Jim Jarmusch's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 18 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Jim Jarmusch, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/jim-jarmusch-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

Down by Law

Law DVD which included a Q&A with the filmmaker. Asked to name a few of his favorite books, Jarmusch rattled off quite the collection of classics: · Buy on Amazon

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Laurence Sterne (also rec’d by Jim Jarmusch & Laurie Anderson ) · Buy on Amazon

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert (also rec’d by David Bowie , Ernest Hemingway , Kim Gordon & Philip Roth ) · Buy on Amazon

Sentimental Education

Gustave Flaubert (also rec’d by Bret Easton Ellis ) · Buy on Amazon

Orlando Furioso

Ludovico Ariosto · Buy on Amazon

The Divine Comedy

Dante (also rec’d by Oscar Wilde , Patti Smith , Susan Sontag , Tina Turner & Viggo Mortensen ) · Buy on Amazon

Hamlet

William Shakespeare (also rec’d by Kurt Cobain ) · Buy on Amazon

Illuminations

Arthur Rimbaud (also rec’d by Johnny Depp , Lorde & Patti Smith ) · Buy on Amazon

The Drunken Boat

Arthur Rimbaud (also rec’d by Bob Dylan ) · Buy on Amazon

Impressions of Africa

Raymond Roussel · Buy on Amazon

Moravagine

Blaise Cendrars · Buy on Amazon

The Woman Chaser

Charles Williford · Buy on Amazon

Red Harvest

Dashiell Hammett · Buy on Amazon

Serenade

James M. Cain · Buy on Amazon

The Diaries of Adam and Eve

Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon

The Factory of Facts

Luc Sante · Buy on Amazon

The Gangs of New York

Herbert Asbury · Buy on Amazon

Coming Through Slaughter

Michael Ondaatje · Buy on Amazon

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