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Samantha Hunt's Reading List

The author Samantha Hunt, whose novel “The Seas” will be reissued in July, has started an apocalypse library: “I enjoy all these books. I just hope I’ll never need them to survive.”

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By the Book: Samantha Hunt (2018)

NYT By the Book column (2018-06-21).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Freshwater
Akwaeke Emezi · Buy on Amazon
""Freshwater", by Akwaeke Emezi"
Cover of In the Distance
In the Distance
Hernán Diaz · 2017 · Buy on Amazon
""In the Distance," by Hernán Diaz"
Riddance
Shelley Jackson · Buy on Amazon
"the ghostly, wonderful "Riddance," by Shelley Jackson"
Cover of There There
There There
Tommy Orange · 2018 · Buy on Amazon
""There There," by Tommy Orange"
Cover of Severance
Severance
Ling Ma · Buy on Amazon
""Severance," the astonishing, rollicking office building/apocalypse debut by Ling Ma."
Cover of Parable of the Sower
Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler · Buy on Amazon
"Octavia E. Butler's "Parable of the Sower." Butler possessed a crystal ball."
Cover of As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
William Faulkner · 1930 · Buy on Amazon
"Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying." Never the same river twice, even if that river sweeps your mom's dead body and your brother's tools downstream each time you cross it."
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Beloved
Toni Morrison · 1987 · Buy on Amazon
"Toni Morrison's "Beloved""
Jane: A Murder
Maggie Nelson · Buy on Amazon
"Maggie Nelson's "Jane: A Murder""
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His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman · Buy on Amazon
"I'm more fond of the living, particularly Lyra and Will from Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series."
The Man Who Loved Children
Christina Stead · Buy on Amazon
"I'd assign this president a long work of fiction, perhaps Christina Stead's "The Man Who Loved Children.""
The Art of Flight
Sergio Pitol · Buy on Amazon
""The Art of Flight," by Sergio Pitol"
Dead Girls
Alice Bolin · Buy on Amazon
""Dead Girls," by Alice Bolin."

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