Tag: classic
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Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice is an all-timer, and so is his daughter Alexandra’s piece about him.
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Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North and Albert Monteys
It’s brilliant. One of the best Father’s Day gifts my kid could have come up with
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Collected Stories by Carson McCullers
These characters are lonely, despondent, often spiralling, and nobody writes them as well as McCullers.
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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Even better and more readable than I expected
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Run Lola Run
The film is great, the soundtrack is an all-timer, and you’ll have a chance to dig it on the big screen this summer
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Beautifully written, impossible to put down, with an ending full of shocking twists. Probably perfect. You should read it.
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The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
McCullers writes about misfits, loneliness and the need for human connection in a way that fully overwhelmed me.
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy
The prototype for the modern tech history. The influence and reach of this book can’t be overstated.
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The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
The first appearance of Philip Marlowe. This book set the template for authors like William Gibson and Elmore Leonard.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
A bunch of short stories that you’ll want to re-read as soon as you finish.