John R. Saylor

Clemson University
229 Fluor Daniel Building
Box 340921
Clemson, SC 29634-0921

Phone: (864) 656-5621
Fax: (864) 656-4435

E-Mail: jrsaylor@ces.clemson.edu

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Reading

What I am currently reading (or re-reading).
My Favorites
  1. A Stranger in This World: Stories, Kevin Canty
  2. Facing the Music, Larry Brown
  3. Ham on Rye, Charles Bukowski
  4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
  5. Post Office, Charles Bukowski
  6. Old School, Tobias Wolff
  7. Cancer Ward, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  8. Florida Frenzy, Harry Crews
  9. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  10. The Chosen, Chaim Potok

List of everything I've ever read (that I can remember (this is a work in progress (not sure if it will ever be finished))).
Novels, novellas, short story collections, plays, poetry collections.

  1. Watership Down, Richard Adams
  2. Indian Killer, Sherman Alexie
  3. The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
  4. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Richard Bach
  5. The Sweet Hereafter, Russell Banks
  6. Cloudsplitter, Russell Banks
  7. The Reserve, Russell Banks
  8. Continental Drift, Russell Banks
  9. Trailerpark, Russell Banks
  10. Rule of the Bone, Russell Banks
  11. Affliction, Russell Banks
  12. Eon, Greg Bear
  13. The Doctor's House, Ann Beattie
  14. Henderson the Rain King, Saul Bellow
  15. More Die of Heartbreak, Saul Bellow
  16. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, John Berendt
  17. Civil War Stories, Ambrose Bierce
  18. A Man for All Seasons, Robert Bolt
  19. Drop City, T. Coraghessan Boyle
  20. The Martian Chronicles, Ray Douglas Bradbury
  21. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Douglas Bradbury
  22. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
  23. Big Bad Love, Larry Brown
  24. Billy Ray's Farm, Larry Brown
  25. Dirty Work, Larry Brown
  26. Facing the Music, Larry Brown
  27. Father and Son, Larry Brown
  28. Fay, Larry Brown
  29. Joe, Larry Brown
  30. Notes from a Small Island, Bill Bryson
  31. A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson
  32. The Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck
  33. Factotum, Charles Bukowski
  34. Post Office, Charles Bukowski
  35. Ham on Rye, Charles Bukowski
  36. Women, Charles Bukowski
  37. The Captain, Charles Bukowski
  38. The Most Beautiful Woman in Town: Stories, Charles Bukowski
  39. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
  40. Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs
  41. Junkie, William S. Burroughs
  42. Queer, William S. Burroughs
  43. Cities of the Red Night, William S. Burroughs
  44. Erewhon, Samuel Butler
  45. Tobacco Road, Erskine Caldwell
  46. The Stranger, Albert Camus
  47. Where the Money Went: Stories, Kevin Canty
  48. Into the Great Wide Open, Kevin Canty
  49. Nine Below Zero, Kevin Canty
  50. Honeymoon, Kevin Canty
  51. Winslow in Love, Kevin Canty
  52. A Stranger in this World: Stories, Kevin Canty
  53. Apaches, Lorenzo Carcaterra
  54. Gangster, Lorenzo Carcaterra
  55. Sleepers, Lorenzo Carcaterra
  56. Madonna Red, James Carroll
  57. What We Talk about When We Talk about Love: Stories, Raymond Carver
  58. Where I'm Calling From, Raymond Carver
  59. Fires, Raymond Carver
  60. Spartina, John Casey
  61. Falconer, John Cheever
  62. The Complete Short Novels, Anton Chekhov
  63. Ward No. 6 and Other Stories, 1892-1895, Anton Chekhov
  64. The Alchemist, Paul Coelho
  65. Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
  66. The Secret Sharer, Joseph Conrad
  67. The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane
  68. The Complete Poems of Stephen Crane, Stephen Crane
  69. A Feast of Snakes, Harry Crews
  70. Florida Frenzy: Essays, Harry Crews
  71. The Mulching of America, Harry Crews
  72. The Farming of Bones, Edwidge Danticat
  73. White Noise, Don DeLillo
  74. Paris Trout, Pete Dexter
  75. Drown: Stories, Junot Diaz
  76. City of God, E. L. Doctorow
  77. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoevsky
  78. Selected Stories, Andre Dubus
  79. Dancing After Hours: Stories, Andre Dubus
  80. The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, Andre Dubus
  81. The French Broad, Wilma Dykeman
  82. Walking Across Egypt, Clyde Edgerton
  83. Silas Marner, George Eliot
  84. Selected Poems, T. S. Eliot
  85. Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
  86. Ask the Dust, John Fante
  87. April Morning, Howard Fast
