Summer Reading List (Evolving)

Here's what I have so far (bolded titles have been finished):

Hunting for Hope, Scott Russell Sanders - written by my favorite professor at IU

On the Road, Jack Kerouac - a classic, and the timing feels right

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values, Robert M. Pirsig - the subject matter intrigued me

True at First Light, Ernest Hemingway - it's Hemingway. I can't go wrong.

A Man Without A Country, Kurt Vonnegut - it's Vonnegut. I can't go wrong.

The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship, Charles Bukowski - a different strain of Bukowski

Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond - recommended by an IU professor in order to 'round out any quality liberal arts education'

A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson - recommended by same professor that recommended Diamond, for the same reason

Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut - I've never read it, for some reason

Final Exam: A Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality, Dr. Pauline Chen - on the Pritzker reading list, and something I've been interested in for some time now

Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, Atul Gawande - another quality book recommended by the Pritzker folks

Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science, Atul Gawande - Pritzker, again

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death, Jean-Dominique Bauby - Pritzker, again, and I've heard good things

How Doctors Think, Jerome Groopman - Pritzker, again.

Choke, Chuck Palahniuk - written by Fight Club author. Involves a dropout med student. Interested?

One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Pritzker, again. Good things, again.

Finish the Harry Potter series

The list will evolve as I finish some of these works, I'm sure. There's also quite a few of books from the Pritzker recommended reads list - I'm partially following the list for two reasons: I've never been a fan of medically-oriented TV shows (Scrubs, ER, etc.). This is primarily because I don't watch TV all that much and secondly because I find other things more worthwhile. The second reason is that my exposure to medical literature is limited and doesn't extend far beyond Michael Crichton, sadly. So I hope to resolve that situation.