Book Binge 2004

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I went a little nuts at the used book store today, finally took a chunk out of my gigantic [Amazon wishlist](http://ryskamp.org/brain/wishlist-print), and simultaneously assured myself that no, I will never finish my unread books pile.

New on the stack are:

1. [Liar’s Poker](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140143459/bobdesigns-20/), Michael Lewis

2. [Sphere](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345353145/bobdesigns-20/), Michael Crichton

3. [Atlas Shrugged](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451191145/bobdesigns-20/), Ayn Rand

4. [The Stranger](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679720200/bobdesigns-20/), Albert Camus

5. [The Dharma Bums](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0140042520/bobdesigns-20/), Jack Kerouac

6. [The Mind of a Mnemonist](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0674576225/bobdesigns-20/), AR Luria

7. [Coercion](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/157322829X/bobdesigns-20/), Douglas Rushkoff

8. [The Gift](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0394715195/bobdesigns-20/), Lewis Hyde

9. [The Circle of Innovation](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679757651/bobdesigns-20/), Tom Peters

10. [The Trial](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0805209999/bobdesigns-20/), Franz Kafka

11. [Autobiography](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0807059099/bobdesigns-20/), Mohandas Gandhi

12. [Bobos in Paradise](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684853787/bobdesigns-20/), David Brooks

13. [Metaphors We Live By](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226468011/bobdesigns-20/), George Lakoff

14. [McLuhan for Beginners](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0863162312/bobdesigns-20/)

15. [Web Site Usability](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/155860569X/bobdesigns-20/), Jared Spool – [my review](http://ryskamp.org/brain/books/web-site-usability)

16. [The Art of Happiness](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1573221112/bobdesigns-20/), The Dalai Lama

17. [Lila](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553299611/bobdesigns-20/), Robert Pirsig

18. [Skipping Towards Gommorah](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0525946756/bobdesigns-20/), Dan Savage

19. [Why We Buy](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684849135/bobdesigns-20/), Paco Underhill

20. [Three Scientists and Their Gods](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060972572/bobdesigns-20/), Robert Wright

21. [The Clustered World](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316929204/bobdesigns-20/), Michael J. Weiss

I’m not sure yet how to approach this stack, but am open to suggestions. A little bit each day? Which one first? Any not worth the time? Take a week off of work and read nonstop? I’d love to finish them, but it will take some serious work.

I’ll annotate this list soon with more detail on the books and why I’m interested in them. For now, it should keep me sufficiently accountable to get started.