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Eileen Myles recommended The Master and Margarita in Books (curated)

The Master and Margarita

Mikhail Bulgakov | 1970 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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"Bulgakov’s suffering under censorship yielded this sparkling novel in which Pontius Pilate shares space with a giant floating black cat, and elsewhere a man confined to a mental hospital for political reasons probably dreamed up the whole thing."

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Jamie Lee Curtis recommended East of Eden in Books (curated)

East of Eden

John Steinbeck | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry

9.3

(9 Ratings)

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"Steinbeck is my favorite author. I own first editions of this book, as well as everything on this list. East of Eden has some of the finest prose and also op-eds buried deep in this beautiful novel."

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Leslie Odom Jr. recommended The Godfather in Books (curated)

The Godfather

Mario Puzo | 2009 | Fiction & Poetry

9.0

(5 Ratings)

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"Take the longer route the next time you get the hankering to watch the ‘72 Coppola classic; it is every bit as rewarding. The central and abiding lesson in the novel is about friendship. It’ll stick with you."

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Irvine Welsh recommended Ulysses in Books (curated)

Ulysses

James Joyce, Jeri Johnson | 2008 | Essays

(0 Ratings)

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"Read this book in every one of my adult decades and got something different from it each time. “Ulysses” isn’t a novel, it’s a life project, and like life itself, we embark upon it striving towards understanding it."

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Gabrielle Union recommended Fates and Furies in Books (curated)

Fates and Furies

Lauren Groff | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

6.0

(1 Ratings)

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"A delicious novel told from both perspectives of a marriage and all its nooks and crannies we tend to keep to ourselves. The book spans 24 years and the reader is along for this layered roller coaster ride."

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Alan Hollinghurst recommended Put Out More Flags in Books (curated)

Put Out More Flags

Evelyn Waugh | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

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"Published in 1942, this marvellously mordant account of the first years of World War II, less known than the wonderful Decline and Fall and A Handful of Dust, is perhaps Waugh's most flawless comic novel. Every word tells."

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Don DeLillo recommended Apeirogon in Books (curated)

Apeirogon

Colum McCann | 2021 | Fiction & Poetry, History & Politics

(0 Ratings)

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"Apeirogon, 2020, Colum McCann’s ambitious and compelling journey into the lives of Palestinians and Israelis. Strong work, and intriguing surprise on every page, the kind of current American novel that reminds us that fiction continues to renew itself."

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