Books by Don DeLillo
“So much of his work is about the confluence of anxieties about death and technology. He combines those things in a really interesting way.” Read more...
The best books on Transhumanism
Mark O'Connell, Journalist
“It’s the kind of book that makes me want to make superlative, hyperbolic claims, like ‘the greatest novel of the twentieth century’… It’s such an extraordinarily vast and all-reaching book. Much of it is set in New York, and I think one thing DeLillo does so brilliantly—and does better than anyone else—is create a sense of cross-currents and coincidence. Of course, Manhattan is mainly a grid system of streets, so it really serves the book’s depiction of intersecting forces and intersecting lives…It’s a mind-blowing book, everyone should read it.” Read more...
Hermione Hoby on New York Novels
Hermione Hoby, Journalist
End Zone
by Don DeLillo
I always like to give End Zone some props, because I don’t think it’s widely read or known about. It’s one of my favourite books. It’s also DeLillo’s funniest book by far.
Interviews where books by Don DeLillo were recommended
Novels with Sporting Themes, recommended by Chad Harbach
Sport is central to American culture but there are surprisingly few great novels devoted to it. Chad Harbach, author of the bestselling novel, The Art of Fielding, picks his favourite ‘novels with sporting themes.’
The Best Novels about the History of the United States, recommended by Bernard T. Joy
An exploration of the history of the United States may require novels that are challenging to read but offer the reward of really making you think about a complex subject. Literary scholar Bernard T. Joy talks us through five novels that explore U.S. history, from colonial times to the end of the 20th century.
Hermione Hoby on New York Novels
The writer and journalist Hermione Hoby’s highly acclaimed first novel is set during a New York heatwave. Here she picks five books inspired by this capacious, overstated, indomitable city and discusses how it shaped her as a writer.
The best books on Transhumanism, recommended by Mark O'Connell
The journalist and author Mark O’Connell explored the nature of transhumanism—the belief that technology will help us evolve beyond our current physical and mental limitations—in his award-winning book To Be A Machine. Here he selects five key books that speak directly to the movement.
