From a New York Times By the Book interview headlined “Dan Chaon Doesn’t Want to Hear About Your Middle-Class Norwegian Life”:

What books are on your night stand?

Rabih Alameddine, “The Wrong End of the Telescope”

Robert Cozzolino, “Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art”

Rita Dove, “Playlist for the Apocalypse”

Marie Myung-Ok Lee, “The Evening Hero”

Daniel H. Pink, “The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward”

Watty Piper, “The Little Engine That Could”

Sam Szabo, “Comics Will Break Your Balls”