Lehrer, Jonah 415, 416-8, 421, 426
Imagine: How Creativity Works 415-8, 426
Lethem, Jonathan 31, 32-4, 35, 71, 153
Motherless Brooklyn 33
The Disappointment Artist 153
The Fortress of Solitude 31, 32-4, 100
Levithan, David 353
Levitin, Daniel J. 277
This Is Your Brain on Music 277
Levitt, Steven D. 205
Levitt, Steven D. and Dubner, Stephen J.
The Perfect Thing 239
Lewis, C. S. 147,
Out of the Silent Planet 147
Voyage to Venus 147
Lewis, Michael 43, 46, 57, 61-2, 231, 245, 248-9, 268
Moneyball 43, 45-6, 48, 61, 100, 248
The Blind Side 231, 245, 248-9, 268
Lewishon, Ludwig 219
The Case of Mr. Crump 219, 223
What Just Happened? 51
Every Secret Thing 130-1
Literary Review 119
Joan’s Book 415
Lodge, David 136
London Review of Books 42
London
Times 400
A Giacometti Portrait 423, 425-6
Lowell, Robert 25, 26-7, 28, 39, 100, 444
Five Days in London, May 1940 177, 182
MacDonald, Ian 31
The People’s Music 31
Maclaren-Ross, Julian 239
Collected Memoirs 239
Madge, Charles 309
Mahfouz, Naguib 123
Palace Walk 123
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning 231, 234
Malcolm, Janet
Malley, Ern 22
Mallon, Thomas 459
Watergate 459
Manbeck, John B. 327
Brooklyn: Historically Speaking 327
Mantel, Hilary 323
Marcus, Greil 59, 141, 146, 252, 292, 340
Mystery Train 252
Marks, Leo 153
Between Silk and Cyanide 153
Mass Observation 309, 313, 315
Masters, Alexander 147, 149, 152,
Stuart: A Life Backwards 147, 152
Let the Great World Spin 313, 347, 350
McCann, Graham 295, 296, 301, 305
Cary Grant: A Class Apart 301, 305
McCarthy, Cormac 259-61, 264, 277
The Road 259-61
McCarthy, Eugene 28
McCracken, Elizabeth 51, 306, 380
Here’s Your Hat What’s Your Hurry? 41
Niagara Falls All Over Again 380
McDonald, Ian 34
McEwan, Ian 27, 119, 132, 135, 136-8, 245, 249, 250, 290, 348
Atonement 137
Black Dogs 137
McMahon, Darrin M. 205
Happiness 205
McNeil, Legs 332
Meade, Marion 313
Lonelyhearts: The Screwball World of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney 313
Meloy, Maile 101-2
Liars and Saints 101-2
Melville, Herman 153
“Bartleby the Scrivener” 153
Moby-Dick 375
Miller, Arthur 409
Miller, James Andrew 321, 327, 331, 403
and Tom Shales
Those Guys Have All the Fun 403
Milne, A.A. 247
Mitchell, David 268
Black Swan Green 268
Moehringer, J. R.
The Tender Bar: A Memoir 177
Mojo 116
Montaigne, Michel de 235, 333, 339, 342-3, 344, 356
Montefiore, Simon Sebag 385
Young Stalin 385
Moore, Charlotte 43, 46-48, 62, 64
George and Sam 43, 47-8, 49, 64
Self-Help 461
Queuing for Beginners 259, 264
Daddy’s Gone a-Hunting 301
Easy Rawlins 158
Mossman, Dow 28
The Stone Reader 34
Mullan, John 295
Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature 295
Sputnik Sweetheart 37
Murdoch, Iris 118
Nathan, Jean 451
The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll 451
Nel, Philip 141
Dr Seuss: American Icon 141
New Musical Express 340
New York Review of Books 437
NYRB Classics series 180, 334, 428
best-seller list 432
New York Tribune 400
New Yorker, the 86, 106, 116, 144, 165, 167, 223, 299, 356, 413
Nicholl, Charles 321
The Lodger Shakespeare 321
Nicholls, David 351
One Day 351
Nicholson, Virginia 271
Singled Out 271
Nietzsche, Friedrich 343
Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet 451, 452-4
Norman, Marc 360
What Happens Next 360
O’Connor, Flannery 285
Ondaatje, Michael 197, 198-9, 251, 255-6, 333, 335-7
Coming Through Slaughter 251, 255-6
