Tropics' 50 Book Challenge in 2016

1. Humboldt: Life On America's Marijuana Frontier - Emily Brady

Still a "growth" industry.

That topic is close to home for me, as I live in Mendocino County. Happy reading in 2016.

Thanks, Rocketjk: We once lived in Josephine County, Oregon, another "frontier".

2. Travel As A Political Act - Rich Steves

3. We Followed Odysseus - Hal Roth

4. A Fez Of The Heart - Jeremy Seal

5. The Wind Birds: Shorebirds Of North American - Peter Mattheissen

6. In Search Of Ancient Ireland: The Origins Of The Irish From Neolithic Times To The Coming Of The English - Carmel McCaffrey And Leo Eaton

7. The Siege of Krishnapur - J.G. Farrell

8. Lords Of The Horizons: A History Of The Ottoman Empire - Jason Goodwin

9. The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule - Thomas Frank

10. Drink: A Social History Of America - Andrew Barr

11. July's People - Nadine Gordimer

12. Angry Optimist: The Life And Times Of Jon Stewart - Lisa Rogak

13. Rainbow's End: A Memoir Of Childhood, War And An African Farm - Lauren St. John

14. The Invention Of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt's New World - Andrea Wulf

16. The Things They Carried - Tim O'Brien

17. The Lessening Stream: An Environmental History Of The Santa Cruz River - Michael F. Logan

18. Love, War, And Circuses - Eric Scigliano

19. America's War For The Greater Middle East: A Military History - Andrew J. Bacevich

20. Aftermath: Following The Bloodshed Of America's Wars In The Muslim World - Nir Rosen

21. Because We Say So - Noam Chomsky

22. Pacific - Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bomb, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers - Simon Winchester

23. Lit Up: One Reporter, Three Schools, Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives - David Denby

24. Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life - William Finnegan

25. Voyager: Travel Writings - Russell Banks

26. The Horse: The Epic History Of Our Noble Companion - Wendy Williams

27. Under An Afghan Sky: A Memoir Of Captivity - Melissa Fung

28. Ireland: A Smithsonian Natural History - Michel Viney

29. Walking The Nile - Levison Wood

30. And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades In The Middle East - Richard Engel

31. Major Canadian Authors - David Stouck

32. Intelligent Thought: Science Versus The Intelligent Design Movement - John Brockman

33. Where Nests The Water Hen - Gabrielle Roy

34. In An Antique Land - Amitav Ghosh

35. Dark Star Safari: Overland From Cairo To Capetown - Paul Theoux

36. Consider The Lobster And Other Essays - David Foster Wallace

37. The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule - Thomas Frank

Reread.

38. The African Witch Joyce Cary

39. Heart Of A Stranger - Margaret Laurence

40. The Sociopath Next Door - Martha Stout

41. A Thousand Naked Strangers: A Paramedic's Wild Ride To The Edge And Back - Kevin Hazzard

42. Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls - David Sedaris

43. One Hundred And Four Horses: A Memoir Of Farm And Family, Africa And Exile - Mandy Retzlaff

44. The Year Of Finding Memory - Judy Fong

45. Telling Our Way To The Sea: A Voyage Of Discovery In The Sea Of Cortez - Aaron Hirsh

Reread.

46. One Of Us: The Story Of A Massacre In Norway - And Its Aftermath - Asne Seierstad

47. When Breath Becomes Air - Paul Kalanithi