Books to Read by the End of the Year (Vlogmas D7)
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Channel: Sophie Islington · 2016 · People & Blogs
Vlogmas Day 7: A half TBR, half self-flagellating video. Enjoy. ******************************************************************** Books Mentioned: The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran by Hooman Majd https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25859798-the-ministry-of-guidance-invites-you-to-not-stay Failed States by Noam Chomsky https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/863473.Failed_States What Works by Iris Bohnet https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27311743-what-works?from_search=true The Angel Esmerelda and Other Stories by Don DeLillo https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15946635-the-angel-esmeralda In The Country by Mia Alvar https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30738562-in-the-country Deception by Roald Dahl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30141184-deception?from_search=true The Bachman Books by Stephen King https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10617.The_Bachman_Books?from_search=true The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6241137-the-crying-of-lot-49 The Association of Small Bombs by Karan Mahajan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27245596-the-association-of-small-bombs The Many by Wyl Menmuir https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28580659-the-many?from_search=true The Tale of Aypi by Ak Welsapar https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30979859-the-tale-of-aypi The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27993227-the-sunlight-pilgrims The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37381.The_Heart_is_a_Lonely_Hunter The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24553083-the-buried-giant Moscow in the 1930's by Natalia Gromova https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30636461-moscow-in-the-1930s?from_search=true The Pale King by David Foster Wallace https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9443405-the-pale-king?from_search=true Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeline Thien https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30037751-do-not-say-we-have-nothing Suttree by Cormac McCarthy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7380735-suttree Death at Intervals by Jose Saramago https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1456607.Death_at_Intervals?from_search=true Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31434269-here-i-am?from_search=true and McSweeney's #45 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707975-mcsweeney-s-45?ac=1&from_search=true Portraits of America (Edward Hopper) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11809537-edward-hopper The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Nan Goldin) https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98865.Nan_Goldin?ac=1&from_search=true ********************************************************************All music credit goes to So I'm An Islander, whose music can be found here: https://soimanislander.bandcamp.com/ ******************************************************************** You can also find me on social media if that is your thing: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/26859021-portal-in-the-pages Instagram: portalinthepages Twitter: @Portal_Pages ********************************************************************
