Suggested Reading

Of course reading is fundamental to ones intellectual and spiritual growth, hut some works leave an indelible mark. While I can honestly say that I don't read nearly as much as I'd like to, there are some works that have helped me become the raving lunatic that I am. Now this list is a list of SUGGESTED reading material, and nothing more. By no means am I a hardcore literary connoisseur, but I know what I like and what I like is as follows (in no particular order, of course):
 
 

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Stranger by Albert Camus

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn

Sacrament by Clive Barker

Things Fail Apart by Chinua Achebe

Drown by Junot Diaz
 

And Anything by

Toni Morrison

Richard Wright

Maya Angelou

Ralph Ellison

Countee Cullen

Paul Dunbar

Claude McKay

James Baldwin