious as the best of Mark Twain, Dickens, and all of the justifiably more famous or worthy authors already mentioned):
A Graham Greene book or two. Power and the Glory, Heart of the Matter, The Comedians, Monsignor Quixote and at least a dozen more you can't go wrong with.
Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas, and if you like that grab Medusa and the Snail.
Another Vonnegut book or two (for all his fame, my two cents worth is that he's still under appreciated). God Bless You Mr. Rosewater, Hocus Pocus, Galapagos, plus all those already mentioned and more. Again, you can't go wrong.
100 Years of Solitude
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Autobiography of Malcom X (though it's not, 'cuz he didn't write it)
Ball Four, by Jim Bouton. For those of us who grew up when baseball was truly the national pastime, or anyone who wants to read the best mainstream sports book ever written.
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson (if this book doesn't make you laugh out loud I'm not sure you're capable of it)
Any Hemmingway book or story set in Africa, followed by Paul Theroux's Dark Star Safari. He's not a Hemmingway fan, and this book makes you understand why, and concede that he has really got a point. A great and entertaining read, and an excellent snapshot of modern Africa and how its changed over several decades. May also cause you to never again give a dime to any of dozens of well known charities...and actually help the continent a bit as result. One helluva travel yarn. This guy's got some cojones, all the more impressive in light of the fact that he was long ago set for life financially and is 60+.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Oct 21, 2009 - 05:32pm PT
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Hey Mister E,
that's quite a list! I've read 36 of them so far and probably at least a dozen are on my to-do list. I especially like the Herman Hesse novels, The Glass Bead Game (Magister Ludi) was certainly a book that got me to think in new and different ways. I'm surprised you don't have any Pynchon in there.
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Srbphoto
Trad climber
Kennewick wa
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Oct 21, 2009 - 06:33pm PT
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The Road to Serfdom - FA Hayak
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
Riders of the Purple Sage - Zane Grey
Human Action - Ludwig Von Mises
Fable of the Bees - Bernard Mandeville
Free to Choose - Milton Friedman
The Man Who Killed the Deer - Frank Waters
Sherman Exposed - John Sherman
Common Sense - Thomas Paine
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Oct 21, 2009 - 06:54pm PT
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ddriver
Trad climber
SLC, UT
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Oct 21, 2009 - 06:55pm PT
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