I can’t say ‘favorite’ because these are basically the earliest books I loved, or the latest books I have loved.

• • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig

• • A Field Guide to Ecology of Eastern Forests; North America by John C. Kricher and Gordon Morrison

• • How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving by David Richo

• • Beloved by Toni Morrison

• • Daring Greatly by Brené Brown

• • A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

• • How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker