the book(et) list...

a friend of mine has had the brilliant idea of asking all her facebook friends for book recommendations publicly on her facebook status. this is what she got as a reply: 

SIRI HUSTVEDT, DIE ZITTERNDE FRAU

MILAN KUNDERA, DIE UNSTERBLICHKEIT

JOYCE CAROL OATES, WIR WAREN DIE MULVANEYS

JOHN IRVING, DAS HOTEL NEW HAMPSHIRE

FLORIAN BECKERHOFF, FRAU ELLA

PETER USTINOV, DER ALTE MANN UND MR. SMITH

JACK KEROUAC, UNTERWEGS

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, TANTE JULIA UND DER KUNSTSCHREIBER

AMÉLIE NOTHOMB, METAPHYSIK DER RÖHREN

DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, SCHRECKLICH AMÜSANT - ABER IN ZUKUNFT OHNE MICH

ZERUYA SHALEV, LIEBESLEBEN

GARCIA MARQUEZ, DIE LIEBE IN DEN ZEITEN DER CHOLERA

HEINRICH BÖLL, ANSICHTEN EINES CLOWNS

ALTES TESTAMENT, PREDIGER SALOMO (KOHELET)

SIEGFRIED LENZ, SO ZÄRTLICH WAR SULEYKEN

TS ELIOT, OLD POSSUM`S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS

WM PAUL YOUNG, THE SHACK

ECKHART TOLLE, NEUE ERDE

JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, EXTREM LAUT UND UNGLAUBLICH NAH

RAFIK SCHAMI, DIE DUNKLE SEITE DER LIEBE

HOMER, ODYSSEE

VLADIMIR NABOKOV, TRANSPARENT THINGS

PAUL BOWLES, HIMMEL ÜBER DER WÜSTE

CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON, DER SCHATTEN DES WINDES

MARIO VARGA LLOSA, DAS BÖSE MÄDCHEN

MITCH ALBOM, DIENSTAGS BEI MORRIE

MARINA LEWYCKA, CARAVAN

PAULO COELHO, KRIEGER DES LICHTS, DER SIEGER BLEIBT ALLEIN

VOLTAIRE, CANDIDE

OSHO, LEBEN LIEBEN LACHEN

MICHAEL MOORE, YES, WE CAN: MIKES ULTIMATIVER WAHLFÜHRER

SHMUEL BOTEACH, KOSHER SEX: A RECIPE FOR PASSION AND INTIMACY

ALAIN DE BUTTON, WIE PROUST IHR LEBEN VERÄNDERN KANN

MIKHAIL BULGAKOV, DER MEISTER UND MARGARITA

HENRI CHARRIERE, PAPILLON

FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT, DIE PHYSIKER

ANDREAS FRANZ, EISIGE NÄHE

PATTIE SMITH, JUST KIDS

YANN MARTELL, SCHIFFBRUCH MIT TIGER

DENIS THERIAULT, DAS LÄCHELN DES LEGUANS

STARHAWK, 5TH SACRED THING

DAVID SAFIER, MIESES KARMA

FRANK MCCOURT, DIE ASCHE MEINER MUTTER

WASSILI GROSSMANN, LEBEN UND SCHICKSAL

DAVID GILMOUR, UNSER ALLERBESTES JAHR

MARKUS FELDENKIRCHEN, WAS ZUSAMMENGEHÖRT

MORITZ NETENJAKOB, MACHO MAN

JONATHAN FRANZEN, FREIHEIT

HERMANN HESSE, SIDDHARTA, STEPPENWOLF

KHALED HOSSEINI, A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS 

SELIM ÖZDOGAN, DIE TOCHTER DES SCHMIEDS

JOSEPH HELLER, CATCH-22 

JOHN FANTE, ASK THE DUST (ICH -ARTURO BANDINI)

ERNEST HEMINGWAY, FIESTA, DER ALTE MANN UND  DAS MEER

TONY KUSHNER, ANGELS IN AMERICA

JOSE SARAMAGO, TABUCCHI

my friend is very into arts, photography, literature and writing on a professional level, and i adore a lot of things she does and have come to realize that many things she liked and shared with me have inspired me immensely. this is why I assume there will be quite a number of very entertaining, thoughtful and high quality proposals among her friends' recommendations and i thought i'd share the list here, even though so far i have not read many of the books myself. but as i plan to use her result as a source for new novel material when i am in search for new inspiring books i thought somebody else might want to do so as well... so here you are.

on her request i myself have actually added a couple of recommendations to the list. any idea which ones they might be? feel free to take a guess...

if you are interested in finding out about my friend's artwork and writing you will get a slight notion of it in her blog