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Paula Hawkins's Reading List

The author of "The Girl on the Train" steers away from a couple of popular genres: "I have (shamefully) never read any sci-fi, and I tend to avoid horror because I'm a wimp."

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By the Book: Paula Hawkins (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-09-15).

Source: www.nytimes.com

A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara · Buy on Amazon
""A Little Life," by Hanya Yanagihara. I came to it rather late — I'd been put off by what I'd heard about the upsetting subject matter... it is also a remarkable study of friendship, suffering and the difficulty of recovery."
Cover of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Oliver Sacks · Buy on Amazon
""The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," by Oliver Sacks"
Cover of We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families
Philip Gourevitch · Buy on Amazon
""We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families," by Philip Gourevitch"
The Shadow of the Sun
Ryszard Kapuscinski · Buy on Amazon
""The Shadow of the Sun," by Ryszard Kapuscinski, are among those that have affected me most deeply."
The Soccer War
Ryszard Kapuscinski · Buy on Amazon
"It would be a tossup between "The Soccer War," by Ryszard Kapuscinski, and "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote."
Cover of In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote · 1966 · Buy on Amazon
"It would be a tossup between "The Soccer War," by Ryszard Kapuscinski, and "In Cold Blood," by Truman Capote."
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And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie · Buy on Amazon
"In my early teens I discovered Agatha Christie — the clever plotting of "And Then There Were None" made a great impression on me."

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