  88. The Sound and the Fury, William Cuthbert Faulkner
  89. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
  90. Independence Day, Richard Ford
  91. The Sportswriter, Richard Ford
  92. Women with Men, Richard Ford
  93. Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier
  94. The O. Henry Prize Stories, 2003, Laura Furman (ed.)
  95. Swimming to Cambodia, Spalding Gray
  96. Monster in a Box, Spalding Gray
  97. Lord of the Flies, William Golding
  98. The Secret River, Kate Grenville
  99. The Idea of Perfection, Kate Grenville
  100. Black Like Me, John Howard Griffin
  101. Follow Me: Stories, Paul Griner
  102. New Stories from the South: 2006, Allan Gurganus (ed.)
  103. Bound for Glory, Woody Guthrie
  104. A Real Good War, Sam Halpert
  105. Hunger, Knut Hamsun
  106. Airships, Barry Hannah
  107. Legends of the Fall, Jim Harrison
  108. The Beast God Forgot to Invent, Jim Harrison
  109. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne
  110. Catch-22, Joseph Heller
  111. Green Hills of Africa, Ernest Hemingway
  112. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
  113. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway
  114. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway
  115. Stranger in a Strange Land, Robert A. Heinlein
  116. Lost Horizon, James Hilton
  117. Smilla's Sense of Snow, Peter Hoeg
  118. High Fidelity, Nick Hornby
  119. Fireman's Fair, Josephine Humphreys
  120. Nowhere Else on Earth, Josephine Humphreys
  121. Rich in Love, Josephine Humphreys
  122. Dreams of Sleep, Josephine Humphreys
  123. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
  124. A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving
  125. The Lottery and other Stories, Shirley Jackson
  126. Jesus' Son, Denis Johnson
  127. Dubliners, James Joyce
  128. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
  129. Pu-239: a Novella and Stories, Ken Kalfus
  130. The Book of Guys: Stories, Garrison Keillor
  131. Legs, William Kennedy
  132. Demon Box, Ken Kesey
  133. Sometimes a Great Notion, Ken Kesey
  134. Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
  135. Captains Courageous, Rudyard Kipling
  136. A Separate Peace, John Knowles
  137. Aaron's Rod, D. H. Lawrence
  138. Lady Chatterley's Lover, D. H. Lawrence
  139. Independent People, Halldor Laxness
  140. The Screwtape Letters, C. S. Lewis
  141. Main Street, Sinclair Lewis
  142. The Job, Sinclair Lewis
  143. Evangeline, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  144. God's Grace, Bernard Malamud
  145. The Assistant, Bernard Malamud
  146. Pictures of Fidelman, Bernard Malamud
  147. The Tenants, Bernard Malamud
  148. The Magic Barrel: Stories, Bernard Malamud
  149. The Fixer, Bernard Malamud
  150. The Natural, Bernard Malamud
  151. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  152. Life of Pi, Yann Martel
  153. Outer Dark, Cormac McCarthy
  154. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers
  155. Charming Billy, Alice McDermott
  156. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan
  157. Moby Dick, Herman Melville
  158. The Dart League King, Keith Lee Morris
  159. The Greyhound God, Keith Lee Morris
  160. The Best Seats in the House and Other Stories, Keith Lee Morris
  161. The Best American Short Stories, 2003, Walter Mosley (ed.)
  162. Half a Life, V. S. Naipaul
  163. Black Elk Speaks, as told through John G. Neihardt
  164. Bone, Fae Myenne Ng
  165. Flannery O'Connor the Complete Stories, Flannery O'Connor
  166. Tomcat in Love, Tim O'Brien
  167. Northern Lights, Tim O'Brien
  168. Going After Cacciato, Tim O'Brien
  169. The Nuclear Age, Tim O'Brien
  170. In the Lake of the Woods, Tim O'Brien
  171. The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien
  172. July, July, Tim O'Brien
  173. The English Patient, Michael Onadaatje
  174. Burmese Days, George Orwell
  175. Animal Farm, George Orwell
  176. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell
  177. Fight Club, Chuck Palahniuk
  178. Choke, Chuck Palahniuk
  179. Bad Haircut: Stories, Tom Perrotta
  180. Joe College, Tom Perrotta
  181. Little Children, Tom Perrotta
  182. The Abstinence Teacher, Tom Perrotta
  183. Election, Tom Perrotta
  184. The Second Coming, Walker Percy
  185. The Moviegoer, Walker Percy
  186. My Name is Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
  187. The Gift of Asher Lev, Chaim Potok
  188. The Chosen, Chaim Potok
  189. The Promise, Chaim Potok
  190. The Book of Lights, Chaim Potok
  191. Accordion Crimes, E. Annie Proulx
  192. The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx
