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The Shelf By The Door

What I handed to the ones who were leaving. Nothing on the syllabus, nothing improving. Books to take with them.

a list by Margaret Iyer8 books

  1. Stoner

    “Not for everyone at eighteen. For one or two of them, exactly the thing.”

    John Williams

    Shelve
    1
  2. The Remains of the Day

    Kazuo Ishiguro

    Shelve
    2
  3. Small Things Like These

    “Ninety minutes. No excuse not to.”

    Claire Keegan

    Shelve
    3
  4. Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zora Neale Hurston

    Shelve
    4
  5. Pachinko

    “For the ones who were the first in their family to go.”

    Min Jin Lee

    Shelve
    5
  6. The Diary of a Young Girl

    “Always. Every year.”

    Anne Frank

    Shelve
    6
  7. Persepolis

    “Defended this to a governor in 2011 and would do it again.”

    Marjane Satrapi

    Shelve
    7
  8. Beloved

    “Only ever to the ones who came back and asked for something harder.”

    Toni Morrison

    Shelve
    8