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Act One: An Authobiography — Moss Hart
Act One: An Authobiography
Moss Hart Audiobook

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Fiction
Dark Constellations — Pola Oloixarac
Dark Constellations
Pola Oloixarac  Reread
Either/Or — Elif Batuman
Either/Or
Elif Batuman  Recommended
Gringos — Charles Portis
Gringos
Charles Portis 
Julia — Sandra Newman
Julia
Sandra Newman 
Last Summer in the City — Gianfranco Calligarich
Last Summer in the City
Gianfranco Calligarich 
Let Me In — John Ajvide Lindqvist
Let Me In
John Ajvide Lindqvist 
Masters of Atlantis — Charles Portis
Masters of Atlantis
Charles Portis 
Norwood — Charles Portis
Norwood
Charles Portis 
Outline — Rachel Cusk
Outline
Rachel Cusk 
Pedro Páramo — Juan Rulfo
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo 
Prophet Song — Paul Lynch
Prophet Song
Paul Lynch 
River of Smoke — Amitav Ghosh
River of Smoke
Amitav Ghosh 
Sea of Poppies — Amitav Ghosh
Sea of Poppies
Amitav Ghosh 
Solaris — Stanislaw Lem
Solaris
Stanislaw Lem  Recommended Reread
So Late in the Day — Claire Keegan
So Late in the Day
Claire Keegan 
Stories & Other Writing — Charles Portis
Stories & Other Writing
Charles Portis 
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford — Rob Hansen
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Rob Hansen 
The Cider House Rules — John Irving
The Cider House Rules
John Irving 
The Dog of the South — Charles Portis
The Dog of the South
Charles Portis 
The Fell — Sarah Moss
The Fell
Sarah Moss 
The Half-Life — Jonathan Raymond
The Half-Life
Jonathan Raymond 
The Monkey Wrench Gang — Edward Abbey
The Monkey Wrench Gang
Edward Abbey 
The New York Trilogy — Paul Auster
The New York Trilogy
Paul Auster 
The Trees — Percival Everett
The Trees
Percival Everett 
The Zone of Interest — Martin Amis
The Zone of Interest
Martin Amis 
Thieves Like Us — Edward Anderson
Thieves Like Us
Edward Anderson 
Time Shelter — Georgi Gospodinov
Time Shelter
Georgi Gospodinov 
True Grit — Charles Portis
True Grit
Charles Portis  Recommended Reread
Under The Skin — Michel Faber
Under The Skin
Michel Faber  Recommended
Waiting for the Barbarians — J. M. Coetzee
Waiting for the Barbarians
J. M. Coetzee 
We Have Always Lived in the Castle — Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson 
When We Cease to Understand the World — Benjamin Labatut
When We Cease to Understand the World
Benjamin Labatut 
Who Censored Roger Rabbit? — Gary K. Wolf
Who Censored Roger Rabbit?
Gary K. Wolf 
Women Talking — Miriam Toews
Women Talking
Miriam Toews 
Classics
Cold Comfort Farm — Stella Gibbons
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons  Recommended
Crossing to Safety — Wallace Stegner
Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner 
Death Comes for the Archbishop — Willa Cather
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather 
Madame Bovary — Gustave Flaubert
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert  Recommended
Mr Bridge — Evan S. Connell
Mr Bridge
Evan S. Connell 
Mrs Bridge — Evan S. Connell
Mrs Bridge
Evan S. Connell 
Summer — Edith Wharton
Summer
Edith Wharton 
The Boat Race Murder — R. E. Swartwout
The Boat Race Murder
R. E. Swartwout 
The Duel — Joseph Conrad
The Duel
Joseph Conrad 
The Razor's Edge — W. Somerset Maugham
The Razor's Edge
W. Somerset Maugham 
The Talented Mr. Ripley — Patricia Highsmith
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith 
To Be Read at Dusk — Charles Dickens
To Be Read at Dusk
Charles Dickens 
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life — Anna Funder
Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life
Anna Funder 
Non-fiction
50 Paintings You Should Know — Kristina Lowis
50 Paintings You Should Know
Kristina Lowis 
A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum
A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the As…
Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum Audiobook
Anglo-India and the End of Empire — Uther Charlton-Stevens
Anglo-India and the End of Empire
Uther Charlton-Stevens 
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness — Nathalie Olah
Bad Taste: Or the Politics of Ugliness
Nathalie Olah Audiobook
Burn Book — Kara Swisher
Burn Book
Kara Swisher Audiobook
Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca–Cola Capitalism — Bartow J. Elmore
Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca–Cola Capitalism
Bartow J. Elmore Audiobook
Dirtbag: Essays — Amber A'Lee Frost
Dirtbag: Essays
Amber A'Lee Frost 
Empireworld — Sathnam Sanghera
Empireworld
Sathnam Sanghera Audiobook
Eyam: Plague Village — David Paul
Eyam: Plague Village
David Paul 
Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy — Symeon Brown
Get Rich or Lie Trying: Ambition and Deceit in the New Infl…
Symeon Brown 
Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power — Marie Le Conte
Haven't You Heard?: Gossip, Politics and Power
Marie Le Conte Audiobook
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them — Jason Stanley
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley Audiobook
How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy — Jenny Odell
