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Jo Ann Beard's Reading List

“It was about humans and birds and science and the rights of animals to be free of human interference,” says the essayist and story writer, whose new collection is “Festival Days.” “So, pretty much a perfect storm for Jo Ann.”

By the Book: Jo Ann Beard (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-03-11).

Source: www.nytimes.com

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death

Maggie O'Farrell · Buy on Amazon

""I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death," by Maggie O'Farrell."

To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf · Buy on Amazon

"Well, I finally finished "To the Lighthouse" after years of starting and stopping. The problem was me, it turns out, not the book, so I'm glad I stuck with it."

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen · Buy on Amazon

"There are the great books that stay great no matter what their era and no matter what the current concerns. I give you "Pride and Prejudice.""

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque · Buy on Amazon

""All Quiet on the Western Front," by Erich Maria Remarque."

Trick Mirror

Jia Tolentino · 2019 · Buy on Amazon

"I've been having them read Jia Tolentino's "Trick Mirror" and Jenny Odell's "How to Do Nothing." Both books pose their own powerful, artful arguments for living the examined life."

How to Do Nothing

Jenny Odell · Buy on Amazon

"Both books pose their own powerful, artful arguments for living the examined life."

Entangled Life

Merlin Sheldrake · Buy on Amazon

"Every page of Merlin Sheldrake's "Entangled Life" had something moving and new for me."

Charlotte's Web

E. B. White · Buy on Amazon

"I was given an audiobook of "Charlotte's Web," read by E. B. White... The sincerity and humor of White's reading voice... I still remember where I was, pulled over on the highway, when he got to the moment that Charlotte died."

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