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Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention:
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01: RUTH OZEKI, „A Tale for the Time being“, 432 pages, March 2013.
02: CHRISTINE SNEED, „Little-known Facts“, 304 pages, January 2013.
03: PETE WENTZ, „Gray“, 240 pages, January 2013. [Memoir of the „Fall Out Boy“ singer… and „One Tree Hill“ guest star.]
04: TY BURR, „Gods like us: On Movie Stardom and modern Fame“, 448 pages, 2012. [Cultural Studies]
05: SONALI DERANIYAGALA, „Wave“, 274 pages, March 2013. [Memoir about the 2004 tsunami]
06: KENT HARUF, „Benediction“, 272 pages, February 2013.
07: KATE SOUTHWOOD, „Falling to Earth“, 272 pages, February 2013.
08: MAY SARTON, „As we are now“, 144 pages, 1973.
09: JOHN GLASSCO, „Memiors of Montparnasse“, 296 pages, 1970. [Memoir about Paris in 1928]
10: DON CARPENTER, „Hard Rain Falling“, 308 pages, 1966. [Noir / Thriller]
11: CHLOE HOOPER, „Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee“, 258 pages, 2008. [True Crime]
12: MICHAEL HAINEY, „After Visiting Friends“, 320 pages, February 2013. [Memoir]
13: ERNST-WILHELM HÄNDLER, „Der Überlebende“, 250 pages, 1992. [German, Sci-Fi / Philosophy, recommended by Thomas von Steinaecker]
14: DANIEL BROOK, „A History of Future Cities“, 352 pages, February 2013. [Cultural Studies, Architecture, Urban Planning]
15: VAHRAM MURATYAN, „Paris vs. New York“, 224 pages, 2011. [Cultural Studies, Graphic Design]
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Here are three books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: GERMAN KRATOCHWIL, „Scherbengericht“, 400 pages, 2006. [German / Austrian novel about expats in Patagonia; Perlentaucher]
02: MATTHEW QUICK, „The Silver Linings Playbook“, 289 pages, 2008.
03: CORY DOCTOROW, „Homeland“, 384 pages, 2013. [YA Sci-Fi: I’m a fan of Doctorow’s writing and activism, and I liked the first book of this series, „Little Brother“]
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…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
4 of 5 stars: T COOPER, „Real Man Adventures“, 272 pages, 2012. [Memoir / Cultural Studies about Female-to-Male transexuality. German edition here]
4 of 5 stars: MARIA DERMOUT, „The Ten Thousand Things“, 208 pages, 1955. [Dutch / Indonesian]
4 of 5 stars: ALEXANDER MAKSIK, „You deserve nothing“, 308 pages, 2011.
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related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
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- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
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- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
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