The Shelf

A steadily-revolving list of the next ten books on my mental list. In no particular order. Suggestions welcome.

1. Homage to Catalonia, by George Orwell

2. The Executioner’s Song, by Norman Mailer

3. Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua Foer

4. The Reader, by Bernard Schlink

5. Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010, by Charles Murray

6. Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak

7. Death with Interruptions, by José Saramago

8. A Visit from the Goon Squad, by Jennifer Egan

9. Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

10. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz