Daunt Books is my favorite store in Hampstead, London, England
During 2003-2008, I've read (and re-read some of) these works and recommend them with special enthusiasm:
fiction:
Jhumpa Lahiri. Interpreter of Maladies.**
Zadie Smith. White Teeth.**
Ha Jin. Waiting.
Jane Stevenson. London Bridges.*
Iain Pears. The Immaculate Deception.
Ian McEwan. Atonement.**
Amulya Malladi. A Breath of Fresh Air.
Sapphire. Push.
Mark Haddon. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Monica Ali. Brick Lane
Karen Joy Fowler. The Jane Austen Book Club: a novel
Jasper Fforde. Something Rotten
Ian McEwan. Saturday*
Matt Bondurant. The Third Translation
Mary Kay Zuravleff. The Bowl Is Already Broken
Lelia Aboulela. Minaret
Zadie Smith. On Beauty*
Thrity Umrigar. The Space Between Us
Anne Tyler. Digging to America.**
Nadine Gordimer. Get a Life.
Aiza Guene. Kiffe Kiffe Tomorrow.
Kim Edwards. The Memory Keeper's Daughter.
Alice McDermott. After This.
Jane Gardam. Old Filth.*xx
Ha Jin. A Free Life.*
Ursula Hegi. The Worst Thing I've Done
Peter Carey. His Illegal Self*
* = a book of the decade
*xx = a book of the decade and quite possibly of the century
** = a book of the century
non-fiction:
Miles Harvey. Island of the Lost Maps: a true story of cartographic crime
Scott Malcomson. One Drop of Blood
Scott McCartney. ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
Atul Gawande. Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science
Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler. Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case that Changed Sexual Harassment Law
David Lipsky. Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point
Arne Seierstad. The Bookseller of Kabul
John Berendt. City of Falling Angels
Hilary Spurling. Matisse the Master: ... 1909-1954
Alexandra Robbins. The Overachievers: the secret lives of driven kids
Mary Beard. Roman Triumph.
drama and dance:
Margaret Edson. W;t
Lee Blessing. Chesapeake
Adam Cooper's Les Liaisons Dangereuses.I recommend the following films:
Billy Elliot
Beautiful People
Secrets and Lies
The Hours
Laurel Canyon
Seabiscuit
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Merchant of Venice, 2004
Crash
Walk on Water
Separate Lies
Capote
Mrs Henderson Presents
Brokeback Mountain
Akeelah and the Bee
The Illusionist
Babel
Michael Clayton
Charlie Wilson's War
The Secret Life of Words
This page was updated on 19 March 2008.
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