How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell Audiobook
Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Postal Service — Devin Leonard
Neither Snow Nor Rain: A History of the United States Posta…
Devin Leonard 
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram — Sarah Frier
No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram
Sarah Frier Audiobook
On Women — Susan Sontag
On Women
Susan Sontag 
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers — Emma Smith
Portable Magic: A History of Books and their Readers
Emma Smith 
Solutions and Other Problems — Allie Brosh
Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh 
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World — Tara Isabella Burton
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World
Tara Isabella Burton Audiobook
The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War — Fred Kaplan
The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of N…
Fred Kaplan Audiobook
The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion — Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell
The Cult of We: WeWork and the Great Start-Up Delusion
Eliot Brown and Maureen Farrell Audiobook
The Hedgehog Handbook — Sally Coulthard
The Hedgehog Handbook
Sally Coulthard 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourblindness — Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colourbl…
Michelle Alexander Audiobook
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper — Roland Allen
The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
Roland Allen 
The Railway Traveller’s Handy Book — Anonymous
The Railway Traveller’s Handy Book
Anonymous  Recommended
The White Album: Essays — Joan Didion
The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion 
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reality — Peter Pomerantsev
This Is Not Propaganda: Adventures in the War Against Reali…
Peter Pomerantsev Audiobook
We Are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People — Eliot Higgins
We Are Bellingcat: An Intelligence Agency for the People
Eliot Higgins Audiobook
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s — John Ganz
When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How Ameri…
John Ganz 
Why Women Buy: How to Sell to the World’s Largest Market — Dawn Jones
Why Women Buy: How to Sell to the World’s Largest Market
Dawn Jones Audiobook
Will Carter: Man of Letters — Lettering Arts Trust
Will Carter: Man of Letters
Lettering Arts Trust 
Memoir/biography
An Illustrated Life of William Morris — Richard Tames
An Illustrated Life of William Morris
Richard Tames 
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility — Michelle Tea
Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility
Michelle Tea Audiobook
Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer — The Secret Barrister
Nothing But The Truth: The Memoir of an Unlikely Lawyer
The Secret Barrister Audiobook
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft — Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King Audiobook
The Trading Game: A Confession — Gary Stevenson
The Trading Game: A Confession
Gary Stevenson Audiobook
The Unaccountability Machine — Dan Davies
The Unaccountability Machine
Dan Davies Audiobook
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography — Chris Boardman
Triumphs and Turbulence: My Autobiography
Chris Boardman Audiobook
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time — Natalie Hodges
Uncommon Measure: A Journey Through Music, Performance, and…
Natalie Hodges Audiobook
Cinema
Best Movie Year Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen — Brian Raftery
Best Movie Year Ever: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
Brian Raftery 
BFI Film Classics: Blade Runner — Scott Bukatman
BFI Film Classics: Blade Runner
Scott Bukatman 
BFI Film Classics: Brief Encounter — Richard Dyer
BFI Film Classics: Brief Encounter
Richard Dyer 
BFI Film Classics: Don't Look Now — Mark Sanderson
BFI Film Classics: Don't Look Now
Mark Sanderson 
BFI Film Classics: L'Atalante — Marina Warner
BFI Film Classics: L'Atalante
Marina Warner 
BFI Film Classics: Solaris — Mark Bould
BFI Film Classics: Solaris
Mark Bould 
Every Man for Himself and God against All: A Memoir — Werner Herzog
Every Man for Himself and God against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog 
Film After Film: Or, What Became Of 21st Century Cinema? — J. Hoberman
Film After Film: Or, What Became Of 21st Century Cinema?
J. Hoberman 
Life Itself — Roger Ebert
Life Itself
Roger Ebert 
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever — Matt Singer
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
Matt Singer 
The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger — Nathalie Morris and Claire Smith
The Cinema of Powell and Pressburger
Nathalie Morris and Claire Smith 
The Great Movies IV — Roger Ebert
The Great Movies IV
Roger Ebert 
Why Goldwyn Wore Jodhpurs — The London Review of Books
Why Goldwyn Wore Jodhpurs
The London Review of Books 

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