Ten Years in the Tub: A Decade Soaking in Great Books

The Fortress of Solitude 31, 32-4, 100

  Levin, Bernard 197, 202, 344

  The Pendulum Years 197, 202

  Levine, Lawrence W. 373, 378

  Highbrow/Lowbrow 373, 378

  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.

  Freakonomics 205, 208, 209

  Levy, Steven 239, 240

  The Perfect Thing 239

  Lewis, C. S. 147,

  Out of the Silent Planet 147

  Voyage to Venus 147

  Lewis, Jeremy 153, 157

  Lewis, Michael 43, 46, 57, 61-2, 231, 245, 248-9, 268

  Liar’s Poker 57, 61

  Moneyball 43, 45-6, 48, 61, 100, 248

  The Blind Side 231, 245, 248-9, 268

  Lewis, Norman 239, 241, 243

  Naples ’44 239, 241, 243-4

  Lewis, Sinclair 153, 327

  Babbitt 153, 327, 329

  Lewishon, Ludwig 219

  The Case of Mr. Crump 219, 223

  Linson, Art 51, 56

  What Just Happened? 51

  Lippman, Laura 129, 130-1

  Every Secret Thing 130-1

  Literary Review 119

  Littlewood, Joan 415, 418-9

  Joan’s Book 415

  Lodge, David 136

  London Review of Books 42

  London

  Times 400

  Lord, James 423, 425-6

  A Giacometti Portrait 423, 425-6

  Lowell, Robert 25, 26-7, 28, 39, 100, 444

  Collected Poems 25, 27, 28

  Lukacs, John 177, 181-2

  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

  Mahler, Jonathan 231, 234

  Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning 231, 234

  Malcolm, Janet

  Reading Chekhov 107, 109-10

  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

  Like a Rolling Stone 141, 146

  Mystery Train 252

  Marks, Leo 153

  Between Silk and Cyanide 153

  Mass Observation 309, 313, 315

  Puzzled People 307, 313, 315

  Masters, Alexander 147, 149, 152,

  Stuart: A Life Backwards 147, 152

  McCann, Colum 313, 347, 350

  Let the Great World Spin 313, 347, 350

  McCann, Graham 295, 296, 301, 305

  Cary Grant: A Class Apart 301, 305

  Spike & Co. 295, 296-8

  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

  On Chesil Beach 245, 249-50

  Saturday 135, 136-8, 249

  McMahon, Darrin M. 205

  Happiness 205

  McNeil, Legs 332

  Please Kill Me 194, 332

  McSweeney’s 81-2, 84

  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

  Meyer, Philipp 307, 311-312

  American Rust 325, 329

  Miller, Arthur 409

  Miller, Henry 257, 259-60

  Tropic of Cancer 239, 240-1

  Miller, James Andrew 321, 327, 331, 403

  and Tom Shales

  Those Guys Have All the Fun 403

  Milne, A.A. 247

  Minot, Eliza 259, 261

  The Brambles 259, 261

  Mitchell, David 268

  Black Swan Green 268

  Mitford, Nancy 153, 156

  Noblesse Oblige 153, 156-7

  Mnookin, Seth 153, 158

  Modern Library 72, 73

  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

  Moore, Lorrie 306, 461

  Self-Help 461

  Moran, Joe 259, 264

  Queuing for Beginners 259, 264

  Mortimer, Penelope 301, 304-5

  Daddy’s Gone a-Hunting 301

  The Pumpkin Eater 301, 304-5

  Mosley, Walter 147, 153, 158

  Easy Rawlins 158

  Little Scarlet 147, 153, 158

  Mossman, Dow 28

  The Stone Reader 34

  Mötley Crüe 191-2, 194, 196

  Sixx, Nikki 191-2, 194, 195

  The Dirt 191, 192-4, 306

  Mullan, John 295

  Anonymity: A Secret History of English Literature 295

  Murakami, Haruki 37, 41

  Sputnik Sweetheart 37

  Murdoch, Iris 118

  Nathan, Jean 451

  The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll 451

  Neate, Patrick 31, 34, 440

  Where You’re At 31, 440

  Nel, Philip 141

  Dr Seuss: American Icon 141

  New Musical Express 340

  New York Review of Books 437

  NYRB Classics series 180, 334, 428

  New York Times, the 287, 303

  best-seller list 432

  New York Tribune 400

  New Yorker, the 86, 106, 116, 144, 165, 167, 223, 299, 356, 413

  Newton, Isaac 37, 56

  Nicholl, Charles 321

  The Lodger Shakespeare 321

  Nicholls, David 351

  One Day 351

  Nicholson, Virginia 271

  Singled Out 271

  Nietzsche, Friedrich 343

  Nolan, Tom 451, 454, 455

  Artie Shaw, King of the Clarinet 451, 452-4

  Norman, Marc 360

  What Happens Next 360

  Oates, Joyce Carol 180, 181

  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

  Oren, Michael B. 37, 169

  Six Days of War 37, 42

  Orlean, Susan 153

  The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup 153

  Orringer, Julie 37, 40-1

  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

  Essays 231, 239, 241-2

  on Dickens 242-3

  Osteen, Joel 277-8, 282

  Become a Better You 277

  Ovid 125

  Oxford Literary Festival 424

  Oz, Amos 129

  Help Us to Div
orce 139, 134

  “Between Right and Right” 134

  Patchett, Ann 404, 429, 431

  The Getaway Car 429, 431

  Paterson, Don 123, 128

  The Book of Shadows 123, 128

  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

  Modern Classics 153, 154

  Penguin Guide to Jazz 476

  Penguin Modern Poets 25, 27

  Pennac, Daniel 259, 283, 284-5

  The Rights of the Reader 259, 283, 284-5

  Perel, Esther 385, 386-7

  Mating in Captivity 485-7

  Pericles 125

  Perlman, Elliot 101

