Are these the best books since 1945?

Join our book club!

www.lifeonbooks.com/club

Check out the James Wood list here:

https://www.listchallenges.com/the-elegant-variation-james-woods-best-books

Books mentioned in this episode:

Bomarzo by Manuel Mujica Lainez

https://amzn.to/4kx448N

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/978168137941

Scars by Juan Jose Saer

https://amzn.to/40cGeGc

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781934824221

Friday’s at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter

https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

The Pale King by David Foster Wallace

https://amzn.to/3NMhi5y

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316074223

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

https://amzn.to/47oX0WD

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316602921

A Month in the Country by JL Carr

https://amzn.to/4sDPDTM

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780940322479

The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer

https://amzn.to/4byIBtl

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780446584388

The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer

https://amzn.to/4bX0jWy

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780812978490

I, Grape by Brock Clarke

https://amzn.to/4t5b3J3

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781946724366

The Sellout by Paul Beatty

https://amzn.to/4c87nkb

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250808240

I am the Cheese by Robert Cormier

https://amzn.to/40Xwb8c

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780375840395