- The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (because manuscripts don't burn)
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Matilda by Roald Dahl (because Dahl's description of Matilda's reading is probably the best description of what reading does that I have ever encountered)
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Misery by Stephen King
- The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (or one of its sequels, Lost in a Good Book or The Well of Lost Plots, which last is my favorite Fforde book)
- "The Composition" short story by Antonio Skármeta
- "Umney's Last Case" short story by Stephen King
Monday, May 30, 2011
Books about books - notes for potential syllabus
It occurs to me that a general lit class about books about books (and/or reading, with a little writing thrown in) would be a pretty cool one to teach. Titles keep popping into my head, and I've decided to write them here, rather than on tiny scraps of paper which I will inevitably lose, or which some cat will puke on.
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