Top 10 Books for Me

There are many many many books that have had an impact on my life for one reason or another.

The first time I read Walden by Thoreau, my life was transformed. Reading the works of Hawthorne, opened up to me the power of the written word. Reading John Muir's works brought alive the importance of caring for the land. Books like We Took to the Woods by Rich, showed me a glimpse of simple living that have given me focus and determination to not get lost in the rush of modern living. Lin Yutang's book A Leaf in the Storm showed me how war is ugly but that beauty can be found at any time. As a child, the Little House books showed me how the past holds treasures that should never be forgotten. So many books...and so little time !

I like to read at least one book a week and have pretty much kept to that since I was 10 years old.

Here is a list of my all time favorite books in no particular order

The Long Winter... Wilder

A Leaf in the Storm Lin Yutang

Healing Anger... The Dalai Lama

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff....Richard Carlson

We Took to the Woods..... Rich

Walden....Thoreau

The Marble Faun....Nathaniel Hawthorn

The Tanakh and the NT

Les Misérables ( in French) Hugo

Sailing Alone Around The World... Joshua Slocum

Next week it might be a different list, and it was probably different last week.

Share your top ten books with me !