Last Finished:
I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy
CURRENTLY READING:
Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America, Erik Larson
Next up:
New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009, Teresa Carpenter (ed.)
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My reading rotation, with my current category in bold and my last completed from each category in blue:
- Item suggested by and/or owned by my wife.
(The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank) - Suggestion from my local library, or its latest annual community-wide One Read selection.
(The Big Door Prize, M.O. Walsh) - My personal choice, which may be from any of the other categories or something entirely different.
(A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes, Stephen W. Hawking) - Popular now and/or new release
(Becoming, Michelle Obama) - Suggestion from a friend, family member, or book club.
(The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams)
- Wild Card–a title that was an impulse or recommendation and moved ahead of my next book already in the queue.
(I Am Spock, Leonard Nimoy) - I am also reading in between each category:
- Something from US History, including memoir/biography (this category was previously ‘Biography of a US president’ until I finished at least one on each of the 46 presidencies)
(To Be A Slave, Julius Lester) - Next item from my book list, 52 Great Books to Read from the New York Public Library, Lynn Gordon, Chronicle Books, 1998. I have now read 26 of the 52.
(The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C.S. Lewis)
- Something from US History, including memoir/biography (this category was previously ‘Biography of a US president’ until I finished at least one on each of the 46 presidencies)

My collection as it was recently. I now own biographies of presidents 1-41, autobiography/memoirs written by 42, 43, and 44, and biographies of 45 and 46.
I believe 20-25 years between presidency and biography is the minimum history requires for a fair assessment, and I honestly believe it will be 100 years before anyone can offer an impartial cradle-to-grave biography of #45.
As I neared the end of my first run through the presidents, it finally struck me how white and male this agenda was, so I’m working on reading more books by and about women and people of other races. Among my collection, I now own 14 books by or about the first ladies.