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Emma Donoghue's Reading List

The author of "Frog Music" was happy to hear that President Obama bought her novel "Room," but admits: "I'm tormented by the notion that it's still in a groaning pile of books by his bed."

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By the Book: Emma Donoghue (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-03-27).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Dear Life
Alice Munro · Buy on Amazon
"One that springs to mind is the heartbreaking "Corrie," from Alice Munro's most recent collection, "Dear Life." Munro's plots have more to them than most novels."
Cover of Fingersmith
Fingersmith
Sarah Waters · 2002 · Buy on Amazon
The Circle
Dave Eggers · Buy on Amazon
"I kept hooting in appalled recognition at his horribly plausible story of a society in which social media becomes totalitarian."
Cover of The Passion
The Passion
Jeannette Winterson · Buy on Amazon
"The book that made me believe that fiction could feature a lesbian story line and still be truly literary was Jeannette Winterson's limpid "The Passion.""
Moby-Dick
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"When I finally got around to reading, say, "Moby-Dick" or "Beowulf," they blew me away."

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