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Sara Paretsky's Reading List

The author of the V. I. Warshawski novels, most recently “Critical Mass,” was hugely influenced by “A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”: “I felt as though I’d fallen into words and wanted to drown in them.”

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By the Book: Sara Paretsky (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-09-11).

Source: www.nytimes.com

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Stoner
John Williams · 1965 · Buy on Amazon
"John Williams's "Stoner""
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Gilead
Marilynne Robinson · 2004 · Buy on Amazon
"I loved "Gilead" and "Wolf Hall," which is a staggering achievement."
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Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Buy on Amazon
"I loved "Gilead" and "Wolf Hall," which is a staggering achievement."
The News from Spain
Joan Wickersham · Buy on Amazon
"Joan Wickersham's "The News From Spain""
The Conspiracy
Jaan Kross · Buy on Amazon
"Jaan Kross's "The Conspiracy""
The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
Sei Shōnagon · Buy on Amazon
"sometimes at 3 in the morning, I read from "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon," a journal kept by a woman at the 11th-century Japanese imperial court"
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce · Buy on Amazon
"When I first read "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," at 17, I felt as though I'd fallen into words and wanted to drown in them. I reread the book 20 or 30 times."
Your Inner Fish
Neil Shubin · Buy on Amazon
"Neil Shubin's "Your Inner Fish" is also on my night stand."
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
Richard Hofstadter · Buy on Amazon
"Richard Hofstadter was a great stylist; 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of his "Paranoid Style in American Politics," which is as insightful a dissection of our country today as it was when he first published it."

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