Thanks to Lua Hightower and Hammad Moses Khan, Ive been roped into having to select 10 books that have stayed with me. The sad thing is that, at any given moment, a book may appear on this list that is not there currently, and concurrently one that is on there will be dropped. I have also removed all sacred texts from the list as unfortunately that would occupy most of the positions for a great many of those who are devoted to something of the sacred. I wish that my list of books read was more imposing and resplendent and that I had the opportunity to find greater enjoyment while I was in high school and college. Some of us are late bloomers to the life-long project of learning, and it takes a while to secure the cultured world-view that is becoming of a well-rounded person. Had it not been that I loved mythology and all things fantastical from a young age, and that I had a good schooling, most of the books that may ever be on this list would not have been read. In my hasty attempt, here is the list. It is not in any particular order: 1) The Iliad and the Odyssey (The Trojan War Epics as a series) by Homer 2) The Divine Comedy by Dante 3) Kokoro by Natsume Sōseki 4) The Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad 5) The Lord of the Rings (and Silmarilion) by J. R. R. Tolkien 6) One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss 7) Lord of the Flies by William Golding 8) Theory and Reality by Peter Godfrey-Smith 9) The Best Poems of the English Language ed. by Harold Bloom 10) Candide by Voltaire For nominations, I pass this onto: Omnia Joehar, Aisha Ali, Noha Eshera, Rachel Roberts, Abdiaziz Ahmed, Yusuf Abdul-Qadir, Amal Dalmar, Adham Sahloul, Shammas Malik, Usef Awnallah, Jeffrey C. Johnson, Tim Morgan, Bharath Ganesh, John Badenhorst, Timur Mamedov, Corey Winfield, Grace Song, Olga Trevizo Villa The list of nominations is indeed large (and there are so many other people I want to nominate), but Ive selected people who Im hoping will nominate (or eventually lead to the nomination of) those other mutual friends of ours that I wish to nominate as well.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:20:18 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015