Don DeLillo
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
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
A virtuosic piece of writing. It begins with a long overture set in the most famous professional baseball game of all time: “The Shot Heard Round The World,” the home run hit by Bobby Thomson [on 3 October] in 1951.
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.’
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.
