Terry Mcmillan's Reading List

The author of “Waiting to Exhale” and, most recently, “I Almost Forgot About You” doesn’t like to read espionage, science fiction or romance novels. “I either know how they’re going to end or don’t care.”

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By the Book: Terry Mcmillan (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-08-18).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Later, at the Bar

Rebecca Barry · Buy on Amazon

"Each of the characters broke my heart because they were all too familiar, but they also made my problems seem very small."

My Struggle

Karl Ove Knausgaard · Buy on Amazon

"I have Books 1, 2 and 3 and will read all six. It's written with verve and so much honesty and is so powerful; it's quite intimidating because of just how much he sees."

Haircut and Other Stories

Ring Lardner · Buy on Amazon

""Haircut and Other Stories," by Ring Lardner. He was a comical magician."

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston · 1937 · Buy on Amazon

"I'd have to say my heroine is Janie Mae Crawford in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God," because she showed me what courage and confidence looked like as a black woman when I was young."

Think on These Things

J. Krishnamurti · Buy on Amazon

""Think on These Things," by J. Krishnamurti."

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