What to Read Next
I love to read, and when I meet a fellow book-lover, the conversation usually turns to suggestions on what to read next. Below is a mix of some of my recent and all-time favorite books.
I also recommend people check out two fantastic book sites. A friend runs each site.
Recommended Books
A Psalm for the Wild Built (Monk and Robot) by Becky Chambers
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1980s by Keith Dallas
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
Blacktop Wasteland by S. A. Cosby
Charles Bargue and Jean-Leon Gerome: Drawing Course by Gerald M. Ackerman
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I am Legend by Richard Matheson
Life Reimagined by Barbara Bradley Haggerty
Little Chapel on the River by Gwendolyn Bounds
Making Things Happen by Scott Berkun
Marvel Comics the Untold Story by Sean Howe
Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover
Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Queen’s Gambit by Walter Tevis
Silver Screen Fiend by Patton Oswalt
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin
The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J. R. Moehringer
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Underground Airlines by Ben H. Winters
Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
When Harlie Was One by David Gerrold
