Ellen Feldman's Next to Love

I'm excited to read Ellen Feldman's Next to Love:

Set in a small town in Massachusetts, Next to Love follows three childhood friends, Babe, Millie, and Grace, whose lives are unmoored when their men are called to duty. Beautifully crafted and unforgettable, Ellen Feldman skillfully depicts the enduring power of love and friendship, and illuminates a transformational moment in American history.

She's also the author of Scottsboro, The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank, and Lucy.

Books for the Buddhism Curious

Interested in Buddhism? Then check out this exhaustive list of books that brought people to Buddhism:

• Zen mind, Beginners Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
• The Book on the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are by Alan Watts
• Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trunga
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
• Awakening Compassion by Pema Chodron 
• Awakening to the Sacred by Lama Surya Das
• Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das
• The Tao of Sobriety by David Gregson
• Dharma Punx by Noah Levine
• One Breath at a Time by Kevin Edward Griffin 
• The Buddhist Path to Simplicity by Christina Feldman
• Peace in Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
• What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
• Old Path White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
• The Cow in the Parking Lot by Leonard Scheff and Susan Edmiston
• The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Nyogen Senzaki and Paul Reps
• In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Bhodhi
• The Middle Discourses by Bhikku Nanamoli 
• The Long Discourses by Maurice Walshe 
• The Connected Discourses by Bhikkhu Bhodhi
• The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Monkey by Wu Ch'eng-en
• Life of Milerapa by Lobsang Jivaka
• The Way of Zen by Alan Watts
• Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn
• Taking the Path of Zen by Robert Aitken Roshi
• The Three Pillars of Zen Philip Kapleau Roshi
• Buddhism: An Introduction and Guide by Christmas Humphreys
• Everyday Zen: Love & Work by Charlotte Joko Beck
• Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac
• Buddhist Religion: A Historical Introduction, Fourth Edition by Richard H. Robinson
• Shobogenzo by Dogen
• The Sound of Silence by Ajahn Sumedho
• The Tibetan Book of the Dead as translated by Gyurme Dorje
• Indestructible Truth by Reginald A. Ray
• Secret of the Vajra World by Reginald A. Ray
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• How to Meditate by Kathleen McDonald
• If the Buddha Got Stuck by Charlotte Sophia Kasl, Ph.D.
• No Time to Lose by Pema Chodron
• Buddhism Plain & Simple by Steve Hagen
• Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists edited by Sumi Loundon
• Women's Buddhism, Buddhism's Women by Ellison Banks Findly
• Getting Unstuck by Pema Chodron
• Start Where You Are by Pema Chodron
• Spirit of Zen by Alan Watts
• Manual of Zen Buddhism by D.T. Suzuki
• On The Road by Jack Kerouac
• How to Solve Our Human Problems by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
• Turning the Mind Into an Ally by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
• Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
• Awareness by Anthony DeMello
• Buddhism Without Beliefs by Stephen Batchelor
• Myth of Freedom by Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche
• A Still Forest Pool by Ajaan Chah
• Mindfulness In Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana 
• The Quantum and the Lotus: A Journey to the Frontiers Where Science and Buddhism Meet by Matthieu Ricard and Trinh Xuan Thuan
• Buddhism at Work by George Bond
• The New Social Face of Buddhism by Ken Jones
• World as Lover World as Self by Joanna Macy
• Everyday Suchness by Gyomay M. Kubose
• Returning to Silence by Dainin Katagiri 
• The Haunting Zen of Dainin Katagiri by Dosho Port
• The Wisdom Of No Escape by Pema Chodron 
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
• Eight Steps to Happiness by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
• The Way of the White Clouds by Lama Anagarika Govinda
• A Flash of Lightning in the Dark of Night: A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life: a commentary on Shantideva's Bodhicharyavatara by the Dalai Lama
• Buddhism for Beginners by Thubten Chodron
• A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
• Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
• Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
• Being Nobody, Going Nowhere by Ayya Khema
• Golden Wind Zen Talks by Eido Shimano Roshi
• Comfortable with Uncertainty by Pema Chodrom
• Not Always So by Suzuki Roshi
• The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

I've read many of these books, but I've never read Kerouac. Seeing two of his books on this list makes me think I should pick one up.