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My reading list, this summer?
Here are 29 books… that I suspect to be pretty good.
And another 29 books… that I suspect to be great.
Update, spring 2013: I managed to read a good number of the books. See the orange text for my ratings!
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Good books…
01: JAMES FREY, „Bright shiny Morning“, 501 pages, 2008.
02: ALICIA ERIAN, „Towelhead“, 336 pages, 2006.
03: LYNN COADY, „The Antagonist“, 352 pages, 2001.
04: SAPPHIRE, „Push“, 179 pages, 1996.
05: HOWARD ZINN, „You can’t be neutral on a moving Train“, 224 pages, 1994.
07: CHRISTIE HODGEN, ‘Elegies for the Brokenhearted’, 256 pages, 2010.
08: DODIE SMITH, ‘I capture the Castle’, 352 pages, 1948. [Coming of Age]
09: JOHN B. THOMPSON, ‘Merchants of Culture: The Publishing Business in the 21st Century’, 440 pages, 2010. [Cultural Studies / Nonfiction]
10: JERRY MANDER, ‘Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television’, 376 pages, 1978 [Essay]
11: RUSSELL BANKS, ‘Affliction’, 368 pages, 1989.
12: LAWRENCE DURRELL: ‘The Alexandria Quartet’, 884 pages, 1957.
13: SUZETTE MAYR, ‘Monoceros’, 280 pages, 2011.
14: AMY KROUSE ROSENTHAL, “Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life”, 240 pages, 2005.
15: JOHAN HARSTAD, “Buzz Aldrin, what happened to you in all the Confusion?”, 478 pages, 2005. [Young Adult, Norway] 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
16: CATHERINE CHUNG, “Forgotten Country”, 304 pages, 2012.
17: CHARLOTTE ROGAN, “The Lifeboat”, 275 pages, 2012.
18: EDMUND WHITE, “Jack Holmes and his Friend”, 392 pages, 2012.
19: MARK OLIVER EVERETT, „Things the Grandchildren should know“, 256 pages, 2007. 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
20: NICK ANTOSCA, „Fires“, 194 pages, 2006.
21: AMY WALDMAN, „The Submission“, 300 pages, 2011. 3 of 5 stars. Not recommended.
22: ARMISTEAD MAUPIN, „Tales of the City“, 296 pages, 1978.
23: MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH, „Only Forward“, 310 pages, 1994.
24: KIRSTEN D. RANDLE, „The only Alien on the Planet“, 228 pages, 1995. 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
25: TONY EARLEY, „The Blue Star“, 304 pages, 2008.
26: JOSE MANUEL PRIETO, „Rex“, 336 pages, 2009.
27: GARTH STEIN, „The Art of Racing in the Rain“, 321 pages, 2008.
28: DIETMAR DATH, „Für immer in Honig“, 1035 pages, 2005 [German].
28: WALTER TEVIS, „The Queen’s Gambit“, 183 pages, 1983.
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Great books…!
01: JESSE BROWNER, „Everything happens today“, 224 pages, 2011.
02: SLOAN WILSON, „The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit“, 288 pages, 1954.
03: CLAIRE BIDWELL SMITH, „The Rules of Inheritance“, 304 pages, 2012.
04: LIZ MOORE, „Heft“, 352 pages, 2012. 2 of 5 stars. Not recommended.
05: EOWYN IVEY, „The Snow Child“, 352 pages, 2012.
06: ANDERS NILSEN, „Don’t go where I can’t follow“, 244, 2007. 3 of 5 stars. Not recommended.
07: ADAM LEVIN, ‘The Instructions’, 1030 pages, 2010
08: JAMES SALTER, ‘Light Years’, 308 pages, 1975.
09: DAVID MARKSON, ‘The Last Novel’, 220 pages, 2007. 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
10: DOROTHY BAKER, ‘Cassandra at the Wedding’, 256 pages, 1962.
11: TIM WISE, „White like me. Reflections on Race from a privileged Son“, 250 pages, 2004.
12: JOACHIM MEYERHOFF, „Alle Toten fliegen hoch“, 319 pages, 2011.
13: JEANETTE WINTERSON, “Why be happy when you could be normal?”, 256 pages, 2011. [Memoir]
14: ISMET PRCIC, “Shards”, 400 pages, 2011. 3 of 5 stars. Not recommended.
15: GUY DELISLE, “Jerusalem”, 334 pages, 2011. [Graphic Novel; nonfiction] 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
16: WILLIAM MAXWELL, “The Folded Leaf”, 289 pages, 1945.
17: ERIC WALTERS, “Safe as Houses”, 160 pages, 2007. [Young Adult] 4 of 5 stars. Recommended for younger readers.
18: SHARON M. DRAPER, “Out of my Mind”, 295 pages, 2010. [Young Adult] 4 of 5 stars. Recommended.
19: ALISON BECHDEL, “Are you my Mother?”, 224 pages, 2012. [Graphic Novel / Memoir]
20: PATRICK DeWITT, “The Sisters Brothers”, 352 pages, 2011.
21: DOROTHY CANFIELD-FISHER, “The Home-Maker”, 320 pages, 1924.
22: C.D. PAYNE, “Youth in Revolt”, 499 pages, 1995. [Young Adult]
23: KAUI HART HEMMINGS, “The Descendants”, 283 pages, 2007.
24: E.L. DOCTOROW, „The Book of Daniel“, 320 pages, 1971.
25: ROBERT BOSWELL, „Century’s Son“, 320 pages, 2002.
26: ANDRE DUBUS, „Selected Stories“, 496 pages, 1988.
27: TOVE JANSSON, „Fair Play“, 179 pages, 1989. 4 of 5 stars. Recommended. But her „Summer Book“ is even better.
28: FRANCIS SPUFFORD, „Red Plenty“, 448 pages, 2007.
29: JUNICHIRO TANIZAKI, „The Makiota Sisters“, 544 pages, 1946.
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