Archive

James Bradley's Book Bag

Bestselling author of 'Flags of Our Fathers' shares his favorite reads, from Lao Tzu to Kurt Vonnegut. His new book, 'Imperial Cruise,' is out now.

James Bradley
James Bradley
galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---tao-te-ching_bb7qup
galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---tao-te-ching_wbnoxa

By Lao Tzu

Older and read by more people than the Bible, this remarkable 81-page book is the foundation of Eastern thought.  A short book, but it took me years of re-reading to begin to sense its wisdom.

galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---sayonara_dww9yk

By James Michener

When I went to university in Tokyo, I read this tender story about love between people of different races and shed a tear.

galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---king-leopolds-ghost_ly121k

By Adam Hochschild

An epic tale of an African holocaust brilliantly told.

galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---what-the-buddha-taught_hkl8wp

By Walpola Rahula

Most people’s idea of Buddhism is based upon what others have made up.  Rahula has done the world a favor by scraping off all the historical gold leaf and presenting what the human called Buddha actually taught.

galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---jfk-and-the-unspeakable_mq5lkv

By James W. Douglass

A remarkable story that changed the way I view the world.

galleries/2009/12/20/james-bradley-s-book-bag/james-bradley-book-bag---slaughterhouse-five_abesja

By Kurt Vonnegut

For anyone who aspires to write well or who wonders what war is about.

James Bradley

James Bradley

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now