阅读挑战 - 南桥著 （转载） (2014/09/08)

在冰桶挑战之后，我有个朋友发起了“阅读挑战”，列出对自己影响最大的，或者自己觉得比较好的十本书。我也被挑战，然后我也问了其他几个朋友，想看美国人平时都读什么书，结果很有趣，我舍不得匆匆跳过，全给收集了起来，大家不妨看看。可惜我的朋友多在大学工作，代表性不一定够，欢迎大家找自己身边的朋友补充。

Jennifer, 心理学教授（Professor of Psychology)
Against Love Poetry - Eavan Boland (I could probably put forward her entire body of work right here...but I'll start with this one)
My Name is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok
In the Name of Jesus - Henri Nouwen
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
Hope Leslie - Catherine Maria Sedgwick
Course in General Linguistics - Ferdinand de Saussure
The Collected Poems - William Butler Yeats
North and South - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Borderlands/La Frontera - Gloria Anzaldua
Ann, 俄克拉荷马大学营销协调员（Marketing Coordinator at the University of Oklahoma）
East of Eden- John Steinbeck
Grapes of Wrath- John Steinbeck
Blue like Jazz- Donald Miller
How to Win Friends and Influence People- Dale Carnegie
Leaving Ruin- Jeff Berryman
The Good Earth- Pearl Buck
Celebration of Discipline- Richard Foster
Rebecca, 米德威大学英文系主任（Chair of the English dept. at Midway College）
The book Thief
The Poisonwood Bible
The Great Gatsby
The Sound and the Fury
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Christy
David Copperfield
The Color Purple
 Beloved
The Awakening
Moby Dick
The Scarlet Letter
A Death in the Family
To Kill a Mockingbird
Out of Africa
A Room with a View
The Rainbow
Mrs. Dalloway
The Hours
The God of Small Things
The Kite Runner
1000 Splendid Suns
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, etc etc. 
Plays by T. Williams, A. Miller, W. B. Yeats, Martin McDonough, Brian Friel, John M. Synge, Naomi Wallace, Chekhov, and of course Shakespeare (Edward de Vere) and the Bible!
John, 课程设计师、兼职哲学教授（ Instructional Designer and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy）
Anna Karinina - Tolstoy
Brothers Karamazov - Dostoyevsky
Fear and Trembling - Kierkegaard
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Far From the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
Last Temptation of Christ - Kazantzakis
Emma - Austen
Flow – Mihaly Csiksentmihaly - 
The Evolving Self - Mihaly Csiksentmihaly 
The Seagulll- Chekov
Jude the Obscure - Hardy
Richard, 圣经教授（Professor of Biblical Studies）
Sophocles, Antigone
The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
Tom Long, Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian
Orhan Pamuk, Snow (also Istanbul)
Constantin Stanislavski, An Actor Prepares
Jon D. Levenson, Sinai and Zion: An Entry into the Jewish Bible
Martha Nussbaum, Fragility of Goodness
Keith Hopkins, A World Filled with Gods: The Strange Triumph of Christianity
Wayne Meeks, First Urban Christians
Peter Brown, The Body and Society
Kenneth Miller, Finding Darwin’s God
Robert Scholes, The Rise and Fall of English: Restructuring English as a Discipline
Bill, 教育技术师和兼职数学教授（Educational Technologist and Adjunct Professor of Math）
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis 
The Challenge to Care in Schools - Nel Noddings 
More than a Carpenter - Josh McDowell 
How to get what you want and Want what you get - Willard Tate 
12 Steps to a Closer Walk with God - Don Umphrey 
The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow
The Blind Side - Michael Lewis 
Dear Jay, Love Dad - Jay Wilkinson 
Raising a Modern Day Knight - Robert Lewis, and finally 
The Bible - God

Virginia, 斯特拉领导力中心研究和设计副总裁（Vice President of Research and Design at Strata Leadership）
Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis - really made me think about my faith - why I believe what I do, and what faith really means.
The Black Cauldron - by Lloyd Alexander. This young adult book was suggested to me by my junior high library teacher. She thought I would enjoy reading fantasy novels and this book, from the Chronicles of Prydain was like an introduction to the genre. This book was why I went on to read J.R.R. Tolkien.
The Lord of the Ring series by J.R.R. Tolkien. I actually read the trilogy prior to reading the Hobbit, even though I received the Hobbit for Christmas one year from my parents before they gifted me the series. The series taught me a lot about adventure, friendship, loyalty, staying true to your commitment.
The Ugly American is a political novel written by Burdick and Lederer in 1958. It opened my eyes to the maneuverings of various political forces - including countries, ideologies, and the church. 
Exodus by Leon Uris - told me another side of the story of establishment of the Jewish state, post-war.
The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. This series was something our family read together (separately but basically at the same time) and then we enjoyed the movies - I love the lessons on kindness, bravery, friendship, and love. We had some great family discussions from this series (remember the mirror of erised?)
Straight Man by Richard Russo. This book spoke to my middle age self - I never laughed so hard when reading "silently."
Dune by Frank Herbert. I enjoyed the intricate combination of political intrigue and science fiction.
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov. This series was my introduction to science fiction - who would think a novel about a mathematician could be so fascinating!
The Blessing by Trent and Smalley. This book changed the way I spoke the future to my children - choosing to paint a picture of the virtuous adults they would become rather than just focusing on achievement.
以下是我觉得对我自己影响比较大的几本：
Berlin Fang, 课程设计师（Instructional Designer）
The Bible
Fatherhood by Bill Cosby
Lakewebegon Days by Garrison Keillor
The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative by Ken Robinson
Out of Our Minds: Anti-Intellectualism and Talent Development in American Schooling by Craig Howley, Aimee Howley and Edwina Pendarvis
The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Perfect Mess: The Hidden Benefits of Disorder by David H. Freedman
Make it Stick by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
A Tree Grows in Brookly by Betty Smith
Big Data by Tu Zipei
Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life by Len Fisher
Teacher Man by Frank McCourt
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely
Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill
University Inc. by Jennifer Washburn
Awake in the Dark by Roger Ebert
The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
The Diffusion of Innovations by Everett Rogers
A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink
Bend of the River by V. S. Naipaul
我也挑战大家列出自己的书单。