Although in many cases it’s difficult to decide on one book, here’s my list.
1. One book that changed my life: Can’t decide really, but these small books made big impressions on me as an undergrad: C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain and Thomas Paine, Common Sense.
2. One book I’ve read more than once: Richard M. Weaver, Ideas Have Consequences (3x) and David Gress, From Plato to NATO (7x)
3. One book I’d want on a desert island: Eugenio Corti, The Red Horse. It’s an epic historical novel that recounts the barbarism of fascism and communism in WWII Italy and reminds readers that the power of family and faith can help individuals overcome what seems insurmountable.
4. One book that made me laugh: Not a book, really, but Moliere’s Tartuffe.
5. One book that made me cry: Wendell Berry, Remembering. Just misty-eyed that’s all.
6. One book that I wish had been written: No Other College Champion: The Story of Volunteer Football, 1925-2006.
7. One book I wish had not been written: Anything by Michel Foucault. Pick one.
8. One book I’m currently reading: Hugh Heclo and Wilfred M. McClay, eds., Religion Returns to the Public Square (for obvious reasons).
9. One book I’ve been meaning to read: Russell Kirk, The Roots of American Order.
Like Mr. Ham, I’m running out of people to tag.
