2012 Reading List

My reading list for 2012

Required:
“Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson” - Jann S. Wenner and Corey Seymour
“On The Road” - Jack Kerouac
“The God Delusion” - Richard Dawkins
“The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.” - Greg Koch, Steve Wagner, and Randy Clemens
“The Bible” - Unknown

Optional:
“God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” - Christopher Hitchens
“Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith” - Jon Krackauer

There will most certainly be some other books mixed in with those, and I most certainly won’t finish the entire Bible, but these are the ones on my stack staring at me the hardest.

Some might be surprised by my inclusion of the Bible.  I was thinking about it a couple of months ago and realized that although I rail on Christianity and the Bible quite a bit, I haven’t personally read it in quite sometime.  Besides, Lao Tsu said, “Know your enemy” and I can’t think of a better way of learning their tactics.  For the record, the Koran and the Torah will be on future lists for the same reason.