The article by Joe Queenan entitled, My 6,128 Favorite Books, got me thinking about what my favorite books are. For the most part, I read history and biographies. I read an occasional novel, which I always enjoy, but just don’t read them very often. Kind of like television; I don’t watch regular TV very often. While I enjoy watching TV, time being precious leads me to spend my time on other past times, like reading.
While I read less than Mr. Queenan, every book I read is not my favorite. In fact one of my favorite history authors is Stephen Ambrose. He wrote three from my favorites list, but if I had read “Nothing Like it in the World” first, then I may never had read another one of his books. This story is about the building of the transcontinental railroad and is described one railroad tie at a time. Starting on both sides of America and painfully ending somewhere near the middle. This book would go on my worst books I have ever read list.
I am also reminded of a book called "The Death of Common Sense,” that I happily didn’t finish because I accidentally left in the seatback pocket on one of my many flights. It was a depressing book describing story after story about the hoops people must jump through dreamed up by lawyers, laws and unions. I lost it, and I am glad I did.
The following list is My 21 Favorite Books:
Note: My top 21 are written in no particular order, although I could probably pick my absolute top five if forced to.
Enjoy!
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Albom
- A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith
- The Greatest Generation by Brokaw
- Pegasus Bridge by Ambrose
- Missing Links by Reilly
- Flags of our Fathers by Bradley
- It Doesn’t take a Hero by Schwarzkopf
- Truman by McCullough
- Giants by Stauffer
- The Victors by Ambrose
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- D-Day by Ambrose
- Team of Rivals by Goodwin
- The Path Between the Seas by McCullough
- The First Tycoon by Stiles
- Life is So Good by Dawson & Glaubman
- The Great Bridge by McCullough
- The River of Doubt by Millard
- When I stop Talking You’ll Know I’m Dead by Weintraub
- Wisdom of our Fathers by Russert
- The Bible NIV version (While there are those that argue you should read the King James version, I think biblical scholars probably would interpret it better than I would).
Question: What's on your list of favorites?
J. Robert Saron
President
Bovie Medical Corporation
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