Rabbit novels rank high on Marianne Faithfull’s favorite books list

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. But before her death, Faithfull, who came from an intellectual family, shared her Top 10 list of books.

Updike’s Rabbit Angstrom ranked pretty high on her list:

1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times – Pema Chödrön

2. Just Kids – Patti Smith

3. Memoirs of Hadrian – Marguerita Yourcenar

4. Rabbit Series – John Updike

5. The Death of Bunny Munro – Nick Cave

6. The Pursuit of Love – Nancy Mitford

7. The Gambler – Fyodor Dostoevsky

8. Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare – Stephen Greenblatt

9. Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights – Salman Rushdie

10. Brave New World – Aldous Huxley