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My own writing projects may be a reason but not an excuse for not being a lot more well-read than I am. Of what I've read, this is what stayed with me. I've confined this selection what's on my shelf. This was even a harder list to pick than my favorite film list, especially with both fiction and non-fiction to consider. To even be considered for this page I had to liked a book enough to read twice, and/or it so influenced both my philosophy, my politics, my writing style, in addition to being wildly entertaining. I kept moving titles around between positions, off the top list, etc., and I arrived at this. Some, like Fear & Loathing, I've read countless times. Top Ten: 1. Illusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach 2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson 3. The Key, Cheri Huber/Zen Buddhist Center 4. Myth of the Goddess, Baring & Cashford 5. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams 6. The New Centurions, Joseph Wambaugh 7. And the Band Played On, Randy Shilts 8. See No Evil, Robert Baer 9. Homeboy, Seth Morgan 10. L.A. Confidential, James Ellroy Honorable Mention: All of Hunter S. Thompson All of Chuck Palahniuk All of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. All of Phillip K. Dick All of Joseph Wambaugh All of James Ellroy The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood The Stand, Firestarter, Different Seasons, Stephen King Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach Postcards from the Edge, Carrier Fisher Water to the Angels, Les Standiford All the President's Men, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Sex, Lies & Politics, Larry Flynt The Great Gatsby,Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald The Assault on Reason, Albert S. Gore, Jr. Siddhartha, Herman Hesse Ham on Rye, Charles Bukowski A Rumor of War, Means of Escape, Phillip Caputo Master of Disguise, Tony Mendez Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin Virtual Light, William Gibson Strip Tease, Carl Hiaason Warrior Soul, Chuck Pfarrar Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson |