James Lee Burke's Reading List

The author, most recently, of the forthcoming Dave Robicheaux murder mystery “The New Iberia Blues” loves the Beat writers: “I wish Jack Kerouac had lived to be a thousand years old.”

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By the Book: James Lee Burke (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-12-27).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner · 1929 · Buy on Amazon

"The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner. There is no better text for a young writer, or for an old one."

I Was Looking for a Street

Charles Willeford · Buy on Amazon

"I think Charles Willeford's I Was Looking for a Street is one of the best books ever written about the Great Depression."

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare

Stephen Greenblatt · Buy on Amazon

"Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt."

New Hope for the Dead

Charles Willeford · Buy on Amazon

"New Hope for the Dead, by Charles Willeford. Charles used to call it his 'ultimate self-help book.'"

Of Love and Dust

Ernest J. Gaines · Buy on Amazon

"Of Love and Dust, by Ernest J. Gaines. I know of no novel that tells us so much about ourselves in such a short space."

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