• CHILDHOOD BOYHOOD AND YOUTH, by LEO TOLSTOY
• THE CONFORMIST, by ALBERTO MORAVIA
• A PERSONAL MATTER, by KENZABURO OE
• ✔ THE CONSERVATIONIST, by NADINE GORDIMER
• GET A LIFE, by NADINE GORDIMER
• TELLING TALES, edited by NADINE GORDIMER
• JULY'S PEOPLE, by NADINE GORDIMER
• SONG OF SOLOMON, by TONI MORRISON
• THE CLOWN, by HEINRICH BOLL
• ✔ COMPLETE WORKS, by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
• ✔ MOBY DICK, by HERMANN MELVILLE
• ✔ NAUSEA, by JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
• THE BORDER TRILOGY, by CORMAC MCCARTHY
• THE FILMS IN MY LIFE, by FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
• CONVERSATIONS WITH WILDER, by CAMERON CROWE
• COMPLETE PROSE, by WOODY ALLEN
• ✔ MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN, by SALMAN RUSHDIE
• ✔ CORRECTIONS, by JONATHAN FRANZEN
• FREEDOM, by JONATHAN FRANZEN
• TRAVELING ON ONE LEG, by HERTA MULLER
• 100 LOVE SONNETS, by PABLO NERUDA
• ✔ 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE, by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
• THE COMPLETE MAUS, by ART SPIEGELMAN
• ✔ CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, by FRANK ABGANALE JR.
• ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE, by WILLIAM GOLDMAN
• WHO THE DEVIL MADE IT, by PETER BODGANOVICH
• THE BUDDENBROOKS and JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS, by THOMAS MANN
• OF HUMAN BONDAGE, by WILLIAM SOMERSET MAUGHAM
• ✔ BROOKLYN, by COLM TOIBIN
• AMERIKA, by FRANZ KAFKA
• LOON LAKE, by E.L. DOCTOROW
• LIGHTS OUT IN WONDERLAND, by DBC PIERRE
• ✔ CONVERSATION IN THE CATHEDRAL, by MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
• THE GREEN HOUSE, by MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
• TIME OF THE HERO, by MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
• TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG, by PETER CAREY(booker prize winner)
• THE LINE OF BEAUTY, by ALAN HOLLINGHURST (booker prize winner)
• THE FINKLER QUESTION, by HOWARD JACOBSON (booker prize winner)
• DECLINE AND FALL, by EVELYN WAUGH
• HEART OF DARKNESS, by JOSEPH CONRAD
• CATCH 22, by JOSEPH HELLER
• BABBIT, by SINCLAIR LEWIS
• A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION, by GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
• TREASURE ISLAND, by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
• THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE FLAMINGO, by MIA COUTO
• REEFER MADNESS, and FAST FOOD NATION, by ERIC SCHLOSSER
• MOLLOY, by SAMUEL BECKETT
• HOPSCOTCH, by JULIO CORTAZAR
• THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH, by GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
• TROPIC OF CANCER, by HENRY MILLER
• LOOKING BACKWARD, by EDWARD BELLAMY
• ✔ CANDIDE, by VOLTAIRE
• AS I LAY DYING and LIGHT IN AUGUST, by WILLIAM FAULKNER
• HORSEMEN, PASS BY, by LARRY MCMURTRY
• SONS AND LOVERS, by D.H. LAWRENCE
• ✔ HERZOG, by SAUL BELLOW
• ✔ IN A FREE STATE, by V.S. NAIPAUL
• THE EXILE AND THE KINGDOM, by ALBERT CAMUS

PLAYS

• STRANGE INTERLUDE, by EUGENE O'NEILL
• ✔ BURIED CHILD, by SAM SHEPARD
• A DELICATE BALANCE, and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, by EDWARD ALBEE
• SPEED-THE-PLOW, by DAVID MAMET
• ✔ THE BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE HOMECOMING, and THE BETRAYAL, by HAROLD PINTER
• THE CRUCIBLE, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, by ARTHUR MILLER
• ✔ CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
• WAITING FOR GODOT, KRAPP'S LAST TAPE, by SAMUEL BECKETT
• ZAIRE, by VOLTAIRE
• THE HISTORY BOYS, by ALAN BENNETT
• AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, by TRACY LETTS

HISTORY

• ✔ PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE WORLD, by CHRIS HARMAN
• VOICES OF A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, by HOWARD ZINN
• ✔ THE ODYSSEY, by HOMER
• ✔ THE ILIAD, by HOMER
• THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, by EDWARD GIBBON
• THE OXFORD HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, by WILLIAM DOYLE
• YEARS OF EXTERMINATION, by SAUL FRIEDLANDER
• ARC OF JUSTICE, by KEVIN BOYLE
• ✔ PENGUIN HISTORY OF CANADA, by ROBERT BOTHWELL
• GULAG, by ANNE APPLEBAUM
• THE PRIZE, by DANIEL YERGIN
• AMERICAN HERO, by LARRY BEINHART
• MEMORIES OF FIRE, by EDUARDO GALLEANO
• THE HEMINGSES OF MONTICELLO, by ANNETTE GORDON REED
• THE THIRD REICH TRILOGY, by RICHARD J. EVANS
• LEGACY OF ASHES, THE HISTORY OF THE CIA, by TIM WEINER
• A PROBLEM FROM HELL: AMERICA AND THE AGE OF GENOCIDE, by SAMANTHA POWER
• OPEN VEINS OF LATIN AMERICA, by EDUARDO GALEANO
• LEGACY OF ASHES, THE HISTORY OF THE CIA, by TIM WEINER
• A PROBLEM FROM HELL: AMERICA AND THE AGE OF GENOCIDE, by SAMANTHA POWER
• SHOCK DOCTRINE, by NAOMI KLEIN
• CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, by JOHN PERKINS
• ROGUE STATE, by WILLIAM BLUM
• THE MYSTERY OF CAPITAL, by HERNANDO DE SOTO
• THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION, by ROBERT FISK
• THE GREAT UNRAVELING, by PAUL KRUGMAN
• THE GREAT TERROR, by ROBERT CONQUEST
• BAILOUT NATION, by BARRY RITHOLTZ
• 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT
• SECRETS, by DANIEL ELLSBERG
• SPEECHES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
• WHO GETS IN, DANIEL STOFFMAN
• HELL AND HIGH WATER, by JOE ROMM
• LAWLESS WORLD, by PHILIPPE SANDS
• THE TRIAL OF HENRY KISSINGER
• THE LOOMING TOWER, by LAWRENCE WRIGHT

IN FRENCH

• LES MISERABLES, by VICTOR HUGO
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