
Bookshelf
Some of Mathew Goldberg’s favorite reads.


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

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


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


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