Sting's Reading List
The singer-songwriter, whose album “The Last Ship” will be released this week, says his favorite novels are really extended songs: “What is ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ if not an opera?”
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NYT By the Book column (2013-09-19).
Source: www.nytimes.com
Hilary Mantel · 2012 · Buy on Amazon
"I enjoyed Hilary Mantel’s “Bring Up the Bodies,” almost as much as I enjoyed its predecessor, “Wolf Hall.” Her portrait of Thomas Cromwell is complex and largely sympathetic to a character that is usually cast darkly."
Hilary Mantel · 2009 · Buy on Amazon
"I enjoyed Hilary Mantel’s “Bring Up the Bodies,” almost as much as I enjoyed its predecessor, “Wolf Hall.”"
Nathaniel Philbrick · Buy on Amazon
"I enjoyed Nathaniel Philbrick’s treatment of the American War of Independence in “Bunker Hill” for similar reasons, a well-researched story proving to be more nuanced and compelling than a well-established myth."
Mark Twain · Buy on Amazon
"Mark Twain, for the perfect combination of plot and character in “Huckleberry Finn.”"
Colum McCann · Buy on Amazon
"I like personal dramas set within the sweep of historical events: Colum McCann’s “TransAtlantic” and “Let the Great World Spin,” or Ian McEwan’s “Sweet Tooth.”"
Colum McCann · Buy on Amazon
"Colum McCann’s “TransAtlantic” and “Let the Great World Spin,” or Ian McEwan’s “Sweet Tooth.”"
Ian McEwan · Buy on Amazon
"Colum McCann’s “TransAtlantic” and “Let the Great World Spin,” or Ian McEwan’s “Sweet Tooth.”"
Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1967 · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite novels are extended songs. What is “One Hundred Years of Solitude” if not an opera? And a grand one at that!"
Gabriel García Márquez · Buy on Amazon
"My favorite novels are extended songs. What is “One Hundred Years of Solitude” if not an opera? And a grand one at that!"
P. G. Wodehouse · Buy on Amazon
"The complete works of P. G. Wodehouse, for their innocent escapism."
Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967 · Buy on Amazon
"Probably Bulgakov’s “Master and Margarita,” a delicious and disruptive satire of Soviet Russia. I hear a dead man was put on trial in Moscow only this past summer; Woland would have loved it!"
Marcus Aurelius · 180 · Buy on Amazon
"“Meditations,” by Marcus Aurelius — Stoicism and the limitations of power."
Robert Louis Stevenson · Buy on Amazon
"I imagined myself as Jim Hawkins in “Treasure Island,” an innocent among thieves and cutthroats. It must have been the first book I ever read from start to finish, with unforgettable characters, Long John Silver, Blind Pew, Ben Gunn."
Catherine Camus · Buy on Amazon
"Albert Camus: “Solitude and Solidarity,” a beautiful and evocative portrait of the man and the writer, edited by his daughter Catherine."
Ellen Von Unwerth · Buy on Amazon
"Ellen Von Unwerth’s “Fräulein.”. . . Well, what did you expect?"