Books

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Eastward to Tartary: Travels in the Balkans, the Middle East, and the Caucasus
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
The Professor and the Madman
The Professor and the Madman
Ninety-two in the Shade
Ninety-two in the Shade
Snow Country
Snow Country
The Guermantes Way
The Guermantes Way
Suttree
Suttree
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
The Best American Travel Writing 2003
The Best American Travel Writing 2003
Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
Bird of Life, Bird of Death: A Naturalist's Journey Through a Land of Political Turmoil
Against the Day
Against the Day
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom!
Nicaraguan Sketches
Nicaraguan Sketches
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
The Best American Science Writing 2005
The Best American Science Writing 2005
Swann's Way
Swann's Way
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journey
On the Natural History of Destruction
On the Natural History of Destruction
The Fever Coast Log: At Sea in Central America
The Fever Coast Log: At Sea in Central America

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