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Mary Roach's Reading List

The author of "Stiff," "Spook," "Bonk," "Gulp" and, most recently, "Grunt" says the last book to make her laugh was "Norwood," by Charles Portis: "In particular, the wonder chicken section."

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By the Book: Mary Roach (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-06-09).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Dead Wake
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"Last night I stayed up late going down with the Lusitania."
Ordinary Wolves
Seth Kantner · Buy on Amazon
"the extraordinary "Ordinary Wolves""
Descent
Tim Johnston · Buy on Amazon
"I read the last 30 pages in an airport, 10 feet from the gate, and did not notice the boarding announcements. I missed my flight for literature."
Cover of The Orchid Thief
The Orchid Thief
Susan Orlean · Buy on Amazon
"I'm going to stick to nonfiction... Answer is "The Orchid Thief," by Susan Orlean"
In a Sunburned Country
Bill Bryson · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Sum
Sum
David Eagleman · 2009 · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Endurance
Endurance
Alfred Lansing · 1959 · Buy on Amazon
""Endurance," Alfred Lansing's brisk, spare telling of Ernest Shackleton's polar ordeal. After two years lost off Antarctica... This is where I lost it."
Norwood
Charles Portis · Buy on Amazon
""Norwood," by Charles Portis. In particular, the wonder chicken section."
Cover of True Grit
True Grit
Charles Portis · Buy on Amazon
"I've been on a Charles Portis kick."
Cover of All the King's Men
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren · Buy on Amazon

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