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Annie Proulx's Reading List

The author of “The Shipping News” and, most recently, “Barkskins” says books of prognostication, business, technology, entrepreneurial success and patriotic stuff are “not my cup of tea.”

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By the Book: Annie Proulx (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-06-23).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andric · Buy on Amazon
"Ivo Andric, The Bridge on the Drina."
Cover of The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
Apsley Cherry-Garrard · Buy on Amazon
"Apsley Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World was a favorite for years."
Man-Eaters of Kumaon
Jim Corbett · Buy on Amazon
"Jim Corbett's Man-Eaters of Kumaon."
The Great Dismal
Bland Simpson · Buy on Amazon
"I recently reread Bland Simpson's fine The Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir, beautiful writing by someone who knew this famously forbidding tangle of canals and legends from childhood."
Pale Horse, Pale Rider
Katherine Anne Porter · Buy on Amazon
"The first shake-up came from Katherine Anne Porter's Pale Horse, Pale Rider. That literature could come off the page and fill you with bitterness and longing and astonishment was an epiphany."
The Weather Makers
Tim Flannery · Buy on Amazon
"Tim Flannery's The Weather Makers — More important than the political footballs is the game-ender reality of climate change."
The Eternal Frontier
Tim Flannery · Buy on Amazon
"Tim Flannery's The Eternal Frontier."

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