Kim Gordon's Reading List

The musician and author of the memoir “Girl in a Band” is a fan of Joan Didion: “How cool is it that Céline chose her for their new ad campaign? I want those sunglasses.”

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By the Book: Kim Gordon (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-02-26).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Police

Jo Nesbo · Buy on Amazon

"I've read all the others in the series. I'm learning about Norway's relationship with the Nazis and a lot of other things about that country."

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert · Buy on Amazon

"I also love Henry James and Gustave Flaubert, who wrote the first feminist novel in "Madame Bovary." I love that period of literature; it's like hyper-elegant gossip."

I'm With the Band

Pamela Des Barres · Buy on Amazon

"Why is that the best book? Because it is."

Mystery Train

Greil Marcus · Buy on Amazon

""Mystery Train," by Greil Marcus was very inspirational to me."

I Love Dick

Chris Kraus · Buy on Amazon

"Chris Kraus's "I Love Dick" and Cayce Pollard in "Pattern Recognition," by William Gibson."

Pattern Recognition

William Gibson · Buy on Amazon

"Cayce Pollard in "Pattern Recognition," by William Gibson. Cayce is known as a "coolhunter," and she's described in the book as being allergic to fashion."

Dissident Gardens

Jonathan Lethem · Buy on Amazon

""Dissident Gardens," by Jonathan Lethem. It covers 80 years in New York, and so many different scenes."

A Wrinkle in Time

Madeleine L'Engle · Buy on Amazon

""A Wrinkle in Time," by Madeleine L'Engle. I also liked the Nancy Drew books."

The Lonely Doll

Dare Wright · Buy on Amazon

""The Lonely Doll," by Dare Wright. It was my first view, my first idea, of New York as a glamorous place."

Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

""Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk," by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain."

The White Album

Joan Didion · Buy on Amazon

"Didion's "The White Album." I love the period of time in California she writes about... She's both an insider and a critical outsider. She's bearing witness to an era."

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