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10 Pretentious Books to Make You Better than Everyone Else this Autumn. If you're trying to exude Thought Daughter Autumn, I've got some books for you. In all seriousness, these are some really good books that have the added bonus of making you look smart
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Books Mentioned (bookshop.org links are affiliate links)
The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer, trans. Emily Wilson
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781324001805
The Aeneid by Virgil, trans. Shadi Bartsch
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781788162685
Medea by Euripides, trans. Donald J. Mastronarde
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780521643863
Nobody by Alice Oswald
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787331969
Howard's End by E.M. Forster
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781513267784
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241989166
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780008381691
The Promise by Damon Galgut
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529113877
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781784875428
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781846276361
Still Born by Guadeloupe Nettel trans. Rosalind Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781913097660
The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781542005395
Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector trans. Stefan Tobler
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780141197364
0:00 - The Classics
2:33 - Nobody by Alice Oswald
3:50 - On Beauty by Zadie Smith
5:36 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
7:31 - The Promise by Damon Galgut
9:21 - Books in Translation
9:55 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima
11:06 - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
12:35 - Still Born by Guadeloupe Nettel trans. Rosalind Harvey
14:04 - The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev trans. John Farndon & Olga Nakston
15:50 - Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector trans. Stefan Tobler
10 Pretentious Books to Make You Better than Everyone Else this Autumn. If you're trying to exude Thought Daughter Autumn, I've got some books for you. In all seriousness, these are some really good books that have the added bonus of making you look smart
Find Me
Instagram: instagram.com/roisinsreading
Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/roisinsreading
Get a free libro.fm audiobook: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm139228
Books Mentioned (bookshop.org links are affiliate links)
The Iliad & The Odyssey by Homer, trans. Emily Wilson
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781324001805
The Aeneid by Virgil, trans. Shadi Bartsch
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781788162685
Medea by Euripides, trans. Donald J. Mastronarde
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780521643863
Nobody by Alice Oswald
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781787331969
Howard's End by E.M. Forster
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781513267784
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780241989166
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780008381691
The Promise by Damon Galgut
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781529113877
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781784875428
Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781846276361
Still Born by Guadeloupe Nettel trans. Rosalind Harvey
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781913097660
The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9781542005395
Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector trans. Stefan Tobler
uk.bookshop.org/a/6348/9780141197364
0:00 - The Classics
2:33 - Nobody by Alice Oswald
3:50 - On Beauty by Zadie Smith
5:36 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
7:31 - The Promise by Damon Galgut
9:21 - Books in Translation
9:55 - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea by Yukio Mishima
11:06 - Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enriquez
12:35 - Still Born by Guadeloupe Nettel trans. Rosalind Harvey
14:04 - The Dead Wander in the Desert by Rollan Seisenbayev trans. John Farndon & Olga Nakston
15:50 - Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector trans. Stefan Tobler
