So this summer, I've decided to take it upon myself to read one book per week for the summer and possibly beyond. I have a preliminary book list set out for myself; it's growing, which is good!
Thus far, my book list includes the following:
San Francisco is Burning, Dennis Smith
Stalin as Revolutionary, Robert C. Tucker
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Illiad and the Odyssey, Homer
A Day in Old Athens, William S. Davis
Oedipus Rex, Sophocles
The Republic, Plato
Selected works by Aristotle
Metamorphoses, Ovid
Beowulf
The Divine Comedy, Dante
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer
Utopia, Thomas More
Selected works from William Shakespeare
Paradise Lost, John Milton
The Pilgrim's Progress, John Bunyan
Gulliver's Travels, Johnathon Swift
The Federalist, Alexander Hamilton
Selected - if not all- works from Jane Austen
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Moby Dick, Herman Melville
That's just a preliminary list; I'd also like to read a lot of the things I just skimmed over in high school, like The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby. Most of all, I'd like to read 1984, by George Orwell, and Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley. Two years ago, I did these books a disservice by writing a 12-13 page paper about them, even though I did not even read it. Although it is one of my most amazing moments, I should have given them more credit considering the stuff I pulled from it was totally awesome!
On top of reading a book a week, I also would love to read an article a night of several books I have:
Politics: Observations and Arguments (1966- 2004)
World of the Past
Wester Civilization: A Brief History
and several of my old text books that I never read.
I do suppose I have a lot ahead of me. However, I need an objective for this summer; I will not subject myself to yet another summer without purpose.
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Currently Reading: San Francisco is Burning, Dennis Smith
On Deck: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
