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