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John Waters’s Book Picks

  1. 1

    Narrow Rooms

    James Purdy - undifferentiated · 1978

  2. 2

    Pol Pot

    Philip Short · 2004

  3. 3

    Genet

    Edmund White · 1988

  4. 4

    The Ghastly One

    Jimmy McDonough · 2001

  5. 5

    My prizes

    Thomas Bernhard · 2010

  6. 6

    The Sluts

    Dennis Cooper · 2005

  7. 7

    Still Holding

    Bruce Wagner · 2004

  8. 8

    Serious pleasures

    Philip Hoare · 1990

  9. 9
    BookThe Beard; [a Play]Michael McClure · 1967

    The Beard; [a Play]

    Michael McClure · 1967

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Narrow Rooms, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare, Genet: A Biography and 7 more books selected by John Waters.

Ten books selected by John Waters for One Grand.

Source: https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/directors/john-waters

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Narrow Rooms — James Purdy - undifferentiated
  2. Pol Pot — Philip Short
  3. Genet — Edmund White
  4. The Ghastly One — Jimmy McDonough
  5. My prizes — Thomas Bernhard
  6. The Sluts — Dennis Cooper
  7. Still Holding — Bruce Wagner
  8. Serious pleasures — Philip Hoare
  9. The Beard; [a Play] — Michael McClure
  10. Good morning, midnight. — Jean Rhys