The Reading List
Good books less famous than Moby Dick.
Eating in France is part of an education everybody deserv... more
Just a writer doing great work—we last enjoyed Say Nothin... more
He looked after the Queen’s pictures and was a reluctant ... more
The life of the heroic artist by the most brilliant criti... more
A brief but tremendous book about the most famous art his... more
An exhilarating look at colors and their cultural meaning... more
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A remarkable, absorbing biography told through the lens o... more
A mysterious death in debauched colonial Kenya is reconsi... more
The definitive biography of the hard-drinking Dutchman th... more
Vietnam as you need to see it.
The fascinating life and times of one of the most modern ... more
Art and intrigue in the South of France.
A weekend in a country house, beautifully observed and pe... more
Three stories that slowly unfold in a town in Southern Fr... more
A sprawling, wonderful novel celebrating art and a big ap... more
A slim novel that takes place in post WWI English country... more
Comic genius from an old favorite.
A Hollywood childhood that is unruly, funny and completel... more
A love story in England, yes, and throughout Europe. Be c... more
Family, New England, gin, backgammon, broken marriage and... more
An exposed spy (a thinly veiled adaptation of Anthony Blu... more
A wise memoir about the complications of life with horse ... more
A book about fathers, wars, English schoolboy life, oh, a... more
At the height of his chaotic power, he wrote these letter... more
One of the best living writers arranges her diaries alpha... more
A son looks at the death of his father and learns a lot. ... more
Some of the strongest, most erudite opinions ever written... more
Sir Kenneth lived an extraordinary life, but his boyhood,... more
A wild childhood from the compelling character who inspir... more
A memoir about the storied, charming and eccentric Englis... more
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