Charles Frazier's Reading List

"I love the leisureliness of its voice, the tone and mood of weariness. It makes me want to listen to very slow trumpet jazz while I'm reading it."

"More of a page-turner than I expected. It's in turns darkly comedic, tragic, messy and chaotic, but overall an engaging narrative of naïveté, corruption and greed."

"I'm glued to my reading chair by quieter novels like Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping" or John Williams's "Stoner.""

"I'm glued to my reading chair by quieter novels like Marilynne Robinson's "Housekeeping" or John Williams's "Stoner.""

"His observations are sharp, cynical, angry, and sometimes darkly humorous. They're also chilling and often frighteningly familiar."

"I read it when I was 12 and for a couple of years firmly believed it was the best book ever written."