Much of the ideation and writing that I work on is inspired by the reading that I do.
I have created a recommended reading list from a selection of what I have read
over the years. Some of it was good; some of it remains controversial. What I look
for in a selection is something that engages me. If I am not emotionally moved by
some passage or character or facet of the work, then why should I be wasting my
time? Even if I do not agree with the author or the story, the work can still be
valuable. These are strictly auggestions - so do not blame me if you hate something
that is on this list!

Waterland - Graham Swift - 02 January 1997 - amazon.com review

Einstein's Dreams - Alan Lightman - 10 July 1997 - acr

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez - 02 April 1998 - acr

Apaches - Lorenzo Carcaterra - 01 May 1998 - acr

The Trouble with Being Born - E. M. Cioran - 14 July 1998 - acr

timequake - Kurt Vonnegut - 20 August 1998 - acr

Martin Dressler - Steven Millhauser - 27 August 1998 - acr

The Prodigal Daughter - Jeffrey Archer - 13 September 1998 - acr

The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy - 26 February 1999 - acr

Water Boy - Gary Reiswig - 17 March 1999 - acr

Blur: the speed of change in the connected economy - Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer - 04 April 1999 - acr

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt - 02 May 1999 - acr

The Horizontal Instrument - Christopher Wilkins - 06 February 2000 - chapters.ca review

The End of Certainty - Ilya Prigogine - 29 March 2000 - acr

The Tailor of Panama - John le Carre - 11 November 2000 - acr

Coming of Age - Studs Terkel - 31 December 2000 - acr

Utopia - Sir Thomas More - 12 February 2001 - acr

Timeline - Michael Crichton - 02 January 2002 - acr

The Reader - Bernhard Schlink - 07 March 2002 - acr

The Tiger: The Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall - Oliver E. Allen - 09 April 2002 - acr

A Map of the World - Jane Hamilton - 24 April 2002 - acr

The Palace of Dreams - Ismail Kadare - 01 May 2002 - acr

Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture - Ross King - acr

Driver #8 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. with Jade Gruss - 13 May 2002 - acr

City of Light - Lauren Belfer - 11 June 2002 - acr

Pilgrim - Timothy Findley - 22 September 2002 - acr

Toward the End of Time - John Updike - 08 December 2002 - acr

House of Sand and Fog - Andre Dubus III - 10 March 2003 - acr

Bagombo Snuff Box - Kurt Vonnegut - 02 May 2003 - acr

Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun - Wess Roberts - acr

The Aardvark is Ready for War - James W. Blinn - in progress - acr

The Fifth Discipline - Peter M. Senge - in progress - acr