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Books Mentioned in Michael Dirda's Bound to Please (2005) - Page 3

The below are books culled from Michael Dirda's Bound to Please (2005), a collection of book reviews/essays.
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Licks of Love (John Updike)
Licks of Love
81
John Updike
Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy (Ben Sonnenberg)
Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy
82
Ben Sonnenberg
Saint Glinglin (Raymond Queneau)
Saint Glinglin
83
Raymond Queneau
Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green (Henry Green)
Surviving: The Uncollected Writings of Henry Green
84
Henry Green
Loving/Living/Party Going (Henry Green)
Loving/Living/Party Going
85
Henry Green
Nothing; Doting; Blindness (Henry Green)
Nothing; Doting; Blindness
86
Henry Green
Mulligan Stew (Gilbert Sorrentino)
Mulligan Stew
87
Gilbert Sorrentino
Riddley Walker (Russell Hoban)
Riddley Walker
88
Russell Hoban
Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel
Larva: A Midsummer Night's Babel
89
Landor's Tower (Iain Sinclair)
Landor's Tower
90
Iain Sinclair
The Tale of the 1002nd Night (Joseph Roth)
The Tale of the 1002nd Night
91
Joseph Roth
Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke (Ralph Freedman)
Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke
92
Ralph Freedman
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke (Rainer Maria Rilke)
Selected Poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
93
Rainer Maria Rilke
Embers (Sandor Marai)
Embers
94
Sandor Marai
The Complete Works of Isaac Babel (Isaac Babel)
The Complete Works of Isaac Babel
95
Isaac Babel
Mikhail Bulgakov: A Critical Biography (Lewley Milne)
Mikhail Bulgakov: A Critical Biography
96
Lewley Milne
Regions of the Great Heresy (Jerzy Ficowski)
Regions of the Great Heresy
97
Jerzy Ficowski
The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi De Lampedusa (David Gilmour)
The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe Tomasi De Lampedusa
98
David Gilmour
Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew (John Felstiner)
Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew
99
John Felstiner
That Mighty Sculptor, Time (Marguerite Yourcenar)
That Mighty Sculptor, Time
100
Marguerite Yourcenar
Extinction (Thomas Bernhard)
Extinction
101
Thomas Bernhard
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
102
W.G. Sebald
What's Bred in the Bone
What's Bred in the Bone
103
The Famished Road (Ben Okri)
The Famished Road
104
Ben Okri
Little Kingdoms (Steven Millhauser)
Little Kingdoms
105
Steven Millhauser
Accordion Crimes (Annie Proulx)
Accordion Crimes
106
Annie Proulx
Cities of the Plain (Cormac McCarthy)
Cities of the Plain
107
Cormac McCarthy
Mrs. Ted Bliss (Stanley Elkin)
Mrs. Ted Bliss
108
Stanley Elkin
The Tunnell (William H. Gass)
The Tunnell
109
William H. Gass
Reader's Block (David Markson)
Reader's Block
110
David Markson
A Frolic of His Own (William Gaddis)
A Frolic of His Own
111
William Gaddis
His Dark Materials (Philip Pullman)
His Dark Materials
112
Philip Pullman
Underworld (Don Delillo)
Underworld
113
Don Delillo
Ackerley: The Life of J.R. Ackerley (Peter Parker)
Ackerley: The Life of J.R. Ackerley
114
Peter Parker
The Knox Brothers (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Knox Brothers
115
Penelope Fitzgerald
The Means of Escape (Penelope Fitzgerald)
The Means of Escape
116
Penelope Fitzgerald
Collected Tales and Fantasies of Lord Berners (Lord Berners)
Collected Tales and Fantasies of Lord Berners
117
Lord Berners
Cyril Connolly: A Life (Jeremy Lewis)
Cyril Connolly: A Life
118
Jeremy Lewis
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh (Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh)
The Letters of Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh
119
Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh
Bruce Chatwin (Nicholas Shakespeare)
Bruce Chatwin
120
Nicholas Shakespeare
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