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John Lithgow's Reading List

"Stamina is the real challenge: a hoarse voice, a tired brain and a sore ass," says the actor and author, whose latest book is "Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse."

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By the Book: John Lithgow (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-10-24).

Source: www.nytimes.com

She Said
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey · Buy on Amazon
"'She Said,' by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, which I can barely put down."
Cover of The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot · Buy on Amazon
"I recently spent time in the North of England and took along George Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss.' Good choice, as it turned out."
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez · Buy on Amazon
"That's when I read Gabriel García Márquez's 'Love in the Time of Cholera.' If you know the book, you'll know what a perfect reading experience that was."
The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis · Buy on Amazon
"Michael Lewis's latest piece of investigative journalism, 'The Fifth Risk,' blew my mind with its revelations about the inner workings and recent evisceration of the federal government bureaucracy."
The Complete Works of P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. Wodehouse · Buy on Amazon
"I would say anything by P. G. Wodehouse is a secret pleasure. He's the only writer who reliably makes me laugh out loud. But there's no guilt involved: He was a fabulous writer."
Cover of Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders · Buy on Amazon
"I loved the brooding Abe Lincoln in 'Lincoln in the Bardo,' by George Saunders."
Sabbath's Theater
Philip Roth · Buy on Amazon
"Mickey Sabbath in Philip Roth's 'Sabbath's Theater' is my favorite: a fantastic hero, antihero and even villain, all rolled into one. Mickey is outrageous, transgressive and wildly theatrical."
The World According to Garp
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I read 'The World According to Garp' a couple of years before the movie was made. I loved the character of Roberta Muldoon on the page."
Cover of Becoming
Becoming
Michelle Obama · 2018 · Buy on Amazon
"'Becoming,' by Michelle Obama."
The Good American Family
David Maraniss · Buy on Amazon
"I've recently received some terrific gift books from the authors themselves. I must list them all to slight none: 'A Good American Family,' by David Maraniss."
Cover of The Library Book
The Library Book
Susan Orlean · Buy on Amazon
"I've been forcing all of them on everyone."
Cover of The Dutch House
The Dutch House
Ann Patchett · 2019 · Buy on Amazon
"I've been forcing all of them on everyone."

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