This page lists books and authors that have caught my eye, and that I'd like to read one day. The list of books I've actually read can be found here.
To read
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. HarperCollins, 1995, 2000. 0-06-039144-8. Recommended Buz.
Matthew Scully, Dominion. Recommended LK.
Bill Fletcher, Baxters Book of Famous Scots who changed the world. Lang Syne Publishers, Glasgow G3 8JU, 1995. ISBN 1-85217-014-X.
Robin Baker, Sperm Wars. Pan, 2000 [Fourth Estate, 1996]. ISBN 0-330-39077-5.
Gombrich, recommended JJL.
Lee Strobel, Case for Christ. Blomberg, Jesus and the Gospels. Goldsworthy, trilogy or According to Plan (rec. J.W.; this also seems relevant to the whole theme of Biblical Theology). Grudem, Systematic Theology. Milne, Know the Truth. (All rec. J.W.). See also sites like www.beginningwithmoses.org.
More of the Lost Tales books, JRRT edited by CT (saw IX on S+C's shelf).
Oliver Sacks, The Island of the Colour-Blind (on R+B's shelf), and other Sacks.
Frederick Forsyth, The Fist of God. (recommended by DM).
Paul Reps and Nyogen Senzaki. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. 1994. Shambhala Publications;. ISBN 1-570-62063-6. 285pp. (recommended here).
Various modern philosophers.
David Pytches, Prophecy in the Local Church (and Come, Holy Spirit, and others).
Fr. Francis Xavier Murphy (as Xavier Rynne), Letters from Vatican City.
Paul Kennedy, Rise and Fall of Great Powers.
Stephen Pinker, pop science books about linguistics. (recommended by PES).
Oliver Sachs, all books, especially book on migraine. (recommended by PES).
Laughing Space (sf collection). (recommended by H).
L. Sprague de Camp, The Incomplete Enchanter. (recommended by Isaac Asimov in Magic, essay in Magic, p165.)
John Peck and Charles Strohmer, Uncommon Sense: God's Wisdom for our Complex and Changing World. SPCK, 2001. ISBN 0-281-05428-2. Recommended on Greenbelt Forum email list. SPCK: new books, Uncommon Sense.
Janet Fraser-Smith, Love Across Latitudes: A workbook on Cross-cultural Marriage. 4th edition. AWM International, PO Box 4006, Worthing, West Sussex, BN13 1AP, United Kingdom (an imprint of Arab World Ministries, PO Box 51, Loughborough, Leicester, LE11 0ZQ, United Kingdom). ISBN 0-904971-04-X. 1993, 1997.
Os Guinness, The Gravedigger File.
Simon Wiesenthal, The sunflower: on the possibilities and limits of forgiveness. Schocken, New York, 1997. (rec. by Kate).
Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets (Chilean poet). (also rec. by Jo).
James Busby, Despatches from the British Resident in New Zealand, 1833-1839. (I think this is the one - the book he wrote about NZ, that's on display in the Waitangi Treaty House).
Butley Taylor, My Love Must Wait. IVP.
Donald A. Norman, The Invisible Carpenter. MIT, 1999.
CD: kat onoma, Far from the Pictures or Stock Phrases. (after recommendation by Peter at PLI'00).
H. Mulish, Discovery of Heaven. (rec. by Koen).
Francine Rivers, Hiding Truth. (Christian novelist, recommended by Heather).
Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Life.
Philip Yancey, What's So Amazing About Grace (``grace-tinted spectacles'').
Anthony Powell, A Dance to the Music of Time (series).
Arthur Koestler, The Sleepwalkers.
Wild Swans.
Darwin's Worms.
Wheelis, How People Change. New York: Harper and Row, 1973.
M. Scott Peck, People of the Lie.
Art of War.
Some story books ref'd by Riddell etc.
David Morgan and Jeremy Begbie (XMC: stuff about faith more than verbal ideas; 1999-08-25).
Stephen D. Moore, Mark and Luke in Poststructuralist Perspective (Leonard Sweet's journal page 1999-08-12).
Foucault (mentioned by H).
Aristotle (inspired by MM-M p182 ref).
Michael and Jana Novak, Tell Me Why. Lion, 1998.
Bruce Metzger, A Textual Commentary....
Katrine ??, The Eight.
(a Latin American author), Flanders Panel.
Andrew Linzey, Animal Theology (rec by Lisa).