#2 Nonfiction Literature

Here it goes, a list of some of the nonfiction that I have read :)

Autobiography: Still Me by Christopher Reeve, All But My Life- Gerda Weissman Klein, The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow (I haven't read all of this one just yet...)

Diary: Diary of Anne Frank

Biography: I've read a few, and I can't remember them right now. I'll come back to this one.

History: Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis

Criticism:

Personal Essay Collection: Power of the Blood: Approaching God with Confidence by Bob Sorge, & I've read some snippets by C.S. Lewis

Journalists:

Political Commentary:

Scientific Topics:

Nature Topics:

Humor:

Honestly, I'm a bigger fan of fiction, and I can be pretty picky about reading nonfiction. However, some of these books are wonderful, and are high on my list.

I read Still Me by Christopher Reeve last year for Eng.10. I'm a nerd, and the true reason for me choosing to read this autobiography was because I'm a huge fan of the show Smallville and the rest of the Superman franchise. I knew Christopher was in a few of the earliest Superman movies, and that he had an accident that caused him to become paralyzed. I was really touched by Christopher's book. He shared his feelings about his accident, and I gained a huge amount of respect for him and his strength. Unfortunately, he died in 2004.

The Last Lecture broke my heart. The author had pancreatic cancer, which my dad had died from in 2008, so this book hit me hard. Randy Pausch was a college professor and he, like many other professors, were asked to write his "last lecture." After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Randy wrote a lecture on life and about himself that his kids could look back to someday, since any lecture could actually be his very last. I highly recommend that people read this book. It pulls your heart strings, but it's the best kind of pain.

All But My Life is one of my favorite school reads. I'm a fan of history, and I loved this book because you got the history, Gerda in fist person, and raw emotion. I don't know what else to say about this book. It is simply wonderful, and if you haven't done so, you need to read it for yourself. There is not a review that can give enough kudos to this powerful book.

I've read some of the personal essays by Bob Sorge & C.S. Lewis because we share the same faith. They're books are powerful, and I enjoy reading them. C.S. Lewis also wrote some of my favorite books, The Chronicles of Narnia, but those are fiction... ;)