Alyoshka

David Kipen's list for 2003:

» River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West, by Rebecca Solnit (Penguin USA, 2003)

» A Box of Matches, by Nicholson Baker (Random House, 2003)

» Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, by Geoff Dyer (Pantheon Books, 2003)

» The Commissariat of Enlightenment, by Ken Kalfus (Ecco, 2003)

» The Misread City: New Literary Los Angeles, edited by Dana Gioia and Scott Timberg (Red Hen Press, 2003)


Laura Miller's list for 2003:

» Love in Idleness, by Amanda Craig (Doubleday, 2003)

» The Bug, by Ellen Ullman (Doubleday, 2003)

» Bangkok 8, by John Burdett (Knopf, 2003)


Gail Caldwell's list:

» A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies, by John Murray (HarperCollins, 2003)

» Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, by Anthony Swofford (Scribner, 2003)

» Set This House in Order, by Matt Ruff (HarperCollins, 2003)

» The Story of Lucy Gault, by William Trevor (Viking Press. 2002)

» Three Junes, by Julia Glass (Pantheon Books, 2003)

» You Are Not a Stranger Here, by Adam Haslett (Doubleday. 2002)


Listeners' Suggestions:

» Sixpence House, by Paul Collins

» Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser

» Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, by Barbara Ehrenreich

» Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s, by Gerald Nachman

» Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn

» Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, by Hunter Thompson

» Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan

» Cooking for Mr. Latte: A Food Lover's Courtship, with Recipes, by Amanda Hesser

» The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story, by John Laurence

» The Sinister Pig, by Tony Hillerman

» Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck

» The Middle of the Night, by Daniel Stolar

» Buying Dad: One Woman's Search for the Perfect Sperm Donor, by Harlyn Aizley

Alyoshka

I haven't actually read any of these books, so I guess I'd better get started on a few of them. Anyone have any recommendations?

Bean-si

That's pretty good. (And he's got a more recent book - 'Reefer Madness' which may also be interesting.)

It's OK but It's worth checking out the prologue/intro' (whatever) which highlights the authors approach.

Tuan Jim

"Nickle and Dimed" -- yeah I had to read it for one of my classes and now it's the required reading for incoming freshmen. Decent idea, but pretty worthless overall IMO. She's such a nutbag -- seriously, no common sense, sense of realism, etc.

xmiyux

Fast Food Nation was a pretty good nonfiction book. Also, if you are interested in something fiction, i really enjoyed Box of Matches by Baker. Super quick read and kind of touching really without being maudlin or feeling like emotions are being played with - also not a hokey uplifting book.