Running in the Family 197, 198-9
The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film 333, 335-7
O’Neill, Joseph 301
Netherland 301
Orlean, Susan 153
The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup 153
How to Breathe Underwater 37, 40-1, 100
“Pilgrims” 41
“The Smoothest Way Is Full of Stones” 41
“When She Is Old and I Am Famous” 41
Orwell, George 53, 201, 231, 240-3, 244, 348
1984 167
Animal Farm 167
“Books v. Cigarettes” 243
“Bookshop Memories” 241
on Dickens 242-3
Become a Better You 277
Ovid 125
Oxford Literary Festival 424
Oz, Amos 129
“Between Right and Right” 134
Peace, David 210
Pearce, Philippa 259, 262, 265, 267
Tom’s Midnight Garden 259, 262, 265, 267
Pearlman, Edith 451
Binocular Vision 451
Pelzer, Dave 290
Pendarvis, Jack 205
The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure 205
Penguin Books 40, 44, 73, 91, 99, 157, 202, 223, 330
Classics 41
Penguin Guide to Jazz 476
Pennac, Daniel 259, 283, 284-5
The Rights of the Reader 259, 283, 284-5
Mating in Captivity 485-7
Pericles 125
Perlman, Elliot 101
Seven Types of Ambiguity 101, 102
Perlstein, Rick 301
Nixonland 301
Perrotta, Tom 123, 128, 278-279, 280, 351
The Abstinence Teacher 277, 278-280
Perry, Philippa 443
How to Stay Sane 443
Petterson, Per 365, 385, 390, 404
Out Stealing Horses 365, 390, 404
Philip, Alexander J. 347
Dickens Dictionary 347
Phillips, Adam 385
Monogamy 385
True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass 205, 211, 215
Pickett, Kate 339
Platt, Edward 37
Leadville 37
Plimpton, George 332
Politkovskaya, Anna 245-6
A Russian Diary 245-6
Polk, Noel 181
Pope, Alexander 166
The Rape of the Lock 463
Portis, Charles 365, 373, 376, 377, 463
Portman, Frank 211
King Dork 211
Potter, Harry 32
Powell, Padgett 451
The Interrogative Mood 451, 456-7
Powers, Georgia Davis 392
I Shared the Dream 413
Powers, Kevin 443
The Yellow Birds 443
Preston Falls 394
Price, Richard 51, 56, 301, 305
Lush Life 301
Puffin paperbacks 340
Northern Lights 262
Pushkin, Alexander 126
Pynchon, Thomas 380
Rakestraw Books 285
Ransom, Teresa 415
Prunella: The Authorized Biography of Prunella Scales 415
The World Made Straight 265, 268
Wenger: The Making of a Legend 37
Rees, Matt 271
The Bethlehem Murders 271
Just Enough Liebling 123
Rendell, Ruth 129
The Crocodile Bird 129
Rhodes, Dan 101
Timoleon Vieta Come Home 101
Barney’s Version 333
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 360
Ricks, Christopher 111-2
Dylan’s Visions of Sin 111-2
How to Give Up Smoking and Stay Stopped for Good 57, 62
Quitting Smoking—The Lazy Person’s Guide! 31, 36
Roach, Mary 435
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex 435
Robbins, Harold 335
Roberts, Andrew 177
Eminent Churchillians 177
The Holy Fox: A Biography of Lord Halifax 177
Robicheaux, Dave 119
Robinson, Marilynne 23, 153, 154-5, 171, 173, 174-5, 306, 338, 341
Gilead 153, 154-6, 164, 173, 178, 306
Housekeeping 153, 171, 173-4, 175, 338
Ronson, Jon 123, 147, 149, 150-1, 365, 367-8
The Men Who Stare at Goats 147, 149, 150, 368
Them 367-8
Rosin, Hanna 444
The End of Men 444
Rosoff, Meg 101-2
Roth, Philip 102, 107, 123, 126-7, 128, 136, 266, 389-90
American Pastoral 266
Deception 107
The Plot Against America 123, 124, 128
Zuckerman, Nathan 102
Russo, Richard 161-2, 271, 275, 276, 280
Empire Falls 280
Sacks, Oliver 270
Awakenings 270
Salinger, J. D. 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 35, 109, 444
