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Elizabeth Kolbert's Reading List

"I don't. Often this is a problem," says the environmental writer, whose new book is "Under a White Sky."

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By the Book: Elizabeth Kolbert (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-02-04).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Walter Kempowski · Buy on Amazon
"The last book I read that really blew me away was Walter Kempowski's "All for Nothing.""
Chauncey Loomis · Buy on Amazon
""Weird and Tragic Shores," by Chauncey Loomis, is a wonderful riff on the classic Arctic explorer narrative. It deserves a much wider audience."
Cover of Arctic Dreams
Barry Lopez · Buy on Amazon
"I read Barry Lopez's "Arctic Dreams" while camping out on the Greenland ice sheet. That to me was pretty close to the ideal reading experience."
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: "Walden," "Desert Solitaire," Rachel Carson's "The Sea Around Us," Annie Dillard's "Teaching a Stone to Talk," John McPhee's "Encounters With the Archdruid" and "Annals of the Former World.""
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: "Walden," "Desert Solitaire," Rachel Carson's "The Sea Around Us.""
Cover of The Sea Around Us
Rachel Carson · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: "Walden," "Desert Solitaire," Rachel Carson's "The Sea Around Us.""
Annie Dillard · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: Annie Dillard's "Teaching a Stone to Talk.""
John McPhee · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: John McPhee's "Encounters With the Archdruid" and "Annals of the Former World.""
John McPhee · Buy on Amazon
"There are certain works I keep coming back to: John McPhee's "Encounters With the Archdruid" and "Annals of the Former World.""
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"One of my favorite novels is Nabokov's "Pale Fire.""
Paul Beatty · Buy on Amazon
"I'm also a big fan of Paul Beatty's "The Sellout.""
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I don't think there's any book I've read more times than "The Phantom Tollbooth.""

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