12. Good as Gold, Joseph Heller, 447 pg. Good as Gold is Joseph Heller's third novel. The main character is a Jewish freelance writer named Bruce Gold. The book centers on several awkward situations with Gold's family, publishers, government buddies and a few love affairs. Most of the characters are...

11. Sacred Economics: Money, Gift, and Society in the Age of Transition, Charles Eisenstein, 469 pg. I was first introduced to the work of Charles Eisenstein through the website Reality Sandwich, brainchild of Daniel Pinchbeck. In fact, I think the passage I read was an excerpt from this book! The e...

10. The Yoga of Eating: Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self, Charles Eisenstein, 175 pg. This book was written to help the reader learn to trust the messages that his or her own body sends regarding the intake of food. However, it touches on other areas of life as well. The addi...

8. Shadows in Flight, Orson Scott Card, 237 pg. 9. Something Happened, Joseph Heller, 530 pg. I have been reading OSC's Ender/Bean series for fourteen years. He first wrote the four books of the Ender series, and has recently written the Bean series. This book came out last month. Although it is nic...

dp - If you're just getting into HST, I would suggest reading The Rum Diary. That's my favorite of his, and one of his first. 7. Now Wait for Last Year, Philip K Dick, 252 pg. This one involves a war between three alien races (including humans) and a drug that allows its users to traverse time. The ...

5. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K Dick, 233 pg. 6. The Man Who Japed, Philip K Dick, 168 pg. I've been on a bit of a PKD kick so far this year... Three Stigmata is one of the best books I have read in quite a while. It's about two competing psychedelic drugs - one called Can-D that ...

I am glad we've already got some interest for this year's challenge. Everyone is doing such a great job already! Nathan, what did you think of Still Life with Woodpecker? 3. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins, 391 pg. 4. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins, 392 pg. These are the last two books in The Hunger Gam...

Thanks for starting the thread this year Jeremy! I'm going to shoot for 52 books this year. 1. Catch-22, Joseph Heller, 463 pg. 2. Minority Report, Philip K Dick, 103 pg. This year I plan on reading all of Joseph Heller's and Ayn Rand's books (excluding Anthem, which I read last year). I had already...

Jeremy I really like your top three and added them to my to-read list. Danny, where's your list!? I'm eagerly awaiting it. And sen, I like the concept of Convict Conditioning. I added that to my to-read list as well. Choosing a top three for 2011 was incredibly difficult so I am including an honorab...

Here is my final 2011 reading list: 1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's...

45. The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells, 236 pg. 46. Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, Toby Hemenway, 224 pg. 47. Anthem, Ayn Rand, 253 pg. The Invisible Man is a pretty interesting take on what would really happen to an individual that turned himself invisible, although it was published ...

43. Animal Farm, George Orwell, 140 pg. 44. Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts: A Review of the Scientific Evidence, Lynn Zimmer and John P. Morgan, 241 pg. Read Animal Farm about 10 years ago and didn't really connect with it. However, I was able to comprehend a lot more of it this go around. Easily i...

41. Wild Ducks Flying Backward, Tom Robbins, 255 pg. 42. B Is For Beer, Tom Robbins, 125 pg. Wild Ducks... is a collection of short writings by Tom Robbins. It was a Thompsonesque look at Robbins for me. A few good short stories, but I especially appreciated Robbins' approach to hard journalism and ...

Congrats on beating your record Jeremy! Now I have tied my record from 2009 at 40 books. Trying to get to 50 might be too lofty of a goal but I'm still gunning for it. 39. Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh, 349 pg. 40. The Headless Cupid, Zilpha Keatley Snyder, 203 pg. Trainspotting follows a group of fri...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...

1. Cosmic Trigger Volume Three: My Life After Death, Robert Anton Wilson, 247 pg. 2. Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie, Hunter S. Thompson, 247 pg. 3. Schooled, Godron Korman, 224 pg. 4. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad, 75 pg. 5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams,...