I asked Twitter friends for book recommendations and I got a lot!
From Richard Bradshaw: his amazon wishlist. Will not list all the books separately here, because the list is quite long! Mostly non-fiction on this list, it seems.
The rest of the list, in no particular order:
Tuesdays with Morrie – Mitch Albom
An Astronaut’s Guide to Life –
The Luminaries – Eleanor Catton
The Girl with the Face of the Moon – Ellis Amdur
The Line of Beauty – Alan Hollinghurst
A Prayer for Owen Meany – John Irving
Lives of Girls and Women – Alice Munro
The Checklist Manifesto – Atul Gawande
I want to thank Helena Jeret-Mäe, Patrick Prill, Joris Meerts, Richard Bradshaw, Joep Schuurkes & Faiza Yousuf for their suggestions. I will try to purchase as many from my Kindle as I can.
I have left out the books I already read, like 1Q84, The Kiterunner, Animal Farm…I have read quite a few books in my life and it has always been a joy to read more. What I like most about going on a longer holiday is that I always end up reading a lot more than normal. I also tend to read more fiction during the holiday. In ‘normal life’ I read more non-fiction, to satisfy this never ending thirst for more knowledge.
My turn to give a tip back, I suppose.
Non fiction: Antifragile, by Taleb. This book was actually suggested by Coen, but coincidentally I bought the book a few months ago when I was in a book store. I suggest reading it in your native language, since it’s not the most easy book to read. I bought it in Dutch, and I was glad I did.
Fiction: Anything from Murakami, of course, but I’m also a big fan of Russian literature. If you haven’t read Anna Karenina (Tolstoy), do it! But the biggest underdog in Russian literature (according to me) is Oblomov (Gontcharov). A book about boredom and apathy, but somehow it is so compelling and mesmerising that you can hardly stop reading. The dark edge that is always present in Russian literature fascinates me to no end.