“A Perfect Day for Bananafish” 29
Glass, Buddy 29
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters 25, 29, 32
Seymour: An Introduction 29, 33, 239
The Catcher in the Rye 100
Holden Caulfield 32
Salter, James 239
Light Years 239
Salzman, Mark 43, 45, 63, 67-8
True Notebooks 43, 63, 67-8, 100
Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty 225, 227-8
Satrapi, Marjane 197, 201-2, 203, 205
Saturday Evening Post, the 431
Saunders, George 177
“The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil” 177
Saviano, Roberto 295
Gomorrah: Italy’s Other Mafia 295
Schama, Simon 185
Hang-Ups 185
Scheeres, Julia 277
Jesus Land: A Memoir 277
Elia Kazan 385
Schoenberger, Nancy 385
Scott, Sir Walter 339-40
Scribner 188
Sedaris, Amy 233
Sedaris, David 400
Sellers, Robert 423
Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down 423
Sepinwall, Alan 451
The Revolution Was Televised 451
Seymour, Miranda 239, 245, 247
Shakespeare, William 136, 234, 235, 323, 339, 342, 367
As You Like It 235
Henry V 235
Julius Caesar 235
Shales, Tom 321, 327, 331, 403
Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live 321, 327, 331, 332
Shapiro, James 191, 231, 234, 235, 343
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare 191, 234, 235, 343
Shaw, George Bernard 232
Shawn, William 144
Al-Shaykh, Hanan
Shields, Carol 348
Shneidman, Edwin S. 217
The Suicidal Mind 217
Shriver, Lionel 75
We Need to Talk About Kevin 75
Siddons, Anne Rivers 132
Sides, Hampton 333, 391, 392-3
Hellhound on His Trail 333, 391-2
Simon, Tom
Poetry Under Oath 316
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 359, 362-4
Slater, Michael 398
What Sport Tells Us About Life 283
Smith, Giles 445
Smith, Zadie 23, 84, 119, 117, 179
Spark, Muriel 314, 321, 324, 325-6, 327, 329, 348
A Far Cry from Kensington 321, 326
Loitering With Intent 327
The Driver’s Seat 321, 324, 325
The Finishing School 327
The Girls of Slender Means 327, 329
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 321, 326
Spenser, Edmund 180
“Faerie Queene” 180
Spiotta, Dana 391
Stone Arabia 391
Madcap: The Life of Preston Sturges 353, 356
Spufford, Francis 51, 283-4, 307, 310-1, 312, 443, 446, 447-8
Backroom Boys 51
The Child That Books Built 283, 284
Unapologetic 443, 446, 447, 448
Spurling, Hilary 169
biography of Matisse 169
Stafford, David and Caroline 415, 418
Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’ Be: The Lionel Bart Story 415, 418, 419
Mr. Gum 375-6
Mr. Gum and the Dancing Bear 373
Mr. Gum and the Power Crystals 373
Steinbeck, John 119
Of Mice and Men 119
Rod: The Autobiography 443
Stiles, T. J. 87
Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War 87
Strauss, Neil 194
Strayed, Cheryl 435-6, 437-9, 443, 447-9
Tiny Beautiful Things 443, 447-9
The Nashville Chronicles 231, 236
Sturges, Preston 341, 355-7, 416, 436
Lie Down in Darkness 37
Sullivan, James 373
The Hardest Working Man 373
Sullivan, John Jeremiah 409
Pulphead 409
Sun, the 119
Sunstein, Cass R. 313
Surowiecki, James 101
The Wisdom of Crowds 101
Suvorin, Alexey 109
Swanson, James L. 231
Manhunt 231
Swift, Jonathan
Gulliver’s Travels 167
Tacitus 125
Talbot, Bryan 451
Talbot, Bryan and Mary M.
Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes 451
Talbot, Mary M. 451
The Secret History 120
Terkel, Studs 194
Working 332
Tevis, Jamie Griggs 225
My Life with the Hustler 225
Thaler, Richard H. 313
Thaler, Richard H. and Sunstein, Cass R.
Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness 313
Theroux, Paul 366
Thomas, Dylan 106, 125, 166, 169, 221
Thorn, Tracey 459
Bedsit Disco Queen 459
Thucydides 125
Thwaite, Anthony 177
Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 177
Tickle, Jack 217
Time 389
A Complicated Kindness 159, 162-3
Tóibín, Colm 311, 312, 327, 330, 331, 339, 353, 335
Brooklyn 327, 330, 331, 353, 355
Tolkien, J. R. R. 42
The Hobbit 283
The Lord of the Rings 104
Tolstoy, Leo 74, 107, 110, 323
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories 107
War and Peace 417
Tomalin, Claire 81, 83-4, 86, 135, 231, 232, 235, 397, 398-9, 401, 402, 404
Charles Dickens: A Life 397, 398
Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life 135
The Invisible Woman 81, 83-4, 86
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man 231
Torday, Paul 251
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 251
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction 147, 149-50
Traig, Jennifer 123
Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood 123
Brother of the More Famous Jack 429, 434
Trumbo, Dalton 389
Eats, Shoots and Leaves 51, 54
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 327, 329, 379-80, 384
Tyler, Anne 23, 57, 153, 157, 210, 211, 215, 348, 390, 405, 423-5, 428
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant 157
The Accidental Tourist 424
The Amateur Marriage 57, 153, 157
The Beginner’s Goodbye 423, 424
Tyson, Timothy B. 159, 165, 168-169
Blood Done Sign My Name 168-167
Updike, John 199, 215, 303, 365, 366
Marry Me: A Romance 365, 366-7
Rabbit, Run 58
Rabbit Angstrom 74
Urrea, Luis Alberto 205
The Devil’s Highway 205
Vaughan, Guerra 81
Y: The Last Man Vols 1–3 81, 85-6
Vogler, Christopher 379
The Writer’s Journey 379
Vogue 41
Vonnegut, Kurt 43, 48, 49, 197, 200-1, 205, 206, 267, 276, 340, 348
A Man Without a Country 197, 200-1, 205
The Sirens of Titan 43, 45, 48-49, 100
Vowell, Sarah 126, 129, 131-2, 274, 373, 374-5
Assassination Vacation 129, 131-2
Take the Cannoli 126
Wallace, David Foster 277
Wallace, Thomas 92
Walter, Jess 19, 159, 161, 162, 171, 175, 225, 228-9, 415, 420, 429, 431, 435
Citizen Vince 159, 161, 162, 175, 228, 306, 415
Over Tumbled Graves 159, 171, 175-6
The Financial Lives of the Poets 435
Ward, Amanda Eyre 135, 141, 145-6
How To Be Lost 135, 141, 145-6
Sleep Towards Heaven 141
Ware, Chris 81
Warren, Robert Penn 177, 179-80, 181
All the King’s Men 177, 179-80
Waters, Sarah 407
Watson, Winifred
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 305
Waugh, Auberon 225
Will This Do? 225
Waugh, Evelyn 140
Love and Mr. Lewisham 319
Wenger, Arsene 39-40, 42, 170, 282
Weschler, Lawrence 265, 269-70, 271, 275
Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences 265, 269-70, 275
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees 265, 271
Wescott, Glenway 435, 437, 438
The Pilgrim Hawk: A Love Story 435, 437
Wheen, Francis 57, 60-1, 62, 240
How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World 57, 60-1
Whetcroft, Geoffrey
Yo Blair! 251
White, Patrick 324
The Vivisector 324
The Happiest Man in the World 295, 298-9
Wilkinson, Richard 339
and Pickett, Kate
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger 339
Willans, Geoffrey
Molesworth books 172
Jenny and the Jaws of Life 43
Williams, Bernard
Philosophical Papers 461
Williams, Esther 347
The Million Dollar Mermaid 347
Williams, John 334
Stoner 334
Oh the Glory of It All 165, 167-8
Wilson, A. N. 432
Wilson, Carl 353, 355, 357-8, 378, 411-2
Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste 353, 357, 411
The Family Fang 403-6, 435, 463
Winsor, Kathleen 454
Wodehouse, P. G. 42, 54, 72, 113, 145, 172, 176, 264, 349
Wolfe, Tom 56, 123, 132, 241, 340, 427
I Am Charlotte Simmons 123
The Bonfire of the Vanities 427
Wolff, Michael 463
Wolff, Tobias 51, 54, 119, 243, 290
This Boy’s Life 35, 54, 103, 119, 230, 268
The Position 295
Wood, James 72
The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel 172
Woodrell, Daniel 225
Winter’s Bone 225
Woodward, Bob
Woolf, Virginia 42
Worrall, Simon 37
The Poet and the Murderer 37, 41
Wray, John
Lowboy 313
American Born Chinese 259, 263
Yates, Richard 36, 39, 42, 104, 356, 397, 410, 416
The Easter Parade 39
Zweig, Ferdynand 307
The British Worker 307
Zweig, Stefan 343