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Sunday, May 16, 2004

Books! Books! (more money please!)

Inspired by Murakami, I spent the better part of the afternoon searching for similar genres and authors on amazon. It's amazing how sometimes one can get inspired by just seeing what other people read. Granted, most of those "lists" of books "you absolutely have to read before you die" are rubbish but there are some gems hidden there as well, which is the whole point so..here's what I've found out.

It's going to be a long, (and expensive) day at the bookshops tomorrow.

1. Perks of Being a Wallflower . Stephen Chbosky.
2. From Murakami: Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Wild Sheep Race, Dance, Dance, Dance, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.
3. The Book of Disquiet. Fernando Pessoa.
4. The Periodic Table. Primo Levi.
5. Selected Poems. Milosz Czeslaw.

Has anyone read them before? Any suggestions, recommendations are welcome!

posted by Sharon K at 6:59 am

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I've read all of Murakami's books, and not one single one of them disappointed me even slightly! The Wind-up Bird Chronicle is brilliant, so brilliant in fact, that I devoted and wrote an entire album of music based on it: http://www.interiority.com/aeroplain/ But you can pick up any one of them and enjoy them tremendously! I also started out with Norwegian Wood and believe me, it all went up-hill afterwards... (^_^)

3:58 am  
Blogger largehearted boy said...

I'm a huge Murakami fan as well. Currently, I'm readinh Hard-Boiled Wonderland, and it's as good as everything else I've read by him.

He reminds me most of Kurt Vonnegut, especially the early works of KV.

6:38 am  

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