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Lynne Cheney's Reading List

The author of "James Madison: A Life Reconsidered" says the last book to make her cry was Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree": "I have to steel myself before I read it to my grandchildren."

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By the Book: Lynne Cheney (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-07-02).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of Middlemarch
Middlemarch
George Eliot · 1871 · Buy on Amazon
"On a list of favorites I'd put everything from some of the great Victorian novels, such as George Eliot's "Middlemarch.""
Cover of The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury · Buy on Amazon
"I'm a great fan of Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles.""
Cover of Childhood's End
Childhood's End
Arthur C. Clarke · Buy on Amazon
"I've told so many people that they ought to read Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End.""
Far North
Marcel Theroux · Buy on Amazon
"It's very well written and has a wonderful protagonist."
Albion's Seed
David Hackett Fischer · Buy on Amazon
"I find myself returning time and again to Fischer's "Albion's Seed.""
The Age of Federalism
Stanley Elkins and Eric McKitrick · Buy on Amazon
""The Age of Federalism" is essential for anyone who wants to understand the tumultuous years of the early Republic."
Reveille in Washington
Margaret Leech · Buy on Amazon
"Margaret Leech's "Reveille in Washington" is a wonderful recounting of the Civil War years in Washington."
Across the Wide Missouri
Bernard DeVoto · Buy on Amazon
"I recommend Bernard DeVoto's "Across the Wide Missouri" for understanding the West."
Marley & Me
John Grogan · Buy on Amazon
"We had a yellow Lab just like that, a great dog, a wonderful dog — except when he wasn't."
Cover of The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein · Buy on Amazon
"I have to steel myself before I read it to my grandchildren."

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