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Cathleen Schine's Reading List

The author of “The Grammarians” and other novels favors nonfiction when she’s writing: “I try not to read contemporary fiction, which is often so good it’s discouraging or so bad it’s discouraging.”

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By the Book: Cathleen Schine (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-08-22).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Puttermesser Papers
Cynthia Ozick · Buy on Amazon
"It is a masterpiece. The intellectual vigor of her work, the literary and imaginative originality, the confidence and breadth — she takes my breath away."
Cover of O Pioneers!
O Pioneers!
Willa Cather · Buy on Amazon
"It was a revelation. America! America? Yes, America! The American pioneer experience as an immigrant experience! ... Beauty and despair are so physical."
Extraordinary Women
Compton Mackenzie · Buy on Amazon
"It's venomously funny and has one of the best endings ever."
The Phantom Tollbooth
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"Our teacher read it to us in fourth grade. It changed my life. Words are real!"
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"This is not a children's book! This is a great and subtle work of fiction."
Cover of The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
James Boswell · Buy on Amazon
"With "The Grammarians," I read Boswell's "The Life of Samuel Johnson." I read Dr. Johnson's dictionary, too, as 'research,' which for me is usually another way of saying joyous, guilt-free procrastination."
I Am God
Giacomo Sartori · Buy on Amazon
""I Am God," by Giacomo Sartori, which is raucously thoughtful, masterfully composed and absolutely hilarious."

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