Tom's Library

Here are some of my favorite books both old and new.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The Long, Dark Tea Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams

 

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

 

Possession by A.S. Byatt

 

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

 

The Stranger by Albert Camus

 

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

 

The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

 

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

 

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

 

The List of Seven by Mark Frost

 

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman (and Terry Pratchet)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaimen

 

Grendle by John Gardner

 

The World According to Garp by John Irving
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
The Cider House Rules by John Irving

 

The Trial by Franz Kafka

 

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

 

My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist by Mark Leyrner

 

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oats
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oats

 

The Godfather by Mario Puzo

 

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

 

The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Tale of the Body Theif by Anne Rice
The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

 

Skinny Legs and All by Tom Robins

 

Naked by David Sedaris
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

 

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

 

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

 

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

 

The Witches of Estwick by John Updike

 

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnuget

 

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

 

I'm also a big fan of the short story, here are a few that stand out in particular:

The Babysitter by Robert Coover

 

The Dead by James Joyce

 

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

 

A&P by John Updike

And I do enjoy the occassional play or two:

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

 

Rhinoceros by Eugene Ionesco

 

MacBeth by William Shakespeare

The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde