Tom Waits's Reading List

Notable reader profiled on radicalreads.com. 10 favorite books recommended in their radicalreads feature.

Favorite books (2019)

Favorite books recommended by Tom Waits, as compiled by radicalreads.com. Source article: https://radicalreads.com/tom-waits-favorite-books/.

Breece D’J Pancake · Buy on Amazon

Frank Stanford · Buy on Amazon

Robert Frank (also rec’d by Annie Leibovitz ) · Buy on Amazon

Paul Trachtman · Buy on Amazon

Jack Kerouac · Buy on Amazon

"Before I found Kerouac I was kinda groping for something to hang on to, stylistically."

Charles Bukowski · Buy on Amazon

"One of the most colorful and important writers of modern fiction, poetry, prose, in contemporary literature."

Tennessee Williams · Buy on Amazon

J.D. Salinger · Buy on Amazon

Michael Ondaatje (also rec’d by Nick Cave ) · Buy on Amazon

Charles Bukowski · Buy on Amazon