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”