An avid follower of the Follow The Idiot blog approached me at The Stanford Bookstore, where I was gleefully pimping and selling copies of “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” during last Sunday’s rainy afternoon, and asked for a list of books I’d consulted or read while researching and writing “The Idiot.”

Below is a partial bibliography of publications cited in “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” and/or used for research for the upcoming (2012) sequel. It is regularly updated on the “Idiotic Bibliog” page @ http://FollowTheIdiot.com.

“365 Tao Daily Meditations,” Deng Ming-Dao, Harper San Francisco, 1992.

“Barcelona,” Robert Hughes, Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.

“Be Still and Know: Reflections from Living Buddha, Living Christ,” Thich Nhat Hanh, Riverhead Books, 1996.

“Bullfinch’s Mythology,” Compiled by Bryan Holme, Viking Penguin Inc., 1979.

“Celebrating Homer’s Landscapes,” J. V. Luce, Yale University, 1998.

“Coastal Pleasures: Perusing the French Coastline,” Elizabeth Billhardt, Editions PC, 1999.

“The Colossus of Maroussi,” Henry Miller, New Directions Books, 1941.

“Chronicle of Tao: The Secret Life of a Taoist Master,” Deng Ming-Dao, Harper Collins, 1993.

“D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths,” Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire, Yearling Books, 1962.

“The Greek Islands,” Lawrence Durrell, The Viking Press, 1978,

“Homeric Moments,” Eva Brann, Paul Dry Books, 2002.

“The Iliad,” Homer, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1974.

“A Literary Companion to Travel in Greece,” Edited by Richard Stoneman, Penguin Books, 1984.

“The Long Road Turns To Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation,” Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, 1996.

Michelin Country Green Guides (France, Spain, Italy, Greece), Michelin Travel Publications.

“Middlesex,” Jeffrey Eugenides, Picador, 2002.

“No-Man’s Lands,” Scott Huler, Crown Publishers, 2008.

“Odysseus Unbound,” Robert Bittlestone, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

“The Odyssey,” Homer, Translated by Robert Fagles, Penguin Books, 1997.

“The Odyssey,” Homer, Translated by Robert Fitzgerald, Doubleday & Co., 1961.

“The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel,” Nikos Kazantzakis, Translation by Kimon Friar, Simon and Schuster, 1958.

“On The Shores of the Mediterranean,” Eric Newby, Harvill Press, 1984.

“The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean,” Paul Theroux, Hamish Hamilton, 1993.

“Route 66 A.D. – On The Trail of Ancient Roman Tourists,” Tony Perrottet, Random House, 2002.

“Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History,” Sandra Benjamin, Steerforth Press, 2006.

“Siddhartha,” Herman Hesse, Translated by Hilda Rosner, New Directions, 1951.

“A Simple Path,” The Dalai Lama, Thorsons, 2000.

“Tao Te Ching,” Lao Tsu, Translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English, Vintage Books Edition, March 1997.

“A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf,” John Muir, Houghton Mifflin, 1916.

“The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying,” Sogyal Rinpoche, HarperCollins, 1993.

“Travels With Herodotus,” Ryszard Kapuscinski, Translated by Klara Glowczewska, Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.

“Ulysses Airborne,” Mauricio Obregon, Harper & Row, 1971.

“The War That Killed Achilles,” Caroline Alexander, Viking Penguin, 2009.

“Who’s Who in Greek and Romany Mythology,” David Kravitz, Clarkson N. Potter Inc., 1976,

“The World of Odysseus,” M. I. Finley, New York Review Books, 1954.

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,” Robert M. Pirsig, Bodley Head, 1974.

Various articles by author Joel Stratte-McClure in “Time,” “The International Herald Tribune,” “European Travel and Life,” “People,” “The Paris Metro” and other publications.

The bookshelf above my computer.

Text and Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure