Bob Odenkirk

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee · 2006 · Fiction

“You already know this. Lyrical writing. A child's point of view, but done with intelligence and sensitivity, and a lesson at the end that is the only lesson you ever need to know to become a good person. So say I.” — via Article, October 2014

Swing Hammer Swing!

by Jeff Torrington · Fiction

“After reading an energetic, positive review buried deep within The New York Times one day, I bought this Glasgow-set first novel and was thrilled by the writing: Swing Hammer Swing! is funny, clever, and bleak as hell. I wrote Torrington a fan letter, the only one I've ever written. Never received a reply. No hard feelings.” — via Article, October 2014

Tragically I Was an Only Twin

The Complete Peter Cook

by Peter Cook, William Cook · 2003 · Humor

“This is a collection of pieces the great Peter Cook either wrote or improvised. Cook, to me, represents the most naturally funny man there ever was. He could spin comedy out of the smallest comment.” — via Article, October 2014

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain · 1884 · Classics

“Do I need to waste your time telling you this is the book of books? Sorry about the N-word, but it must be taken in the context of the time it was written. Plus it's clear to me that Twain was making a strong (and sly) statement about the humanity of those who were then labeled the N-word.” — via Article, October 2014

True Grit

by Charles Portis · 1968 · Fiction

“Portis' most famous book is a more traditionally structured story than Dog of the South , and yet its central voice is so likable” — via Article, October 2014

The Dog of the South

by Charles Portis · 2007 · Fiction

“A hilarious narrator goes on a loony mission to catch up with his runaway wife, following the trail of credit card receipts she leaves from Arkansas to Belize.” — via Article, October 2014