Maaza Mengiste's Book Choices from "The Writer's Library"
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The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Book), 21 Books
These are Maaza Mengiste's book choices from the interview with him in the book "The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives" by Nancy Pearl and Jeff Schwager
This list was originally published in 2020 and was added to this site 3 days ago.
| Rank | Book | Authors | Year | Country | Language | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12771 | The Consequences Of Love | Sulaiman Addonia | 2008 | British | English | |
| 10188 | Che Guevara | Jon Lee Anderson | 1997 | American | English | |
| 13256 | The Corpse Washer | Sinan Antoon | 2010 | Iraqi | Arabic | |
| 13971 | What We Owe | Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde | 2017 | Swedish | English | |
| 6246 | Parting the Waters | Taylor Branch | 1988 | American | English | |
| 14078 | Ordinary Girls | Jaquira Díaz | 2019 | American | English | |
| 406 | Ragtime | E. L. Doctorow | 1975 | American | English | |
| 7015 | Trieste | Daša Drndić | 2007 | Croatian | Croatian | |
| 14025 | The Wife's Tale | Aida Edemariam | 2018 | Canadian | English | |
| 14078 | The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls | Mona Eltahawy | 2019 | American | English | |
| 37 | The Iliad | Homer | -750 | Greek | Ancient greek | |
| 2133 | I Will Bear Witness | Victor Klemperer | 1995 | German | German | |
| 14138 | The Lesser Evil | Victor Klemperer | German | Unknown | ||
| 9023 | The Other Americans | Laila Lalami | 2019 | Moroccan | English | |
| 13715 | Kintu | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi | 2014 | Ugandan | English | |
| 12586 | The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears | Dinaw Mengestu | 2007 | American | English | |
| 4942 | Mama Day | Gloria Naylor | 1988 | American | English | |
| 2121 | Julius Caesar | William Shakespeare | 1623 | British | English | |
| 71 | Hamlet | William Shakespeare | 1600 | British | English | |
| 2194 | The Giving Tree | Shel Silverstein | 1964 | American | English | |
| 102 | Charlotte's Web | E. B. White | 1952 | American | English |