Nick Offerman's Reading List

The actor, woodworker, musician and author, most recently, of "Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom With America's Gutsiest Troublemakers" reads for solace during air turbulence.

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By the Book: Nick Offerman (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-05-05).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Monkey Wrench Gang

Edward Abbey · Buy on Amazon

Our Only World

Wendell Berry · Buy on Amazon

"At 81 years of age, Mr. Berry brings his venerable decades of eloquent thought and careful observation to the common-sense convictions presented in this book."

Big Little Lies

Liane Moriarty · Buy on Amazon

Guns, Germs and Steel

Jared Diamond · Buy on Amazon

The Girl on the Train

Paula Hawkins · Buy on Amazon

A Timbered Choir

Wendell Berry · Buy on Amazon

"His poetry ("A Timbered Choir," "A Warning to My Readers"), essays and fiction all move me in profound ways."

The Unsettling of America

Wendell Berry · Buy on Amazon

The Memory of Old Jack

Wendell Berry · Buy on Amazon

"His fiction also contains his greatest humor, so I'll list the short stories "The Lost Bet" and "Fidelity," and his novel "The Memory of Old Jack.""

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George · Buy on Amazon

""My Side of the Mountain" had a massive influence on me, connecting my love of the outdoors with the written word."

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder · Buy on Amazon

"I blame the Laura Ingalls Wilder books for my perpetual obsession with woodworking and making things — they opened my eyes to the sensibility of making a life for oneself."

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