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T op Ten Lists of Current Faculty Members These are the lists submitted in the 2007 and 2013 surveys by people who are still on the faculty. (We removed the entries for faculty members who have retired or moved on to other adventures.)
Josh Allen 2007 1. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway 2. The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger 3. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4. The Collected Poems of Robert Frost, by Robert Frost 5. Where I’m Calling from: Selected Stories, by Raymond Carver 6. The Brothers K, by David James Duncan 7. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers 8. The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, the Crossing, and Cities of the Plain, by Cormac McCarthy 9. The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien 10. Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
Kari Archibald 2007 1. Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury 2. A Town Like Alice, by Nevil Shute 3. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survival, by Joe Simpson 4. Philosophy of Recreation and Leisure, by Jay Bryan Nash 5. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv 6. Chase, Chance, and Creativity: The Lucky Art of Novelty, by James H. Austin 7. Time for Life: The Surprising Ways Americans Use Their Time, by John P. Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey 8. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer 9. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing 10. Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills, by Steven M. Cox
13 Eda Ashby 2007 1. Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph F. Smith 2. Life of Heber C. Kimball, by Orson F. Whitney 3. In the Eye of the Storm, by John H. Groberg 4. Yearning for the Living God: Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche, by F. Enzio Busche 5. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott 6. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, by Lew Wallace 7. The Ark of Noah, by David Fasold 8. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 9. A Man Called Peter: The Story of Peter Marshall, by Catherine Marshall 10. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ted Ashton 2007 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 3. John Adams, by David McCullough 4. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 5. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 6. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 7. The Greatest Generation, by Tom Brokaw 8. The Making of Robert E. Lee, by Michael Fellman 9. Poland, by James A. Michener 10. Fishing Lessons, by Paul Quinnett
Amy Baeza 2013 1. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 2. Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck 3. Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel 4. House of Sand and Fog, by Andre Dubus III 5. House of the Spirits, by Isabel Allende 6. As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner 7. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy 8. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski 9. A Prayer for Owen Meaney, by John Irving 10. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte
14 M ark Bennion 2007 1. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 2. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 3. Even As I Am, by Neal A Maxwell 4. The Things That Matter Most, by Lowell L. Bennion 5. The Lord’s Question, by Dennis Rasmussen 6. All My Sons, by Arthur Miller 7. However Long and Hard the Road, by Jeffrey R. Holland 8. The Writing Life, by Annie Dillard 9. My Name Is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok 10. The Winter of Our Discontent, by John Steinbeck
Gary Benson 2007 1. East of Eden, by John Steinbeck 2. A History of the Theatre, by Edmund Kerchever Chambers 3. The Dramatic Imagination: Reflections and Speculations on the Art of the Theatre, by Robert Ed Jones 4. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie 5. The Interpretation of Dreams, by Sigmund Freud 6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 7. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis 8. Wizard’s First Rule (Sword of Truth), by Terry Goodkind 9. The Mother Tongue English and How It Got That Way, by Bill Bryson 10. Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas, by Mari Sandoz and Vine Deloria, Jr. 11. Custer’s Luck, by Edgar I. Stewart 12. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown 13. I Will Fight No More Forever: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War, by Merrill D. Beal
15 Robyn Bergstrom 2007 1. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok 2. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 3. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 4. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 5. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 6. There Are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in The Other America, by Alex Kotlowitz 7. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago, by Lealan Jones, Lloyd Newman, and David Isay 8. The Giver, by Lois Lowry 9. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse 10. Christmas Tapestry, by Patricia Polacco
2013 1. The Chosen, by Chaim Potok 2. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 3. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 4. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 5. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 6. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity, by David Allen 7. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago, by Lealan Jones, Lloyd Newman, and David Isay 8. The Giver, by Lois Lowry 9. Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 10. Christmas Tapestry, by Patricia Polacco
Rebecca Bird 2007 1. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 2. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 4. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 5. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 6. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver 7. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 8. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 9. Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Earle Stegner 10. Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
16 Robert Bird 2007 1. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare 2. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 3. Walden, by Henry David Thoreau 4. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville 5. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 6. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 7. Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller 8. Antigone, by Sophocles 9. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 10. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy
Robert Brown 2013 1. Catch-22, by Joseph Heller 2. For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway 3. The Souls of Black Folk, by W. E. B. Du Bois 4. The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy 5. Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace 6. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez 7. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon 8. Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, by Kurt Vonnegut 9. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 10. Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Van Christman 2007 1. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 2. A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism, by Gregg Easterbrook 3. Priesthood and Church Government, by John A. Widtsoe 4. Teachings of Spencer W. Kimball, by Edward L. Kimball 5. The American Civil War Trilogy, by Bruce Catton 6. Call It Courage, by Armstrong Sperry 7. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson
