Who recommends it
- Laura McKowenInterview
Dry by Augusten Burroughs – he’s one of my absolute favorite writers, and I think this is his best memoir (he has several). The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion – simply one of the most incredibly writers. The Secret History by Donna Tartt – she’s best known for Goldfinch, but I believe this is her best work…
- Gemma CorrellInterview
- Mary RoachInterview
Third, anything by Erik Larson (Devil in the White City, Dead Wake, Isaac’s Storm are favorites) – for the pacing and character development, and for the detailed historical research and the narratives he manages to build with it. And he’s often intertwining two stories. His books are complicated, finely balanced…
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