John R. Saylor


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

Non-Fiction (very incomplete list)
  1. Better, Atul Gawande
  2. The Monster of Florence, Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi
  3. How Old is the Universe?, David A. Weintraub

Last Updated June 20, 2011.