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Dani Shapiro's Reading List

The author, most recently, of the memoir “Inheritance” turns to family and friends for reading suggestions: “My 19-year-old son is a voracious reader and constantly recommends books to me.”

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By the Book: Dani Shapiro (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-01-10).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Exit West
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid · 2017 · Buy on Amazon
"I'd like to go back and reread it. I tore through it the first time as a reader, but I'd also like to study it as a writer, asking the question: 'How did he do that?'"
Turn
Anne Truitt · Buy on Amazon
"Two books I consistently return to for pure encouragement are Turn and Daybook, by the artist Anne Truitt, who was also a writer who wrote beautifully about the creative life."
Daybook
Anne Truitt · Buy on Amazon
"Two books I consistently return to for pure encouragement are Turn and Daybook, by the artist Anne Truitt, who was also a writer who wrote beautifully about the creative life."
Ideas of Heaven
Joan Silber · Buy on Amazon
"I'm drawn to fractured narratives and linked stories, like Joan Silber's Ideas of Heaven."
Cover of A Visit From the Goon Squad
A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan · 2010 · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Sleepless Nights
Sleepless Nights
Elizabeth Hardwick · Buy on Amazon
Cover of A Tale for the Time Being
A Tale for the Time Being
Ruth Ozeki · 2013 · Buy on Amazon
The Sabbath
Abraham Joshua Heschel · Buy on Amazon
"I reread Heschel each year as a reminder to slow down, that time is a cathedral."
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Judy Blume · Buy on Amazon
"the book that pierced my sense of otherness and made me realize that I wasn't alone or unique in the way I felt about myself and the world."
Cover of The Overstory
The Overstory
Richard Powers · 2018 · Buy on Amazon
"I've been waiting for a good long stretch of days to dive into the world of it without interruption."

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