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Erik Larson's Reading List

The author, most recently, of "Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania," keeps a book full of photographs of miniature dioramas of bloody crime scenes on his shelves. "A gift from a friend."

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By the Book: Erik Larson (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-03-12).

Source: www.nytimes.com

War and Peace
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"Every time I sit down to reread "War and Peace" — I've read it three times — I feel as though I've lived another life. The oak tree and spring! I'm about due for a fourth round."
The Maltese Falcon
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"Always, always, always I go back to Hammett's "The Maltese Falcon," easily my single most favorite novel."
The Johnstown Flood
David McCullough · Buy on Amazon
"It was David McCullough's "The Johnstown Flood" that lit my imagination as to how I might one day go about writing book-length nonfiction."
Mornings on Horseback
David McCullough · Buy on Amazon
"my favorite of his books is "Mornings on Horseback," about the young Teddy Roosevelt."
Cover of In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote · 1966 · Buy on Amazon
"the two best individual works of narrative nonfiction remain "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote, and "Hiroshima," by John Hersey."
Cover of Hiroshima
Hiroshima
John Hersey · Buy on Amazon
"the two best individual works of narrative nonfiction remain "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote, and "Hiroshima," by John Hersey."
In Our Time
Ernest Hemingway · Buy on Amazon
"I have to go back to Hemingway, "In Our Time," the Nick Adams stories. Hemingway may not have been the nicest person in the world, but his work gave me a new way of thinking about writing."
Cover of The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson · Buy on Amazon
"Shirley Jackson ("The Haunting of Hill House," my favorite ghost story) is dead; maybe Susan Hill ("The Small Hand") would oblige me."
Ragtime
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I often return to Doctorow's "Ragtime.""
Cover of The Guns of August
The Guns of August
Barbara Tuchman · Buy on Amazon
"Barbara Tuchman's "Guns of August" — that amazing first paragraph."
Cover of The Shipping News
The Shipping News
E. Annie Proulx · Buy on Amazon
The Count of Monte Cristo
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite book as a kid was, in fact, "The Count of Monte Cristo." Without question."

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