Pete Towhshend Leaks Tidbits of New Memoir, Indulges Reading List

The Who guitarist Pete Townshend may be writing his own autobiography set for release in 2010, but he's also been reading a lot. On his personal blog (http://www.petetownshend-whohe.blogspot.com/) Townshend posted an eclectic list of books he's recently read. Townshend, a self-described "sucker for crime, the thriller, historical fiction" says he finds most his reading materials "by recommendation, reading reviews, or being sent a publisher's copy." "I stumble on things, Townshend admits,"in bookshops and sometimes buy a book because I like the jacket (as in Carter Beats The Devil." See he's just like us!Townshend's recent booklist:Patricia Cornwell hardbacks The Corrections (Jonathan Franzen)Coma (Alex Garland)Emperor of Ocean Park (Stephen L. Carter) The Face of Battle (John Keegan)The First World War (John Keegan)The Second World War (John Keegan)Fantasy, the Bomb and the Greening of Britain (Meredith Veldman)The Gang (Frederick M. Thrasher) The Guide to MIDI Orchestration (Paul Gilreath) Confessions of a Traditionalist (John Michel) In Defense of Globalization (Jadish Bhadwati) We Are At War (Simon Garfield) Auschwitz (Laurence Rees) This Is Your Brain On Music (Daniel J. Levitin) White Cities (essays by Joseph Roth) White Bicycles (Joe Boyd) Sibelius Volume 2 (Erik Tawaststjerna) Tragically I Was An Only Twin (Peter Cook) A Little History of the World (Gombrich)Eric Sykes' memoirsHumphrey Lyttelton memoirs"The book I now see that we all should read," suggests Townhend, "is No God But God by Reza Aslan. It helped me to understand the real story of Islam, especially the adventurous and revolutionary radical tribal socialization led by Muhammad himself."Three sections from his personal memoir have also been posted on the blog.