  Seven Types of Ambiguity 101, 102

  Perlstein, Rick 301

  Nixonland 301

  Pernice, Joe 51, 55-6, 357

  Meat Is Murder 51, 55-6, 357

  Perrotta, Tom 123, 128, 278-279, 280, 351

  Little Children 123, 128

  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

  Piazza, Tom 205, 211, 215

  True Adventures with the King of Bluegrass 205, 211, 215

  Pickett, Kate 339

  Pinter, Harold 304, 325

  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

  Norwood 365, 373, 377, 463

  True Grit 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

  Clockers 51, 56, 100

  Lush Life 301

  Puffin paperbacks 340

  Pullman, Philip 262, 267

  Northern Lights 262

  Pushkin, Alexander 126

  Pynchon, Thomas 380

  The Crying of Lot 49 348

  Rachman, Tom 373, 378

  The Imperfectionists 373, 378

  Rakestraw Books 285

  Ransom, Teresa 415

  Prunella: The Authorized Biography of Prunella Scales 415

  Rash, Ron 265, 268, 269

  The World Made Straight 265, 268

  Rees, Jasper 37, 39-40

  Wenger: The Making of a Legend 37

  Rees, Matt 271

  The Bethlehem Murders 271

  Remnick, David 123, 144

  Just Enough Liebling 123

  Renault, Mary 321, 324

  Fire from Heaven 321, 324

  Rendell, Ruth 129

  The Crocodile Bird 129

  Rhodes, Dan 101

  Timoleon Vieta Come Home 101

  Richler, Mordecai 333, 360

  Barney’s Version 333

  The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 360

  Ricks, Christopher 111-2

  Dylan’s Visions of Sin 111-2

  Ridley, Matt 37, 295

  Genome 37, 42, 295

  Riley, Gillian 31, 36, 57, 62

  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

  The Psychopath Test 365, 368

  Them 367-8

  Rosin, Hanna 444

  The End of Men 444

  Rosoff, Meg 101-2

  How I Live Now 101-2, 104

  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

  Rothman, Rodney 129, 132

  Early Bird 129, 132

  Russo, Richard 161-2, 271, 275, 276, 280

  Bridge of Sighs 271, 275, 280

  Empire Falls 280

  Sacco, Joe 81, 84

  Safe Area Gorazde 81, 84

  Sachar, Louis 265, 271, 276

  Holes 265, 271, 276

  Sacks, Oliver 270

  Awakenings 270

  Salinger, J. D. 25, 26, 29, 32, 33, 35, 109, 444

  Nine Stories 25, 26, 29

  “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” 29

  Franny and Zooey 25, 26, 27

  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

  Sandlin, Tim 225, 227-8

  Jimi Hendrix Turns Eighty 225, 227-8

  Sartre, Jean Paul 154, 246

  Satrapi, Marjane 197, 201-2, 203, 205

  Persepolis 197, 201, 205

  Persepolis 2 197, 201, 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

  Schickel, Richard 385, 388-9

  Elia Kazan 385

  Schoenberger, Nancy 385

  Scott, Sir Walter 339-40

  Scribner 188

  Seabrook, John 373, 378

  Nobrow 373, 378

  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

  In My Father’s House 239, 247

  Shakespeare, William 136, 234, 235, 323, 339, 342, 367

  As You Like It 235

  Hamlet 71, 235

  Henry V 235

  Julius Caesar 235

  King Lear 70, 208

  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

  Only in London 177, 179

  Shields, Carol 348

 
Shneidman, Edwin S. 217

  The Suicidal Mind 217

  Shone, Tom 95, 97

  Blockbuster 95, 97-8

  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

  Simone, Alina 459, 462-3

  Note to Self 459, 462-3

  Skloot, Rebecca 359, 363-4

  The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 359, 362-4

  Slater, Michael 398

  Smith, Ali 211, 216

  The Accidental 211, 216

  Smith, Andrew 191, 197, 199

  Moondust 191, 195, 197, 199

  Smith, Dodie 268, 397

  I Capture the Castle 268, 434

  Smith, Ed 108, 283, 287

  On and Off the Field 107, 108

  What Sport Tells Us About Life 283

  Smith, Giles 445

  Smith, Patti 313, 318-9, 336

  Just Kids 313, 318-9

  Smith, Zadie 23, 84, 119, 117, 179

  On Beauty 177, 179

  Sontag, Susan 255, 281

  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

  Spoto, Donald 353, 356, 357

  Madcap: The Life of Preston Sturges 353, 356

  Spufford, Francis 51, 283-4, 307, 310-1, 312, 443, 446, 447-8

  Backroom Boys 51

  Red Plenty 307, 310-1

  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

  Stanton, Andy 373, 375-6

  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

  Stewart, Rod 443, 444-6

  Rod: The Autobiography 443

  Stiles, T. J. 87

  Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War 87

  Strauss, Darin 347, 351-2

  Half a Life 347, 351-2

  Strauss, Neil 194

  Strayed, Cheryl 435-6, 437-9, 443, 447-9

  Tiny Beautiful Things 443, 447-9

  Wild 435-6, 439-40

  Stuart, Jan 231, 236

  The Nashville Chronicles 231, 236

  Sturges, Preston 341, 355-7, 416, 436

  Styron, William 37, 42

  Lie Down in Darkness 37

  Sullivan, James 373

  The Hardest Working Man 373

  Sullivan, John Jeremiah 409

  Pulphead 409

  Sun, the 119

  Sunday Times, the 91-2, 190

  Sunstein, Cass R. 313

  Surowiecki, James 101

  The Wisdom of Crowds 101

  Suvorin, Alexey 109