My literary blog is a place where we can discuss serious literary works.
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To kick off the discussion, here are 100 suggested books to talk about.
Catherine Alexander’s Suggested 100 Books − Some I’ve Read and Others I’d Like to Read
(Far From Complete, Mostly Fiction, Mostly Literary and in No Particular Order)
1. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
2. Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
3. Staring at the Sun, by Julian Barnes
4. Invisible by Paul Auster
5. New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
6. 2666 by Robert Bolano
7. The Savage Detectives by Robert Bolano
8. The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor
9. Cleopatra, a Life by Stacy Schiff
10. Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong Kingston
11. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
12. The Red and the Black by Stendhal
13. Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
14. Moo by Jane Smiley
15. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
16. Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
17. Letters by Kurt Vonnegut
18. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
19. Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
20. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
21. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
22. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
23. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow
24. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
25. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
26. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
27. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
28. The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
29. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
30. Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
31. Possession by A.S. Byatt
32. The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt
33. City of the Mind by Penelope Lively
34. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
35. The Man who was Thursday by GK Chesterton
36. Beloved by Toni Morrison
37. Blindness by Jose Saramago
38. Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth
39. The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
40. Rabbit Boss by Thomas Sanchez
41. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
42. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
43. Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro
44. Hush Hush: Stories by Stephen Barthelme
45. Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story
46. The Turning by Tim Winton
47. The Ragazi Pier by Paolo Pasolini
48. The Human Stain by Philip Roth
49. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
50. Joseph Anton, A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
51. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
52. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe
53. You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
54. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
55. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
56. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
57. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
58. The Folded Leaf by William Maxwell
59. Pleasures and Regrets by Marcel Proust
60. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
61. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
62. The Powwow Highway by David Seals
63. Selected Stories by William Trevor
64. The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardham
65. Old Filth by Jane Gardham
66. Small Island by Andrea Levy
67. The Long Song by Andrea Levy
68. The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
69. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
70. The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones
71. Cold Snap by Thom Jones
72. Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
73. Hotel de Dream by Edmond White
74. City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
75. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
76. This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolf
77. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
78. Lithium for Medea by Kate Braverman
79. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
80. Native Son by Richard Wright
81. Ironweed by William Kennedy
82. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
83. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
84. Changing Places by David Lodge
85. Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
86. All Stories are True by John Edgar Wideman
87. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow
88. Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow
89. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
90. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
91. Malcolm X by Manning Marble
92. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
93. Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy by Ted Widmer
94. Ashtray by Emma Donoghue
95. When We Argued All Night by Alice Mattison
96. In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes
97. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
98. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
99. Paris: A Love Story by Kati Marton
100. Dublinesque by Enrique Villa-Matos
Please follow the link to my Blogger page, and let's post there: Contemplation's of a Writer: A Blog
To kick off the discussion, here are 100 suggested books to talk about.
Catherine Alexander’s Suggested 100 Books − Some I’ve Read and Others I’d Like to Read
(Far From Complete, Mostly Fiction, Mostly Literary and in No Particular Order)
1. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
2. Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes
3. Staring at the Sun, by Julian Barnes
4. Invisible by Paul Auster
5. New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
6. 2666 by Robert Bolano
7. The Savage Detectives by Robert Bolano
8. The Bear Comes Home by Rafi Zabor
9. Cleopatra, a Life by Stacy Schiff
10. Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong Kingston
11. Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
12. The Red and the Black by Stendhal
13. Bright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
14. Moo by Jane Smiley
15. Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut
16. Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut
17. Letters by Kurt Vonnegut
18. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
19. Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
20. Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
21. Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
22. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
23. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow
24. Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
25. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
26. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
27. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
28. The Baron in the Trees by Italo Calvino
29. Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
30. Corelli’s Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
31. Possession by A.S. Byatt
32. The Virgin in the Garden by A.S. Byatt
33. City of the Mind by Penelope Lively
34. Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively
35. The Man who was Thursday by GK Chesterton
36. Beloved by Toni Morrison
37. Blindness by Jose Saramago
38. Hiroshima Joe by Martin Booth
39. The Industry of Souls by Martin Booth
40. Rabbit Boss by Thomas Sanchez
41. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
42. Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
43. Dear Life: Stories by Alice Munro
44. Hush Hush: Stories by Stephen Barthelme
45. Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story
46. The Turning by Tim Winton
47. The Ragazi Pier by Paolo Pasolini
48. The Human Stain by Philip Roth
49. Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
50. Joseph Anton, A Memoir by Salman Rushdie
51. Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr.
52. Saturday Night and Sunday Morning by Alan Sillitoe
53. You Are Not a Stranger Here by Adam Haslett
54. The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles
55. The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski
56. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
57. The Forty Days of Musa Dagh by Franz Werfel
58. The Folded Leaf by William Maxwell
59. Pleasures and Regrets by Marcel Proust
60. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
61. The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
62. The Powwow Highway by David Seals
63. Selected Stories by William Trevor
64. The Queen of the Tambourine by Jane Gardham
65. Old Filth by Jane Gardham
66. Small Island by Andrea Levy
67. The Long Song by Andrea Levy
68. The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald
69. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
70. The Pugilist at Rest by Thom Jones
71. Cold Snap by Thom Jones
72. Nightwood by Djuna Barnes
73. Hotel de Dream by Edmond White
74. City on Fire by Garth Risk Hallberg
75. The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann
76. This Boy’s Life by Tobias Wolf
77. Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
78. Lithium for Medea by Kate Braverman
79. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
80. Native Son by Richard Wright
81. Ironweed by William Kennedy
82. Tom Jones by Henry Fielding
83. Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
84. Changing Places by David Lodge
85. Collected Stories of Wallace Stegner
86. All Stories are True by John Edgar Wideman
87. More Die of Heartbreak by Saul Bellow
88. Humboldt’s Gift by Saul Bellow
89. This is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz
90. 11/22/63 by Stephen King
91. Malcolm X by Manning Marble
92. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens
93. Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy by Ted Widmer
94. Ashtray by Emma Donoghue
95. When We Argued All Night by Alice Mattison
96. In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes
97. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
98. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
99. Paris: A Love Story by Kati Marton
100. Dublinesque by Enrique Villa-Matos
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