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Bookshelf

Some of Mathew Goldberg’s favorite reads.

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CLOSE RANGE

By: Annie Proulx

FISHING THE SLOE-BLACK RIVER

By: Colum McCann

AMONG THE MISSING

By: Dan Chaon

TWILIGHT OF THE SUPERHEROES

By: Deborah Eisenberg

THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES

By: Deesha Philyaw

THE LAW OF AVERAGES

By: Frederick Barthelme

PASTORALIA

By: George Saunders

THE BRIDGEROOM

By: Ha Jin

DUBLINERS

By: James Joyce

THROW LIKE A GIRL

By: Jean Thompson

INTERPRETER OF THE MALADIES

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

THE RIVER SWIMMER

By: Jim Harrison

JUMP

By: Nadine Gordimer

WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOVE

By: Raymond Carver

ROCK SPRINGS

By: Richard Ford

BURNING BRIGHT

By: Ron Rash

THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO FISTFIGHT IN HEAVEN

By: Sherman Alexie

DANGEROUS LAUGHTER

By: Stephen Millhauser

VENEER
By: Steve Yarborough

WHO I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

By: Susan Perabo

THE NIGHT IN QUESTION

By: Tobias Wolff

POACHERS

By: Tom Franklin

I HATE TO SEE THE EVENING SUN GO DOWN

By: William Gay

DRINKING COFFEE ELSEWHERE

By: ZZ Packer

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DEMON COPPERHEAD

By: Barbara Kingsolver

THE FEAST OF LOVE

By: Charles Baxter

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

By: Colson Whitehead

TRANSATLANTIC

By: Colum McCann

BLOOD MERIDIAN

By: Cormac McCarthy

AWAIT YOUR REPLY

By: Dan Chaon

THE SPINNING HEART

By: Donal Ryan

THE DIXIE ASSOCIATION

By: Donald Hays

MRS. BRIDGE

By: Evan Connell

THE SWEET DAYS OF DISCIPLINE

By: Fleur Jaeggy

LIGHT YEARS

By: Graham Swift

A THOUSAND ACRES

By: Jane Smiley

MIDDLESEX

By: Jeffrey Eugenides

STONER

By: John Williams

NEVER LET ME GO

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

THE BRIGHT FOREVER

By: Lee Martin

ANNA KARENINA

By: Leo Tolstoy

GILEAD

By: Marilynne Robinson

THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY

By: Michael Chabon

THE GREAT HOUSE

By: Nichole Krauss

DESPERATE CHARACTERS

By: Paula Fox

PLAINSONG

By: Kent Haruf

STRAIGHT MAN

By: Richard Russo

THE SWEET HEREAFTER

By: Russell Banks

OLYMPUS, TEXAS

By: Stacey Swann

THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

By: Tim O’Brien

THE SYMPATHIZER

By: Viet Thanh Nguyen

A PERFECT SPY

By: John le Carré

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THE REAL COOL KILLERS

By: Chester Himes

THE KILLING HILLS

By: Chris Offutt

KALA

By: Colin Walsh

WINTER’S BONE

By: Daniel Woodrell

THE MALTESE FALCON

By: Dashiell Hammett

SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER

By: David Goodis

Any and All of

Elmore Leonard

THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

By: George V. Higgins

THE LAST GOOD KISS

By: James Crumley

SARAH JANE

By: James Sallis

POP. 1280

By: Jim Thompson

CHRISTINE

By: John Banville

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

By: Jonathan Letham

TAPPING THE SOURCE

By: Kem Nunn

THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION

By: Michael Chabon

CUTTER AND BONE

By: Newton Thornburg

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

By: Patricia Highsmith

CITY OF GLASS
By: Paul Auster

THE LONG GOODBYE

By: Raymond Chandler

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

By: Rebecca Makkai

LUSH LIFE

By: Richard Price

BLACK MONEY

By: Ross Macdonald

RAZORBLADE TEARS

By: S.A. Cosby

THE SEARCHER

By: Tana French

DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS

By: Walter Mosley