The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
Bras Cubas is one of the weirdest books I've read in a while and it doesn't feel like it was written in the 19th century.
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage.
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A Confederacy of Dunces
A disastrous job interview and a confrontation with the police force Ignatius to find real work as a hotdog vendor.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
A post-apocalyptic science fiction novel by American writer Walter M. Miller Jr., first published in 1959.
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Uncle Vanya
Vanya is a middle-aged professor who feels disillusioned with his life and bitter about his wasted potential.
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Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro sets _Klara and the Sun_ in a dystopian future when some children are genetically engineered for enhanced academic ability.
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Black Rain
The novel is based on historical records of the devastation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
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City on the Edge of Forever
The initial Star Trek episode as intended and not the one aired.
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Cowboy Graves
A collection of short stories.
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Why I Live at the PO
a first-person narrative that revolves around the character known as Sister. She recounts the events leading up to her decision to leave her family home.
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The Cyberiad
_The Cyberiad_ are the stories of Trurl and Klapaucius, master inventors and engineers known as “constructors,” who have created marvels for kingdoms.
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Ragtime
_Ragtime_ combines fictional narratives with real-life events, blurring the lines between fact and fiction. Think Zelig.
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Intimations
The essays in "Intimations" touch on a range of topics, including the impact of the pandemic, racial injustice, social inequality, and the role of art in times of crisis.
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The Alchemist
Santiago's journey takes him from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a hidden treasure.
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The History of Rasselas
Rasselas enlists the help of an artist who is also known as an engineer to help with his escape from the Valley
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The Silmarillion
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made.
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My Wicked, Wicked Ways
Known to millions as the preeminent swashbuckler of the silver screen, Errol Flynn was a complex man who lived a life far more adventurous than any of his films.
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White Noise
Professor Jack Gladney teaches Hitler studies at a small liberal arts college in rural New York…
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William Trevor's Last Stories
The story about the piano teacher has stayed and will stay with me for a while…
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Year of the Monkey
a collection of reality-blended fictional picaresque essays that only Patti Smith can write… totally my jam
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Humboldt's Gift
explores the changing relationship between art and power in a materialist America. This theme is addressed through the contrasting careers of two writers…
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A Swim in the Pond in the Rain
Close readings of a selection of Russian short stories
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Time's Arrow
Tod T. Friendly has a secret.
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Design for the Real World
Papanek examines the attempts by designers to combat the tawdry, the unsafe, and the frivolous.
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The Sportswriter
As a sportswriter, Frank Bascombe makes his living studying people—men, mostly—who live entirely within themselves.
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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities
Readers as diverse as TS Eliot and Lou Reed appreciated Delmore Schwartz's work.
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Killing Commendatore
a complex and introspective novel that combines elements of magical realism,
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Cathedral
his third collection of stories and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
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Waiting for the Barbarians
The theme of colonial imposition is central to the novel
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The Invention of Morel
The invention of morel La invención de Morel (1940) — translated as The Invention of Morel or Morel’s Invention — is a novel by Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares. It was Bioy Casares’ breakthrough effort, for which he won the 1941 First Municipal Prize for Literature of the City of Buenos Aires. He considered it the true beginning of his literary career, despite being his seventh book. The first edition cover artist was Norah Borges (see below), sister of Bioy...
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