Good reads
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:52 pm
I ride the bus to work and home (about an hour each way), and am always looking for suggestions for reading material. What have any of you read lately that you could recommend?
I'll start with the two best books I've read this year, one fiction and one non-fiction.
The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth. (An alternative WWII history, beginning with FDR losing the 1940 election to Charles Lindberg - but I think the author is using the fictional setting to give an autobiography of his childhood.)
God's Politics, by Jim Wallis. (He makes the most compelling and honest arguments for the proper role of religion in politics and policy, and is equally critical of Republicans and Democrats.)
OK, what can you add to the list? (Preferrably ones that are likely to be available at a small public library.)
I'll start with the two best books I've read this year, one fiction and one non-fiction.
The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth. (An alternative WWII history, beginning with FDR losing the 1940 election to Charles Lindberg - but I think the author is using the fictional setting to give an autobiography of his childhood.)
God's Politics, by Jim Wallis. (He makes the most compelling and honest arguments for the proper role of religion in politics and policy, and is equally critical of Republicans and Democrats.)
OK, what can you add to the list? (Preferrably ones that are likely to be available at a small public library.)