22 books to read before I'm 23

Here's a little secret: English Literature majors hate reading.  Let me re-phrase that a sentence a bit better.  English Literature majors, between the hours of 1am and 5am when caffeine is winning over their sleep cycles and, in trepidation for the essay to come, are struggling to finish yet another chapter of Moby Dick, or re-reading Paradise Lost and A Midsummer's Night Dream for the upteenth time, or trying to figure out what the hell Faulkner is yapping about, is when they hate the required reading canon the most because it burns them out of their desire to read and more or less dissipates the pleasure right out of reading.  There is a cure for this: summer vacation.

We English Lit students absolutely love vacation because it allots the time to finally read books we want to read, versus are graded to read.  Over the past few months I've once again acquired stacks of unread books sitting on my desk like mountain peaks, and I've been itching to read them all at last.  So here's my latest 22 List:

22 Books to Read Before I'm 23

1. Into Thin Air  -- Jon Krakauer  (7/2/2010)
2. Eating The Dinosaur-- Chuck Klosterman (7/19/2010)
3. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea -- Chelsea Handler 
4. Food Rules --Michael Pollen 
5. Their Eyes Were Watching God -- Zora Neale Hurston
6. Oil --Upton Sinclair
7. A Walk In The Woods -- Bill Bryson 
8. Monkeyluv: And Other Essays About Our Lives as Animals -- Dr. Robert M. Sapolsky
9. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake --Aimee Bender  
10. This Is Your Brain On Music -- Daniel Levitin
11. The Great Gatsby -- F. Scott Fitzgerald [technically I've read this before, but it's been awhile]
12. War --Sebastian Junger
13. Saturday Night --Susan Orlean 
14. Cannery Row-- John Steinbeck
15. Publish This Book -- Stephen Markley
16. some sort of J.K. Rowling/Stephanie Myer book.  Fun and breezy but wholly addicting
17. Fargo Rock City -- Chuck Klosterman
18. Rip Van Winkle -- Washington Irving
19. a book of poetry by a poet I haven't read before.  Preferable born in the last 100 years
20. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies -- Seth Grahame-Smith
21. a history book of some kind.
22. Zen and Motorcycle Maintenance -- Neenah Ellis

Wish me luck!  And check back periodically, for I'll be crossing off the books as I finish them.

*this list is a part of the on-going serial: The 22 Series