17 Julie Clark 2007 & 2013 1. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini 2. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 3. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 4. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 5. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte 6. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 7. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 8. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 9. The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier 10. Whale Talk, by Chris Crutcher
Ryan Dabell 2007 1. The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway 2. The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri 3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 5. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare 6. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen W. Hawking 7. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley 8. The Iliad, by Homer 9. The Messiah, by George Frideric Handel 10. The Faith of a Scientist, by Henry Eyring
JoAnn Dalling 2007 1. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder 2. True Rings the Heart, by Susan D. Smallwood 3. The Giving Tree, by Shel Silverstein
18 Joseph Darowski 2013 1. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, by Michael Chabon 2. The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss 3. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare 4. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 5. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 6. Much Ado About Nothing, by William Shakespeare 7. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson 8. The Hero with a Thousand Faces, by Joseph Campbell 9. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, by J. K. Rowling 10. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rick Davis 2007 1. The Prince, by Niccolo Machiavelli 2. Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, by E. D. Hirsch 3. Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline, by Robert H. Bork 4. Intellectuals, by Paul Johnson 5. The plays of William Shakespeare 6. Civilization in the West, by Mark Kishlansky, Patrick Geary, and Patricia O’Brien 7. Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us Deal With Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (Among Other Things), by Dixy Lee Ray 8. The Covenant, by James Michener 9. The Godfather, by Mario Puzo 10. A Little History of the World, by E. H. Gombrich
Susan Dicus 2007 1. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 2. The Choice, by Og Mandino 3. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach 4. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 5. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 6. A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt 7. The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, by Gary Chapman 8. Seeds of Greatness: The 10 Best Secrets to Total Success, by Denis Waitley 9. Christ’s Ideals for Living, by Obert C. Tanner 10. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare 11. Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. Clason 12. Captains and the Kings, by Taylor Caldwell
19 Rob Eaton 2007 1. A Disciple’s Life: The Biography of Neal A. Maxwell, by Bruce C. Hafen 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. Walden, by Henry David Thoreau 4. George Washington, by James Thomas Flexner 5. Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, by Parley P. Pratt 6. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 7. Counseling With Our Councils: Learning to Minister Together in the Church and in the Family, by M. Russell Ballard 8. Good to Great, by Jim Collins 9. The Winds of War, by Herman Wouk 10. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster, by Jon Krakauer
Eric Embree 2007 1. Reaper Man, by Terry Pratchett 2. Cyrano de Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand 3. Centennial, by James A. Michener 4. The Elfstones of Shannara, by Terry Brooks 5. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 6. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 7. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman 8. Believing Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson 9. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson 10. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
Caryn Esplin 2007 1. Drawing on the Powers of Heaven, by Grant Von Harrison 2. Come Unto Me, by Gerald N. Lund 3. Opening Doors to the Heart: The Journey to Timeless Virtues, by Curtis N. Van Alfen 4. How to Get Your Point Across in 30 Seconds or Less, by Milo O. Frank 5. Principle-Centered Leadership, by Stephen R. Covey 6. Return from Tomorrow, by George G. Ritchie and Elizabeth Sherrill 7. Believing Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson 8. The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes, by James L. Ferrell 9. Be Thou an Example, by Gordon B. Hinckley 10. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 11. Heidi, by Johanna Spyri
20 Lynn Firestone 2007 1. The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time, by Jonathan Weiner 2. Finding Darwin’s God: A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution, by Kenneth R. Miller 3. The Company: A Novel of the CIA, by Robert Littell 4. The Stand, by Stephen King 5. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 6. In the Eye of the Storm, by John H. Groberg Sherri Dew Chieko Okazaki 7. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 8. First Things First, by Stephen R. Covey 9. Bonds That Make Us Free: Healing Our Relationships, Coming to Ourselves, by C. Terry Warner 10. Fairy Stories, by Edward W. Dolch, Marguerite P. Dolch and Beulah Jackson
Kevin Galbraith 2007 1. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 2. A Disciple’s Life: The Biography of Neal A. Maxwell, by Bruce C. Hafen 3. The Promise of Discipleship, by Neal A. Maxwell 4. The Infinite Atonement, by Tad R. Callister 5. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 6. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 7. Learning and Teaching for Exponential Growth: A Three Person Problem, by Susan Peterson Gong 8. As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen 9. Covenant Hearts: Marriage and the Joy of Human Love, by Bruce C. Hafen 10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach
Christine Geddes 2007 1. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 2. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 3. Spiritual Lightening: How the Power of the Gospel Can Enlighten Minds and Lighten Burdens, by M. Catherine Thomas 4. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 5. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 6. The Portrait of a Lady, by Henry James 7. The Alliance, by Gerald N. Lund 8. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 9. Men and Women of Christ, by Neal A. Maxwell 10. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy
21 Suzette Gee 2007 & 2013 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 3. Gift from the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindbergh 4. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 5. An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard 6. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 7. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery 8. Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury 9. Exodus, by Leon Uris 10. A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
Janine Gilbert 2007 1. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 2. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare 3. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, by Tom Stoppard 4. A Grief Observed, by C. S. Lewis 5. O Pioneers!, by Willa Cather 6. Otherwise: New and Selected Poems, by Jane Kenyon 7. Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare 8. The Importance of Being Earnest, by Oscar Wilde 9. The Writer on Her Work, by Janet Sternburg 10. One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers, by Gail Sher
Kristen Glenn 2013 1. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson 3. Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand 4. Marley and Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog, by John Grogan 5. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand 6. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, by Frederick Douglass 7. Down the Long Hills, by Louis L’Amour 8. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 9. Follow the River, by James Alexander Thom 10. Any Kate Ross mystery novel
22 Michael Godfrey 2007 1. Dune, by Frank Herbert 2. Faith Precedes the Miracle, by Spencer W. Kimball 3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. The Spider and the Fly, by Mary Howitt and Tony DiTerlizzi 5. The Once and Future King, by T. H. White 6. Holes, by Louis Sachar 7. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak 8. Piggie Pie, by Margie Palatini 9. John Adams, by David McCullough 10. King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub, by Audrey Wood 11. Others, by Blaine M. Yorgason and Brenton Yorgason 12. Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling
Shane Goodwin 2007 1. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 2. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 3. David O. McKay and the Rise of Modern Mormonism, by Gregory A Prince 4. The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter’s Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize, by Douglas G. Brinkley 5. Spiritual Roots of Human Relations, by Stephen R. Covey 6. Two from Galilee, by Marjorie Holmes 7. Green Grass of Wyoming, by Mary O’Hara 8. A Lawyer Looks at the Constitution, by Rex E. Lee 9. The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number, by Mario Livio 10. An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It, by Al Gore
Kathleen Gordon 2007 1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 3. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 4. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 5. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 6. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 7. Tuck Everlasting, by Natalie Babbitt 8. The Giver, by Lois Lowry 9. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, by C. S. Lewis 10. Dr. Seuss Collection, by Dr. Seuss 23
Terry Gorton 2007 1. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 2. The Prelude, by William Wordsworth 3. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 4. Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass 5. The Oresteia, by Aeschylus 6. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley 7. The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett 8. Dubliners, by James Joyce 9. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 10. Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, by René Girard
Kendall Grant 2007 1. Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman 2. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 3. Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4. Lost Boys, by Orson Scott Card 5. Five Perspectives on Teaching in Adult and Higher Education, by Daniel D. Pratt 6. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean 7. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner 8. Housekeeping: A Novel, by Marilynne Robinson 9. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 10. Values of the Game, by Bill Bradley
2013 1. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 2. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 3. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 4. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy 5. The Devil’s Arithmetic, by Jane Yolen 6. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean 7. Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson 8. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 9. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner 10. A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway
24 Gerald Griffin 2007 1. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens 2. My Ántonia, by Willa Cather 3. Martin Eden, by Jack London 4. The Return of the Native, by Thomas Hardy 5. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 6. The Razor’s Edge, by W. Somerset Maugham 7. The Call of the Wild, by Jack London 8. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 9. Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana 10. Centennial, by James A. Michener
Susan Grover 2007 1. Wild Swans, by Jung Chang 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning, by Mary E. Huba and Jann E. Freed 4. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn 5. O Pioneers!, by Willa Cather 6. Harry Potter series, by J. K. Rowling 7. Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli 8. Ender’s series, including Ender’s Children and Bean Sagas, by Orson Scott Card 9. Amy Tan 10. Barbara Kingsolver 11. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 12. Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Jeff Hamblin 2007 1. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 4. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez 5. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 6. Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy 7. Culinary Artistry, by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page 8. The Rituals of Dinner, by Margaret Visser 9. How We Eat: Appetite, Culture, and the Psychology of Food, by Leon Rappoport 10. Post-Capitalist Society, by Peter F. Drucker
25 Amy Hanks 2007 1. Persuasion, by Jane Austen 2. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 3. The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale 4. Rose Daughter, by Robin McKinley 5. Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 6. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling 7. Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor: Being the First Jane Austen Mystery, by Stephanie Barron 8. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery 9. Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love, by Dava Sobel 10. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
2013 1. Persuasion, by Jane Austen 2. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, by Don Miguel Ruiz 3. The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth von Arnim 4. Princess Academy, by Shannon Hale 5. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 6. Rose Daughter, by Robin McKinley 7. Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell 8. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maude Montgomery 9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J. K. Rowling 10. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Omar Hansen 2007 1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens 4. Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens 5. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 6. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 7. Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy 8. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien 9. The Last Apprentice, by Joseph Delaney 10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, by Victor Hugo
26 Ann Marie Harmon 2007 1. Cold Sassy Tree, by Olive Ann Burns 2. Road from Coorain, by Jill Kathryn Conway 3. The Complete Novels of Jane Austen 4. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte 5. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 6. Quo Vadis, by Henryk Sienkiewicz 7. The Silver Chalice, by Thomas B. Costain 8. Green Mansions, by W. H. Hudson 9. The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran 10. From Sea to Shining Sea, by James Alexander Thom
Kip Hartvigsen 2007 1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 2. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 3. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 4. Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare 5. Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather 6. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald 7. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 8. The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien 9. The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde 10. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
27 Lynda Hawkes 2007 1. The River Between Us, by Richard Peck 2. A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck 3. A Long Way From Chicago, by Richard Peck 4. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 5. Copper Sun, by Sharon M. Draper 6. You Can Never Get Enough Of What You Don’t Need: The Quest For Contentment, by Mary Ellen Edmunds 7. If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn’t Be Hard: And Other Reassuring Truths, by Sheri L. Dew 8. Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind, by Ann B. Ross 9. Miss Julia Takes Over, by Ann B. Ross 10. Miss Julia Throws a Wedding, by Ann B. Ross
2013 1. The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr 2. Teach Like a Champion, by Doug Lemov 3. The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare 4. The River Between Us, by Richard Peck 5. A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck 6. A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck 7. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley 8. Copper Sun, by Sharon M. Draper 9. You Can Never Get Enough Of What You Don’t Need: The Quest For Contentment, by Mary Ellen Edmunds 10. If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn’t Be Hard: And Other Reassuring Truths, by Sheri L. Dew
Karen Holt 2013 1. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 2. Bleak House, by Charles Dickens 3. Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, by George Eliot 4. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 5. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien 6. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 7. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 8. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 9. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte 10. Cold Mountain, by Charles Frazier
28 Alan Holyoak 2007 1. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles Darwin 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 4. Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia, by Jean P. Sasson 5. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson 6. The Unabridged Edgar Allan Poe, by Edgar Allan Poe 7. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 8. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury 9. The Killer Angel, by Michael Shaara 10. Sports in America, by James A. Michener 11. A Piece of Luck, by Simon Henwood
2013 1. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles Darwin 2. Merchants of Doubt, by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway 3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 5. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 6. The Unnatural History of the Sea, by Callum Roberts 7. Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy, by Ian W. Toll 8. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, by Lynne Truss 9. An Accidental Athlete: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Middle Age, by John Bingham 10. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, by Laura Hillenbrand
Deanna Hovey 2007 1. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 3. Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery 4. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens 5. Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte 6. The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck 7. A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park 8. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson 9. Silas Marner, by George Eliot 10. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey, by Candice Millard
29 Steve Hunsaker 2007 1. Don Quijote, by Miguel de Cervantes 2. Os Sertões: Campanha de Canudos, by Euclides Da Cunha and M. M. Kucinski 3. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 4. The Odyssey, by Homer 5. Cien años de soledad, by Gabriel García Márquez 6. Go Down, Moses, by William Faulkner 7. Imagined Communities, by Benedict Anderson 8. Tracks, by Louise Erdrich 9. Los Pasos Perdidos, by Alejo Carpentier 10. Lost in Translation, by Eva Hoffman
Murray Hunt 2007 1. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. Discourse on Method and Related Writings, by René Descartes Climbing Parnassus: A New Apologia for Greek and Latin, by Tracy Lee Simmons 4. The Theological Foundations of the Mormon Religion, by Sterling McMurrin Philosophical Foundations of Mormon Theology, by Sterling M. McMurrin Stages of Faith: The Psychology of Human Development, by James W. Fowler 5. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse 6. The Best of Lowell L. Bennion: Selected Writings, 1928-1988, by Lowell Lindsay Bennion Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 7. Jude the Obscure, by Thomas Hardy The Complete Greek Tragedies, by Sophocles The Tragedies of William Shakespeare The Tragedies of Arthur Miller The Complete Stories, by Flannery O’Connor James Joyce Poems, by Stephen Dunn 8. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, by Charles Darwin Civilization and Its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud 9. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy, by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko The Best of Dilbert, by Scott Adams The Complete Far Side 1980-1994, by Gary Larson 10. Dan Brown John Grisham 11. Tao Te Ching, by Lao Tsu Being and Time, by Martin Heidegger
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Casey Hurley 2007 1. My Ántonia, by Willa Cather 2. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 3. Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Earle Stegner 4. Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson 5. The Once and Future King, by T. H. White 6. Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold, by C.S. Lewis 7. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 8. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 9. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E.L. Konigsburg 10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
2013 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Stargirl, by Jerry Spinelli 3. My Ántonia, by Willa Cather 4. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 5. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens 6. Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White 7. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 8. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 9. Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Earle Stegner 10. The Once and Future King, by T. H. White
31 John Ivers 2007 1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire 2. Beyond Culture, by Edward Twitchell Hall 3. Zen and Japanese Culture, by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki 4. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, by Paul Reps 5. 1984, by George Orwell 6. The American Religion, by Harold Bloom 7. Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time, by Michio Kaku 8. How the Mind Works, by Steven Pinker 9. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl
2013 1. Beyond Culture, by Edward Twitchell Hall 2. Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, by Plutarch 3. Inviting School Success: A Self-Concept Approach to Teaching, Learning, and Democratic Practice, by William Watson Purkey and John M. Novak 4. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire 5. Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell 6. How the Mind Works, by Steven Pinker 7. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, by Paul Reps 8. Einstein’s Cosmos: How Albert Einstein’s Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time, by Michio Kaku 9. 1984, by George Orwell 10. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne
