Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin (FICTION)

Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres by Kelefa Sanneh (NON-FICTION)

Writers & Lovers by Lily King (FICTION)

Ways of Seeing by John Berger (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2784.Ways_of_Seeing?ac=1&from_search=true

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7143113-on-writing

Retromania by Simon Reynolds (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9854239-retromania

Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16707.Wonder_Boys

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24800.House_of_Leaves

Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth by A.O. Scott (NON-FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25614595-better-living-through-criticism

How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39933.How_to_Read_Literature_Like_a_Professor?ac=1&from_search=true

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39934.Reading_Like_a_Writer?ac=1&from_search=true

The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32533.The_Art_of_Fiction

The Music of Chance by Paul Auster (FICTION)

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19490.The_Music_of_Chance

Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17143.Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain?ac=1&from_search=true

If on a winter's night a traveler by Italo Calvino (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374233.If_on_a_Winter_s_Night_a_Traveler

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8520610-quiet?ac=1&from_search=true

The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/412732.The_Dharma_Bums?from_search=true&search_version=service

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7331435-a-visit-from-the-goon-squad?from_search=true&search_version=service

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3985.The_Amazing_Adventures_of_Kavalier_Clay?ac=1&from_search=true

The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age by Astra Taylor (NON-FICTION)

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13168201-the-people-s-platform