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Patti Smith's 40 Favorite Books

Around the time of Smith's appearance at the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival, she released this list of her favorite books.
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
2
The Journey to the East (Hermann Hesse)
The Journey to the East (Hermann Hesse)
3
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
4
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
5
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
6
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
7
Songs of Innocence (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence (William Blake)
8
The Wild Boys (William S. Burroughs)
The Wild Boys (William S. Burroughs)
9
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
10
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
11
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
12
Wittgenstein's Poker (Edmunds & Eidinow)
Wittgenstein's Poker (Edmunds & Eidinow)
13
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
14
The Process (Brion Gysin)
The Process (Brion Gysin)
15
Cain's Book (Alexander Trocchi)
Cain's Book (Alexander Trocchi)
16
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
17
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
18
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
19
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
20
The Oblivion Seekers (Isabelle Eberhardt)
The Oblivion Seekers (Isabelle Eberhardt)
21
Women of Cairo (Gerard De Nerval)
Women of Cairo (Gerard De Nerval)
22
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
23
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
24
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
25
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
26
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
27
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
28
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
29
A Night of Serious Drinking (René Daumal)
A Night of Serious Drinking (René Daumal)
30
Swann in Love (Marcel Proust)
Swann in Love (Marcel Proust)
31
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
32
The First Man (Albert Camus)
The First Man (Albert Camus)
33
The Waves
The Waves
34
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
35
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
36
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
37
The Thief's Journal (Genet)
The Thief's Journal (Genet)
38
The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin)
The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin)
39
Poet in New York (Federico García Lorca)
Poet in New York (Federico García Lorca)
40
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
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