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Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Reading List

The creator of Fleabag says East of Eden is the book she thinks about constantly, and she rereads Frankenstein every few years.

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By the Book: Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2019)

NYT By the Book column (2019-09-05).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Cover of So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away
Richard Brautigan · Buy on Amazon
"So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away, by Richard Brautigan. It's the last book he wrote before he died. It's so odd and beautiful and sad."
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East of Eden
John Steinbeck · Buy on Amazon
"East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. I think about it constantly."
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The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967 · Buy on Amazon
"The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov."
Cover of Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · Buy on Amazon
"Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. I reread it every few years."
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman · Buy on Amazon
"His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman."
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The Ginger Man
J. P. Donleavy · Buy on Amazon
"The Ginger Man, by J. P. Donleavy. It's outrageous and hilarious."
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The First Bad Man
Miranda July · Buy on Amazon
"The First Bad Man, by Miranda July. Brilliant."
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov · 1955 · Buy on Amazon
"Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov. The writing is extraordinary."
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Forever
Judy Blume · Buy on Amazon
"Forever, by Judy Blume."
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Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss · Buy on Amazon
"Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss. I read it in one sitting. It's extraordinary."

Favorite books (2023)

Favorite books recommended by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/phoebe-waller-bridge-favorite-books/.

Source: radicalreads.com

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
George Saunders · Buy on Amazon
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Three Women
Lisa Taddeo · Buy on Amazon
East of Eden
John Steinbeck (also rec’d by Jamie Lee Curtis ) · Buy on Amazon
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley (also rec’d by Patti Smith & R.L. Stine ) · Buy on Amazon
"Frankenstein took my breath away, but when I discovered Mary Shelley was 19 when she wrote it my head blew off."
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson · Buy on Amazon
"I do have a penchant for an antiheroine/hero. I prefer not to know exactly how I feel about a character. I definitely started walking like a badass while reading Lisbeth Salander."
The Ginger Man
J.P. Donleavy (also rec’d by Johnny Depp ) · Buy on Amazon
"I was horrified yet set alight by the brutal amorality of Sebastian Dangerfield from J. P. Donleavy’s The Ginger Man ."
The First Bad Man
Miranda July (also rec’d by Carrie Brownstein ) · Buy on Amazon
"I’ll never quite shake the impact of Cheryl Glickman from The First Bad Man , by Miranda July."
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov · 1955 · Buy on Amazon
"Humbert Humbert in Lolita was the most unforgettable, uncomfortable relationship I’ve had with a character I can remember."
Little Birds
Anaïs Nin (also rec’d by Dita Von Teese ) · Buy on Amazon
"Not dissimilarly, years later, I picked up Anaïs Nin’s Little Birds while browsing Waterstones and stood frozen there, entranced, for about an hour until an employee had to remind my flushed face that Waterstones isn’t a library and I had to remind myself that erotic short stories should be read in private."

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