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Bob Slocum is scared of everything.

A book about being destroyed by your own fears, and the inability to confront them.

Before he won all those Bookers, he wrote these fantastic, slightly surreal short stories.

Something Happened by Joseph Heller

Julys just an amazing and unique contemporary voice.

A true original artist.

Such a brilliant stylist.

The Fat Man in History by Peter Carey

The best cooking writer around.

Michael Lewis is brilliant at making things accessible.

I love Russian novels.

A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver

So I had to pick one.

And a short one is always good.

John Self is a great character a pornographer, drug addict, narcissist, and somehow deeply compelling.

‘The First Bad Man,’ by Miranda July

The writing is fast, funny, and furious.

Jonathan Franzen said it best when he said that it makesRevolutionary Roadlook likeEverybody Loves Raymond.

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The White Album by Joan Didion

The Kitchen Diaries by Nigel Slater

The Big Short by Michael Lewis

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Money by Martin Amis

The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead