Professor Scanlan’s Reading Recommendations

Here are some recommendations for future reading. Please be advised that you might want to read a summary of the book before diving in…just to make sure it accords with your taste. On the other hand, surprise can be instructive!

Graphic Novels and Memoirs:

Maus, Art Speigelman (Also: In the Shadow of No Towers)

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Allison Bechdel

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, Chris Ware

A Contract with God, Will Eisner

Ghost World, Daniel Clowes

Love and Rockets, Los Bros Hernandez

Chicken with Plums, Marjane Satrapi

Embroideries, Marjane Satrapi

The Sigh, Marjane Satrapi

Blue is the Warmest Color, Julie Maroh

 

Global Literature:

Pattern Recognition, William Gibson

One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri

Life of Pi, Yann Martel

Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad

Brown Girl, Brownstones, Paule Marshall

White Tiger, Aravind Adiga

Open City, Teju Cole

Little Bee, Chris Cleave

The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai

 

Have a wonderful summer and stay in touch!

Sean Scanlan

 

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