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Percival Everett's Reading List

"'To Kill a Mockingbird' has had much attention and, one could argue, influence on our culture, but I find the novel poorly written," says Percival Everett, author of "The Trees" and many other novels. "Sentence to sentence I fairly hate it."

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By the Book: Percival Everett (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-12-16).

Source: www.nytimes.com

South to Freedom
Alice L. Baumgartner · Buy on Amazon
""South to Freedom," by Alice L. Baumgartner, a well-written book about slavery that does cover something new."
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Six Easy Pieces
Richard Feynman · 1995 · Buy on Amazon
""Six Easy Pieces," by Richard Feynman. I daydream of being as smart as Richard Feynman."
The Ethics of Ambiguity
Simone de Beauvoir · Buy on Amazon
""The Ethics of Ambiguity," by Simone de Beauvoir"
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At the Existentialist Café
Sarah Bakewell · Buy on Amazon
"I recently enjoyed Sarah Bakewell's "At the Existentialist Café." This book fell into my hands just as I was returning to the existentialists and fit perfectly with my interest. It added a human dimension to the period."
Under the Red, White and Blue
Greil Marcus · Buy on Amazon
"I found great pleasure in Greil Marcus's "Under the Red, White and Blue: Patriotism, Disenchanment and the Stubborn Myth of the Great Gatsby," about the idea of the American dream, its allure, the exploitation of it. I wish I had written this book."
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston · 1937 · Buy on Amazon
"I might pick up Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" or "Moby-Dick" and read a random paragraph and feel satisfied."
Dem
Melvin Kelley · Buy on Amazon
"I love Melvin Kelley's "Dem.""
The Woman Destroyed
Simone de Beauvoir · Buy on Amazon
"Beauvoir's "The Woman Destroyed" is a great piece of applied existentialism, if there is such a thing."
The Way of All Flesh
Samuel Butler · Buy on Amazon
"I love Butler's "The Way of All Flesh." No one else talks about it, so I will take that to mean they haven't read it. Once I read it, I never stopped talking about it."

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