Alan's Favorite Books

These are not necessarily my favorite books. I just started reading again after a 30 year sabbatical. I'm a math guy, NOT a book guy. But I've enjoyed quite a few books since I took up the hobby last year. The list below are the books I read in 1997, plus a couple of my all-time favorites from many years back.

Book	Author	Genre	Rating (5 is high)	When I read it
1984	George Orwell	Science Fiction/Classics	5	1982
Crime & Punishment	Fyodor Dostoyevsky	Philosophy/Murder/Classics	5	1985
Desiring God	John Piper	Christian	5	1987
Arthur, A Pilgrim	Arthur Blessitt	Christian	4	1987
Hinds' Feet On High Places	Hannah Hurnard	Christian	4	1987
The Princess Bride	William Goldman	Fantasy	5	1991
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance	Robert Pirsig	Philosophy	4	1992
Patriot Games	Tom Clancy	International Terrorism	2	1992
A Time To Kill	John Grisham	Courtroom Drama	5	1997
The Firm	John Grisham	Suspense	5	1997
The Day After Tomorrow	Allan Folsom	International Terrorism	5	1997
Along Came A Spider	James Patterson	Murder	3	1997
Pleading Guilty	Scott Turow	Suspense	4	1997
Lord Of The Flies	William Golding	Classics	4	1997
Runaway Jury	John Grisham	Courtroom Drama	2	1997
The Time Machine	H.G. Wells	Classics/Science Fiction/Philosophy	2	1997
And Then There Were None	Agatha Christie	Mystery	5	1997
M or N	Agatha Christie	Mystery	2	1997
A Separate Peace	John Knowles	Classics	4	1997
The Andromeda Strain	Michael Crichton	Computer/Biological Suspense	2	1997
The Bourne Identity	Robert Ludlum	Spy	5	1997
The Novel	James Michener	Folklore/Murder	2	1997
Martians, Go Home	Frederic Brown	Science Fiction	3	1997
The Client (Audio)	John Grisham	Courtroom Drama	3	1997
The Big Picture (Audio)	Douglas Kennedy	Murder	4	1997
Contact (Audio)	Carl Sagan	Science Fiction	3	1997
Plum Island (Audio)	Nelson DeMille	Murder	3	1997
The Witches Of Eastwick (Audio)	John Updike	????	0	1997
The Partner (Audio)	John Grisham	Suspense, Murder	4	1998