Cindy’s Favorite Reads

FICTION

Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

A perennial delight; sparked my imagination as a child

Diana Abu Jaber, Arabian Jazz

Sympathetic look at Arab-American culture

Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue

Hilarious, clever, fast-moving book by an ardent environmentalist

Sara Paretsky, Indemnity Only

Great reading for anyone who loves Chicago

David Lodge, Paradise News

Laugh-out-loud segments mesh with profound insights on life

NON-FICTION

Maria Rosa Menocal, The Ornament of the World

The convivencia in medieval Spain (period of tolerance and artistic exchange among Muslims, Jews, Christians)

Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

Deceptively simple but wise reflections

Poetry of John Donne

Infinitely re-readable; my "desert island" book