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Stacy Schiff's Reading List

The author, most recently, of “The Witches” sat behind Hilary Mantel at a performance of “Wolf Hall”: “The titles of her backlist tumbled out half intelligibly, one on top of the other. . . . She seemed to take me for a lunatic.”

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By the Book: Stacy Schiff (2015)

NYT By the Book column (2015-10-22).

Source: www.nytimes.com

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra · Buy on Amazon
"Anthony Marra's "The Tsar of Love and Techno," because I was knocked out by "A Constellation of Vital Phenomena""
The Tsar of Love and Techno
Anthony Marra · Buy on Amazon
"Anthony Marra's "The Tsar of Love and Techno""
Cover of The Known World
The Known World
Edward P. Jones · 2003 · Buy on Amazon
"Edward P. Jones's "The Known World""
The Art of Memoir
Mary Karr · Buy on Amazon
"Mary Karr's "The Art of Memoir""
Cover of The Leopard
The Leopard
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa · 1958 · Buy on Amazon
"Lampedusa's "The Leopard," though anecdotal evidence proves you have to be over the age of 30 — or a premature nostalgic — to see it for the masterpiece it is."
The Transit of Venus
Shirley Hazzard · Buy on Amazon
"Shirley Hazzard's "Transit of Venus""
A House for Mr. Biswas
V. S. Naipaul · Buy on Amazon
"Naipaul's "House for Mr. Biswas," both utterly flawless"
Old Filth
Jane Gardam · Buy on Amazon
"I nearly hand out copies of Jane Gardam's "Old Filth" at street corners."
Some People
Harold Nicolson · Buy on Amazon
"I've gone back to Harold Nicolson's "Some People" more often than I can say. The sly wit never fades; the small-minded never prevail. It's the most stylish book I know."
The Places in Between
Rory Stewart · Buy on Amazon
"Rory Stewart's "The Places in Between" is to me a modern marvel, the kind of book that floats to the top of the pile on the night stand"
Cover of From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E. L. Konigsburg · Buy on Amazon
"Like any child who either ran away from home or contemplated doing so, "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.""
Cover of The March of Folly
The March of Folly
Barbara Tuchman · Buy on Amazon
"I'd love to suggest Barbara Tuchman's "March of Folly." Nothing like a catalog of human idiocies to make one feel less alone."

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