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Michael Lewis's Reading List

The author of “Liar’s Poker,” “The Blind Side” and, most recently, “Flash Boys” says it’s hard to dramatize the quotidian in a way that makes it fresh for readers: “It’s like describing the air we breathe.”

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By the Book: Michael Lewis (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-04-10).

Source: www.nytimes.com

A Hologram for the King
Dave Eggers · Buy on Amazon
"It's just very hard to do what Eggers does in that book -- to dramatize the quotidian in a way that causes a reader to see it fresh. It's like describing the air we breathe."
Why Does the World Exist?
Jim Holt · Buy on Amazon
"I don't understand why Jim Holt has not become seriously famous. He's a total delight on the page. Every time he writes something, I'm reminded of the pleasure of reading."
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Edwin Lefevre · Buy on Amazon
"That something first published in 1923 remains so relevant and readable tells you how little Wall Street has changed in the last century."
Recollections of a Picture Dealer
Ambroise Vollard · Buy on Amazon
"I loved the memoirs of the early French art dealers -- Ambroise Vollard's Recollections of a Picture Dealer is the best of them."
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Mordecai Richler · Buy on Amazon
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon
"I remember wishing, if only vaguely, that I might be able to create the pleasure I took from that book for myself."
The Moviegoer
Walker Percy · Buy on Amazon
Cover of The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe · Buy on Amazon
Cover of Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis · Buy on Amazon
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Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth · Buy on Amazon
"I learned of the existence of masturbation from Portnoy's Complaint -- which I read only because I sensed my parents had tried to hide it. Philip Roth still occupies an unusual place in my heart."

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