Scot's Favorite Books

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Here is a list of books that I have enjoyed through the years. Some I read as a teenager, others I have discovered within the last year. Not all of them are specifically geographic in content. Each one of them will either stimulate, entertain, elevate or provoke you. Some will do all four! The book is one of the most marvelous of all human inventions. Books are effective modes of transportation, lifting us out of our world and landing us in London's Piccadilly Circus or Aboriginal Australia, often in the company of erudite and entertaining guides. You can take a book backpacking or to the beach. And books are best when they are shared. Browse through this catalog, choose a title to read, then share it with a friend. Few gifts are more valuable.

Fiction

Chandler, Raymond: The Big Sleep; Farewell, My Lovely, et al.
Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor: Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamozov
Ellison, Ralph: Invisible Man
Faulkner, William: Absolom, Absolom; Light in August
Francis, Dick: Odds Against; Whip Hand; et al.
Greene, Graham: The Heart of the Matter; The Quiet American
Hammett, Dashiell: The Maltese Falcon
Heller, Joseph: Catch-22
Hillerman, Tony: Talking God; et al.
Irving, John: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Kesey, Ken: Sometimes a Great Notion
Koestler, Arthur: Darkness at Noon
LeCarre, John: Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; The Perfect Spy; Russia House
Lewis, C. S.: Chronicles of Narnia (6 volumes), 'Til We Have Faces
MacDonald, John D.: Bright Orange for The Shroud, et al.
MacDonald, Ross: The Goodbye Look; The Underground Man, et al.
Pirsig, Robert: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander: One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Steinbeck, John: East of Eden; In Dubious Battle
Stewart, George: Earth Abides; Fire; Storm
Tolkien, J.R.R.: The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy)
West, Nathaniel: The Day of the Locust