David Sedaris Recommended Books

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Stories

by Raymond Carver

"I just remember the excitement that I felt when I got [this book] from the library." - David Sedaris (Source)

Babbitt

by Sinclair Lewis

"I remember I read [this book] because it was something that the better English class read in high school." - David Sedaris (Source)

Taking Care

by Joy Williams

"It was such music to me." - David Sedaris (Source)

The White Album

Essays

by Joan Didion

"I can look back through my diary and I can tell when I discovered [this author] because all of a sudden I'm writing like [her]." - David Sedaris (Source)

In the Garden of the North American Martyrs

Stories

by Tobias Wolff

"I have to be [this author's] biggest fan. Really, I would fight someone. If someone came in here and said 'I'm his biggest fan,' I would fight that person and I would win." - David Sedaris (Source)

The Easter Parade

A Novel

by Richard Yates

"I read [this book] every year." - David Sedaris (Source)

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

"I read [this book] every year." - David Sedaris (Source)

Is There No Place on Earth for Me

by Susan Sheehan

"It was about a young schizophrenic woman named Sylvia Frumkin who lived in the Bronx with her family." - David Sedaris (Source)

Homesick for Another World

Stories

by Ottessa Moshfegh

"I cannot remember the last time I laughed that hard at a book." - David Sedaris (Source)

The Traveling Feast

On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes

by Rick Bass

"[The author] writes about nature like nobody else." - David Sedaris (Source)