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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

-Oscar Wilde

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I am of the opinion that you can tell a lot about a person from the books they read.  I will include several books here that I have read or am currently reading.

EVOLUTION- I certainly have a bias here.  A large portion of my books fit into this category.   This is an abbreviated list, but these are some of the best.

Check out this great site for books with an evolution theme.

• The Blind Watchmaker- Richard Dawkins (This is my favorite author in this area)

• Climbing Mount Improbable- Richard Dawkins

• The Selfish Gene- Richard Dawkins

• The Extended Phenotype- Richard Dawkins

• A River Out of Eden- Richard Dawkins

• Unweaving the Rainbow- Richard Dawkins

• Microcosmos- Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan

• Slanted Truths- Lynn Margulis and Dorian Sagan

• Wonderful Life- Stephen J. Gould

• Mismeasure of Man- Stephen J. Gould

• Why is Sex Fun?- Jared Diamond

• Darwin's Dangerous Idea- Daniel Dennett

• The Beak of the Finch- Jonathan Weiner             

CLASSICS- Certainly this is a category that is potentially endless.  However, I am simply going to list here some of my personal favorites.   The omission of any "classic" book from this list is not necessarily representative of my opinion in their regard, but rather a reflection of the fact that this is a list and must necessarily have a limit.

You can, of course, go here for any of these books.

• The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde (my favorite author here)

• Frankenstein- Mary Shelley

• Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov

• Candide- Voltaire

NON-FICTION- The books listed here will reflect my general interests and will probably be somewhat biased towards science and biology.

• Into Thin Air- Jon Krakauer

• Into the Wild- Jon Krakauer

• In Search of Nature- E.O. Wilson

• Five Kingdoms- A Guide to the Phyla of Life- Lynn Margulis

• The Pony Fish's Glow- George C. Williams

FICTION-  I do read books of themes beyond biology.   Really.  Here are a few of them.

• Cat's Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut

• Galapagos- Kurt Vonnegut

• Slaughterhouse Five- Kurt Vonnegut