The Best Books to Read When You Have a Brain Tumor
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Cairo by Louis Armand
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Breakfast at Midnight by Louis Armand
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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
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The Summer Layoff by Matt Bucher
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Last Words on Earth by Javier Serena
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The Lost Scrapbook by Evan Dara
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Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector
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Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno
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A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
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The Writing of America by Geoff Ward
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Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
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Ducks Newbury Port by Lucy Ellmann
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Love and Terror by William Herrick
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Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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The Flanders Road by Claude Simon
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Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolano
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
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The Trouble with Being Born by Emil Cioran
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Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
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The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
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The Combinations by Louis Armand
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Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
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(I’m more than 30 years out from a non-cancerous brain tumor—also initially treated as a sinus infection!)
Andy, especially knowing what kind of books you like, I think you're going to find almost everything you love about books in Don Quixote.
Experiment: ask yourself what you would say to a young enthusiastic reader who had great taste, but then he or she said, 'but I'm not interested in reading Moby Dick because it's old.' Whatever you would say to that reader, say it to yourself with regards to Don Quixote.
P.S. Regarding the evils of the C.I.A., get ready for Vollmann's million-word A Table For Fortune coming in 2026!
Welcome back, Andy!!
The Best Books to Read When You Have a Brain Tumor
Life on Books
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
https://amzn.to/4lbKH46
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780440...
The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
https://amzn.to/4een3BW
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780060...
Cairo by Louis Armand
https://amzn.to/4egZIQg
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780957...
Breakfast at Midnight by Louis Armand
https://amzn.to/449VSnd
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780957...
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
https://amzn.to/3HOYkIn
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780156...
The Summer Layoff by Matt Bucher
https://amzn.to/4kSjeF8
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9798897...
Last Words on Earth by Javier Serena
https://amzn.to/44eMb75
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781948...
The Lost Scrapbook by Evan Dara
https://amzn.to/3G3a5dA
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
https://amzn.to/3SZDjNq
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780142...
The Chandelier by Clarice Lispector
https://amzn.to/4lcOQF3
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...
Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno
https://amzn.to/3T1m9ir
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...
A Naked Singularity by Sergio De La Pava
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780226...
https://amzn.to/3G4UNoI
The Writing of America by Geoff Ward
https://amzn.to/4egMZwW
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780745...
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes
https://amzn.to/3HPoWZF
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780802...
Ducks Newbury Port by Lucy Ellmann
https://amzn.to/3HJaW3P
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781771...
Love and Terror by William Herrick
JR by William Gaddis
https://amzn.to/4kOGZOd
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Naja Marie Aidt
https://amzn.to/44oepgM
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
https://amzn.to/3T2ghpb
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316...
The Flanders Road by Claude Simon
https://amzn.to/406Yktq
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...
Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolano
https://amzn.to/3T1p0b9
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811...
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti
https://amzn.to/3FK239y
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...
The Trouble with Being Born by Emil Cioran
https://amzn.to/4jX51W8
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781611...
Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin
https://amzn.to/44wJ3Un
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780399...
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
https://amzn.to/4efwhxQ
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312...
The Combinations by Louis Armand
https://amzn.to/3I3y5hb
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780957...
The Logos by Mark DeSilva
https://amzn.to/3ZDhEye
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781955...
Ahab Sequels by Pierre Senges
https://amzn.to/45xnHbA
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940...
Melville by Rodrigo Fresan
https://amzn.to/441TjVD
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781960...
Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig
https://amzn.to/4kPGyU3
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590...
In a Lonely Place by Dorothy Hughes
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781681...
https://amzn.to/4kTBduM
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
https://amzn.to/4ebpV2x
https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143...