You know me. Or you think you do You just don’t seem to see I’ve been waiting all this time To be something I can’t define. So let’s cause a scene... I’ve just got to get myself over me - The Format

Friday, July 14, 2006

Books Corey Loves

So after talking with Jesse last night I've decided to compile a list of books that I love (this is not a complete list) I've tried to break them down into genre.

Classic:
Persuasion by Jane Austin
Of Mice and Men -John Steinbeck
Much Ado about Nothing -William Shakespeare
The Secret Garden -Frances Hodgson Burnett
Rebecca-Daphne Du Maurier
Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

Chick Literature
Something borrowed -Emily Giffin
Something Blue - Emily Giffin
The Devil Wears Prada - Lauren Weisberger
anything by Sophie Kinsella

Random Fiction
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
Life of Pi- Yann Martel***
Vanishing Acts -Jodi Picoult
My Sister’s Keeper – Jodi Picoult
Roots of Desire : The Myth, Meaning, and Sexual Power of Red Hair - Marion Roach***

Christian fiction
pretty much anything written by Francine Rivers
This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness by Frank E. Peretti

Christian non Fiction
The Search for Significance - Robert McGee
Turning Points – Mark Noll
Pretty much everything by Brendan Manning
In Search for Christian Unity -A History of the Restoration Movement- Henry E. Webb
Come away my beloved - Frances J. Roberts
The Return of the Prodigal - Henri Nouwen

Books on NMSI reading and I liked a lot
Why Not Women : A Biblical Study of Women in Missions, Ministry, and Leadership -Loren Cunningham and David Joel Hamilton
Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box Arbinger Institute
True Faced - Bill Thrall, Bruce McNicol, and John Lynch
Generous Orthodoxy - Brian D. McLaren***
*** means that I’m not quite done with these books but I like them a lot so far

2 comments:

Jesse E. Hunter said...

thanks Core. this will help a lot. but which do i choose?!!

Corey said...

depends on your mood...what kinda of book are you looking for?