It was Friday, right before Memorial Day weekend. The Social Science Division was quiet. The author was standing in his office when he realized he had finished his 10th year of teaching a week before. He pondered the milestone for a minute. Like most faculty, he has floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in his office. His favorite shelf sits at the top of his tallest cabinet. It's the ledge reserved for books about the craft of teaching. In this article, the author briefly discusses his collection of books and compares how, in real life, teachers' stories do not necessarily reflect methodology.