Start Here Volume 2

I recently contributed an essay on Dorothy Parker for Book Riot's Start Here Volume 2. What's Start Here? Glad you asked!


There are so many fantastic authors and great books out there that sometimes it’s hard to know where to begin. Start Here solves that problem; it tells you how to read your way into 25 amazing authors from a wide range of genres--from classics to contemporary fiction to comics. Start Here Vol. 2helps by showing you how to read your way into 25 amazing authors from a wide range of genres--from classics to contemporary fiction to comics. 


Each chapter presents an author, explains why you might want to try them, and lays out a 3- or 4-book reading sequence designed to help you experience fully what they have to offer. It’s a fun, accessible, informative way to enrich your reading life. 

Each chapter is written by critics, authors, and bloggers with expertise and passion to help you get started reading authors you’ve always wanted to try. 

Includes chapters on reading your way into: 



Alan Moore 
Anne Carson 
Charles Portis 
China Mieville 
Colum McCann 
Daniel Woodrell 
Dave Eggers 
David Mitchell 
Dorothy Parker 
Douglas Coupland 
Flannery O'Connor 
George Orwell 
Isaac Asimov 
James Salter 
Jennifer Egan 
John Green 
John Steinbeck 
Octavia Butler 
Philip Roth 
Roald Dahl 
Salman Rushdie 
Toni Morrison 
Ursula K. LeGuin 
Virginia Woolf 
William Faulkner


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Published on January 22, 2014 11:04
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Cyndy Aleo Although I'd highly recommend reading the Parker and then throwing the Eggers with great force.


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