{"id":6519,"date":"2025-01-31T07:44:43","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=6519"},"modified":"2025-01-31T07:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T13:44:43","slug":"rabbit-novels-rank-high-on-marianne-faithfulls-favorite-books-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2025\/01\/31\/rabbit-novels-rank-high-on-marianne-faithfulls-favorite-books-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbit novels rank high on Marianne Faithfull’s favorite books list"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Sixties’ icon Marianne Faithfull, a singer-songwriter who was considered a major figure in the so-called “British Invasion” of U.K. music to hit the U.S. during the turbulent decade, died Jan. 30, 2025<\/a>. But before her death, Faithfull, who came from an intellectual family, shared her Top 10 list of books.<\/p>\n

Updike’s\u00a0Rabbit Angstrom\u00a0<\/em>ranked pretty high on her list:<\/p>\n

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  1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times \u2013<\/em>\u00a0Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n<\/li>\n
  2. Just Kids \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Patti Smith<\/li>\n
  3. Memoirs of Hadrian \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Marguerita Yourcenar<\/li>\n
  4. Rabbit Series \u2013\u00a0<\/em>John Updike<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. The Death of Bunny Munro \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Nick Cave<\/li>\n
  6. The Pursuit of Love \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Nancy Mitford<\/li>\n
  7. The Gambler \u2013 <\/em>Fyodor Dostoevsky<\/li>\n
  8. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Stephen Greenblatt<\/li>\n
  9. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Salman Rushdie<\/li>\n
  10. Brave New World \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Aldous Huxley<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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