The stack of books on the table contains (reading from top to bottom):

The Diaries of Theon
A Collection of Wonders around the World by Callimachus of Cyrene
a book of poetry by Coleridge (with a bookmark in it)
The Sparrow (clearly apart from the canon)
The Stranger Next Door by Arlene Stein
Desert Notes
River Notes
La Disparition (a truly lipogrammatic opus)
The Garden of Rama by Clarke and Lee
a few books by Richard Bach
Memetic Linguistics: An Introduction
the 'A', 'N' and 'T' volumes of an encyclopedia

(Last rearranged on 9/14/02002)