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Marlon James’s Book Picks

  1. 1

    Summer lightning and other stories

    Olive Senior · 1986

  2. 2

    Shame

    Salman Rushdie · 1983

  3. 3

    Song of Solomon

    Toni Morrison · 1634

  4. 4

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen · 1813

  5. 5

    Tom Jones

    Henry Fielding · 1901

  6. 6

    Dogeaters

    Jessica Hagedorn · 1991

  7. 7

    The Autumn of the Patriarch

    Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa · 1973

  8. 8

    Palomar

    Gilbert Hernandez · 2003

  9. 9

    Epic traditions of Africa

    Stephen Paterson Belcher · 1999

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Summer Lightning, Shame, Song of Solomon and 7 more books selected by Marlon James.

Ten books selected by Marlon James for One Grand.

Source: https://onegrandbooks.com/shop/curators/writers/marlon-james

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

  1. Summer lightning and other stories — Olive Senior
  2. Shame — Salman Rushdie
  3. Song of Solomon — Toni Morrison
  4. Pride and Prejudice — Jane Austen
  5. Tom Jones — Henry Fielding
  6. Dogeaters — Jessica Hagedorn
  7. The Autumn of the Patriarch — Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa
  8. Palomar — Gilbert Hernandez
  9. Epic traditions of Africa — Stephen Paterson Belcher
  10. The Master & Margarita — Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков