Bakkum's Book Club
I love reading. You should, too. In an attempt to steer you in the direction of quality reading, I'll list some of my favorite books here, both current and classic... Happy reading.
*BTW: There is nothing better in this world than grabbing a good book on a cold, rainy day, brewing a pot of coffee (or for you non-coffee drinkers, hot YooHoo), and settling in. Go ahead, argue with me. You've already lost...
History:
Lost to the West by Lars Brownworth (Byzantine Empire)
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic by Tom Holland (Roman Empire)
Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire by James Romm (Macedonian Empire)
Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie (Russian Empire)
The Killing of Crazy Horse by Thomas Powers (American Western Expansion)
God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman (European Crusades)
Cleopatra by Stacy Schiff (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins by J.E. Lendon (Hellenistic Wars)
1776 by David McCullough (American Revolution)
Non-History:
The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver
TwentySomething: The Quarter Life Crisis of Jack Lancaster by Iain Hollingshead
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
A Song of Fire and Ice Series by George R.R. Martin
The Iliad by Homer
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon
The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Anything Else Written by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Onion: Our Front Pages by The Staff of the Onion
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie Wars by Max Brooks
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy by Stieg LarssonÂ
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Now get out there and read, you crazy kids! (Cue G.I. Joe music...)