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David Bowie's Formative Reading List - Page 2

By Maria Popova at the Marginalian:
"A retrospective of the artist's work at the Art Gallery of Ontario featured 75 of Bowie's must-read books — a fascinating tour of his cross-disciplinary curiosity and the fuel for his combinatorial creativity. Although all but two of the books were published within Bowie's lifetime — with the exceptions published within two years of his birth — he makes up for the presentism bias with an extraordinary diversity of disciplines, topics, and sensibilities, ranging from poetry to history to theory of mind, with plenty of fiction and a few magazines for good measure."
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In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture (George Steiner)
In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture
41
George Steiner
Octobriana and the Russian Underground
Octobriana and the Russian Underground
42
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
43
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
44
Christa Wolf
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
45
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
46
Mikhail Bulgakov
Journey Into the Whirlwind (Evgenia Ginzburg)
Journey Into the Whirlwind
47
Evgenia Ginzburg
Last Exit to Brooklyn (Hubert Selby, Jr.)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
48
Hubert Selby, Jr.
In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
49
Truman Capote
City of Night (John Rechy)
City of Night
50
John Rechy
Herzog (Saul Bellow)
Herzog
51
Saul Bellow
Puckoon (Spike Milligan)
Puckoon
52
Spike Milligan
The American Way of Death (Jessica Mitford)
The American Way of Death
53
Jessica Mitford
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea (Yukio Mishima)
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea
54
Yukio Mishima
The Fire Next Time (James Baldwin)
The Fire Next Time
55
James Baldwin
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
56
Anthony Burgess
Inside the Whale and Other Essays (George Orwell)
Inside the Whale and Other Essays
57
George Orwell
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Muriel Spark)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
58
Muriel Spark
Private Eye
Private Eye
59
On Having No Head (D.E. Harding)
On Having No Head
60
D.E. Harding
Silence: Lectures and Writing
Silence: Lectures and Writing
61
Strange People (Frank Edwards)
Strange People
62
Frank Edwards
The Divided Self (Ronald David Laing)
The Divided Self
63
Ronald David Laing
All the Emperor's Horses (David Kidd)
All the Emperor's Horses
64
David Kidd
Billy Liar (Keith Waterhouse)
Billy Liar
65
Keith Waterhouse
The Leopard (Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa)
The Leopard
66
Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa
On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
67
Jack Kerouac
The Hidden Persuaders (Vance Packard)
The Hidden Persuaders
68
Vance Packard
Room at the Top (John Braine)
Room at the Top
69
John Braine
A Grave for a Dolphin (Alberto Denti Di Pirajno)
A Grave for a Dolphin
70
Alberto Denti Di Pirajno
The Outsider (Colin Wilson)
The Outsider
71
Colin Wilson
Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
72
Vladimir Nabokov
Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
73
George Orwell
The Street (Ann Petry)
The Street
74
Ann Petry
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
75
Richard Wright
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