Twelve Very Good Books Chosen by Wallis Wilde-Menozzi

1. Denise Levertov. The Poet in the World. This is a book of essays. However, all of Levertov’s poetry is worth reading.

2. Grace Paley. Begin Again, collected Poems.

3. Tony Judt. Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945.

4. Neil Belton. With Sharpened Knives, a novel.

5. Natalia Ginzburg. Family Lexicon, a memoir.

6. Iris Origo. Images and Shadows, a memoir.

7. Andrei Makine. Dreams of my Russian Summers, a novel.

8. Primo Levi. If this is a Man, a memoir.

9. Virginia Woolf. A Writer’s Diary, essays.

10. Kenzaburo Oe. A Healing Family, a memoir.

11. Michael Ondaatje. Running in the Family, a memoir.

12. Toni Morrison. Beloved, a novel.