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Patti Smith's 40 Favorite Books

Around the time of Smith's appearance at the 2008 Melbourne International Arts Festival, she released this list of her favorite books.
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
1
Mikhail Bulgakov
The Journey to the East (Hermann Hesse)
The Journey to the East
2
Hermann Hesse
The Glass Bead Game (Hermann Hesse)
The Glass Bead Game
3
Hermann Hesse
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
4
Joseph Conrad
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
5
Herman Melville
Billy Budd (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd
6
Herman Melville
Songs of Innocence (William Blake)
Songs of Innocence
7
William Blake
The Wild Boys (William S. Burroughs)
The Wild Boys
8
William S. Burroughs
Howl (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl
9
Allen Ginsberg
A Season in Hell (Arthur Rimbaud)
A Season in Hell
10
Arthur Rimbaud
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations
11
Arthur Rimbaud
Wittgenstein's Poker (Edmunds & Eidinow)
Wittgenstein's Poker
12
Edmunds & Eidinow
Villette (Charlotte Brontë)
Villette
13
Charlotte Brontë
The Process (Brion Gysin)
The Process
14
Brion Gysin
Cain's Book (Alexander Trocchi)
Cain's Book
15
Alexander Trocchi
Coriolanus (Shakespeare)
Coriolanus
16
Shakespeare
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince
17
Oscar Wilde
The Sheltering Sky (Paul Bowles)
The Sheltering Sky
18
Paul Bowles
Against Interpretation (Susan Sontag)
Against Interpretation
19
Susan Sontag
The Oblivion Seekers (Isabelle Eberhardt)
The Oblivion Seekers
20
Isabelle Eberhardt
Women of Cairo (Gerard De Nerval)
Women of Cairo
21
Gerard De Nerval
Under the Volcano (Malcolm Lowry)
Under the Volcano
22
Malcolm Lowry
Dead Souls (Nikolai Gogol)
Dead Souls
23
Nikolai Gogol
The Book of Disquiet (Fernando Pessoa)
The Book of Disquiet
24
Fernando Pessoa
The Death of Virgil (Hermann Broch)
The Death of Virgil
25
Hermann Broch
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters
26
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
27
J.D. Salinger
The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The Scarlet Letter
28
Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Night of Serious Drinking (René Daumal)
A Night of Serious Drinking
29
René Daumal
Swann in Love (Marcel Proust)
Swann in Love
30
Marcel Proust
A Happy Death (Albert Camus)
A Happy Death
31
Albert Camus
The First Man (Albert Camus)
The First Man
32
Albert Camus
The Waves (Virginia Woolf)
The Waves
33
Virginia Woolf
Big Sur (Jack Kerouac)
Big Sur
34
Jack Kerouac
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction (H.P. Lovecraft)
H.P. Lovecraft the Complete Fiction
35
H.P. Lovecraft
Austerlitz (W.G. Sebald)
Austerlitz
36
W.G. Sebald
The Thief's Journal (Genet)
The Thief's Journal
37
Genet
The Arcades Project (Walter Benjamin)
The Arcades Project
38
Walter Benjamin
Poet in New York (Federico García Lorca)
Poet in New York
39
Federico García Lorca
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (Heinrich Böll)
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
40
Heinrich Böll
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