Arthur Golden, author of "Memoirs of A Geisha"

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Arthur Golden's favorite books:

1. The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time by Mark Haddon
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   "I have never read anything quite like Mark Haddon's funny and agonizingly honest book, or encountered a narrator more vivid and memorable. I advise you to buy two copies; you wonpt want to lend yours out."
   
   


2. I, Claudius by Robert Graves
   
   
   (literature and fiction, classics)
   
   


3. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
   
   
   (literature and fiction)
   
   


4. Don Quixote By Miguel De Cervantes
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


5. The Golden Days (the Story Of The Stone, Volume 1) by Hsueh-Ch'in Ts'ao
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


6. The Crab-flower Club (the Story Of The Stone, Volume 2) by Cao Xueqin
   
   
   (history, classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


7. The Warning Voice (the Story Of The Stone, Volume 3) by Cao Xueqin
   
   
   (history, classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


8. The Debt Of Tears (the Story Of The Stone, Volume 4) by John Minford
   
   
   (classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


9. The Dreamer Wakes (the Story Of The Stone, Volume 5) by Gao E
   
   
   (history, classics, literature and fiction)
   
   


10. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
    
    
    (literature and fiction, classics)
    
    


11. Right Ho, Jeeves By P.g. Wodenhouse
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


12. Lonesone Dove by Larry McMurtry
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


13. Eleven Kinds Of Loneliness by Richard Yates
    
    
    (literature and fiction)
    
    


14. Leaves Of Grass by Walt Whitman
    
    
    (literature and fiction, classics)
    
    


15. Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
    
    
    (business books, children books, IT books, food and cooking, health, history, literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers, nonfiction, parenting, religion and spirituality, romance, science, teens)
    
    


Source:
http://www.amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com, (Book: The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books)

Why should you listen to him?

Arthur Golden was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and was educated at Harvard College, where he received a degree in art history, specializing in Japanese art. In 1980 he earned an M.A. in Japanese history from Columbia University, where he also learned Mandarin Chinese. Following a summer in Beijing University, he worked in Tokyo, and, after returning to the United States, earned an M.A. in English from Boston University. He resides in Brookline, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. Memoirs of a Geisha is his first novel.

Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden


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