(although MRE makes me think of MRA and then I am stopped up with anger.)
Buried in Print has a Must-Read-Everything list and since I am nothing if not a follower, I have decided I want a MRE list too. Of course, I get all caught up in the details (Will I put authors like Sophia Kinsella on, which I read just because and do not actively search out? Should I put authors I have read lots of, even though my tastes have changed since I stopped reading them? What about kids books and my current love of Lemony Snicket minus the racism? Maybe I should just start and see what happens.)
Kate Atkinson’s books:
✓ Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Human Croquet
Emotionally Weird
Not the End of the World
✓ Case Histories
✓ One Good Turn
✓ When Will There Be Good News?
✓ Started Early, Took My Dog
✓ Life After Life
A God in Ruins
Jeannette Winterson’s books:
✓ Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
✓ The Passion
✓ Sexing the Cherry
Written on the Body
Gut Symmetries
The World and Other Places
The PowerBook
✓ Lighthousekeeping
Weight
The Stone Gods
✓ Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
The Daylight Gate
Zadie Smith’s books:
✓ White Teeth
✓ The Autograph Man
✓ On Beauty
Martha and Hanwell
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays
✓ NW
The Embassy of Cambodia
Catherine Bush’s books:
Minus Time
✓ The Rules of Engagement
✓ Claire’s Head
✓ Accusation
David Mitchell’s books:
Ghostwritten
number9dream
✓ Cloud Atlas
✓ Black Swan Green
✓ The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
✓ The Bone Clocks
Slade House
Edeet Ravel’s books:
Lovers: A Midrash
✓ Ten Thousand Lovers
✓ Look for Me
✓ A Wall of Light
✓ Your Sad Eyes and Unforgettable Mouth
The Last Rain
The Cat
Mischa Berlinski’s books (please write more!):
✓ Fieldwork
Charles Yu’s books:
✓ How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
Third Class Superhero
✓ Sorry Please Thank You: Stories
Michel Houellebecq’s books:
Whatever
The Elementary Particles
✓ Platform
✓ The Possibility of an Island
✓ The Map and the Territory
Soumission
It seems so sour to end with Houellebecq, but I’ve got to go to the bus stop for Tesfa, so I guess that’s where we’ll stop.
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