anton chekhov  Master short story writer

bible  Concordance

charles bukowski  Fat man, considerable writer

christopher isherwood  Must avoid the reductive "gay studies" label; The Isherwood Century is quite a read

confessions of an english opium-eater  De Quincey's transgressive masterpiece

donald barthelme  Postmodern stories

edgar allan poe  Gothic writer

flannery o'connor  Superior gothic writer

frank o'connor's stories  149 Frank O'Connor story titles, anyway

franz kafka  Esque

f scott fitzgerald  All the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had

george orwell  War is peace etc

haruki murakami  Popular writer

jim thompson  Pulp writer

john kinsella  Prolific antipodean poet

katherine mansfield  Her story "The Fly"

lewis carroll  Childlike

look back in anger  Just the kitchen sink

magnus mills  His favourite books, anyway

philip larkin  Little Englander, considerable poet

raymond carver  "The American Chekhov"

rumi  The Islamic poet

samuel pepys  Diary

tao te ching  Tiny bible

the beatles songwriting discography  Paperback writing

the idler  Inactive men's magazine

the library of congress  Search their catalogs

the private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner  The double

the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde  The double

the wonderful wizard of oz  Scary, frankly

thomas hardy  Emma!

thomas mann  Tadzio!

vladimir nabokov  Lolita!

william burroughs cutup machine  Fun