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.