Ghost Story by Peter Straub I had heard this was one of the scariest books of all time. I was… Read more Ghost Story

Beloved by Toni Morrison Reading Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami made me think of ghost stories. Several of… Read more Beloved

Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. The author was born in Japan but raised in England and writes in… Read more Remains of the Day

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Not a Nobel winner, but often proposed for the prize. After reading Remains… Read more Kafka on the Shore

Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable, by Samuel Beckett One of the recurring threads in Charlie Kaufaman’s Antkind is mid-20th century… Read more Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable

I am Madame X, by Gioia Diliberto I love John Singer Sargent’s portrait, “Doctor Pozzi at Home” at the Hammer… Read more I am Madame X

Antkind, by Charlie Kaufman. An absurd novel by the screenwriter best known for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine… Read more Antkind

Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Rauch wrote this book in 1993 as a warning against the suppression on college… Read more Kindly Inquisitors

The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes Julian Barnes researches the story behind the model for one of… Read more The Man in the Red Coat

The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst A novel by the English writer Alan Hollinghurst set in the Thatcherite years… Read more The Line of Beauty