A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Brilliant. The unwritten Bowie book that needed writing' CAITLIN
MORAN 'Splendid. Provides plenty of evidence of Bowie's restless rummaging intelligence and
his pleasure in the fact that books allow readers to slip into someone else's skin and try it
on for size' THE TIMES 'A witty and enlightening analysis of Bowie's 100 essential books . .
. A handy amusing light-touch precis' OBSERVER 'What is your idea of perfect happiness?'
'Reading.' 'What is the quality you most like in a man?' 'The ability to return books.'
Three years before he died David Bowie made a list of the one hundred books that had
transformed his life - a list that formed something akin to an autobiography. From Madame
Bovary to A Clockwork Orange the Iliad to the Beano these were the publications that had
fuelled his creativity and shaped who he was. In Bowie's Books John O'Connell explores this
list in the form of one hundred short essays each offering a perspective on the man performer
and creator that is Bowie his work as an artist and the era that he lived in. Brilliantly
illustrated throughout and the perfect gift for Bowie fans and book lovers Bowie's Books is
much more than a list of books you should read in your lifetime: it is a unique insight into
one of the greatest minds of our times and an indispensable part of the legacy that Bowie left
behind.