32 Jo Anne Kay 2007 1. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 2. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell 3. The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri 4. The Littlest Angel, by Charles Tazewell 5. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 6. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 7. Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott 8. The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck 9. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 10. The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams 11. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 12. Chesapeake: A Novel, by James A. Michener
2013 1. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 2. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 3. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 4. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 5. The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams 6. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell 7. The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes, by James L. Ferrell 8. The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri 9. Poland, by James A. Michener Chesapeake: A Novel, by James A. Michener 10. From Sea to Shining Sea, by James Alexander Thom Follow the River, by James Alexander Thom Long Knife, by James Alexander Thom 11. The Good Earth, by Pearl S. Buck 12. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 13. The Littlest Angel, by Charles Tazewell
Ann Killian 2007 1. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 2. Toward a Psychology of Being, by Abraham H. Maslow 3. In the Hands of the Potter, by Camille Fronk Olson 4. Love Is a Verb: And Other Thoughts on the Greatest Commandment, by Mary Ellen Edmunds 5. The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 6. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens 7. A Single Shard, by Linda Sue Park 8. Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, by Daniel Goleman 9. The Christ Commission, by Og Mandino 10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey
33 Bruce Kusch 2007 1. The Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett 2. Go Forward With Faith: The Biography of Gordon B. Hinckley, by Sheri L. Dew 3. Spencer W. Kimball, by Edward L. Kimball and Andrew E. Kimball 4. Good to Great, by Jim Collins 5. Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done, by Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, and Charles Burck 6. Patriot Games, by Tom Clancy 7. Clear and Present Danger, by Tom Clancy 8. Sahara, by Clive Cussler 9. John Adams, by David McCullough 1776, by David McCullough 10. No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II, by Doris Kearns Goodwin
James Lamph 2007 Sacred 1. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 2. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard Lyman Bushman 3. Articles of Faith, by James E. Talmage 4. Verse by Verse: The Four Gospels, by D. Kelly Ogden and Andrew C. Skinner 5. Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie 6. Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity, by Jeffrey S. O’Driscoll 7. Selection from Doctrines of Salvation: Sermons and Writings of Joseph Fielding Smith, by Joseph Fielding Smith 8. Autobiography of Parley P. Pratt, by Parley P. Pratt
Secular 1. Undaunted Courage, by Stephen E. Ambrose 2. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 3. 1776, by David McCullough 4. Blood: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce, by Douglas Starr 5. Shogun, by James Clavell 6. Centennial, by James A. Michener 7. War and Remembrance, by Herman Wouk 8. Lincoln, by David Herbert Donald 9. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, by James M. McPherson 10. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas
34 Chris Lowry 2007 1. The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. The Two Towers, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, by Antonio Damasio 5. The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis 6. Phantoms in the Brain: Probing the Mysteries of the Human Mind, by V. S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee, and Oliver Sacks 7. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 8. Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 9. Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students, by Robert Leamnson 10. Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein
2013 1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. A Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, by Doris Kearns Goodwin 3. Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 4. The Great Divorce, by C. S. Lewis 5. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 6. Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein 7. Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain, by Antonio Damasio 8. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 9. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 10. The Infinite Atonement, by Tad R. Callister
Betty McQuain 2013 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 3. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen, and Roger Fisher 4. Little House books, by Laura Ingalls Wilder 5. At Home in Mitford (and the rest of the Father Tim series), by Jan Karon 6. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 7. My Ántonia, by Willa Cather 8. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows 9. Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell 10. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey 11. The Gentle Touch, by Ardeth Greene Kapp
35 Brian Merrill 2007 1. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy 2. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3. The Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri 4. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 5. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 6. The Iliad, by Homer 7. Oedipus the King, by Sophocles 8. King Lear, by William Shakespeare 9. The Republic, by Plato 10. Walden, by Henry David Thoreau
Darin Merrill 2007 1. Paradise Lost, by John Milton Paradise Regained, by John Milton 2. The Republic, by Plato 3. The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay 4. The Collected Works of Aristotle, by Aristotle 5. Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius 6. Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville 7. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 8. The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien 9. The Social Contract, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 10. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte
2013 1. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 2. Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, by John Milton 3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. The Silmarillion, by J. R. R. Tolkien 5. The Odyssey, by Homer 6. The Republic, by Plato 7. Metaphysics, by Aristotle 8. The Federalist Papers, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay 9. Metalogicon, by John of Salisbury 10. Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
36 Melissa Merrill 2013 1. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 2. Emma, by Jane Austen 3. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 4. Our Town, by Thornton Wilder 5. The Diaries of Adam and Eve, by Mark Twain 6. A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens 7. The Broken Heart: Applying the Atonement to Life’s Experiences, by Bruce C. Hafen 8. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 9. His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis 10. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
Mark Nygren 2007 1. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey 3. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie 4. I Dare You!, by William H. Danforth 5. Exodus, by Leon Uris 6. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 7. Fire of the Covenant: The Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, by Gerald Lund 8. In the Eye of the Storm, by John H. Groberg 9. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 10. The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes, by James L. Ferrell
2013 1. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 2. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey 3. How to Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie 4. I Dare You!, by William H. Danforth 5. Exodus, by Leon Uris 6. Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson, by Mitch Albom 7. Fire of the Covenant: The Story of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies, by Gerald Lund 8. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 9. The Peacegiver: How Christ Offers to Heal Hearts and Homes, by James L. Ferrell 10. How Will You Measure Your Life?, by Clayton M. Christensen
37 Anne Papworth 2007 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 3. Invisible Man, by Ralph Ellison 4. The Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot 5. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner 6. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 7. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett 8. The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot 9. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 10. A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf
2013 1. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 2. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 3. The Waste Land, by T. S. Eliot 4. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner 5. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 6. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett 7. The Mill on the Floss, by George Eliot 8. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 9. A Room of One’s Own, by Virginia Woolf 10. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
38 Jim Papworth 2007 1. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 2. The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found, by Don J. Snyder 3. His Excellency: George Washington, by Joseph J. Ellis 4. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner 5. Desert Solitaire, by Edward Abbey 6. The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner 7. Song of the Dodo, by David Quammen 8. The Bourne Identity, by Robert Ludlum 9. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean 10. Sometimes a Great Notion, by Ken Kesey
2013 1. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 2. The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Job Lost and a Life Found, by Don J. Snyder 3. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 4. The Collected Poems of Robert Frost, by Robert Frost 5. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 6. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 7. The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo, by Irving Stone 8. A River Runs Through It, by Norman Maclean 9. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 10. Angle of Repose, by Wallace Earle Stegner
Leon Parson 2007 1. A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, by LeGrand Richards 2. Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie 3. Jesus Christ: The Only Sure Foundation, by Robert L. Millet 4. Forgiveness: The Healing Gift We Give Ourselves, by Cheryl Carson 5. Lost and Found: Reflections on the Prodigal Son, by Robert L. Millet 6. An Approach to the Book of Mormon: Course of Study for the Melchizedek Priesthood Quorums of the Church, 1957, by Hugh Nibley 7. Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, by Bruce R. McConkie 8. If Thou Endure It Well, by Neal A. Maxwell 9. Will Power is Not Enough, by A. Dean Byrd and Mark D Chamberlain 10. The Boy Scout Handbook, by Boy Scouts of America
Some other books that I would have loved to have included are: The Trial of the Stick of Joseph, by Jack H. West More Holiness Give Me, by Robert L. Millet I Will Fear No Evil: How the Lord Sustains Us in Perilous Times, by Robert L. Millet A New Witness of the Articles of Faith, by Bruce R. McConkie The First Two Thousand Years, by W. Cleon Skousen The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change, by Stephen R. Covey The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It, by Michael E. Gerber
39 Dan Pearce 2007 1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 2. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens 3. The Complete Novels of Jane Austen 4. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson 5. Civilization and Its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud 6. The Complete Stories, by Flannery O’Connor 7. Dubliners, by James Joyce 8. Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller 9. When Bad Things Happen to Good People, by Harold S. Kushner 10. Think a Second Time, by Dennis Prager
David Pulsipher 2007 1. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard 2. Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Earle Stegner 3. A General Theory of Love, by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, and Richard Lannon 4. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 5. A History of the American People, by Paul M. Johnson 6. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 7. An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mahatma Gandhi 8. The Way to Rainy Mountain, by N. Scott Momaday 9. Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, by Richard Lyman Bushman 10. Sex, Economy, Freedom and Community: Eight Essays, by Wendell Berry
Rudy Puzey 2007 1. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 2. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 3. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 4. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing 5. The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, by Slavomir Rawicz 6. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 7. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis
40 Brian Pyper 2007 1. The Divine Center, by Stephen R. Covey 2. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. The Joy of Insight: Passions of a Physicist, by Victor Weisskopf 4. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, by Thomas S. Kuhn 5. The Game of School: Why We All Play It, How It Hurts Kids, and What It Will Take to Change It, by Robert L. Fried 6. Banner in the Sky, by James Ramsey Ullman 7. Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch, by Eileen Spinelli 8. The Magic of Thinking Big, by David Joseph Schwartz 9. Scouting for Boys, by Robert Baden-Powell 10. To the Far Blue Mountains, by Louis L’Amour How the West Was Won, by Louis L’Amour Last of the Breed, by Louis L’Amour
Andrea Radke-Moss 2007 1. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America, by Erik Larson 2. A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 3. Sarum: The Novel of England, by Edward Rutherfurd 4. Emma, by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 5. A Thoughtful Faith: Essays on Belief by Mormon Scholars, by Philip L. Barlow 6. The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien 7. Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte 8. Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand 9. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton 10. The Alienist: A Novel, by Caleb Carr
41 Jim Richards 2007 & 2013 1. Paradise Lost, by John Milton 2. The Collected Works of Shakespeare, by William Shakespeare 3. The Collected Dialogues of Plato, by Plato 4. The Collected Poems of Robert Frost, by Robert Frost 5. Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996, by Seamus Heaney 6. Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck 7. The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, by Emily Dickinson 8. The Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger 9. Selected Tales and Sketches, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 10. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
I would include Discourses of Brigham Young and The Teachings of Joseph Smith near the top of the list, but I’ve excluded them as scripture.
