THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2016 by Will Schwalbe

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Schwalbe, Will, author.

Title: Books for living / by Will Schwalbe.

Description: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016026088 (print) | LCCN 2016050433 (ebook) | ISBN 9780385353540 (Hardback) | ISBN 9780385353557 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Schwalbe, Will—Books and reading. | Books and reading—Psychological aspects. | Books and reading—United States. |

BISAC: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs. | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Death, Grief, Bereavement. | LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading.

Classification: LCC Z1003.2.S39 2016 (print) | LCC Z1003.2 (ebook) | DCC 028/.9—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016026088

Ebook ISBN 9780385353557

Cover design by Carol Devine Carson and Chip Kidd

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