Laura Lippman's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “After I’m Gone” likes books steeped in the quotidian. “You can learn how to run a chicken-and-waffle restaurant by reading ‘Mildred Pierce.’ ”

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By the Book: Laura Lippman (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-02-13).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Cry

Helen FitzGerald · Buy on Amazon

""The Cry" tackles the toughest subject in crime fiction, the death of an infant, and it surprised me, which is rare when I'm reading crime fiction."

Illyria

Elizabeth Hand · Buy on Amazon

"Hand's book is a Y.A. literary mash-up of "Flowers in the Attic" and Noel Streatfeild's "Theater Shoes.""

Mildred Pierce

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"You can learn how to run a chicken-and-waffle restaurant by reading "Mildred Pierce.""

Half Magic

Edward Eager · Buy on Amazon

""Half Magic" is his masterpiece, but I have a soft spot for "Knight's Castle," which is set in Baltimore."

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov · 1955 · Buy on Amazon

"Rereading "Lolita" became an annual tradition for me."

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline

George Saunders · Buy on Amazon

"I'm late to George Saunders. I'm often late."

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"The film is quite true to it, but the book is even better."

The Financial Lives of the Poets

Jess Walter · Buy on Amazon

"I like fiction about money. I wish there were more novels inspired by the economy, from the micro (Jess Walter's "The Financial Lives of the Poets")."

Capital

John Lanchester · Buy on Amazon

"I like fiction about money... to the macro (John Lanchester's "Capital")."

The Fever

Megan Abbott · Buy on Amazon

"Megan is a friend, but I was a fan first. With each novel, she creates a fresh voice, a voice integral not just to the characters, but to the milieu."

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