Books self is interested in reading after perusing The New York Times Book Review of 30 May 2010:
- After reading David Kamp’s review of the final installment of Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest:
All the books in the trilogy: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
- After reading Francine du Plessix Gray’s review of a new translation of Simone de Beauvoir’s groundbreaking The Second Sex, by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier:
Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, in the new translation by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier
- After reading Andrew Ervin’s review of Julie Orringer’s novel, The Invisible Bridge:
Julie Orringer’s story collection, How to Breathe Underwater
- After reading Ken Kalfus’ review of David Lipsky’s Although Of Course You End Up by Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace:
David Foster Wallace’s “dense, challenging, wildly satiric, at times profoundly sad and gruesome 1,079-page novel,” Infinite Jest
- After reading Nicholas D. Kristof’s review of Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations, Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s follow-up to her best-selling memoir, Infidel:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
- After reading Geoff Nicholson’s end-paper essay, “A Matter of Fact,” about reference books:
The Guinness Book of Records (any year)