Our 2019 Book List
If you’ve listened to the podcast you know something about our highly scientific method of choosing what books we’re going to read. The patented process involves having a drink or three and finding numbers around us in the pub - this year it was an old favorite - The Pub at Third Place Books in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood, which features a large selection of boardgames, books, beers and collectively drawn sketchbooks.
We plug the numbers into our working list of David Bowie’s 100 books and, ta da! The books are revealed. These aren’t in any order yet, since we’re waiting to line up some special guests, etc.
Here's the list!
Sweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick Amazon | IndieBound
Silence by John Cage Amazon | IndieBound
Sound of the City by Charlie Gillett Amazon | IndieBound
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual by Éliphas Lévi Amazon | IndieBound
Metropolitan Life by Fran Lebowitz Amazon
Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter Amazon | IndieBound
Kafka Was the Rage by Anatole Broyard Amazon | IndieBound
Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens Amazon | IndieBound
Inferno by Dante Amazon | IndieBound
The Insult by Rupert Thomson Amazon | IndieBound
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman Amazon | IndieBound
Day of the Locust by Nathanael West Amazon | IndieBound
Check out our 2018 book list too!
And here’s photographic evidence of our mystical process!
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