Books We're Considering Reading

Mountain Communities Reading Group

Nonfiction:

• Bush at War, by Bob Woodward, 2002.
• Dialogues, by Jerry Brown. The former Governor of California interviews some people.
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Great autobiography "as told to Alex Hailey."
• Somebody Else's Kids, by Torey Hayden. The author is an experienced teacher of "problem" children. This book tells about one class she taught.
• The Importance of Living, by Lin Yutang. A popular Chinese writer tells about the Chinese philosophy of living.
• Varieties of Religious Experience, by William James.
• Does it Matter? by Alan Watts.
• How Children Fail, by John Holt.
• Revolution from Within, by Gloria Steinem.
• The Night is Dark and I am Far From Home, by Jonathan Kozol.
• Rachel and Her Children, by Jonathan Kozol.
• Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, by Marya Hornbacher. Harrowing, presumably true story of the author's struggle to live with these "eating disorders."

Fiction:

• To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee

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