by Nick Hornby
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
