Every summer, I start with a basic reading list, and a few people have asked for me to share it, so here it is.
For a change my list includes a lot more nonfiction books than fiction. I am not committed to reading them in any particular order. Please feel free to add suggestions on the comment section. I am always looking for good books.
Nonfiction -
Name Author Heard about..
Brain Rules John Medina A GeekyMomma’s Blog
Concerning the Spiritual in Art Wassily Kandinsky My dad
Cooperation in the Classroom Johnson & Johnson Jon Orech
Cooperative Learning Spencer Kagan Jon Orech
Ethics of the New Millennium Dalai Lama My son
Everything Bad is Good for You Steve Johnson A GeekyMomma’s Blog
Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz Tricia Buck
Freakonomics Steven Levitt & @callmecooper13
Stephen Dubner
Lifecraft Forrest Church Fresh Air Interview
Love & Death Forrest Church Fresh Air Interview
Teach like your Hair’s on Fire Rafe Esquith A GeekyMomma’s Blog
The 36 Hour Day Nancy Mace & Alzheimer’s volunteer
Peter Rabins
The Element Sir Ken Robinson Will Richardson
The Homework Myth Alfie Kohn A GeekyMomma’s Blog
The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion Fresh Air Interview
Tribes Seth Godin @charrod
Poetry
Name Author Heard about
Good Poems Garison Keillor, editor NPR
Poetry 180 Billy Collins, editor
Sailing Around the Room Billy Collins Tricia Buck
Selected Poems Pablo Neruda
Selected Verses Federico Garcia Lorca
Fiction
Name Author Heard about
Best America Short Stories 2008 Salman Rushdie
City of Thieves David Benioff Student Book Club at THS
The Lazarus Project Aleksandar Hemon My husband
The Raw Shark Texts Steven Hall My husband
