Booklist

SOME OF MY FAVORITES:

THE GARDEN OF EDEN – Ernest Hemingway
THE SUN ALSO RISES ~ Ernest Hemingway
A MOVEABLE FEAST~ Ernest Hemingway
THE LOVER ~ Marguerite Duras
MY LIFE & TIMES~ Henry Miller
BIG SUR & THE ORANGES OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH ~Henry Miller
PLEXUS ~ Henry Miller
BLACK SPRING~ Henry Miller
GOLDMAN’S ANATOMY ~ Glenn Savan
THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN ~ E.B. White
LIFE WITH PICASSO ~ Francoise Gilot
JUDE THE OBSCURE ~ Thomas Hardy
THE WOODLANDERS ~ Thomas Hardy
HADLEY (bio on Hadley Hemingway) ~ Gioia Diliberto
WONDER BOYS ~ Michael Chabon
THE GREAT GATSBY – F. Scott Fitzgerald
ANIMAL FARM ~ George Orwell
SYLVIA PLATH JOURNALS
THE BELL JAR ~ Sylvia Plath
LONG WAY ROUND ~ Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman
LONG WAY DOWN ~  Ewan McGregor & Charlie Boorman
A TALENT FOR GENIUS (bio on Oscar Levant) ~ Kashner/Schoenberger
ARDENT SPIRITS – Reynolds Price
BETTER THAN SANE ~Alison Rose
MEMOIRS OF AN AMNESIAC – Oscar Levant
A SMATTERING OF IGNORANCE – Oscar Levant
I MADE MY BED ~ Rube Goldberg
JOHN FOWLES JOURNALS I & II
HER HUSBAND {PLATH & HUGHES} – Diane Middlebrook
MARGUERITE DURAS: A LIFE – Laure Adler
LOST WEEKEND – Charles Jackson
WINTER JOURNAL – Paul Auster
THE ENGLISH MAJOR – Jim Harrison
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING – Joan Didion
BLUE NIGHTS – Joan Didion
BROOKLYN FOLLIES – Paul Auster
COME TO THE EDGE – Christina Haag
WALK THIS WAY – Aerosmith
JUST KIDS – Patti Smith
KITCHEN – Banana Yoshimoto
NP – Banana Yoshimoto
LOVERS OR SOMETHING LIKE IT – Florian Zeller
THE POLLEN ROOM – Zoe Jenny
A TICKET TO THE CIRCUS – Norris Church Mailer
A FREEWHEELIN’ TIME {Memoir of Greenwich Village in ’60’s} – Suze Rotolo
AMERICAN ON PURPOSE – Craig Ferguson
WONDERFUL TODAY  – Pattie Boyd
LIFE – Keith Richards
LIT – Mary Karr
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE GOING TO BE STRANGERS – Larry McMurtry
TWO ON A TOWER – Thomas Hardy
SUNSET PARK – Paul Auster
32 YOLKS – Eric Ripert
M TRAIN – Patti Smith
ROCKS MY LIFE IN & OUT OF AEROSMITH – Joe Perry
BREAKFAST WITH LUCIAN – Geordie Greig
IN SHORT MEASURES – Michael Ruhlman
INDEPENDENT ED – Ed Burns
A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL – David McCabe
TWO PROSPECTORS – Sam Shepard & Johnny Dark

“To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.” ~Cicero

CURRENTLY READING:

SAM SHEPARD, A LIFE – John Winters
WHAT DONCHA KNOW ABOUT HENRY MILLER? – Twinka Thiebold

RECENTLY READ:

HERE & NOW (Letters) – Paul Auster & J.M. Coetzee
THE BOOK OF ILLUSIONS – Paul Auster
YOU ARE A BADASS – Jen Sincero
DETROIT – Charlie LeDuff
SEIZE FREEDOM – Thaddeus McCotter
THE TENDER BAR – J.R. Moehringer
THE LONGEST WAY HOME – Andrew McCarthy
GOD’S MASTER PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE – Gloria Copeland
SUNSET PARK – Paul Auster
TWO ON A TOWER – Thomas Hardy
DAYS THAT I’LL REMEMBER, SPENDING TIME W/JOHN & YOKO – Jonathan Cott
CHEEVER: A LIFE – Blake Bailey
THROUGH THE DARK LABYRINTH – GORDON BOWKER
CHRONICLES – Bob Dylan
EVERY LOVE STORY IS A GHOST STORY – D.T. MAX
MAD GIRL’S LOVE SONG – Andrew Wilson
THE BROOKLYN FOLLIES – Paul Auster
THE MARRIAGE PLOT – Jeffrey Eugenides
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE HER – Junot Diaz
THE SUMMER WITHOUT MEN – Siri Hustvedt
A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING – Dave Eggers
NORWEGIAN WOOD – Haruki Murakami
ORACLE NIGHT – Paul Auster
THE GAP – Richard Lorber & Ernest Fladell
HOUSE – Michael Ruhlman
BY NIGHTFALL – Michael Cunningham
HIT HARD – Joey Kramer
DANDELION – Catherine James
RECKLESS – Chrissie Hynde
GIRL IN A BAND – Kim Gordon
THE ANCIENT MINSTREL – Jim Harrison
DOES THE NOISE IN MY HEAD BOTHER YOU? – Steven Tyler
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO – Steig Larsson
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE – Steig Larsson
THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS’ NEST – Steig Larsson
FOREST DARK – Nicole Krauss
HEROES OF THE FRONTIER – Dave Eggers
THE CIRCLE – Dave Eggers
ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES – Rob Spillman
SOUTH & WEST – Joan Didion
THE BAD GIRL – Mario Vargas Llosa
MOON PALACE – Paul Auster