If you fancy having a look at David Bowie’s list of 100 must read books, you can see it here.
I’ve only read two from the entire list: Muriel Spark’s Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four – and those were both read for school work, many moons ago. I bet everyone else has done better – do tell.
Like you, I have only read two of them: In Cold Blood, Truman Capote (1965) and George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Interesting list, though.
TracyK,
I don’t feel so bad then, but I haven’t read anything at all by Capote. It is an interesting list – as you say.
Eighty-Four in high school.
Peggy Ann,
That’s interesting, I thought you would have US authors for set books or old Brit classics.
I haven’t heard of a lot of them!
I haven’t read Nineteen Eighty-Four, but I’ve read four of the other books – Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd (v good), White Noise by DeLillo (not so good), The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine Pagels (v good if you’re interested in the history of Christianity)& The Prime of Miss JB (excellent).
Margaret,
I have a copy of Hawksmoor but haven’t got around to it yet, I’ll bump it up the queue!
What an eclectic list! I like Bowie already but finding out he is such an avid reader makes me like him even more.
Stefanie,
I’ve been a fan since the Ziggy Stardust days, but as you say, it’s nice to know that he’s a serious reader.
I’ve read 4 through and parts of another (mistake #1was a big fan of RD Laing…don’t ask).