Blaine Robertson 2007 1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 1. The Gentle Touch, by Ardeth Greene Kapp 2. Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie 3. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 4. Spencer W. Kimball, by Edward L. Kimball and Andrew E. Kimball 5. Dune series, by Frank Herbert 6. The Prince, by Niccolò Machiavelli 7. Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbs 8. Rich on Any Income, by James P. Christensen 9. Basic Home Wiring Illustrated, by Sunset Magazine and Book Editors
2013 1. The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. The Fellowship of the Ring, by J. R. R. Tolkien 3. The Two Towers, by J. R. R. Tolkien 4. The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 5. Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card 6. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford 7. John Adams, by David McCullough 8. Washington: A Life, by Ron Chernow 9. Dune, by Frank Herbert 10. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, by Jon Meacham
42 Derik Robertson 2013 1. I and Thou, by Martin Buber 2. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 4. The Glass Bead Game, by Herman Hesse 5. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None, by Friedrich Nietzsche 6. Dandelion Wine, by Ray Bradbury 7. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville 8. Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman 9. The Fall, by Albert Camus 10. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley
Lynette Robertson 2007 1. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing 2. Jayber Crow, by Wendell Berry 3. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley 4. Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe 5. The Virginian, by Owen Wister 6. The Trial, by Franz Kafka 7. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 8. Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls 9. Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival, by Velma Wallis 10. History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, Lucy Mack Smith, by Lucy Mack Smith
2013 1. Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage, by Alfred Lansing 2. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 3. Infidelity, by Wendell Berry (or any book by this author) 4. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 5. The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Hour, by Candice Millard 6. Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 7. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley 8. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 9. Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder, by Richard Louv 10. Women in the Material World, by Faith D’Aluisio and Peter Menzel
43 David Rock 2013 1. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville 2. Fictions, by Jorge Luis Borges 3. Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes 4. Walden, by Henry David Thoreau 5. Altazor o el viaje en paracaídas, by Vicente Huidobro 6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 7. Tragic Sense of Life, by Miguel de Unamuno 8. The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy, by William James 9. Rickenbacker: An Autobiography, by Edward V. Rickenbacker 10. Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy, by Simon Blackburn
Ben Romney 2007 1. The Faith of a Scientist, by Henry Eyring 2. Key to the Science of Theology, by Parley P. Pratt 3. Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes, by Gordon B. Hinckley 4. The Things That Matter Most, by Lowell L. Bennion 5. Return from Tomorrow, by George G. Ritchie and Elizabeth Sherrill 6. The End of the Road, by Tom Bodett 7. The Trial of the Stick of Joseph, by Jack H. West 8. Flower Confidential: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful in the Business of Flowers, by Amy Stewart 9. As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen 10. Happily Ever After? Putting Vitality and Reality into Marriage, by Jeannie Takahashi
44 Rhonda Seamons 2007 1. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 2. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 3. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley 4. Our Sisters in the Bible, by Jerrie W. Hurd 5. Heroines of the Restoration, edited by Barbara B. Smith and Blythe Darlyn Thatcher 6. Once in Israel, by Emma Lou Thayne 7. The Man Who Planted Trees, by Jean Giono 8. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 9. Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates 10. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread, by Kate DiCamillo
2013 1. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 2. Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo 3. Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast, by Robin McKinley 4. The King of Attolia, by Megan Whalen Turner (The third—and my favorite—in The Queen’s Thief series.) 5. The Ruins of Gorlan, by John Flanagan (The whole Ranger’s Apprentice series is great!) 6. The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas 7. The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Tolan 8. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 9. A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story, by Linda Sue Park 10. The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick
45 Kevin Smith 2007 1. Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems, 5th Edition, by Gene Franklin, J.D. Powell, and Abbas Emami-Naeini 2. Discrete-Time Signal Processing, 2nd Edition, by Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer, and John R. Buck 3. Signals and Systems, by Alan V. Oppenheim, Alan S. Willsky, and S. Hamid Nawab 4. Electric Circuits, 7th Edition, by James W. Nilsson and Susan Riedel 5. Fundamentals of Physics, by David Halliday, Robert Resnick, and Jearl Walker 6. General Chemistry: Theory and Description, by J. Rex Goates 7. Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition, by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 8. Human Anatomy and Physiology, 7th Edition, by Elaine N. Marieb and Katja Hoehn 9. Essentials of Fire Fighting, by International Fire Service Training Association 10. CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 31st Edition, by Daniel Zwillinger
2013 1. Influencer: The Power to Change Anything, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler 2. The Proper Care & Feeding of Marriage, by Laura Schlessinger 3. The Price We Paid: The Extraordinary Story of the Willie & Martin Handcart Pioneers, by Andrew D. Olsen 4. Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior, by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, and Al Switzler 5. The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, by The Arbinger Institute 6. Man’s Search for Meaning, by Viktor E. Frankl 7. The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life’s Most Difficult Problems, by Stephen R. Covey 8. Leadership and Self-deception: Getting Out of the Box, by The Arbinger Institute 9. Life’s Lessons Learned, by Dallin H. Oaks
Ferron Sonderegger 2007 1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 2. James Herriot’s Animal Stories, by James Herriot 3. The Chronicles of Narnia, by C. S. Lewis 4. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 5. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years, by Carl Sandburg 6. Washington: The Indispensable Man, by James Thomas Flexner 7. Schindler’s List, by Thomas Keneally 8. The Hiding Place, by Corrie ten Boom 9. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 10. A Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Battle of World War II, by Cornelius Ryan
46 Paula Soper 2013 1. Bel Canto, by Ann Patchett 2. Beloved, by Toni Morrison 3. A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens 4. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 5. Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley 6. Henry V, by William Shakespeare (if I have to pick only one Shakespeare – otherwise, the collected works) 7. Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes, by Du Bose Heyward 8. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll 9. Dubliners, by James Joyce 10. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver 11. A Child’s Christmas in Wales, by Dylan Thomas
Steve Stewart 2007 1. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse 2. The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called The Ark, by Mikhail Naimy 3. Popol Vuh, Translated by Dennis Tedlock 4. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez 5. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, by Paul Reps 6. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 7. The Dream Songs, by John Berryman 8. Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney 9. The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick 10. Lion Bridge: Selected Poems 1972-1995, by Michael Palmer
2013 1. Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life, by Thich Nhat Hanh 2. El Ladrón de Atardeceres, by Rafael Pérez Estrada 3. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse 4. Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu, by John Felstiner 5. One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez 6. To Touch the Sky: Poems of Mystical, Spiritual, and Metaphysical Light, by Willis Barnstone 7. The Man in the High Castle, by Philip K. Dick 8. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, by Paul Reps 9. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values, by Robert M. Pirsig 10. Poemas en Prosa, by Ángel Crespo
47 Steve Stokes 2007 1. The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, by Shel Silverstein 2. The Horse and His Boy, by C. S. Lewis 3. Coyotes: A Journey Through the Secret World of America’s Illegal Aliens, by Ted Conover 4. Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics, by David M. O’Brien 5. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 6. Believing Christ, by Stephen E. Robinson 7. The Republic, by Plato 8. The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, by Bernard Bailyn 9. On Liberty and Other Essays, by John Stuart Mill 10. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien 11. The Sign and the Seal, by Graham Hancock
John Thomas 2007 1. Yearning for the Living God: Reflections from the Life of F. Enzio Busche, by F. Enzio Busche 2. Spencer W. Kimball, by Edward L. Kimball and Andrew E. Kimball 3. The Screwtape Letters, by C. S. Lewis 4. I Am David, by Anne Holm 5. April 1865: The Month That Saved America, by Jay Winik 6. Men with a Mission: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in the British Isles, 1837-1841, by James B. Allen, Ronald K. Esplin, and David J. Whittaker 7. The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien 8. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton 9. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, by Joseph J. Ellis 10. The Man Who Planted Trees, by Jean Giono
Susan Thomas 2013 1. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 2. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen 3. The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton 4. David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens 5. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard 6. All the Little Live Things, by Wallace Earle Stegner 7. The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel, by Barbara Kingsolver 8. A Map of the World, by Jane Hamilton 9. Friend of My Youth, by Alice Munro
48 Brian Tonks 2007 1. Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy 2. The Cardinal of the Kremlin, by Tom Clancy 3. The Sum of All Fears, by Tom Clancy 4. Debt of Honor, by Tom Clancy 5. The Bear and the Dragon, by Tom Clancy 6. When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time, by Michael Benton 7. Rare Earth: Why Complex Life Is Uncommon in the Universe, by Peter Ward and Donald Brownlee 8. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom, by Walter Alvarez 9. Beyond Natural Selection, by Robert Wesson
Stephen Turcotte 2007 & 2013 1. Life of Heber C. Kimball, by Orson F. Whitney 2. Jesus the Christ, by James E. Talmage 3. Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens 4. 1776, by David McCullough 5. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 6. Beautiful Evidence, by Edward R. Tufte 7. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen W Hawking 8. Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott 9. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy 10. Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lyle Wakefield 2013 1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, by J. R. R. Tolkien
49 Eric Walz 2007 1. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Adventures, by Carey Rockwell 2. Two Years Before the Mast, by Richard Henry Dana 3. HMS Ulysses, by Alistair MacLean 4. Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism, by Richard Bushman 5. R. E. Lee: A Biography, by Douglas Southall Freeman 6. Young Men and Fire, by Norman Maclean 7. Frémont: Explorer for a Restless Nation, by Ferol Egan 8. The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman 9. Out of This Furnace, by Thomas Bell 10. Old Jules, by Mari Sandoz
Lee Warnick 2007 1. Mere Christianity, by C. S. Lewis 2. The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck 3. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 4. A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens 5. Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 6. A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson 7. The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer 8. The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne 9. Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson 10. The World Is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman
I am not including LDS writings of any type, not just scriptural. If nonscriptural works were fair game, I’d include Jesus the Christ and choose something by Elder Neal A. Maxwell. Others that might make the list if you were to ask me next month: O! Pioneers by Willa Cather, The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy, Macbeth by William Shakespeare, Les Misérables by Victor Hugo, Walden by Henry David Thoreau, The Lives of a Cell by Lewis Thomas, The Boys of Summer by Roger Kahn, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Blink by Malcolm Gladwell and Conspiracy of Fools by Kurt Eichenwald.
Jaren Watson 2013 1. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville 2. Blood Meridian; or, The Evening Redness in the West, by Cormac McCarthy 3. Housekeeping: A Novel, by Marilynne Robinson 4. Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov 5. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, by Annie Dillard 6. The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky 7. Suttree, by Cormac McCarthy 8. Annapurna: The First Conquest of an 8,000-Meter Peak, by Maurice Herzog 9. Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited, by Vladimir Nabokov 10. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy 50