A Book-a-Month in 2011

Now that the dissertation is all but done, I’m turning my time to some things that have been back-burnered.  One of them is reading books I want to read, not often possible when one is on an eight-year PhD journey.  So my goal this year is to read a book a month, alternating between non-fiction and fiction.  I’ll be occasionally blogging about each book I read, so I’d welcome any blog readers who’d like to join me in any of the below.  You can see, I’ve got a half of the slots to fill, so I am open to suggestions, particularly in the fiction category:

Non-Fiction

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace (this is what I’m currently reading, and it’s awesome)

Being and Time by Martin Heidegger

Personal Knowledge: Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy by Michael Polanyi

The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own. By David Carr

Fiction

Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (one of my favorite novels of all time, and due for a re-reading)