The Assistant Headmaster of the French American School in Berkeley asked to be turned on to new writers for the summer.  So I compiled the desert island reading list of the best books ever.

 

•The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

•Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

•Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates by Tom Robbins

•Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy

•The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles

•A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers

•Contact by Carl Sagan

•Oh the Glory of it All by Sean Wilsey