My Bookshelf

You can learn a lot from a person’s bookshelf. I just took an inventory of my books and found my interests are widespread. I love nonfiction, fiction, romance, memoirs, poetry, informational, history, and even the classics. Here is my inventory in random order (I’m not so geeky that I categorize my books yet – but I’m afraid that day is coming.)

Nonfiction about:

Larry Bird

Gene Simmons of KISS

Princess Diana (4 books)

James Dean (3 books)

The Indonesian Tsunami by Curt Iles

Fiction by:

Billy Bob Thornton

Curt Iles

DiAnn Mills

Sue Monk Kidd

Susan Hinton

Anne Rice

James Lee Burke

Stephen King

History:

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Anderson Prison by Gene Hackman & Daniel Lenihan

The History of Oberlin by Pat Marcantel

A book about Harriett Tubman

A book about growing up on a Louisiana plantation where the female author disguised her name by spelling it backwards.

A book about Louisiana Capitols

Information:

Pictures at a Revolution by Mark Harris

Memoirs by:

Colleen Arthur

Rodney Hennigan

Frank McCourt

Inspirational:

Rachel Windham

Short Stories and Poetry by:

Sam Shepard

Viggo Mortensen

Classics by:

John Steinbeck

Margaret Mitchell

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Louisa May Alcott

Finally, there are two books I wouldn’t part with for a million dollars, literally. But if someone were to offer, I might just think about it. Nah, because both of them are over 100 years old. I’m such an antiquarian. Believe it or not I found these at garage sales:

a 1904 edition (the original printing was 1891) of Literary Masterpieces, and

an 1899 copy of The Rover Boys on the Ocean by Arthur Winfield

I’m so lucky to be a reader. What does your bookshelf look like?