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It has become a holiday tradition on the OUPblog to ask our favorite people about their favorite books. This year we asked authors to participate (OUP authors and non-OUP authors). For the next two weeks we will be posting their responses which reflect a wide variety of tastes and interests, in fiction, non-fiction and children’s […]
Novelist Louise Harwood recommends Restoration by Rose Tremain.
Elvin Lim recommends Rejecting Rights.
David L. Bosco recommends The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and One Morning in Maine.
Novelist Rupert Thomson chooses his book of 2009.
Simon Winchester explains why Georges Perec’s Life A User’s Manual is his favorite book.
A look back at the great posts of 2007.
Stephanie O’Cain’s favorite book is Written on the Body.
Greg Galant’s favorite book is The Power Broker.
Erin Cox shares her favorite books with us.
Dylan Moulton’s favorite book is…
I have never finished reading my favorite book. This may sound incongruous, but the truth is that any time I “finish” Sartre’s ‘The Words’, I simply start it again. For many years, I have always been somewhere in the process of reading this quietly brilliant book. Sartre’s memoir is one of paradox.
Jaime Morganstern’s favorite book is Love Story.
Bethany Heitman’s favorite book is In Cold Blood.
To celebrate the holidays we asked some of our favorite people in publishing what their favorite book was. Let us know in the comments what your favorite book is and be sure to check back throughout the week for more “favorites”. Mark Sarvas runs the literary blog The Elegant Variation. His criticism has appeared in […]
Andew DeSio’s favorite book is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.