From 1990 through 1995, the television viewing public was obsessed with the goings on in Cicely, Alaska. Northern Exposure ruled the television airwaves. And while our airwaves were dominated by this quirky drama, on the show itself the airwaves were ruled by Chris Stevens and his KBHR radio show Chris in the Morning.

Stevens' (played by actor John Corbett) outspoken anti-establishment personality and philosophical poetic manner definitely set the tone for the award-winning show.

Watching and commenting as the world passed outside his broadcast booth window, he kept the town of Cicely up to date on current events and provided them with a healthy dose of culture in the form of on-air readings. The library in Cicely consisted of a few shelves of books in Ruth-Anne's general store, but I have a feeling that Stevens had a personal library that exceeded the town's. Well read and self-educated, Stevens could converse freely on such wide ranging topics as philosophy, religion, physics, history, art, and motorcycle repair. If Stevens was reading it, you knew it had to be good.

Twenty years later, the show still makes for fun television. Can someone please get started on a list of all films mentioned by Ed Chigliak in the show?! As for literary references, there's no need for you to tune into KBHR to find out what books to read. Here is a list of great books that Stevens read on air to the town of Cicely.

A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living by Joseph Campbell

"I felt a funeral, in my brain" by Emily Dickinson

The Friendly Beasts: A Traditional Christmas Carol

Paddle to the Sea by Holling Clancy Holling

The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe

Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust

Lincoln, the President by J. G. Randall

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Tempest by William Shakespeare

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman