BOOKS READ
(* = favorites)
Currently Reading
Teaching Music with Purpose – Peter Loel Boonshaft
Axiom: Powerful Business Proverbs – Bill Hybels
Dead or Alive – Tom Clancy & Grant Blackwood
2011
Shatner Rules – William Shatner, Chris Regan *(audiobook version)
1776 – David McCullough
Good, Better, Blessed – Joel Osteen
The Illinois Road Guide to Haunted Locations – Chad Lewis & Terry Fisk
Stories I Only Tell My Friends – Rob Lowe
Relic – Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Have a Little Faith – Mitch Albom
We Bought a Zoo – Benjamin Mee
Along Came a Spider – James Patterson
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business – Dick Van Dyke
Decision Points – George W. Bush
The Confession – John Grisham
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
Heartsick – Chelsea Cain
Last Dance – John Feinstein
Living in Favor, Abundance and Joy – Joel Osteen
The New Testament – NIV version
The Elephant to Hollywood – Michael Caine
Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a Life at Disney –
Lee Cockerell *
Wizards and Glass (Dark Tower IV) – Stephen King
Love Wins – Rob Bell
Love is a Mix Tape – Rob Sheffield
Bossypants – Tina Fey *
The Faith – Charles Colson
What’s That Bus Doing on the Runway? – David Hoffman
Night – Elie Wiesel
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter – Tom Bissell
Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me – Howie Mandel & Josh Young
Walking with God – John Eldredge
Full Dark, No Stars – Stephen King *
The Teeth of the Tiger – Tom Clancy
Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour-
David Bianculli
It’s Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider – Jim Henson and Friends
We’ll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives – Paul Shaffer *
I Am Legend – Richard Matheson
The Waste Lands (Dark Tower 3) – Stephen King *
2010
The Talent Code – Daniel Coyle *
Medium Raw – Anthony Bourdain
When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead – Jerry Weintraub
DisneyWar – James B. Stewart
The Call of the Wild – Jack London
Talking with Girls about Duran Duran – Rob Sheffield
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff, and It’s All Small Stuff – Richard Carlson
Fearless: Imagine your life without fear – Max Lucado
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
A Million Miles in a Thousand Years – Donald Miller
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Always Looking Up – Michael J. Fox
The Drawing of the Three (Dark Tower 2) – Stephen King *
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street – Michael Davis
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower 1) – Stephen King *
The Black Ice – Michael Connelly
Game Change – John Heilemann and Mark Halperin
On Writing – Stephen King *
A Little Bit Wicked – Kristin Chenoweth
The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts – Tom Farley & Tanner Colby
When Christ Comes – Max Lucado *
The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown
2009
There and Back Again – Sean Astin
Velvet Elvis – Rob Bell *
Up Till Now – William Shatner
The Shack – William P. Young *
Quiet Strength – Tony Dungy *
The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch *
Kitchen Confidential – Anthony Bourdain
Just After Sunset – Stephen King
Under the Dome – Stephen King
Columbine – Dave Cullen *
Blue Like Jazz – Donald Miller
Beyond Basketball – Mike Krzyzewski
The Associate – John Grisham
America on Purpose – Craig Ferguson *
Star Trek:The Return – William Shatner
Prior to 2009 (updated when I remember them)
Good to Great – Jim Collins
My Life – Bill Clinton
Dean and Me – Jerry Lewis
Under the Banner of Heaven – Jon Krakauer
Whose Your Caddy – Rick Reilly *
Born Standing Up – Steve Martin
Fahrenheit 451 – Ray Bradbury *
Work in Progress – Michael Eisner
Monster – Walter Dean Myers
Twisted – Laurie Halse Anderson
I Am Spock – Leonard Nimoy
Slaughterhouse Five – Kurt Vonnegut
The Preacher and the Presidents – Nancy Gibbs & Michael Duffy
I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This – Bob Newhart
Golf Monster – Alice Cooper *
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself – Alan Alda
The Chocolate War – Robert Cormier
The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger *
The Hobbit – J. R.R Tolkien *
The Fellowship of the Ring - J. R.R Tolkien *
The Two Towers - J. R.R Tolkien *
The Return of the King - J. R.R Tolkien *
It Doesn’t Take a Hero – Norman Schwarzkopf
Sacred Hoops – Phil Jackson *
More than a Game – Phil Jackson
Knight:My Story – Bobby Knight *
Season on the Brink – John Feinstein
A Good Walk Spoiled - John Feinstein
The Open - John Feinstein
The Majors - John Feinstein
The Stand – Stephen King *
Salem’s Lot – Stephen King
Nightmares and Dreamscapes – Stephen King
The Cell –Stephen King
Skeleton Crew – Stephen King
Miles: The Autobiography – Miles Davis
The Shining – Stephen King
Christine – Stephen King
Dreamcatcher – Stephen King
Bleachers – John Grisham *
The Partner - John Grisham
The Street Lawyer - John Grisham
The Client - John Grisham *
The Broker - John Grisham
The Runaway Jury - John Grisham
The Chamber - John Grisham
Executive Orders – Tom Clancy
Debt of Honor - Tom Clancy
Without Remorse - Tom Clancy
The Cardinal of the Kremlin - Tom Clancy
The Sum of All Fears - Tom Clancy *
Clear and Present Danger - Tom Clancy
Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy
Rainbow Six - Tom Clancy
Reach for the Summit – Pat Summit