May I present my annual reading list! You can find 2014 and 2013 lists at these links:
- Reading List 2014 (121 books)
- Reading List 2013 (150 ish books)
Most are Kindle versions, unless noted. My number one best book of the year is Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (Richard Rohr). Runner up is All the Land to Hold Us (Rick Bass) Below are my favorites for 2014, in various categories:
Fiction All the Land to Hold Us, Rick Bass
Young Adult Fiction Williwaw, Tom Bodett (print)
Poetry This Day: Collected and New Sabbath Poems, Wendell Berry
Memoir The Man in the Empty Boat, Mark Salzman
Essays, Misc Bedtime Stories: What Fairy Tales Can Tell Us About Aging, John Robinson
Nonfiction: Culture Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches: The Riddles of Culture, Harris
Nonfiction: Outdoors, Adventure, Camping, Survival The Practice of the Wild, Gary Snyder
Nonfiction: Environment A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, William deBuys
Birds, Birding Good Birders Don’t Wear White, Various
History Westerners: Candid and Historic Interviews, Mead
Spiritual Journey Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life, Richard Rohr
Professional Minister Reading Sabbath as Resistance, Walter Brueggemann
Publishing Copyright Law, Nolo Handbooks
Writing Skills A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices