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Here are 15 books that caught my interest lately.
Fresh, off-beat, quirky or curious titles that might deserve more attention:
01: MATT BELL, “In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods”, ?? pages, June 2013.
02: MATT DRURY, “Pacific”, 352 pages, April 2013.
03: RACHEL KUSHNER, “The Flame Throwers”, 400 pages, April 2013.
04: BEN LERNER, “Leaving the Atocha Station”, 272 pages, 2012.
05: KARIN TIDBECK, “Jagannath”, 114 pages, 2012. [Short Fiction, Fantasy]
06: RUDOLF WITTKOWER, “Born under Saturn: The Character and Conduct of Artists”, 360 pages, 1968. [Cultural History]
07: NEVIL SHUTE, “Trustee from the Toolroom”, 316 pages, 1960.
08: SEBASTIAN HAFFNER, “Defying Hitler” / “Die Geschichte eines Deutschen”, 309 pages, 2000. [Memoir, German]
09: REYNOLDS PRICE, “The Promise of Rest”, 368 pages, 1995.
10: JAMES LIPTON, “An Exaltation of Larks”, 336 pages, 1970. [Trivia / Lists]
11: MICHAEL G. CONEY, “Hello Summer, Goodbye”, 221 pages, 1975. [Science-Fiction]
12: HENRI LEFEBVRE, “Critique of Everyday Life”, 842 pages, 1942. [French Philosophy / Cultural Studies]
13: HEATHER WALDORF, “Tripping”, 344 pages, 2009. [Young Adult]
14: JOHN VON DÜFFEL, “Zeit des Verschwindens”, 208 pages, 2000. [German]
15: PETER BUWALDA, “Bonita Avenue”, 543 pages, 2010. [Dutch; German edition available on Feb 22nd, 2013, Rowohlt]
Here are five books that made me curious enough to buy them:
01: DONALD HALL, “The Best Day, the Worst Day: Life with Jane Kenyon”, 258 pages, 2005. [Memoir / Writing / Death]
02: JULIE ANNE PETERS, “Between Mom and Jo”, 240 pages, 2006. [Young Adult]
03: ROBERT BOSWELL, “Crooked Hearts”, 339 pages, 1987.
04: HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER, “Hammerstein”, 402 pages, 2008. [German]
05: NOELLE HANCOCK, “My Year with Eleanor”, 304 pages, 2011. [Memoir / Self-Help, recommendation by Karla Paul (Link), German edition here]
…and finally, here are three books that I read – and that were really good:
5 of 5 stars: RUTH KLÜGER, “Still alive” / “weiter leben. Eine Jugend”, 283 pages, 1992 [Holocaust Memoir, German]
4 of 5 stars: JULIE REECE DEAVER, “Say Goodnight, Gracie”, 224 pages, 1988. [Young Adult]
4 of 5 stars: DAVID MARKSON, “The Last Novel”, 220 pages, 2007. [Trivia / Lists / post-modern]
related Posts:
- my 20 Best Books of 2011 (Link)
- Summer Reading – 60 books for the next couple of months! (Link)
- Still unread: books I plan to read (pretty soon?) (Link)
- 40 disappointing Literary Classics (Link)
- Essay: “Futter für die Bestie – Literaturkritik in digitalen Zeiten” (Link, German)
and:
- Underdog Literature: December 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: November 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: October 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: September 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: August 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: July 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: June 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: May 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: April 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: March 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: February 2012 (Link)
- Underdog Literature: January 2012 (Link)