This year I read twenty books that earned my coveted 5-star rating. Here, in no particular order, are the ten I feel were the best of those twenty.
1. In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and The Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language: Arika Okrent [review]
2. Neither [...]

Best of Andrew Davidson, Arika Okrent, Best Books of 2009, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Joseph Campbell, Kent Nerburn, Matthew Fox, Sarah Vowell, Steve Hagen, Waziyatawin

Matthew Fox’s One River, Many Wells does more than simply show common themes among the world’s religious traditions. It is also more than a book of cross-referenced scriptural passages. One River, Many Wells is a significant contribution to the ecumenical movement because it bonds together different faith traditions to achieve a global experience in spirituality. [...]

Non-Fiction Matthew Fox, Spirituality