Read and Read

Reading is one of my favorite pastimes so I was bummed to learn that, in 2007, One in Four Read No Books Last Year in the US.

I plan to read a lot during  my PC service. Lucky for me, PCVs are voracious readers who always have a book to share and PC/Morocco’s library is stocked with books donated from previous PCVs. Here’s my attempt at reading as much as I can in two years’ time!

2012: 

• Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh
• Spain by Jan Morris
• Ahead of the Curve by Philip Delves Broughton
• Pour Your Heart into It by Howard Schultz
• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

2011:

• The Opposite of Fate by Amy Tan
• Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Peony in Love by Lisa See
• The Wisdom of Whores by Elizabeth Pisani
• Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
• I Love Yous Are For White People by Lac Su
• Business School Confidential by Robert H Miller and Katherine F. Koegler
• Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
• Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
• In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

2010:

• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
• The Hua Shan Hospital Murders by David Rothenberg
• Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
• Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
• On Beauty by Zadie Smith
• Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
• Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
• Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Anil’s Ghost by Michael Ondaatje

2009:

• Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
• Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson *recommend*
• All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks *recommend*
• Teachings on Love by Thich Nhat Hanh *recommend*
• Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (thumbs down)
• White Oleander by Janet Fitch

2008:

• Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua
• The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave by William Lynch and Kashif Malik Hassan-el
• A Life Inspired: Tales of Peace Corps Service by various Peace Corps Volunteers

2007:

• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• Wild Swans by Jung Chang
• The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang
• My Life by Bill Clinton
• Living History by Hillary R. Clinton

Too long ago to remember when I read:

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
• Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
• Freakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner
• Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
• Boy’s Life by Robert McCammon