Travels in West Africa by Mary Henrietta Kingsley
One Last Look by Susanna Moore
King Solomon's Mines by Tahir Shah
Empress by Shan Sa
The Botany of Desire by Micheal Pollan
Why is Sex Fun? The Evolution of Human Sexuality by Jared Diamond
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteeth-Century England by Daniel Pool
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Howard's End by E.M. Forster
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeanette Walls
Letters to a Spiritual Seeker by H.D. Thoreau
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys
Carried Away: A Selection of Stories by Alice Munro
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
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I can't say I've read any of the books on your list (though my own list seems to be stretching further and further), but I saw the film of "Howard's End" with Emma Thompson last week, and thought it pretty good! Not quite as good as "Room with a View", just different.
Becca, few things are as good as "Room with a View." I love Jared Diamond's "Gun, Germs, and Steel" and would be interested to know what you think of his book on sex. You should post your recommendations after you finish.
I have an unrecommendation: I would say avoid "The Kite Runner" and his new book also. Way over-hyped, with ridiculous coincidences and one-note villains. Does every bad guy have to love Hitler? Why not Stalin for a change. He was pretty bad.
Wow. Matt makes a mean list. I'll have to dive in too. Love love love Bridget Jones. I remember picking it up at Heathrow airport years ago, having no clue what it was, and devouring it all the way home.
Ooo...I've needed some summer reading picks. The Bridget Jones books are so much funnier than the movies. I laughed out loud (in public). Room Wwith A View is a good one to revisit although Corey would most definitely prefer I picked up "Why is Sex Fun?"
I LOVE this idea! And what better person for this job than Matt?
I can chime in on "On Beauty" and basically anything by Michael Pollan is excellent in my book.
Of course, per Matt's policy, I'd have to know what else you like reading, but lately I've loved reading Wallace Stegner (pretty much anything by him, really), Milan Kundera (I think Matt would like this stuff a lot, actually, probably already does), and Olivia just gave me "Who will take care of the Frog Hospital?" by Lorrie Moore. And everyone who loves words even a little should read Lorrie Moore.
Uh oh. You got me started.
I'm with Lane on Stegner and Kundera. But I think I'll be opting for your list.
Such a great idea, posting your custom book list. I hope you'll be writing about your response to these books as you read them. That's a discussion I look forward to having, especially about some of my favorites (as well as a few titles on this list that I too want to get to soon.)
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