JOURNAL OF A COMPULSIVE READER
By Charles Matthews

Index to the Journal

Negotiating With the Dead, by Margaret Atwood 


Lost Illusions, by Honoré de Balzac

The Infinities (Borzoi Books) The Infinities, by John Banville
Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William ShakespeareSoul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare, by Jonathan Bate


    Zuleika Dobson (Modern Library Paperbacks)Zuleika Dobson, by Max Beerbohm
    Saul Bellow: Novels 1944-1953: Dangling Man, The Victim, and The Adventures of Augie March (Library of America)Dangling Man, by Saul Bellow 






    Henderson the Rain KingHenderson the Rain King, by Saul Bellow

    Herzog (Penguin Classics)Herzog, by Saul Bellow
    More Die of Heartbreak, by Saul Bellow  More Die of Heartbreak (Penguin Classics) 
    Mr. Sammler's Planet (Penguin Classics)Mr. Sammler's Planet, by Saul Bellow


    Genesis: The Bible




    The PassageThe Passage, by Justin Cronin


    The Privileges: A NovelThe Privileges, by Jonathan Dee




        Daily, Before Your EyesDaily, Before Your Eyes, by Margaret-Love Denman





        American Notes (Modern Library)American Notes, by Charles Dickens



        Barnaby Rudge (Penguin Classics)Barnaby Rudge, by Charles Dickens

        Bleak House (Penguin Classics)Bleak House, by Charles Dickens


        Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow

        The Modern Tradition: Backgrounds of Modern Literature, edited by Richard Ellmann and Charles Feidelson Jr.

          The Age of Wonder: The Romantic Generation and the Discovery of the Beauty and Terror of Science (Vintage)
          The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science, by Richard Holmes

              Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel

              The Complete Plays, by Christopher Marlowe

              A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
              A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin

              A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin

              A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin

              A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin

              Silk ParachuteSilk Parachute, by John McPhee


              Great Short Works of Herman Melville (Perennial Classics)
              Great Short Works of Herman Melville 

              Moby Dick (Oxford World's Classics)Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville

              The Emperor's Children (Vintage)The Emperor's Children, by Claire Messud
              PARADISE LOST by John Milton, edited by Merritt Y. HughesParadise Lost, by John Milton

              The Tragedy of Arthur, by Arthur Phillips


              Mason & Dixon: A Novel
              Mason & Dixon, by Thomas Pynchon
                The World of Christopher Marlowe, by David Riggs
                Modigliani: A Life, by Meryle Secrest



                All's Well That Ends Well: Second Series (Arden Shakespeare) All's Well That Ends Well, by William Shakespeare

                Antony and Cleopatra (Arden Shakespeare, 3rd Series)Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare
                As You Like It (The Arden Shakespeare)As You Like It, by William Shakespeare

                The Comedy of Errors (Arden Shakespeare: Second Series)The Comedy of Errors, by William Shakespeare 

                Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare






                Cymbeline, by William Shakespeare







                Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw

                A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon, by Neil Sheehan 

                Marcel Proust: A Life, by Edmund White

                Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself (Vintage)Being Shelley: The Poet's Search for Himself, by Ann Wroe