Charlie Jane Anders’s Literary Influences

Middlemarch, China Men and The Archer appear in Charlie Jane Anders’s 2024 selection of literary books that influenced her science-fiction writing.

Source: https://buttondown.com/charliejane/archive/10-literary-books-that-made-me-a-better-science/

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

1. Middlemarch — George Eliot
2. Invisible Man — Ralph Ellison
3. The Quiet American — Graham Greene
4. China men — Maxine Hong Kingston
5. The good terrorist — Doris Lessing
6. Possession — A. S. Byatt
7. Mysterious skin. — Scott Heim
8. Into the beautiful North — Luis Alberto Urrea
9. Useful phrases for immigrants — May-Lee Chai
10. Archer — Shruti Swamy