Books We Love and/or Are Reading Now

Writing isn’t just about output; what you take in can have a deep effect on your work. Reading can catapult you into a creative space. Try keeping a list of the books you read; you may find a pattern to your tastes. We did an informal survey of what the Thursdays writers are reading. Do you have a great book to recommend? Let us know!

Victory by Joseph Conrad
Communist Manifesto (joke)
Old Testament (to find out about Job)
The Romance of Three Kingdoms
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Healer Within by David Furlong
Imperfect Control by Judith Viorst
Living the Dream: Outline for a Life in Fiction by Michael Seidman
Making Room by Michel Tremblay
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
The Four-Fold Path, the Buddha’s Way
Eckhart Tolle
Dahlgren by Samuel R. Delany
Cyteen by CJ Cherryh
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Fixer
The Iceman Cometh
Buddhism
Walden Pond by Thoreau
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Rope in the Water
Courage to Write