  193. That Old Ace in the Hole, E. Annie Proulx
  194. The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand
  195. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
  196. One Foot in Eden, Ron Rash
  197. Saints at the River, Ron Rash
  198. The World Made Straight, Ron Rash
  199. Casualties: Stories, Ron Rash
  200. New Stories from the South: 2005, Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
  201. New Stories from the South: 2004, Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
  202. New Stories from the South: 2003, Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
  203. New Stories from the South: 2001, Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
  204. New Stories from the South: 1995, Shannon Ravenel (ed.)
  205. Red Hills and Cotton: An Upcountry Memory, Ben Robertson
  206. American Pastoral, Philip Roth
  207. The Counterlife, Philip Roth
  208. That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo
  209. Bridge of Sighs, Richard Russo
  210. Straight Man, Richard Russo
  211. Mohawk, Richard Russo
  212. The Whore's Child and Other Stories, Richard Russo
  213. Empire Falls, Richard Russo
  214. The Risk Pool, Richard Russo
  215. Nine Stories, J. D. Salinger
  216. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
  217. Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris
  218. Barrel Fever, David Sedaris
  219. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris
  220. Naked, David Sedaris
  221. The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara
  222. To the Last Man, Jeff Shaara
  223. The Last Full Measure, Jeff Shaara
  224. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare
  225. Henry V, William Shakespeare
  226. Hamlet, William Shakespeare
  227. Othello, William Shakespeare
  228. King Lear, William Shakespeare
  229. Macbeth, William Shakespeare
  230. The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare
  231. Much Ado About Nothing, William Shakespeare
  232. As You Like It, William Shakespeare
  233. Larry's Party Carol Shields
  234. Unless, Carol Shields
  235. Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith
  236. Cancer Ward, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  237. The First Circle, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  238. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
  239. "We Never Make Mistakes": Two Short Novels, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
    • An Incident at Krechetovka Station,
    • Matryona's House,
  240. Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
  241. The Big Rock Candy Mountain, Wallace Stegner
  242. Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner
  243. Travels with Charley, John Steinbeck
  244. The Long Valley, John Steinbeck
  245. Cannery Row, John Steinbeck
  246. The Moon is Down, John Steinbeck
  247. To a God Unknown, John Steinbeck
  248. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck
  249. Dog Soldiers, Robert Stone
  250. Generation of Swine, Hunter S. Thompson
  251. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
  252. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain
  253. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
  254. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne
  255. Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut
  256. Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut
  257. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Kurt Vonnegut
  258. Night Rider, Robert Penn Warren
  259. The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
  260. The First Men in the Moon, H. G. Wells
  261. The Robber Bridegroom, Eudora Welty
  262. The Ponder Heart, Eudora Welty
  263. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Thornton Wilder
  264. A Man in Full, Tom Wolfe
  265. The Bonfire of the Vanities, Tom Wolfe
  266. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe
  267. From Bauhaus to Our House, Tom Wolfe
  268. The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, Tom Wolfe
  269. The Barracks Thief, Tobias Wolff
  270. Old School, Tobias Wolff
  271. The Night in Question: Stories, Tobias Wolff
  272. In the Garden of the North American Martyrs: Stories, Tobias Wolff
  273. The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon, Richard Zimler
  274. The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, Paul Zindel

Non-Fiction (incomplete list)
  1. Better, Atul Gawande
  2. The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi


E-Mail: jrsaylor@ces.clemson.edu


Last Updated September 28, 2009.