Author's Note ix
Crossing to Safety
3(5)
Appointment in Samarra
8(20)
Seventy Verses on Emptiness
28(21)
Marjorie Morningstar
49(12)
The Hobbit
61(23)
Daily Strength for Daily Needs
84(18)
People of the Book
102(12)
"I Am Sorrow"
114(7)
The Uncommon Reader
121(10)
The Lizard Cage
131(5)
Brat Farrar
136(8)
Continental Drift
144(17)
The Painted Veil
161(9)
Murder in the Cathedral
170(11)
Wherever You Go, There You Are
181(14)
Kokoro
195(7)
The Price of Salt
202(11)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
213(6)
The Year of Magical Thinking
219(8)
Olive Kitteridge
227(13)
Girls Like Us
240(9)
Suite Francaise
249(9)
The Bite of the Mango
258(12)
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
270(6)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
276(7)
Brooklyn
283(9)
My Father's Tears
292(14)
Too Much Happiness
306(17)
Epilogue 323(4)
Acknowledgments 327(4)
Appendix 331