A Sea Of Red

This is a list compiled by Intercollegiate Review, which is a conservative group, so these books are by and large conservative-leaning. I've only read 2 on the list (Orthodoxy, Abolition of Man), and only had one other on my to-read list (The Constitution of Liberty), but this definitely gives me some titles to add to my Amazon wish list.

http://www.intercollegiatereview.com/in ... h-century/
Here are their top 5:

1. Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1907)
Pessimism and nostalgia at the bright dawn of the twentieth century must have seemed bizarre to contemporaries. After a century of war, mass murder, and fanaticism, we know that Adams’s insight was keen indeed.

2. C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man (1947)
Preferable to Lewis’s other remarkable books simply because of the title, which reveals the true intent of liberalism.

3. Whittaker Chambers, Witness (1952)
The haunting, lyrical testament to truth and humanity in a century of lies (and worse). Chambers achieves immortality recounting his spiritual journey from the dark side (Soviet Communism) to the—in his eyes—doomed West. One of the great autobiographies of the millennium.

4. T. S. Eliot, Selected Essays, 1917–1932 (1932, 1950)
Here, one of the century’s foremost literary innovators insists that innovation is only possible through an intense engagement of tradition. Every line of Eliot’s prose bristles with intelligence and extreme deliberation.

5. Arnold Toynbee, A of History (1934–61)
Made the possibility of a divine role in history respectable among serious historians. Though ignored by academic careerists, Toynbee is still read by those whose intellectual horizons extend beyond present fashions.

What do you think? I'm looking forward to their 50 Wost Books list, should be fun.

Textbooks on the list? Gross.

lynchburgwildcats wrote:Textbooks on the list? Gross.

Looks like you're on a roll....

I have The Abolition of Man on my to-read list as well. I read the Churchill work years ago. He doesn't exactly hide his personal opinions like he did in his History of the English-Speaking Peoples.

flamerbob wrote:

lynchburgwildcats wrote:Textbooks on the list? Gross.

Looks like you're on a Troll....

FIFY

i too have read orthodoxy twice. once in highschool and again a few years back. i probably didn't understand a lick of it in hs because i stumbled through it a few years back. whats amazing is how you feel like he could of written it 2 months ago and it all still applied.

i've read abolition and i read the cosmos one by Percy.

None of the others' descriptions really did much for me.

Purple Haize wrote:

flamerbob wrote:

lynchburgwildcats wrote:Textbooks on the list? Gross.

Looks like you're a Troll....

FIFY

FIFY again

I've read about 1/3 of those books listed. Of the ones that I have read, some of them are very good, while others are dated.

To Kill A Mockingbird isn't on the list? Must be yankees.

They limited it to non-fiction and English-language books of the 20th century.


Anyone reading anything good this summer? I just finished the Galations for You commentary by Tim Keller and 'Is God Anti-Gay?' by Sam Allberry. I'd recommend Sam's book to anyone, really clear and well thought-out.

I'm currently reading one of EM Bounds' books on prayer, and 'Gilead' by Marilynne Robinson and really enjoying it. It's just the kind of book I'd love to write. And if you've never read Bounds, you are missing out. Not sure what I want to read next, but I've got a pretty big stack to go already.

ATrain wrote:

Purple Haize wrote: FIFY

FIFY again

How many LU alum does it take to "fix a post"? Apparently twice as many as should be necessary

ALUmnus wrote:I just finished the Galations for You commentary by Tim Keller and 'Is God Anti-Gay?' by Sam Allberry. I'd recommend Sam's book to anyone, really clear and well thought-out.

Does Sam actually answer the question or is it another one of those books where you have to decide for yourself?

ATrain wrote:

flamerbob wrote:

lynchburgwildcats wrote:Textbooks on the list? Gross.

Looks like you're a Troll....

Yeah, I'm the troll....

1984 is left out? Love Milton Friedman's capitalism and freedom.

jbock13 wrote:1984 is left out? Love Milton Friedman's capitalism and freedom.

If I read the article right, they limited to works of non-fiction.

Okay. That makes sense then.

ALUmnus wrote:They limited it to non-fiction and English-language books of the 20th century.


Anyone reading anything good this summer? I just finished the Galations for You commentary by Tim Keller and 'Is God Anti-Gay?' by Sam Allberry. I'd recommend Sam's book to anyone, really clear and well thought-out.

I'm currently reading one of EM Bounds' books on prayer, and 'Gilead' by Marilynne Robinson and really enjoying it. It's just the kind of book I'd love to write. And if you've never read Bounds, you are missing out. Not sure what I want to read next, but I've got a pretty big stack to go already.

i've only read Killing Kennedy and Unbroken so far this summer and am nursing my way through Assassin's Apprentice.

both kennedy and unbroken were great.

re-read "ON KILLING" by Col Dave Grossman

just started "WARRIOR MINDSET" Asken/Christensen/Grossman

yes sort of a theme going here.