Don Winslow's Reading List

The author of “The Force” lists Ross Macdonald, James Crumley, Charles Willeford, Chester Himes and Robert B. Parker among his favorite classics: “Those guys turned crime writing into music.”

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By the Book: Don Winslow (2017)

NYT By the Book column (2017-06-29).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Hope

Bill Reynolds · Buy on Amazon

"Bill Reynolds, the sports columnist of The Providence Journal and one of the best pure writers in America. It's about high school basketball in Providence, R.I."

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky · Buy on Amazon

"It's embarrassing, but I just read "The Brothers Karamazov.""

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy · Buy on Amazon

"I also just reread "War and Peace," which I try to do about every five years; it's a different book every time. Same with "Huckleberry Finn.""

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon

"Same with "Huckleberry Finn.""

How to Read Water

Tristan Gooley · Buy on Amazon

"Reading water is something of a survival issue, so I can never learn enough."

The Outlaw Trail

Robert Redford · Buy on Amazon

"A sort of modern guidebook to the travels of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

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