James Patterson's Reading List
The author behind Alex Cross, the Women’s Murder Club and the Middle School series is disappointed in the movies adapted from his books. “My current paranoid theory is that I’m a victim of ‘caricature assassination.’ ”
Open in WellRead Daily app →By the Book: James Patterson (2013)
NYT By the Book column (2013-08-20).
Source: www.nytimes.com
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” is my favorite novel so far this year. It’s funnier than a season’s worth of “Modern Family,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Justified” episodes; it’s also the most original and imaginative fiction I’ve read since “The Invention of Hugo Cabret.”"
Richard Price · Buy on Amazon
"Also Richard Price, who seems to remember every good line and phrase he ever heard. This was even true in his first novel, “The Wanderers,” which made me sick with envy way back when I was young, carefree and more susceptible to jealousy."
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"As one-offs, “Night Dogs,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Marathon Man,” “Different Seasons” and “Cutter and Bone” are among my “besties.”"
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"As one-offs, “Night Dogs,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Marathon Man,” “Different Seasons” and “Cutter and Bone” are among my “besties.”"
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"As one-offs, “Night Dogs,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Marathon Man,” “Different Seasons” and “Cutter and Bone” are among my “besties.”"
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"As one-offs, “Night Dogs,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Marathon Man,” “Different Seasons” and “Cutter and Bone” are among my “besties.”"
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"As one-offs, “Night Dogs,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Marathon Man,” “Different Seasons” and “Cutter and Bone” are among my “besties.”"
Evan S. Connell · Buy on Amazon
"I’m a fan of “Mrs. Bridge” and “Mr. Bridge,” by the late Evan S. Connell."
Evan S. Connell · Buy on Amazon
"I’m a fan of “Mrs. Bridge” and “Mr. Bridge,” by the late Evan S. Connell."
Jerzy Kosinski · Buy on Amazon
"Jerzy Kosinski (“Steps,” “The Painted Bird”) who first made me aware of the power of short, very concise and witty chapters."
Jerzy Kosinski · Buy on Amazon
"Jerzy Kosinski (“Steps,” “The Painted Bird”) who first made me aware of the power of short, very concise and witty chapters."
Frederick Exley · Buy on Amazon
"Frederick Exley’s “A Fan’s Notes” is another overlooked beaut."
George Saunders · Buy on Amazon
"And George Saunders’s “CivilWarLand in Bad Decline.”"
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"“Tristram Shandy” shivered my timbers as a grad student, and woke me out of my zombie state about the glorious possibilities for breaking the rules whenever I damn well felt like it."
E. M. Forster · Buy on Amazon
"The president might consider E. M. Forster’s “Two Cheers for Democracy” or even Tina Fey’s “Bossypants,” which would have helped him surround himself with people who don’t think they know everything about everything"
Tina Fey · Buy on Amazon
"even Tina Fey’s “Bossypants,” which would have helped him surround himself with people who don’t think they know everything about everything"